@LCRBeattie

That sounds like such a lovely weekend! I am jelly about your Dragonaire!

Corrosive said ...

@LCRBeattie

That sounds like such a lovely weekend! I am jelly about your Dragonaire!

Strangely enough, I actually caught that at AWX I stopped there on the way home, and it was chilling by the front entrance

Ok…did the new update last night.

They change a few important things

First, you now can change your user/nick name.

Secondly, the XP issue with the curve, great and nice throws has been fixed.

The main change is the radar matter…not called “Nearby” anymore but 'Sightings'.

Once you click the bar showing the 'Sightings' Pokemons, the next tab now reflects a background for the Pokemons.

got my first 1000 catch. Vaporeon.

I reached the 100 KMS walked goal this weekend.

Few things I learned from the game -

If you want a gym taker / powerful Pokémon, use the common, easy to find ones. It’s easier to find then and to get candy for them.

Its great to have a rare or hard to find Pokémon in your collection however levelling then up or even evolve them is difficult.

I take Pikachu, he only got level to evolve and you need 100 candies to evolve. The only way to gain extra candies is to catch more of the same Pokemons.

On each catch you get 3 candies [on average] and one candy if you trade the Pokémon in to the Professor. So to evolve Pikachu you will need to catch 25 Pikachu. We not even looking into the quantity to level him up.

The higher level you reach, the harder is to catch them. I am on level 34 and each Pokémon I encounter is above 100 CP and on average I now need 2 to 3 normal Pokeballs to catch them.

So stock up on balls…

Sandman said ...

I reached the 100 KMS walked goal this weekend.

Few things I learned from the game -

If you want a gym taker / powerful Pokémon, use the common, easy to find ones. It’s easier to find then and to get candy for them.

Its great to have a rare or hard to find Pokémon in your collection however levelling then up or even evolve them is difficult.

I take Pikachu, he only got level to evolve and you need 100 candies to evolve. The only way to gain extra candies is to catch more of the same Pokemons.

On each catch you get 3 candies [on average] and one candy if you trade the Pokémon in to the Professor. So to evolve Pikachu you will need to catch 25 Pikachu. We not even looking into the quantity to level him up.

The higher level you reach, the harder is to catch them. I am on level 34 and each Pokémon I encounter is above 100 CP and on average I now need 2 to 3 normal Pokeballs to catch them.

So stock up on balls…

Whoa level 34! Nice and gratz on the 100km. I am only on level 19 right now such a long way to go


BTW to anyone using any location hacks they are apparently going to be prema banning people now. http://gamerant.com/pokemon-go-perma-ban-gps-spoof/

Corrosive said ...

Sandman said ...

I reached the 100 KMS walked goal this weekend.

Few things I learned from the game -

If you want a gym taker / powerful Pokémon, use the common, easy to find ones. It’s easier to find then and to get candy for them.

Its great to have a rare or hard to find Pokémon in your collection however levelling then up or even evolve them is difficult.

I take Pikachu, he only got level to evolve and you need 100 candies to evolve. The only way to gain extra candies is to catch more of the same Pokemons.

On each catch you get 3 candies [on average] and one candy if you trade the Pokémon in to the Professor. So to evolve Pikachu you will need to catch 25 Pikachu. We not even looking into the quantity to level him up.

The higher level you reach, the harder is to catch them. I am on level 34 and each Pokémon I encounter is above 100 CP and on average I now need 2 to 3 normal Pokeballs to catch them.

So stock up on balls…

Whoa level 34! Nice and gratz on the 100km. I am only on level 19 right now such a long way to go


BTW to anyone using any location hacks they are apparently going to be prema banning people now. http://gamerant.com/pokemon-go-perma-ban-gps-spoof/

That is good...I agree with it.

Easy levelling up tip.

Use a Lure, incense and lucky egg together.

I used this combo and levelled one level in the 30 minutes.

Also try and evolve some Pokemons while the Lucky Egg is active.

better off spending your time just evolving pokemon but if that works for you then cool.

Sinncross said ...

better off spending your time just evolving pokemon but if that works for you then cool.

That can also work, however having enough candies and stardust is the problem.

I have used the lures yet. Saving them for my nephews.

My approach has been more focused on walking. On 90/100 km. Not too focused on leveling super quick as much as I am that the game should get me outside and walking

Although I do agree 100% using an XP egg and evolving are the way to go. Last time I did this I went up 2 levels. I got a bunch of pidgey waiting for my next evolve session

Corrosive said ...

