Post by rupertpenny on Aug 25, 2016 9:25:41 GMT -5
So is there any consensus about the appraisals? Do they actually mean anything?
I ask because they are making me kind of depressed. Water Pokemon are very prevalent here so I really need some good electric or grass Pokemon if I want to battle. My team leader seems to think all of my water or grass Pokemon are "not likely to make much headway in battle" the only exception is a Tangela but it's maxed out at 1300 Xp and can't compete with 2k vaporeon etc.
I did catch three pikachus today though, so I guess that should cheer me up.
I will be so sad if the Clefairy nest by my office changed before I could get enough candies to evolve. I am so close! I'm going to go today and check it out.
Post by Wines Not Whines on Aug 25, 2016 10:43:54 GMT -5
I really wish the game had a better tracking/sighting system. A Pikachu showed up on my sightings this morning, and I walked up and down two blocks to try to find it, and then it disappeared before I found it. Of course, I found a ton of pidgeys and rattatas in the meantime. Sigh.
I found a pokemon go FB page for my area! They said there is a machop nest at a park about 15 minutes from my house. I will try to go check it out this weekend! There's a playground so we can take DS. There was mention of 2 other nests but they are 30-45 minutes away so I doubt we'll be going there right away.
Went back to Bass Pro Shop today, lol. There are 2 pokestops right next to the big fish tank so we dropped lures at both and caught a bunch of stuff in 30 minutes. Also hit up the 3 pokestops in the parking lot. Perfect for 3rd trimester in the summer. Stay cool and can sit on a giant fish bench, lol.
I'm working from home today, so DH and I went to the park for lunch. We each caught 13 jigglypuffs. I'm also an hour away from collecting coins again on a gym. I've never been on one longer than 20 minutes!
OMG you guys, oh em gee. What an incredibly lucky day! Amazing. On the way to DH's office, we were sitting in construction traffic (only 1 land going at a time) so I pulled up PoGo on a whim. THERE WAS AN 1825 CP ARCANINE RIGHT THERE, just chilling on the side of the road! He chewed through all my ultra balls, I was FREAKING OUT that he was going to flee. Luckily I caught him with a great ball. After powering him up with all the candies I had, he's 1944 CP, my strongest Pokemon. I named him Rajah, after the tiger in Aladdin.
The poke walk was so-so, I used 2 incense during the walk to up my catches. the park was a Magikarp nest (swizz) and I caught about 10 of them. My 10k egg was a Hitmonchan! Very pleased. It's not a snorlax or a Lapras, but THANK GOD not an Eevee or Pinsir.
DD fell asleep on the way home, so with DS's permission we tried out a Dratini nest nearby that I'd read about online. A shadow appeared, I drove down every fucking street imaginable, and I got my first Dratini! 3 new pokedex entries in one day!
nice @supergreen! The arcanine I caught was just chillin in the parking lot of the mexican restaurant we went to at lunch. No pokestops, just a gym nearby. I was like WHAT IS THAT GIGANTIC THING??!
nice @supergreen! The arcanine I caught was just chillin in the parking lot of the mexican restaurant we went to at lunch. No pokestops, just a gym nearby. I was like WHAT IS THAT GIGANTIC THING??!
I know right?! I pulled up PoGo, was like "what is that huge thing on the map...HOLY FUCK it's an Arcanine. HOLY FUCK he's 1800 CP!!!" He ate through all 9 of my ultra balls. Nine fucking times he popped out and I was like "HOLY SHIT DON'T FLEE!" But I got him, huzzah!!
@supergreen, I'm so happy you finally got your Dratini! :-)
OH. After I left the Clefairy nest, there was a Snorlax, but I couldn't find him - I think he was in a gated area. I tried every possible way except that way. Bummer.
ALSO, I accidentally powered up my 300-something Jigglypuff instead of my Wigglytuff. The Wigglytuff will never be a fighter so it's not a huge deal, but damn. That was dumb. LOL
so there is a 4th Fridays Food Truck festival in my town tomorrow night that will be covered in lures. I want to go....BY MYSELF. Lol. I don't even want food, I just want to catch shit.
After the Dratini, I lost a 702 Eevee b/c I only had regular pokeballs left and no razz berries. He popped out immediately from 3 of them and poofed. Rightfully so. I also tried to find a Scyther with no luck.
I hatched a ton of eggs. The good ones were Shellder, Tangela, and the Hitmonchan obvs. Picked up several more. Got halfway on my third-ever 10k egg.
so there is a 4th Fridays Food Truck festival in my town tomorrow night that will be covered in lures. I want to go....BY MYSELF. Lol. I don't even want food, I just want to catch shit.
That sounds like an amazing idea!
my friend has gone the last 2 months and caught tons of awesome stuff. Hopefully the weather is good!
so there is a 4th Fridays Food Truck festival in my town tomorrow night that will be covered in lures. I want to go....BY MYSELF. Lol. I don't even want food, I just want to catch shit.
Yes! Go by yourself! It's soooo much better playing without a 4yo going "what's dat mommy? Mommy? A pidgey? Rat a tat (rattata)? MOMMY WHAT IS IT?!?"
My new lineup. Still can't believe I caught that Arcanine. After it happened, I thought "if this is the only good PoGo thing today, it was worth it." But I got even more, yay!
Post by karinothing on Aug 25, 2016 15:15:22 GMT -5
Today I caught a new to me Tauros in the lobby of my work. I feel like he (she?) has been following me wherever I go, but I haven't been able to find him. Then I open the elevator doors and bam! Also caught a new to me Koffing. Some of these pokemon are so odd.
Today I caught a new to me Tauros in the lobby of my work. I feel like he (she?) has been following me wherever I go, but I haven't been able to find him. Then I open the elevator doors and bam! Also caught a new to me Koffing. Some of these pokemon are so odd.
I think the Koffing and Weezing (its evolution) are bizarre. Like, all of the other Pokemon are...animals, or critters or whatever. And then you have....these?!
So is there any consensus about the appraisals? Do they actually mean anything?
I ask because they are making me kind of depressed. Water Pokemon are very prevalent here so I really need some good electric or grass Pokemon if I want to battle. My team leader seems to think all of my water or grass Pokemon are "not likely to make much headway in battle" the only exception is a Tangela but it's maxed out at 1300 Xp and can't compete with 2k vaporeon etc.
I did catch three pikachus today though, so I guess that should cheer me up.
Does your Tangela has vine whip/solar beam? That's its best moveset. I think you could take out a 2k Vaporeon with a 1300 Tangela if you're good at dodging. Here's a great video teaching how to dodge. You only need to watch the first few minutes FYI. Use solar beam right after you dodge the Vaporeon's special attack. It will be recovering from using it, giving you time to execute Solar Beam without Vape pummeling you in the process.
If you have a Pokemon with a higher CP than another, but that other one has a seemingly better appraisal, which one do you evolve?
IMHO depends on the CP disparity. If it's like 100+ CP difference, I evolve the one with better CP. If the CPs are close, I'd evolve the one that appraises better (i.e., has better IVs).
But that's me. I have no stardust or candies. You have plenty of both. In your case, evolve the one with better IVs. It will end up with the highest possible CP (because it has good IVs) once you power it up.
I just used a lucky egg and evolved all the crap Pokemon I've collected over the last week. By FAR the most crap Mons I've ever evolved at once. I was evolving for 20 minutes straight. I'm now 60% of the way through level 24. SO MUCH XP!