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Video Games: Pokémon GO: Gen 2 Out Now - Baby Pokemon - Egg ONLY
Member Since: 11/16/2011
Posts: 7,542
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Originally posted by Alejandrawrrr
KING! What level are you?
My top 24 so far, at level 24:
As an aside, I'm starting to feel CP is somewhat misleading. My exeggutor slays on paper, but it's pretty mediocre in gym battles, while my jolteon puts in WORK, even slaying MUCH higher cp Dragonites and stuff given its attack speed & dodging. And also, most gyms in my area have water type pokemon (lower Manhattan being situated between two rivers), so far pulled off a lapras/gyarados/dragonite sweep with all having 1400-1700 CP, with a good connection to the gym.
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IKR sis I just actually discovered IV's today and I was fuming cos I was unbestknowingly powering up some 'mons with disgusting IV percentage I wasted like 50k stardust on them I am 25 at the moment sis. I was lucky enough that my exe, lapras, vapo, and gyarados have IV% between 80-90+.
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
Posts: 5,905
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Originally posted by Kiel D-01
IKR sis I just actually discovered IV's today and I was fuming cos I was unbestknowingly powering up some 'mons with disgusting IV percentage I wasted like 50k stardust on them I am 25 at the moment sis. I was lucky enough that my exe, lapras, vapo, and gyarados have IV% between 80-90+.
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Omg same, my Arcanine was in the 1100s a few days ago and I wasted 10s of thousands of stardust on it, when it's ivs are something like 0/15/5 or something
At this point, only hatched pokemon have reliably great ivs. That Vaporeon is from an Eevee I hatched a few hours ago, it's like 14/14/15 or something. I just wish I had better luck hatching good things on average.
And I also NEED Niantic to make stardust easier to come by, seeing that I'll need like 300,000 stardust at max level is not very reassuring I think I'm gonna send them emails about that, cuz I would definitely give them ALL of my money for stardust. Besides wanting more powerful pokés, it's wired that a franchise about raising/training and loving your pokemon (in addition to filing your pokedex of course) heavily encourages tossing out your pokemon for marginally better ones on a whim
edit: omg, not proofreading after swype+autocorrect makes my posts borderline unreadable at times
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Member Since: 6/1/2011
Posts: 9,734
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omg sionce when are we talking IVs as well. i didn't even know the Pokemon had them in PGO too
too complicated.
I caught a Nidoking today....250-ish CP
and a Hitmonchan with 200ish CP
and also a a machamp with 450 ish CP
i was SO disappointed - how did i deserve such weak ass Pokemon? i'm on Level 17
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Member Since: 5/27/2016
Posts: 2,208
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I want a ninetails so bad
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Member Since: 4/4/2014
Posts: 17,141
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Caught an Eevee with almost 500CP today but the spreadsheet says its IVs are trash
**** IVs.
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
Posts: 5,905
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Originally posted by KingB®
omg sionce when are we talking IVs as well. i didn't even know the Pokemon had them in PGO too
too complicated.
I caught a Nidoking today....250-ish CP
and a Hitmonchan with 200ish CP
and also a a machamp with 450 ish CP
i was SO disappointed - how did i deserve such weak ass Pokemon? i'm on Level 17
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IVs are a lot less soul-crushing in GO though, as they max out at 15/15/15,rather than 31/31/31/31/31/31, and there also aren't natures and abilities to factor in as well, not to mention occasionally shininess. I like Pokeassistant's simple IV checker, you just input the CP, HP, Stardust need to level up, and whether or not you've powered it up before, and it gives you an estimate, tho it's much more effective at higher levels. I've also found that hatching eggs consistently gives me great IVs and high starting CP, while catching things in the wild is a mixed bag. I personally put a star next to pokemon I find with 85-100% IV perfection (besides my **** Alakazam and Arcanine), so you don't have to keep running the calc.
Frustratingly, since Stardust is so hard to come by, IV grinding is pretty much useless in the long run... eeventually you'll need something like 9000 stardust per 0.5 level up, and stardust, like XP, does not scale in this game
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Member Since: 8/22/2009
Posts: 50,646
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Level 24 and handling the girls.
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Member Since: 8/22/2011
Posts: 933
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Im on level 18 waiting until level 20 to power up my pokemon , I have about 30,000 stardust .