I have used the lures yet. Saving them for my nephews.

My approach has been more focused on walking. On 90/100 km. Not too focused on leveling super quick as much as I am that the game should get me outside and walking

Although I do agree 100% using an XP egg and evolving are the way to go. Last time I did this I went up 2 levels. I got a bunch of pidgey waiting for my next evolve session

There is the new company challenge starting on 22 August 2016 called Global Step Challenge. You need to download the app and register under your company code. The challenge is to see with companies walk the most…

So, with me playing Pokemon…I have been told to take part…more time now to play Pokemon at work….

I notice in the last two days more and more new Pokemons appearing.

I caught 8 Gastly’s since yesterday and a Psyduck…

Sandman said ...

I notice in the last two days more and more new Pokemons appearing.

I caught 8 Gastly’s since yesterday and a Psyduck…

That's pretty cool if they are changing things around I think something like a monthly or quarterly change of spawn points would keep things interesting.

I travel a bit for work. Today, whilst riding the shuttle into the parking lot, I found this bad boy

It helps to travel hehe

LCRBeattie said ...

Sandman said ...

I notice in the last two days more and more new Pokemons appearing.

I caught 8 Gastly’s since yesterday and a Psyduck…

That's pretty cool if they are changing things around I think something like a monthly or quarterly change of spawn points would keep things interesting.

I travel a bit for work. Today, whilst riding the shuttle into the parking lot, I found this bad boy

It helps to travel hehe

That is a powerful one...

Noticed he is already evolved.

Dude...use some of your Stardust....

Sandman said ...
Dude...use some of your Stardust....

I'm living dangerously with 100k of it haha

I discovered something during a gym battle last night.

Some may know this, but I did not.

When you battling, pressing the screen fast does the normal attacks. Sliding you finger left to right on the screen enable the dodge.

However pressing on the screen and holding you finger on the screen activates the special attack. Now this only happens once the power bar (the white squares) under the health bar is filled up.

The faster you attach the opposing Pokémon, the faster your power bar fills up.

I took out a 1200 CP Pokémon with a 900 CP Pokémon, just by using the special attacks.

My son showed me a trick to evolve the Eevee.

So I googled it and he was correct –

When you want to evolve Eevee in Pokemon Go, there’s a specific strategy to get the evolution you want, whether it’s Vaporeon, Jolteon or Flareon. Up until now many Pokemon Trainers thought the evolution was random, but it’s been discovered that there’s a fairly easy way to get the evolution you want. Of note, it’s recommended that you hold off on evolving a low CP Eevee more than once until you have enough candy to get to the third evolution.
To evolve Eevee into Vaporeon, Jolteon or Flareon, all you have to do is rename your Pokemon to a specific term listed in the chart below. Once you’ve edited the name of your Eevee accordingly, confirm the rename (tap OK), then restart the Pokemon Go app to make sure the name change was saved to the servers. When you get back into Pokemon Go, simply use Candy to evolve Eevee and you’ll get the desired evolution that corresponds to the name you selected.


Eevee Evolution Renaming Chart

New Name Resulting Evolution
Pyro Flareon
Rainer Vaporeon
Sparky Jolteon

Sandman said ...


I discovered something during a gym battle last night.

Some may know this, but I did not.

When you battling, pressing the screen fast does the normal attacks. Sliding you finger left to right on the screen enable the dodge.

However pressing on the screen and holding you finger on the screen activates the special attack. Now this only happens once the power bar (the white squares) under the health bar is filled up.

The faster you attach the opposing Pokémon, the faster your power bar fills up.

I took out a 1200 CP Pokémon with a 900 CP Pokémon, just by using the special attacks.

Apparently they recently nerfed dodging. It used to be that you would take no damage for a successful dodge. Now, according to people who have gone through the code, you still take 25% of the damage. Makes it a bit more difficult to take over gyms

Anyway, I couldn't believe my luck this morning. I opened my app while waiting for the elevator at work, and found a PORYGON!

My Pokedex is now on 82 caught. How is everyone else's Pokedex going?

New update available

The main new feature is you can get your Pokemon "appraised". Your team leader will tell you how good your Pokemon is (I think it's based on hidden values, like IVs), as well as comment on weight/size.