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Pokémon Go |OT 3| "No Officer, I'm a Passenger"
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Bedameister
Member
Event hasn't even started yet but I'm already out of balls. This will be fun
For the Apple Watch?
Edit: googled Pokémon go plus and forgot there was a watch for it lol
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
taking all my will power not spinning stops on my walk home just trying to clear off these last 2 eggs i have on me
Watch a video about how curveballs work, how to consistently get great throws + curveballs, use golden berries and you'll most definitely catch it.
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
Shadow Broker
Banned
NVM
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
Egg rarity isnt determined by tier. Per se anyway. Every hatchable Pokémon has its own individual rarity, and when you spin a stop the egg is given to you by those odds, and the tier its in just determines how it looks and how long it takes to hatch. So even if they were to leave 5km and 10km eggs in there will still be far more 2km eggs because there will be far more Pokémon marked as 2km, taking up a larger share of the pie, and thus less 5km and 10km eggs.
Ah, I got it.
Although that means the chances of getting crap 2K eggs are still high as well.
Oh well.
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
My Mewtwo raid is in 30 minutes and the fucking PTC login is down. I swear to fucking God...
Still down. Fuck Niantic.
Still down. Fuck Niantic.
Went to my first Mewtwo raid today. My mind was so focused on the raid that I was totally unproductive today, heh.
The gym was nearby so I was checking in on it throughout the day, and all day it was controlled by Instinct (I'm Mystic). So I went over about 30-40 mins early to try and take it down - must have completed about 30 or so battles myself and others were trying too, but Instinct was there with golden berries and they ended up keeping the gym.
When it got close to start time we split up into teams and got down to work. Inevitably a few people got there late and there was also a login problem for people using PTC to login instead of Google
I had watched the Mewtwo videos on YouTube the last couple days to be prepared for it. When the bonus round started I let Mewtwo do a few attack animations so I could see it in person. I threw my first ball at the right time and of course my phone starts buffering and the ball bounces off his face. No problem, I load up another golden raspberry and try again... and I caught him!!
Someone next to me was having trouble and asked me if I'd try catching theirs. I gave it a try and caught their Mewtwo on the first try, and I think that was even more exciting than catching it for myself.
I hung around for a while chatting with people that I've now seen pretty frequently from other raids. Eventually the PTC login worked for the people having issues and they plus the stragglers had enough people to do one more group.
I tried helping another person catch their Mewtwo, even had a couple excellent curve balls, but no luck
We all cleared out, and I went home to relax. Calculated my Mewtwo's IV, and it is an 82%. TM'd it to a better moveset, but no powering him up until I get more dust this weekend (used it all powering up Ttars for the raid - luckily we had the Mewtwo that didn't destroy Ttars).
Overall it was a pretty exciting experience.
The gym was nearby so I was checking in on it throughout the day, and all day it was controlled by Instinct (I'm Mystic). So I went over about 30-40 mins early to try and take it down - must have completed about 30 or so battles myself and others were trying too, but Instinct was there with golden berries and they ended up keeping the gym.
When it got close to start time we split up into teams and got down to work. Inevitably a few people got there late and there was also a login problem for people using PTC to login instead of Google
I had watched the Mewtwo videos on YouTube the last couple days to be prepared for it. When the bonus round started I let Mewtwo do a few attack animations so I could see it in person. I threw my first ball at the right time and of course my phone starts buffering and the ball bounces off his face. No problem, I load up another golden raspberry and try again... and I caught him!!
Someone next to me was having trouble and asked me if I'd try catching theirs. I gave it a try and caught their Mewtwo on the first try, and I think that was even more exciting than catching it for myself.
I hung around for a while chatting with people that I've now seen pretty frequently from other raids. Eventually the PTC login worked for the people having issues and they plus the stragglers had enough people to do one more group.
I tried helping another person catch their Mewtwo, even had a couple excellent curve balls, but no luck
We all cleared out, and I went home to relax. Calculated my Mewtwo's IV, and it is an 82%. TM'd it to a better moveset, but no powering him up until I get more dust this weekend (used it all powering up Ttars for the raid - luckily we had the Mewtwo that didn't destroy Ttars).
Overall it was a pretty exciting experience.
dreamlongdead
Member
So, I just finished a Mewtwo raid. The total number of people that showed up at this one Gym was possibly over 100. With this level of turnout, Niantic actually designed this surprisingly well.
I triumphed in the end, but I was almost close to failure. I showed up about 15 minutes late, and there were a handful of large groups that had already fought Mewtwo. I wasn't worried about missing out, since there were still tons of people who hadn't done it yet and were waiting. The problem was that I missed potential Instinct teammates. People there told me an Instinct group had fought it earlier. I'll tell you why this almost screwed me.