I cant wait to evolve my ponyta!
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
Posts: 5,905
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Originally posted by satellites.™
Level 24 and handling the girls.
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What kind of Queen I've never seen a 50,000 gym Do you live in a suburb, or a big city? Here in NYC, gyms change owners every 5 minutes max, even when they're loaded with 2600+ Dragonites
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Member Since: 8/22/2009
Posts: 50,646
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Originally posted by Alejandrawrrr
What kind of Queen I've never seen a 50,000 gym Do you live in a suburb, or a big city? Here in NYC, gyms change owners every 5 minutes max, even when they're loaded with 2600+ Dragonites
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I work at a university.
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Member Since: 5/27/2016
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Originally posted by satellites.™
I work at a university.
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I cant wait for Uni to start again so I have a reason to be there and play Pokemon
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Member Since: 1/20/2012
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Omg just hatched a Magmar<3
All the rest of these 5km eggs taking up space in my bag 🙄
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Member Since: 11/16/2011
Posts: 7,542
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Originally posted by Alejandrawrrr
Omg same, my Arcanine was in the 1100s a few days ago and I wasted 10s of thousands of stardust on it, when it's ivs are something like 0/15/5 or something
At this point, only hatched pokemon have reliably great ivs. That Vaporeon is from an Eevee I hatched a few hours ago, it's like 14/14/15 or something. I just wish I had better luck hatching good things on average.
And I also NEED Niantic to make stardust easier to come by, seeing that I'll need like 300,000 stardust at max level is not very reassuring I think I'm gonna send them emails about that, cuz I would definitely give them ALL of my money for stardust. Besides wanting more powerful pokés, it's wired that a franchise about raising/training and loving your pokemon (in addition to filing your pokedex of course) heavily encourages tossing out your pokemon for marginally better ones on a whim
edit: omg, not proofreading after swype+autocorrect makes my posts borderline unreadable at times
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ay dios mio To think that I sold all my egg hatched growlithes I ain't evolving any growlithes and dratinis unless they are at least 90+ IV% My vap is decent its 15/11/15.
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Member Since: 8/18/2013
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Originally posted by Digital
So I go on my daily, morning gym run. I still was holding five down when I woke up so I planned on taking five more then coming home. The first two I take were easy and no one attempted to take them afterwards. The final three were a pain in the ass. I took three that were all fairly close to each other and as I'm on the last one, I notice the person who had them before is taking them back in the order I took them. So I wait and I end up seeing them come to the gym I had just taken. They were looking around to see who it was. I walked into a nearby business to make it seem like it wasn't me. I ended up waiting for them to take it back then I waited another few minutes to watch them circle back around after five minutes to make sure no one was taking them again. Then, when I was sure they were gone for good, I went and took the three back and cashed in. They're all still in those gyms, too, so the guy must have given up.
I'll have to use this IV calculator before I level up any more of my Pokemon but right now I'm way too tired to start inputting data for each to figure it out. I need lunch and a long ass nap.
Level 23:
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SUH-LAY!
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Member Since: 8/22/2009
Posts: 50,646
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Im a brand new level 24 girl so dont judge my low CP girls. They're coming to snatch as soon I hatch these 9 eggs.
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Member Since: 3/15/2013
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Originally posted by C SLAYCLAIR
I found a 1,086 cp Weezing
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my moms a weezing, she smokes alot and i hate her sometimes for it.
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Member Since: 8/7/2015
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Originally posted by lostinparadise
Wow, I went out for a walk with my friend this morning for just under 1hr30mins.
I caught a Wigglytuff (90), caught enough Poliwag's to evolve it into a Poliwhirl (440). In a 5km egg I got a Staryu which gave me 51 candy so I evolved one into a Starmie (772), and in a 5km egg I also got a Machop (323). I'm half way through Level 16 now.
I really want to catch Bulbasaur and all evolution's of the starter Pokemon (besides Wartortle).
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I'm only 12 candies away from a Wigglytuff and Jiggly's spawns are so rare here where I live. I only manage to catch maybe one a day. I want one so badly. And I still haven't seen or hatched a Poliwag. I need to buy some egg incubators.
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Member Since: 4/4/2014
Posts: 17,141
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Not y'all talking about low CP with 1900CP mons when I hit lv20 today and my highest CP is about 1000
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