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Firemind

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Oct 25, 2017
15,548
I can't catch a Gen 3 starter to save my life. Somehow managed to catch one unlucky Treecko, but everything else runs on me. Seeing a lot of them around right now, but every single one I try to catch runs. So frustrated.

It's just starters that are giving me issue too, nothing else is running, have caught several Santa hat Pikachus and Delibirds and such.
It's the Delibirds and Meditites that run away from me lol
 

StarCreator

Member
Oct 25, 2017
4,855
I've been lucky in that I've seen two Mudkips (only since last night...) and caught both with a Pinap/Ultra. I'm seeing way more Torchic than the other two starters, which strikes me as an odd thing to happen during a water/ice event. I think I've even seen more Treeckos than Mudkips so far.
 
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GulAtiCa

GulAtiCa

Community Resettler
Avenger
Oct 25, 2017
7,545
Delibirds seem to have a high flee rate to me.. Had so many run. lol. I only have reg pokeballs though
 

Joni

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Oct 27, 2017
19,508
I'm doing quite well on all those things, but I use Ultra Ball on all of them. Did use a Razz on a 770 cp mudkip that is now my Swampert. No lack of them here, although Torchic is now the main one. Treecko is rare though.
Don't know if I should go for those pikachu though. They feel like a waste when it is the same hat as last year.
 

HardRojo

One Winged Slayer
Member
Oct 25, 2017
26,149
Peru
There was this guy who was on his 6th Groudon, hadn't caught any yet so I offered to help after I caught mine, and after 7 excellent golden berried curved throws, it got in with the last ball, dude was so happy.
 
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GulAtiCa

GulAtiCa

Community Resettler
Avenger
Oct 25, 2017
7,545
I caught a 100% Mudkip today! Only lv 3 though, so I won't be leveling it up or evolving. Just going to stay as a cute hundro starter. Good thing it was so low level, I barely have any great or ultra balls.
 

Rygar 8Bit

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Oct 25, 2017
15,899
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Egg chart updated with new water & ice Pokemon.
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t26

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Oct 27, 2017
4,564
Got a 100% Slakoth! Thanks partly cloudy weather. Later got a 100% Meditite 5 mins from home
 

Joni

Member
Oct 27, 2017
19,508
Finished up Torchic, so now I have a Combusken and a Blaziken for my living Dex. Same for the Spheal family. Almost there for Seedot at 106 Candy (with already one Nuzleaf caught wild), Meditite at 41 candy
Also found a 2318 Groudon, hatched a Slakoth for some nice candy, found a Carvanha nest, found a Wailmer.
 
Oct 25, 2017
12,640
Arizona
"Extreme weather" for "air quality" warnings is fucking bullshit. I have no weather bonus from now until Christmas morning, wiping out almost all of my rare cloudy/partly cloudy time for the week.
 

OrangeAtlas

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Oct 25, 2017
3,111
When was Delibird finally added? Saw a couple downtown and panicked trying to catch them. Ended up accidentally loitering in front of a police station.

I imagine Smeargle still has yet to be added?
 

dreamlongdead

Member
Nov 5, 2017
2,643
I'm already up to 73 Mudkip Candy. I'll have Swampert in no time, and I will just farm nests for Torchic and Treecko Candy.

The new Water and Ice Pokemon from Hoenn obviously makes catching more interesting, but only Spheal seems useful. I have one with great stats, so I'm ready to get Walrein with double Ice attacks.
 

Robochimp

Avenger
Oct 25, 2017
2,677
"Extreme weather" for "air quality" warnings is fucking bullshit. I have no weather bonus from now until Christmas morning, wiping out almost all of my rare cloudy/partly cloudy time for the week.

Submit a support ticket with Niantic, hopefully with enough feedback they do away with extreme or tell accuweather to tell their network of meteorologists to enter the correct tags on warnings as it seems to vary by location.
 
