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You don’t enjoy using the Thunder Kyogre against Kyogre? I found it amusing enough I kept a weather boosted one with it

That new weather type pokemon is a fun addition I’m going to keep my best of each form just to collect, 3 so far!
 
You don’t enjoy using the Thunder Kyogre against Kyogre? I found it amusing enough I kept a weather boosted one with it

That new weather type pokemon is a fun addition I’m going to keep my best of each form just to collect, 3 so far!

I can't stand the NVE water on water haha. and thunder is so weak for a full charge move... I have a Raikou that has volt switch/thunderbolt and it hits 90 witht he bolt every 3rd move... thing is slow but each attack is 20-20-90-20-20-90... absolutely destroys water anything. I took out a wailmer boss in 3 hits last night haha

I've only had a chance to get 2 of the castform (sun and normal) so far... I do like them tho. entertaining (tho normal totally has a ball sack... wtf)
 
Right?! I immediately told Jana Pokemon gen 3 added new balls, then showed her that one lol

I love my Raikous too and I use a 98 Magneton. Zapdos is great but the limited hp seems to mean almost any charge attack from a legendary raid knocks him out in one.
 
Right?! I immediately told Jana Pokemon gen 3 added new balls, then showed her that one lol

I love my Raikous too and I use a 98 Magneton. Zapdos is great but the limited hp seems to mean almost any charge attack from a legendary raid knocks him out in one.

I so wish I had more than one Raikou now... only even got to do 1 raid and its only 87% i think and its still a beast. Really one of the only "great" electrics in the game as the rest are such glass cannons (like zapdos) that they end up being dead before you can get off any amount of attacks.
 
I never have a bad use of a Raikou it’s true he can almost always land 3+ charges. I have 2 and only 1 I have powered. Zapdos can die before using the charge move at all I know because it happened to me so often with Kyogre
 
Triple dust for luvdisc and chansey (and far more spawns), all spawns are back, shiny luvdisc too
 
That is the V-day special is bonus XP on 2 specific pokemon? Mehhh
 
I noobed up and misread you, it is a 3x Stardust boost and Luvdisc is almost every other spawn for me right now.

I needed dust so I am good with this, just wish it evolved as well to net some more XP from catching a ton of these
 
I noobed up and misread you, it is a 3x Stardust boost and Luvdisc is almost every other spawn for me right now.

I needed dust so I am good with this, just wish it evolved as well to net some more XP from catching a ton of these

Yeah it’s a shame they’re 100% useless. I’ve been throwing them in every gym I see haha
 
Hope you guys had more luck with the event,

Caught 3 shiny, best IV 68%

Caught 112 Dratini’s overall, deleted the ones below 450 CP and of the 20+ remaining my best IV was 72...

Enough candy to evolve 5 Dragonites but nothing worth evolving
 
Hope you guys had more luck with the event,

Caught 3 shiny, best IV 68%

Caught 112 Dratini’s overall, deleted the ones below 450 CP and of the 20+ remaining my best IV was 72...

Enough candy to evolve 5 Dragonites but nothing worth evolving
Caught no shinies lol. Got a few top-tier (>82% IV) Dratini and evolved one into a 3134 CP Dragonite (82% IV) with the new Draco Meteor move. My only shiny is still my Swablu haha. Oh well, I've learned to just enjoy the game and not get too caught up or upset about not getting these things.

If trading comes along, I'll trade an 84% or 87% IV Dratini I have for something shiny.
 
I wish shiny Pokemon were guaranteed to be decent, maybe 70+ ?

It’s hard to be proud of shiny Pokemon that are garbage for stats lol.

The shiny rate was wayyy up for the event, Jana caught 2 as well
 
I wish shiny Pokemon were guaranteed to be decent, maybe 70+ ?

It’s hard to be proud of shiny Pokemon that are garbage for stats lol.

The shiny rate was wayyy up for the event, Jana caught 2 as well
I know some people who caught 5-10+, and some people who caught none. RNG I suppose. I hear next month's shiny day will be be Bulbasaur.
 
I’d be happy if they cycle through the starters on events, hell I may still have 3rd gens needing to evolve if/when it gets there
 
I’d be happy if they cycle through the starters on events, hell I may still have 3rd gens needing to evolve if/when it gets there
Yeah, I still have 2 of the 3 Gen 3 starters that need to be evolved. Plenty of other Gen 3 evolutions I don’t have either. The only mon, besides regionals and legendaries, I need from Gen 1-2 are Porygon (1 and 2) and Unknown though. I hardly have any legendaries though, but I’m not a big fan of the raids that require several people; that’s not what the main series games were about at all.
 