The remaining groups had no Instinct players, and the Gym was controlled by Mystic. This gave me disastrous results. Taking down Mewtwo was no problem at all, but these are my rewards after fighting him: 5 Revives, 3 Hyper Potions, and 10 Super Potions. Not a single Rare Candy, Golden Razz Berry, or TM.
However, the worst part was that I only had six balls to catch Mewtwo. Six balls. I almost didn't catch Mewtwo because of this. I literally caught Mewtwo on my last ball. Before that last ball, I hit him three times with Golden Razz curveballs (each time was Great) and missed him twice. I'm super grateful for the 6% catch rate.
The stats are above average on this Mewtwo. He has 2237 CP, and the IV calculator puts him at 14 HP, 12 ATK, 13 DEF (86.7%). Moves are Psycho Cut and Psychic. I am fine with this, and I'm tempted to just dump all of my Rare Candy into this one to relieve my bag space.
Was an awesome event. I chatted with a ton of people, and there were even a few people who videotaped the footage for Youtube. It almost didn't end well for me.
I triumphed in the end, but I was almost close to failure. I showed up about 15 minutes late, and there were a handful of large groups that had already fought Mewtwo. I wasn't worried about missing out, since there were still tons of people who hadn't done it yet and were waiting. The problem was that I missed potential Instinct teammates. People there told me an Instinct group had fought it earlier. I'll tell you why this almost screwed me.
The remaining groups had no Instinct players, and the Gym was controlled by Mystic. This gave me disastrous results. Taking down Mewtwo was no problem at all, but these are my rewards after fighting him: 5 Revives, 3 Hyper Potions, and 10 Super Potions. Not a single Rare Candy, Golden Razz Berry, or TM.
However, the worst part was that I only had six balls to catch Mewtwo. Six balls. I almost didn't catch Mewtwo because of this. I literally caught Mewtwo on my last ball. Before that last ball, I hit him three times with Golden Razz curveballs (each time was Great) and missed him twice. I'm super grateful for the 6% catch rate.
The stats are above average on this Mewtwo. He has 2237 CP, and the IV calculator puts him at 14 HP, 12 ATK, 13 DEF (86.7%). Moves are Psycho Cut and Psychic. I am fine with this, and I'm tempted to just dump all of my Rare Candy into this one to relieve my bag space.
Was an awesome event. I chatted with a ton of people, and there were even a few people who videotaped the footage for Youtube. It almost didn't end well for me.
Shadow Broker
Banned
I was thinking, one way Niantic can make the gym scene more competitive is by allowing the trainer to be able to spin the Poke Stop in the gym for items from home if they have a Pokémon stationed at that gym.
I'm a level 25 player and while the rewards for leaving your Pokémon at a gym now is more minimum than before I like this format because if I see a level 30+ trainer with a Chansey at a gym I nope my way out of there and go back the next day to beat the weakened Chansey to take over. Said it before that I live in the country so a little feature of hitting the Poke Stop located in the gyms I have my Pokémon in would be a badass feature.
I'm a level 25 player and while the rewards for leaving your Pokémon at a gym now is more minimum than before I like this format because if I see a level 30+ trainer with a Chansey at a gym I nope my way out of there and go back the next day to beat the weakened Chansey to take over. Said it before that I live in the country so a little feature of hitting the Poke Stop located in the gyms I have my Pokémon in would be a badass feature.
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Deleted member 13876
Unconfirmed Member
I hate being Instinct since they started the raid system. Every raid I do there are only 1-3 Instinct players and I get fuck all in terms of balls.
dreamlongdead
Member
I highly advise you to get some Instinct players when you fight Mewtwo just to make it easy.
With other raids, it's been hit and miss. I was lucky to have played with a few heavily Instinct groups and even get some Instinct Gyms.
Instinct life is overall rough, so we just have to do the best we can. Super hardcore players will overcome any team disadvantage, but regular players will needlessly suffer. I'm glad that I have at least one of every Legendary.
I'm sorry to hear about t26 losing his Mewtwo.
Robdraggoo
Member
Is everyone still only getting Starbucks and sprint mewtwo invites?
Bedameister
Member
Came to ask this. Gimme that stardust
Solo'd a Machamp raid today. 4sec left. Felt good. Nice to know I can solo that one now.
Dusktildawn48
Member
The Mewtwo raid yesterday was fun. Took me a little over hour to get to the Mall. Ended up just eating in the car during the 40 minutes of slow traffic. Finally got there and meet up with everyone. The GPS drift there was pretty bad. Ended up catching it luckily. 89%, but it's Attack sucks. lol. I put 250 Rare Candies into him and will wait for a better attacker.
