Poll of the Day > Pokemon GO official topic #6

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We got 500 sniped and no one made a new topic.

Welcome back folks!

I finally managed to hit level 28 and hatched a shiny beldum!
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Glad to see that Unova Stones are going to be just as impossible to acquire as Sinnoh Stones (I still need one more of those to get Honchkrow)

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6th topic and still on Riolu!

Anyone in central Cali want to trade for a Chingling or Gible?
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I was going to ask whoever made the new thread to add this to the first post, but it closed while I was still typing.
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A 2362 Mewtwo got away from me. I'm somewhat disappointed, but at least it wasn't an even higher IV.

I still don't have many Unova Pokemon >_< I had been hoping for some Drilburs which I could evo into Excadrills.

EvilMegas posted...

We got 500 sniped and no one made a new topic.

I was going to make an unofficial topic this evening if a new one hadn't emerged. At any rate, a thousand shames upon Hypnox for this transgression!

EvilMegas posted...

I finally managed to hit level 28 and hatched a shiny beldum!

How long have you been playing?

Alpha218 posted...

Glad to see that Unova Stones are going to be just as impossible to acquire as Sinnoh Stones (I still need one more of those to get Honchkrow)

Sinnoh stones are super common from PvP (both your 3 daily trainer battles and 1 daily team leader fight) where they're a junk reward. Just find an ultra friend to battle each day, or stick to team leaders.
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I've been playing for about 3-4 months.

I played for a month in 2016 then I got a Windows phone and forgot this existed
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I've only PvPed with my friends a few times... never got the stones aside from the ones guaranteed from Mamoswine day

Maybe we all got unlucky though

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I never really do PVP (hence me being stuck at that part of the Jirachi quest line), but from the daily team leader battles, I pretty much have of Sinnoh stones (or lack thereof). Ive gotten 8 I think in the past month after what felt like 6-8 weeks with none

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What the FUCK, I only opened my game to do my daily and I get this

That makes 2 100% mons this week (first was purified Dratini)

God, I dont have enough stardust to level this stuff



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Alpha218 posted...

I've only PvPed with my friends a few times... never got the stones aside from the ones guaranteed from Mamoswine day

Maybe we all got unlucky though

Or lucky, because it's a junk drop that shows up way too often =x

I toss them frequently, but I'm still sitting on 26. But I PVP and do my leader battle every day.

Alpha218 posted...

What the FUCK, I only opened my game to do my daily and I get this

That makes 2 100% mons this week (first was purified Dratini)

God, I dont have enough stardust to level this stuff

Huh. I didn't know dark blot was a location in the US. I thought it was in outer space.

And honestly it's not worth powering a perfect Gastly from 15 to 40, especially since there's no telling when or if Gengar will get another chance at SC or Lick (although Halloween is a good time for it)

My most recent 100 was a Azurill, but perfect Azurill is perfectly useless. He's too weak for UL and you're better off with a different stat distro for GL.
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@keyblader1985 That's pretty neat! I knew a couple, but this has even more...
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I have a question: do you guys max the pokemon level first and then evolve them or does it matter?
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It doesn't matter. The stats will wind up the same either way.
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Great, I wasn't too hype on powering up 1stage boys
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EvilMegas posted...

I have a question: do you guys max the pokemon level first and then evolve them or does it matter?

It makes more sense to evolve them first since they'll usually have better DPS that way. Granted, you shouldn't be doing a ton of powering up for most Pokemon in the first place. Once you hit lv30, a lot of stuff you'll use out of box and not power up at all. I have a team of Mamoswine -- levels 31-35 -- that I haven't powered up once and, if I had, I would have had less candy to evolve them. (Which is kind of a problem since in the past I had wasted Swinub candy like that.)
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I made my girlfriend download Go so I can battle her (myself) for sinnoh stones lol
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Got a few Mewtwo raids in today, but no shinies. One of the raiders was telling me that he heard that the Mewtwo dinner hour is going to be on a Tuesday in October, which is going to be fucking stupid if they run the Wednesday dinner hour as well. I'm looking at the Twitter feed and supposedly they *did* do something Wednesday after the hour itself or some shit. wtf?

Also SB Mewtwo is coming back to EX raids, which kinda sucks since I was hoping we'd see Darkrai if they're not using him as a normal boss. Their October line-up in general is garbage. Trapinch CD (instead of a ghost/dark/psychic type), flower crown Eevee breakthrough (even getting more Spiritomb would be better), and... well, at least we're getting some Giratina (I'm guessing we'll see Gira-O after Gira-A) in raids.

EvilMegas posted...

I made my girlfriend download Go so I can battle her (myself) for sinnoh stones lol

That's probably the easiest way to do it. Then just give her a team of 10CP Pokemon so you can OHKO everything.
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I haven't been able to get into mewtwo raids. If I get lucky I'll have one or two people join me. I need to go to the mall or something.
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I got one mewtwo raid yesterday.. no shiny and no shadow ball.

Is it better to go for IVs or higher CP?

Say I get a 3 star but it's CP is 300 lower than A one star, do I can the one star?
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I always go for IVs

Still cant really play because they are still ignoring rural areas.
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Managed to get two more raids in, but no real luck.

MICHALECOLE posted...

