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Pokémon Go |OT 3| "No Officer, I'm a Passenger"
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WhiteRabbitEXE
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Caught a wild Tyranitar today. Niiiice. I mean, its stats are absolute shit (26%), but it was level 23 or so, so the CP was still nearly 2200 as is, so hey, whatever haha. Plus, 10 more candy is nice.
Because I love Moltres.
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I don't mind that they are cycling through legendaries to sorta keep people coming back for something new to catch.
I do wish we knew when the ones that have already come through will come back through for those that missed capturing something.
I do wish we knew when the ones that have already come through will come back through for those that missed capturing something.
Niantic seems to be making bank with raids so far because of their time limited nature, so I wouldn't be surprised if, after Zapdos, we don't see legendary raids for a few months. If they keep going and cycling indefinitely then interest will eventually drop off and that's not what they want.
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dreamlongdead
Member
Haven't done a raid since Tuesday, but I'm going pretty hard this week. I immediately stopped after my 2 consecutive Moltres catches, and I hope to get Zapdos with a strong IV and moveset.
TMs are still somewhat scarce for me, so moves still matter. I changed the Heat Wave on my stronger Moltres. Disappointed that I didn't get Overheat, but Fire Blast is still an improvement. I'll try again down the line.
Aside from Zapdos, my goal is to get a much stronger Lugia with at least one Psychic move. Not really satisfied with my first and only copy.
TMs are still somewhat scarce for me, so moves still matter. I changed the Heat Wave on my stronger Moltres. Disappointed that I didn't get Overheat, but Fire Blast is still an improvement. I'll try again down the line.
Aside from Zapdos, my goal is to get a much stronger Lugia with at least one Psychic move. Not really satisfied with my first and only copy.
Yeah, gonna stock up on Golem and check the 2 Piloswine I got. For some reason I thought Rock Smash was a rock move lol, guess I'm gonna have to make my 2 high CP Rhydon full Ground moves Pokémon, as none have Stone Edge.
Damn. this guy got like all excellent curves throws with golden berry on this 100% iv moltres and still ran on him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Daw4AzYV9fo
(from silph road)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Daw4AzYV9fo
(from silph road)
You know what I hate with a passion? If you throw a great curve ball, and halfway it suddenly decides to veer off to the right for no reason whatsoever.
Had that several times during Legendary raids now, and it still infuriates me.
Benzychenz
Member
Caught a 4th Moltres and that'll have to be it. Was a busy weak for me so couldn't get out to catch many more.
And it's fucking cold.
2nd one I caught was 96% though so I kind of chilled out on then anyway.
And it's fucking cold.
2nd one I caught was 96% though so I kind of chilled out on then anyway.
Actually Dragonite with DB/DC or DT/O does comparable damage to Tyranitar with Stone Edge and have similar bulk since they're both neutral to Electric. So Dragonites are decent to round out the team.
Oh, that's awesome, thanks! Though Kangaskhan looks pretty rare still...
Finally, a reason to use Dragonite.
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
I mean, Dragonite has always been a strong, general attacker. It might not be the best for many situations, but it's a completely solid fallback in most.
Dark_3nergy
Member
Nice, I went out for a break back in June and caught a wild Dragonnite. It's stats were meh, but he's still sitting there til I get a hatched Dragonare leveled up.
LucidMomentum
Member
Ended the week by helping friends get their Moltres. One of them caught it on the first ball of their first raid and it was like 95% perfect IVs.
I finally caught a perfect attack stat Lugia so I'm happy about that.
Ready for Zapdos though. My fave Gen 1 legendary.
One thing that infuriates me though, in all the larger raid groups people tend to start getting antsy and want to start ASAP rather than wait for the optimal number of people.
Even worse, yesterday we had 30 for a Lugia raid and instead of doing a 50/50 split people hopped in on the wrong teams raid and it ended up like 17/13 and the group of 13 had to wait for more to show up.
Like, cmon people...
I finally caught a perfect attack stat Lugia so I'm happy about that.
Ready for Zapdos though. My fave Gen 1 legendary.