I like the push to make it a social game but it is frustrating to find groups, all agree on a start time, etc.

Fewer players than at launch making it harder too.

I’ll trade you 5 Porygons for some Snorlax candy ;)
 
I like the push to make it a social game but it is frustrating to find groups, all agree on a start time, etc.

Fewer players than at launch making it harder too.

I’ll trade you 5 Porygons for some Snorlax candy ;)
I have 9 Snorlax; I’d trade one for a Porygon haha.

I get the social aspect, but I still think a solo player, or a small group or family of players, should be able to get any mon, especially if they’re level 30+. Maybe even just a one-time soloable raid for each legendary per player then the current group raids. It’s just in such contrast to the main series games. The community aspect was battling and trading, which they have neither in GO. Don’t get me wrong, I love GO, but I’ve basically just given up on going out for raids. If that means no legendaries for me, oh well I guess.
 
If trading was put in and there were at least still events for a reason to get all the players out together once in a while, I would be perfectly happy.

How would you want Legendary Pokemon to be attained?
Just lower the hp on bosses so fewer can do them?
I guess they could make them super rare wild appearances. That would actually be kind of cool if they added it in on top of raiding. I’d remember when/where I caught all of them and it would feel more rewarding I’d bet.
 
Oh and I would kill for that many Snorlax hatches. Still only ever hatched my 100% and he’s stuck at about 2200 CP waiting on candy
 
If trading was put in and there were at least still events for a reason to get all the players out together once in a while, I would be perfectly happy.

How would you want Legendary Pokemon to be attained?
Just lower the hp on bosses so fewer can do them?
I guess they could make them super rare wild appearances. That would actually be kind of cool if they added it in on top of raiding. I’d remember when/where I caught all of them and it would feel more rewarding I’d bet.
I think having the option to fight legendary mon as a solo raid (as an alternative to the current tier 5 raids; perhaps you pick which you want to do) would allow higher-level trainers to solo the boss if they have a solid team of level 30+ mon with good moves and matchups (and preferably a weather boost too). I think this would actually tie in with the spirit of the console games better. In the games, the legendary mon were end-game activities, so you had to be at least a decent level to even have access to them. They were not wild encounters, the majority of them anyway, but found specifically in one location. Seeing them pop up as raids and being able to solo them if you're strong enough would fit in with this spirit, which is similar to the TV show too, where only strong trainers can fight and capture legendary Pokemon. I'm not saying make them tier 1-4, but give trainers the option of the current tier 5 raid (teams) or perhaps a solo-only raid with the difficulty of around a tier 3 raid, so it's soloable if you're high level with ideal counters.
 
Had a decent event. Only got 2 shiny which was a bummer to complete the trio but did get a 100% tini (not shiny tho the one lady in the car with us got a 100 shiny!) and evolved it with DM. I also evolved one shiny to a DM nite just because.

I’m all for soloable legendaries with some form of caveat for “hardness”. Same as you guys it’s often difficult to impossible to find a group to take on stronger ones which is annoying. I end up wasting the daily passes by just not using them which sucks.
 
Ray is an easy catch, I’ve already deleted 4:

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2 x 98’s makes this my best Legendary for IVs
 
Ray is an easy catch, I’ve already deleted 4:

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2 x 98’s makes this my best Legendary for IVs

man, i'm 4/9 on ray's... hit them with excellent curves and goldens almost every time and they still run.
 
That sounds like ****ty luck man sorry to hear it.

At least landing on target is easy with him, vs. Kyogre
 
That sounds like ****ty luck man sorry to hear it.