Oct 25, 2017
12,640
Arizona
Submit a support ticket with Niantic, hopefully with enough feedback they do away with extreme or tell accuweather to tell their network of meteorologists to enter the correct tags on warnings as it seems to vary by location.
Well, the alert was issued by the National Weather Service for my county, so it's legit, it's just a stupid thing to disable weather for.

I *do* think in general "extreme weather" is absolutely a necessity, because they don't want people risking their lives in dangerous weather (and being blamed for it), but the system does need a fuck of a lot of tweaking.
 

Robochimp

Avenger
Oct 25, 2017
2,677
Well, the alert was issued by the National Weather Service for my county, so it's legit, it's just a stupid thing to disable weather for.

I *do* think in general "extreme weather" is absolutely a necessity, because they don't want people risking their lives in dangerous weather (and being blamed for it), but the system does need a fuck of a lot of tweaking.

The National Weather service issues the alerts but I bet there is miscoding on the local level going into accuweather. One example that I read on the silph road was an alert for unseasonably mild temps, there has to be some local person just putting everything in as a high level alert.
 

patientzero

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Oct 25, 2017
4,729
Not the greatest event for an area that isn't a water biome; I've primarily been catching the mainstays (Makuhita, Wurmple, Seedot, Zigzagoon), with a lot of Spheals. I have gotten a bunch of Torchics, a couple Treecko, and one Mudkip. Added 10 species in the last couple days with the new starters, Snorunt, Spheal, Delibird, a random Ralts and Meditite, and evolving a good Slakoth and Makuhita (could have held off but Hariyama is one of my all-time favorites).
 

Robochimp

Avenger
Oct 25, 2017
2,677
It looks like Niantic has a solution for the extreme weather.

From the latest data mine

weather_alert_safety_button" "I AM SAFE"
 
Oct 25, 2017
3,686
I'm confused about Wurmple. I've evolved about 4 and they've all been Cascoon. Even weirder, I feel like when I press evolve, the game glitches out and suddenly the candy is gone. Eventually I find Cascoon just sitting in the box.

1. Is it normal for the game to glitch out like this?
2. Has anyone discovered any logic to the Wurmple evolutions, like how stats determine Tyrogue evolutions, or the one-time nickname thing for Eevee?
 

Robochimp

Avenger
Oct 25, 2017
2,677
I'm confused about Wurmple. I've evolved about 4 and they've all been Cascoon. Even weirder, I feel like when I press evolve, the game glitches out and suddenly the candy is gone. Eventually I find Cascoon just sitting in the box.

1. Is it normal for the game to glitch out like this?
2. Has anyone discovered any logic to the Wurmple evolutions, like how stats determine Tyrogue evolutions, or the one-time nickname thing for Eevee?

Wurmple is purely random, people have caught the same one and gotten different evolutions. I haven't seen that glitch but I haven't evolved anything with the latest update.


It's going to be 0 degrees on Tuesday so of course I get extreme weather today.
 

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Oct 25, 2017
4,661
Anyone know of any Raid Discord for Disney? I'll be here for the next few days and want to sneak in a legendary raid or two. I haven't done a legendary raid yet and Kind of hoping I'll catch my first legendary in this game.
 

Joni

Member
Oct 27, 2017
19,508
Looking at a map for a middle-size city, wondering where in heaven's name the Shroomish are.
Tried to go to a Corfish nest today, but it was mismarked. No Corfish in sight. Should have checked it on a map first. Should have gone to the Wailmer nest.
 

c-murph

Member
Oct 26, 2017
349
Oh man. I just lost my shiny v-card. Found a shiny Snorunt~! It's male so I guess its going to be Glalie. Would've preferred female for future frosslass but what can you do?

Is Santa Hat Pichu a thing this time around. I would assume so with all the other events having pichu included now.
 

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Oct 25, 2017
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Is Hariyama and Walrein any good for raids? I need to know if I'm wasting my time looking a good competitive one.

I wasted my time on Manectric. His CP level seems lower than Jolteon CP level.
 

t26

Avenger
Oct 27, 2017
4,564
Hariyama is only slightly weaker than Machamp in attack with higher HP, but a 50 candies evo so they are very good for anything weak against fighting.
 