One thing that infuriates me though, in all the larger raid groups people tend to start getting antsy and want to start ASAP rather than wait for the optimal number of people.
Even worse, yesterday we had 30 for a Lugia raid and instead of doing a 50/50 split people hopped in on the wrong teams raid and it ended up like 17/13 and the group of 13 had to wait for more to show up.
Like, cmon people...
Bedameister
Member
Yeah some people are pretty annoying in raids. I don't get why many also always have to do private groups even though there are only like 10 people present. Last time two more people showed up and they forgot to ask for the code because they didn't know that we're in a privat group and we started without them.
But also sometimes waiting for other players can be annoying. We once waited for people and then when we had enough we started, were already in battle but dropped out because another person showed up. But then we had to do that over and over again because everytime someone new showed up. I wasted so many potions due to that until the point where we said fuck it we won't start over again if new people show up.
psynergylover
Member
Just got back from Central Park(well two days ago) and went around 4/10 on Moltres!!! If any of y'all live close to Central Park; GO THERE!!! They're raids EVERYWHERE! In addition to catching 4 Moltres; caught a Lugia and two Tyranitars!!! There's always a group of people!!!....and I guess it's also a hot bed for spoofers....
PhoenixDawn
Member
Hoping to get a Zapdos or two in tonight after work then getting ready to go hard on doing those raids this week. Zapdos is my favorite bird plus he's probably the best in terms of actual use too so I'm really hoping to get a good one. First goal is just catching one obviously, so hopefully I can get that burden off my back quickly instead of another 0 for 5 start like I had with Moltres.
if you have time, do private groups to fend off spoofers. takes like a few seconds.
we just wait for people in our own group because the other teams didn't want to wait for us either.
Bedameister
Member
Hatched my 4th Porygon since they became 10km egg. Not even mad though but so far none of them had really great IVs.
It's so good that 10km eggs are not that frustrating anymore.
EDIT: And I got another 10km egg, yessss.
It's so good that 10km eggs are not that frustrating anymore.
EDIT: And I got another 10km egg, yessss.
Fernando Fernandez
Member
10km eggs, I remember them </3
perfectchaos007
Member
In an act of desperation to get moltres, I did a raid during work today and I got one! I had no idea how big this game was among stay at home moms but everyone at the raid, except for me, was a stay at home mom. And they were all very high leveled like 35, 36, 37. We took down moltres pretty quickly.
There's an older Chinese lady that plays in my city.
She's level 40. Like one other person just got to 39 and everyone else is 36 and lower.
LucidMomentum
Member
Honestly there are people in their late 30s / early 40s playing and they wanted to meet up at like 6AM today and I was thinking "how do you make a living wtf?"
I do a round of Pokemon Go stops before I start working at 7 am. I could come in another hour later even and nobody would care as they know what I'm worth and do. I could see myself doing a raid or two if there were people.
perfectchaos007
Member
Raids start that early? I thought they shut down from dusk until sunrise.
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they pop up at 6 am for me
jstevenson
Sailor Stevenson
I think he meant age of the people.....
Yep.
Lots of people in the neighborhoods here will try to do a raid or two before work. Especially if it's on the way to work.
Fernando Fernandez
Member
Early bird catches the er, bird?
Age.
And yeah, yesterday I saw a woman in her early 50s probably, she came to the Lugia raid once we had already started, and she was dressed really nicely, but after realizing she was too late, she just drove away in her Mercedes...
She was level 36 IIRC.
Robdraggoo
Member
You didn't back out to let her in?
Meanie. Kidding I don't know if you were finished or not.
Just thinking. It would be nice if the game allowed you to compete in the same raid again for no rewards. That we way you can help out poeple who are late like that.
talisayNon
Member
I'm meeting up at 6 AM-8AM tomorrow for the start of Zapdos. Hoping to hit up 5 or 6 raids.
I'm in my early 30s. That's just how we do.
Robdraggoo
Member
When is zapdos expected to drop. 4-5pm pst tonight?
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
Yup.
perfectchaos007
Member
I mean, for decades it has been fairly common for people to wake up extra early to go to the gym before work. You're doing the same thing.