At least landing on target is easy with him, vs. Kyogre

oh yeah... frankly its even more frustrating tho making it seem like its not even within my control ha
 
I have 2 EX raids for tomorrow/Saturday and I think I can make it to both! I’ve still only done one up until now.
I guess my hope is to get a Mewtwo better than my 87% but I’m not getting my hopes up

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^This is where an internet stalker tracks me down haha
 
I have 2 EX raids for tomorrow/Saturday and I think I can make it to both! I’ve still only done one up until now.
I guess my hope is to get a Mewtwo better than my 87% but I’m not getting my hopes up

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^This is where an internet stalker tracks me down haha

or Jana discovers you werent "jsut going to the store" for an hour haha
 
Lol she has the same passes we do almost all of our raiding together
 
Lol she has the same passes we do almost all of our raiding together

I need to get nicole back into it so I dont feel bad ha.. she totally supports my nerd tho and has bought me awesome squirtle slippers and just last night 2 pairs of pokemon boxers haha. She made me model them tho which was a bit odd...
 
The only thing odd here is that you didn’t share a progress photo to AM in squirtle slipps and Pikachu boxers ;)

That’s great lol.

Pokemon Go is a nice middle ground for us, both gamers/nerds but we don’t share a console game interest that is multiplayer.

She loves Fallout/large RPGs but we’d pretty much need 2 tv’s and consoles side by side. Pokemon gets us outside and we can still somewhat compete/play together

Waiting on Crash Bandicoot which is coming for XB1, fingers crossed for some co-op ability...
 
The only thing odd here is that you didn’t share a progress photo to AM in squirtle slipps and Pikachu boxers ;)

That’s great lol.

Pokemon Go is a nice middle ground for us, both gamers/nerds but we don’t share a console game interest that is multiplayer.

She loves Fallout/large RPGs but we’d pretty much need 2 tv’s and consoles side by side. Pokemon gets us outside and we can still somewhat compete/play together

Waiting on Crash Bandicoot which is coming for XB1, fingers crossed for some co-op ability...

My gf and I are the same. Both weird but different ways. She actually just bought the crash trilogy remake and has been playing it. I never really played console games as a kid cuz I wasn’t allowed to have any ha. Parents preferred I played in traffic ;)

Might have to do my next progress pics in my log as suggested hahaha. I like that idea actually. I used to be very secretive about my childish/nerd side but realized in college that all it did was make me friends with people I only had very little in common with. Once I embraced and flaunted my oddness I was way happier and had a lot more fun with my friends. Interesting “lesson learned” way too late in life ha
 
Same here man I used to “conceal” my nerdier passions lol.

I wouldn’t bring up in conversation that I played D&D, loved LAN sessions, my Xbox controller was pretty much an extension of my arm.

When I very first started training on my own, maybe 15/16, I just brought dumbbells into my bedroom and would legit knock out sets between Halo matches online XD

Zero shame for it now, and I’d do it the same if I did it all over it was a blast. Back when using a headset online wasn’t a total **** show I actually even made a few friends I went on to meet years later.

Still did sports, worked after school, and had a good social life but in those times you have free time I love using it to just kind of step outside reality and get immersed in a good video game, or if I felt competitive do ranked or clan matches online.

With no console gaming did you do pc? Or video games were out in the house?
 
Same here man I used to “conceal” my nerdier passions lol.

I wouldn’t bring up in conversation that I played D&D, loved LAN sessions, my Xbox controller was pretty much an extension of my arm.

When I very first started training on my own, maybe 15/16, I just brought dumbbells into my bedroom and would legit knock out sets between Halo matches online XD

Zero shame for it now, and I’d do it the same if I did it all over it was a blast. Back when using a headset online wasn’t a total **** show I actually even made a few friends I went on to meet years later.

Still did sports, worked after school, and had a good social life but in those times you have free time I love using it to just kind of step outside reality and get immersed in a good video game, or if I felt competitive do ranked or clan matches online.

With no console gaming did you do pc? Or video games were out in the house?

Sounds like we had nearly identical upbringings ha.

I had a few pc games but really just no video game around. I was also limited to two tv shows a day. My parents were pretty big on making sure I got outside or played legos ha
 
Oh and I caught the Mewtwo earlier, another 87.
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Might make it learn confusion/shadow ball for a psychic counter, and his highest dps

Will see what happens at tomorrow’s EX before I decide.

Jana’s got away. It was awful, 2213 CP but still that sucks.
 