After that I drove back home (luckily no traffic so only took me 20 mins to go 18 miles). My fiancee finished hers and they went to a Raikou Raid afterwards and I met up with them there. Didn't catch it, but wasn't anything special.
Overall, was fun! But I am def going to stay away from that mall for these raids. lol
After that I drove back home (luckily no traffic so only took me 20 mins to go 18 miles). My fiancee finished hers and they went to a Raikou Raid afterwards and I met up with them there. Didn't catch it, but wasn't anything special.
Overall, was fun! But I am def going to stay away from that mall for these raids. lol
SiegfriedFM
Member
Just did my first raid today, after finding a Discord channel for my city. It was pretty fun to meet up with random people for Entei, and we did take him down (six players) but I didn't catch him. Meh.
I'm thinking of doing a Tyranitar raid just in case I don't find him in the event, but are all the raids so hard to catch? I might not want to waste a raid pass.
I'm thinking of doing a Tyranitar raid just in case I don't find him in the event, but are all the raids so hard to catch? I might not want to waste a raid pass.
guybrushfreeman
Unconfirmed Member
My impression of the EX raid is pretty negative. Its just a regular raid but extra inconvenient. Im happy to answer questions if anyone has them but I think most things are known now.
As it is though I hope they can the idea. Theres nothing special or unique about it, just extra added steps to something that was honestly already pretty inconvenient to begin with.
If they want to keep the idea they need to find a way to actually make it special or rewarding
As it is though I hope they can the idea. Theres nothing special or unique about it, just extra added steps to something that was honestly already pretty inconvenient to begin with.
If they want to keep the idea they need to find a way to actually make it special or rewarding
Dusktildawn48
Member
Tyranitar for me has be easy in raids to catch. Think I'm 3/3. Legendaries on the other hand I'm like 5/25
My 10k eggs are ready! 8 of the 10ks are at 9.4km and the last 10k egg is at 5ish km. Going to get them 1 step closer and then only walk further once it starts.
My general goal for this event is to reach 1 million stardust. At 210k right now. And during the last event, I was able to gain 400k in like 5 days, so certainly doable in little over a week.
My general goal for this event is to reach 1 million stardust. At 210k right now. And during the last event, I was able to gain 400k in like 5 days, so certainly doable in little over a week.
I think the idea is they want people to show up at sponsored locations like Starbucks or McDonalds. So basically it's an extra revenue stream for them.
guybrushfreeman
Unconfirmed Member
Thats just awful then. The game had become so much about waiting for Ninantic to turn something on its awful, its not even really a game anymore, just waiting for Ninantic to spawn an event.
I feel like they arent even attempting to create good player experiences anymore. If their intention for EX raids is just to push people to sponsored locations then I hope they just abandon it outright
Solemn_In_Berlin
Member
Can't believe the Philippines got him early! So happy that iOS 11 has screen recording now as I was able to document. Too bad it wasn't around for when I caught Susano-o (Perfect Lugia),
91% with 15 ATK. Hope we get a second wave soon!
91% with 15 ATK. Hope we get a second wave soon!
Dark_3nergy
Member
So the event is starting at 6pm EDT? (Equinox one)
MrChocolate
Member
Just catched an Unown. Letter A, 25 to go!
guybrushfreeman
Unconfirmed Member
Congrats
MrChocolate
Member
Thanks. I have to say I cheated a little bit, it appeared near my apartment, but I was notified by a local group :<
guybrushfreeman
Unconfirmed Member
Haha Im not sure they counts as cheating. Ninantic do want people to work together I think. Its fun to go out and find something when you know its there
Congrats! Check your medals for a new one
That's how I caught my 5 unowns. Never ever ever would have caught a wild nbon-event unown before. lol
Robdraggoo
Member
Can't believe the Philippines got him early! So happy that iOS 11 has screen recording now as I was able to document. Too bad it wasn't around for when I caught Susano-o (Perfect Lugia),
91% with 15 ATK. Hope we get a second wave soon!
Congrats!
Solemn_In_Berlin
Member
Thanks, everyone. Although, the real congratulations are ought to be given to the three lucky people who raided the same Mewtwo: they all got 100%!
Jesus Christ
perfectchaos007
Member
So about 1:30 remaining until the event starts? I'm interested in those new incubators
psynergylover
Member
I've take a long break from pogo; only started back up today for the event! When does that start?
Also what exactly are the qualifications for the Mewtwo invites? Raids, gym battles, or both?
Edit: first part answered! Lol
Also what exactly are the qualifications for the Mewtwo invites? Raids, gym battles, or both?
Edit: first part answered! Lol