They did that last time, too.Typical of them to unleash some new gen 4 mons and then engulf them with a new event.
Typical of them to unleash some new gen 4 mons and then engulf them with a new event.
Be careful, Trainer! If you open the Mystery Box before this event starts, you will have to wait the usual time period before you can open it again.
Actually caught a Shieldon today, so they're still out there.Got Miltank finally checked off in my dex, just doing Kirlia raids and presents now.
Don't know why Niantic releases new chinpokomons and immediately removes them. Or hell, they could still be in the wild but so damn rare you wouldn't run into one.
Just ordered a copy of Let's Go Eevee for local pickup. How long do I have to play this thing to get a box?
I got one on Friday, but only because it was sorted to the top of my nearby list. It was close to a sports field iirc so maybe grass?Rofl that's how rare they are. Damn
Any type of terrain they show up on?
Seriously. I did it this morning. Another way they punish people for actually playing consistently.
Seriously. I did it this morning. Another way they punish people for actually playing consistently.
Ugh... I must resist the urge to buy a Switch and Let's Go. I don't have the money. :/
Eh, it's still a mythical Pokemon, though. I suppose they'll probably have another Meltan Shiny event in the future after Gen 8 Pokemon is released and I already own a switch.
I'm not sure what's sillier, their poor communication or that they apparently don't have the ability to remotely reset the timers.But they gave a warning...minutes ahead of time. Who wants to bet the idea of the event hadn't even happened 10 hours ago.
Yeah, it's pretty ridiculous that they can't reset the timers, there must be some technical jank that's preventing it. Otherwise it's so incredibly boneheaded.I'm not sure what's sillier, their poor communication or that they apparently don't have the ability to remotely reset the timers.
Oh well, at least I'm still vaguely interested in Meltan beyond a shiny. I'm still looking for a good Meltan to evolve, either a 91+% or a high level 82+%.
I don't understand how Niantic keeps fucking this shit up years in. The announcement should have been one week before the window, this isn't rocket science. People are losing out on entire batches of shiny eligible Meltan through literally no fault of their own, for no good reason.Blah
I just did my "last" Meltan mystery box last night to evolve a Melmetal. Then of course this event pops up. Screw this game lol. With the boxes cool down of a freaking week, this should have been announced beforehand.
A lot of practice and a little bit of luck. Some Pokemon have better capture circles than others, I found Tauros to be fairly forgiving in that regard (he's large and sits closer to the screen compared to most) when I was going for them in the Mew/Celebi quests. Most of the 5* raid Pokemon (in general, not necessarily Palkia specifically) have bigger circles too making them good candidates for landing an excellent curve.Looking to add some friends.
Any idea how to throw an excellent curve ball? Seems impossible to me.
They probably aren't too concerned because they gave the event an entire month. So, at worst, people who are out for the first week entirely, still have 3 weeks with 6 or 7 chances. And they probably think that's enough.
From reddit, it kinda seems like people are catching around 2 shiny per box, so the rates aren't too bad.
It's probably way easier to do that, rather than make a database change for everyone. Though, right, they could've announced it today and had the event start next week.
I opened mine last night....
WTF Niantic, how was anybody supposed to know to wait?
Completely forgot you could send the Meltans to Let's Go and still get the extra candy so I just deleted some instead of sending them over, dang it.
Got a shiny from my first box though at least. I'm gonna run out of pokeballs at some point and can't get more for free due to not needing data for anything else at the moment. Just hope I can at least get enough for a Melmetal before I run out.
Yeah, got the candies anyway but would've been nice to have more of the things in my Go parkDeleting them (sending them to the professor) gets you a candy as well - its no different to transferring them to Lets-Go
If your nowhere near a stop you can still get balls via adventure sync - if you walk 50k (and its tracked) then on Monday morning you claim the sync rewards which will get you 35 balls (20 red / 10 blue / 5 yellow)
You can also get balls via gifts - if you dont already have friends on here then add your friend code to the excel sheet in the first post and let people know and i'm sure you can get a few gift boxes a day to keep you in Pokeballs.
Looking to add some friends.
Any idea how to throw an excellent curve ball? Seems impossible to me.