Robochimp

Avenger
Oct 25, 2017
2,677
If you don't have a full Machamp army Hariyama will help fill one out.

Walrein is the low man on the ice totem pole, but probably worth finding a weather boosted high level spheal to evolve you can't beat the candy and dust savings
 

Firemind

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Oct 25, 2017
15,548
I never noticed this before until someone pointed it out in our group, but Walrein looks like a clown.
 

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If you don't have a full Machamp army Hariyama will help fill one out.

Walrein is the low man on the ice totem pole, but probably worth finding a weather boosted high level spheal to evolve you can't beat the candy and dust savings


Sucks that I've only ever ran into 3 Machop since I started paying Pokémon Go when it released. I'll try and build up a small Hariyama fighting force while I'm at Disney because it's pre evo isn't available back where I live.

How's Heracross? I caught two decent ones both over 2,000 CP.

Is Wailord worth the time getting the 400 candies for? Is it just as good as Gyarados?

Sucks about Walrein. I really hoped Walrein would be viable in Raids. I won't bother looking for a good IV one and just evo the next one I catch.
 

onpoint

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Oct 26, 2017
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Is Hariyama and Walrein any good for raids? I need to know if I'm wasting my time looking a good competitive one.

I wasted my time on Manectric. His CP level seems lower than Jolteon CP level.
Hariyama is less good as an attacker but would be decent if you don't have any Machamps.

I posted a comparison chart a few pages back.
 

kodax_shc

Member
Oct 27, 2017
6,453
Southern California
Finally caught my groudon on my 7th attempt last night. Talk about a huge relief. Pokedex is up to 306 now. Went to a wailmer nest tonight and got 320 candies before calling it a night.
 

Joni

Member
Oct 27, 2017
19,508
Took the effort to get out for two hours this morning. Got extra candy for Treecko and Ralts where I'm getting close, rounded off Seedot so I now have a Shiftry, got a 1140 CP Wailmer, my first Barboach and my first Feebas. I'm up to 300 species!
Also managed to sneak past level 35. I'm now level 36, with an amazing 4 XP. Became level 35 somewhere around October 20th. So it took me a bit more than 2 months, nice round-off for the year.
I used the extra level to power up all my top level Pokémon, including sneaking my Vaporeon past 3K. I'm now up to 9 3000 CP Pokémon. They're not all that useful, but it is nice for bragging rights.
 

StarCreator

Member
Oct 25, 2017
4,855
Two local EX Raids today, one in a mall and another at a Sprint store in a strip mall, got cancelled. Organizers for the mall raid had already contacted mall security and obtained permission to come inside, and the Sprint location was accessible from the sidewalk outside.

Seriously, what are Niantic even thinking? Two premium raid passes don't make up for the loss of an EX Raid...
 

Joni

Member
Oct 27, 2017
19,508
Up to 303. Found my first Corfish, hatched a Santa Pichu and evolved Grovyle and Sceptile! Hunt for Ralts and Slakoth tomorrow. As I want a living dex, I still need 15 Slakoth Candy and 38 Ralts Candy. So basically 4 Slakoth and 10 Ralts.
 

Robochimp

Avenger
Oct 25, 2017
2,677
Two local EX Raids today, one in a mall and another at a Sprint store in a strip mall, got cancelled. Organizers for the mall raid had already contacted mall security and obtained permission to come inside, and the Sprint location was accessible from the sidewalk outside.

Seriously, what are Niantic even thinking? Two premium raid passes don't make up for the loss of an EX Raid...

It sounds like the straight up cancelled all Sprint Store raids.
 

Rygar 8Bit

Member
Oct 25, 2017
15,899
Site-15
Good 6 hour walk, added a ton of new Pokemon now at 296 caught
added:
Mudkip
Lotad
Breloom
Azurill
Manectric
Wailmer
Barboach (close to evolve)
Corphish
Feebas
also found a good IV Spheal to evolve into Sealeo and Walrein.

Was a good day.
 
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