I totally forgot to mention I got a an ex pass for next weekend. So psyched to get to do this one myself ha. Went 1/3 on rayquaza yesterday too which makes me 5/12 overall... bleh. I hit it with perfect throws every time, have my dragon badge, etc etc and it just hates me. worse catch rate than kyogre by a mile
 
Man that’s rough

At least Mewtwo is an easy grab, 3/3 for me
 
Man that’s rough

At least Mewtwo is an easy grab, 3/3 for me

Yeah tht's what I've heard. something like 90% of ppl usually catch it. I'm mostly excited just to battle it ha (for all 15 sec itll take to beat with 20 ha)

I tm'd my 80% to confusion/shadow ball and its a monster... every 3rd move is SB for 100 damage which is nuts... 20/20/100/20/20/100... total destroyer
 
One thing I do have poor luck on is TM’s

Both my luck never getting them and when trying to use them

I’ve used 4 on Mewtwo and still no Shadow Ball, standard luck for me when a mon has any more than 2 move options
 
One thing I do have poor luck on is TM’s

Both my luck never getting them and when trying to use them

I’ve used 4 on Mewtwo and still no Shadow Ball, standard luck for me when a mon has any more than 2 move options

bleh thats annoying. I've been pretty lucky for the most part which is good becuase I dont have a lot (especially charge TM's). Fast I ahve about 8 stocked but those really aren't the important ones usually.
 
Ya, none of my fighters need a quick anymore but a good 15 or more of them need a charged
 
booneman77 a win for us both coming

Return of Lugia so you can grab one and Sky Attack so a flying mon can actually do decent damage output which I have wanted

Fingers crossed this means Ho-oh might get a reappearance soon
 
booneman77 a win for us both coming

Return of Lugia so you can grab one and Sky Attack so a flying mon can actually do decent damage output which I have wanted

Fingers crossed this means Ho-oh might get a reappearance soon

saw that and almost cried happy tears ha. Its gonna be a psychic weekend for me... lugia and mewtwo all day saturday :)

all i will need is the return of moltres so I can have a shot at the dex being complete again. I saw that they updated a bunch of the capture distances and included moving zapdos closer so I assume that means all the irds will return at some point soon!

just hit 2.5/5mil on level 39... gonna try to squeeze out 2 more mass evolves tonight and hopefully a couple t5 raids to max out the last of the double xp... 40 is well within sight!
 
I was wondering if you were going hard during the XP boost, that’s impressive as hell even on x2 XP that you are half way already!

I should hit 38 by tomorrow I’m hoping...

That would be great to get another round of the birds. My Moltres is a crap IV and Articuno is still a super useful glass cannon, I’d like another decent one
 
I was wondering if you were going hard during the XP boost, that’s impressive as hell even on x2 XP that you are half way already!

I should hit 38 by tomorrow I’m hoping...

That would be great to get another round of the birds. My Moltres is a crap IV and Articuno is still a super useful glass cannon, I’d like another decent one

i really hadn't been going hard at all... basically wasted all of last week, including the weekend. just the last couple days really. I had a ton of stashed candy and mons (had constantly been full with 1200 box space) waiting for an event and really wish I had gotten to play more last week... totally could have been to at least 4mil if I had gone hard the whole time.

i only have 1 each of articuno/zapdos and both are crap IV too. same with the beasts so I'm hoping to get a shot at all of them again

also, 3 more tiny rats for the badge (only took about 2600 to get there haha)
 
Got a message that there were 3 lugia raids at the same park just now so I went running... one was gone by the one I got there but number 2 I did and caught this guy (96%) for my first one: Invalid Link Removed

Jumped right into the second did and BAM: Invalid Link Removed

Side note, in case you haven’t heard, shiny lugia has a 100% catch rate so pineap that bad boy!
 
I’ve seen 3 shinys now that’s crazy I hope I can score one,
Congrats on the 96 and the Shiny Niantic owed you those after all your hours played

I caught 2 yesterday but an 80 and an 84, best I have is a 91 I plan to go until I get another 90+ so I have 2 good ones, then save raid passes and hope Ho-oh is ahead
 
I’ve seen 3 shinys now that’s crazy I hope I can score one,
Congrats on the 96 and the Shiny Niantic owed you those after all your hours played

I caught 2 yesterday but an 80 and an 84, best I have is a 91 I plan to go until I get another 90+ so I have 2 good ones, then save raid passes and hope Ho-oh is ahead

Finished this glorious day with an 82% mewtwo as well (not stellar but better than my 80 and I got to do the raid myself this time ha)

Gotta think ho-Oh will come back around. Seems like they all will
 
Repeats before ever dropping Mew/Celebi is frustrating but good to see we get more chances at past Legendaries
 
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