I got one mewtwo raid yesterday.. no shiny and no shadow ball.

Considering that SB is EX-exclusive and he's not even in EX raids for about another week, it would have been pretty fucking impressive if you had got one. XD

EvilMegas posted...

Is it better to go for IVs or higher CP?

Say I get a 3 star but it's CP is 300 lower than A one star, do I can the one star?

Depends on what you're talking about. IVs factor into CP so, if it's lower, it's likely quite a few levels lower. I wouldn't power up a 1-star or 2-star (which is sub-67), but a lv35 could be usable as-is if evolved.

However, in many cases, the answer is to just wait until you get something better.

Fierce_Deity_08 posted...

Still cant really play because they are still ignoring rural areas.

Could always make some alts or something.
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https://www.gamespot.com/articles/new-pokemon-go-event-announced-and-it-finally-adds/1100-6470089/

Why are the North America exclusives so shitty?
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Theyve always been. Why even make this an event anyways? Youre getting stuff from the region you already would have, since its 5km eggs and not 7km ones.

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Is tarous rare? I have like 50 like ash
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Depends on biome. Its only rare in the sense that you can only catch it in the US outside of egg hatching events

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I hope I can finally get a Corsola.

I also noticed I'm less than 100,000 away from Level 40. It crept up quicker than I expected
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Yeah I saw that, congrats.

I managed to catch a buff lilpup or whatever.
700cp and almost perfect IVs. Time to use those 150 candies I have
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I got a shiny mr mime and a shiny farfetchd back to back from eggs

Its not Origin forme, but Im still happy with this.


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Jesus, thats a swole boy there
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Remember to Pokemon Go to the polls!
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papercup posted...

Remember to Pokemon Go to the polls!

In New Jersey, we can vote by mail

So I don't have to do that anymore
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GanonsSpirit posted...

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/new-pokemon-go-event-announced-and-it-finally-adds/1100-6470089/

Why are the North America exclusives so shitty?

Tauros isn't bad, compared to the other three Kanto regionals. However, I'm just pissed that we lost Zangoose and have had him replaced with Seviper for all this time.

EvilMegas posted...

Is tarous rare?

Regionals aren't terribly rare within their region, except maybe Pachirisu.

Alpha218 posted...

Its not Origin forme, but Im still happy with this.

Pretty noice. Can't be mad about that. Personally, I'm trying for a 10/15/15 that I can use in the Ultra League.
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I caught a perfect Giratina yesterday.
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I got a perfect IV Bronzor and a shiny Togepi today. Surprised me. Shiny Bronzor yesterday but crap IV :(

Also did a raid on my afternoon walk - Got 2 out of 3 Giratina but not great IVs anyway.

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Is Nosepass even shiny? Because 50 percent of Pokestops are giving the "make a new friend" task and if it doesn't even have a shiny version available then it seems beyond useless.
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The fact that 50% of stops is giving you that is unlucky. The quest given by a stop is locked to that stop until that day, and is the same for everyone.

I havent gotten any instances of that quest today

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Do any of you have a ditto? I don't care if it's shit or not. I need it for 2 quests
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- You have to catch it yourself. Trades dont count.
- People can only trade if theyre close enough to you.
- The list of Pokmon that Ditto can be hiding as changes semi-frequently. Heres the current list I could find. https://www.vg247.com/2019/09/23/pokemon-go-ditto-how-to-catch-isguise-spawn-rate-list-update/
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Oh God no.
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EvilMegas posted...

Do any of you have a ditto? I don't care if it's shit or not. I need it for 2 quests

No way for me to trade to you unfortunately unless you use some kind of GPS hack (not recommended). Honestly just keep catching. Always comes when you least expect it.

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@EvilMegas next time you open a gift from me, use a Lucky Egg (if you have one). It'll give you 100,000 Experience, which is like 50% more than you have now.

It won't count today because we already boosted our friendship level for today, but you can do it tomorrow
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Sick. I'll do that.
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keyblader1985 posted...

Is Nosepass even shiny? Because 50 percent of Pokestops are giving the "make a new friend" task and if it doesn't even have a shiny version available then it seems beyond useless.

I don't really get it either, although I wouldn't mind that task since it's an easier one. I've had the 10k one twice now and I generally don't get 7k eggs from that far away.

EvilMegas posted...

Oh God no.

He's not that rare. I've caught two in the past week. I was going to post the list of its possible transformations, but I can't seem to readily find it.

It sucks that you started late, because after one CD there was like an hour of guaranteed Ditto spawns where they were camo'd as Meltan.
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Aaantlion posted...

I was going to post the list of its possible transformations, but I can't seem to readily find it.

https://leekduck.com/FindDitto/

^ That site is usually updated quite quickly after stuff changes.

200 rattata candies
120 hoothoot.

I hate this ditto shit.
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Those points pushed me to level 40 too, so good for both of us.

Is it just a coincidence, or do you start to get more items from spinning discs at Pokestops/gyms when you hit level 40? Ever since Saturday I've been getting like twice as many as I normally do. It actually got pretty bad, since the level 40 rewards alone put me 100 items over my maximum.
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Finally caught a 10cp ditto, who was hiding as a bidoof. It's 3 star

Then I caught a shiny tallow.

My luck changed lol
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