Pokemon go

pickarooney wrote: »

So, cycling, even slowly is a waste of time for hatching, decent for catching and great for pokestops.
I need to bring a spare battery in future; I get just over an hour of full-on play.

What's a lure?
It's a (generally paid for) item that attracts pokemon to a particular pokestop - the difference between this and incense is that incense only works for the individual player but a lure works for everyone. this is why you'll see people congregating at pokestops where a lure is being used (the pink flowers surround the pokestop).


How do I train a Pokemon?
You don't train them in the pokemon game sense - instead you can power up existing pokemon with stardust and candies of the same pokemon type. but you might find higher cp pokemon soon enough as you level up in trainer levels.


What's the point of medals?
So far just bragging rights.

Is there anything to do to make sure a Pokemon stays trapped or is it just luck and perseverance?
When you throw the ball you see a circle grow smaller - the smaller the circle the greater the chance of a catch IF you land the ball in the smaller circle. you see this with the "nice", "great" and "excellent" tags. Personally I find the excellent small circle too hard to hit consistently and prefer going for great (better) or nice (still good) throws.


Is there any reason not to evolve?
Yes, if you evolve early you miss out on evolving later pokemon you catch which has higher cp. as max cp is tied to trainer level it is better to wait until you have enough candies to evolve all the way to the top before evolving (or if you can resist - waiting till trainer level 20) this is because you will encounter much higher cp base pokemon later on in the game - I.e. at level 9 you might find a 90cp pidgey which might turn ultimately to a 250cp pidgeot, but at level 17 you might find a 250cp pidgey which could have turned into a 800cp pidgeot (numbers exaggerated as an example) so now you have a 250cp fully evolved pokemon at the cp level as a base pokemon. Note you can still bring you 250cp pidgeot to 800cp - but it will take a lot of stardust and candies. It's easier to just wait and catch a higher cp base pokemon to start with.

Or transfer duplicates?
Trading will come in the future apparently... so maybe keeping some rare pokemon is a good idea but otherwise candies are great.

Where do I get stardust?
Stardust comes from
1. catching pokemon (100)
2. holding gyms and collecting reward (500 per gym)
3. hatching eggs (varies by egg type)
it's a very valuable resource and the general advice is to save it until you know which pokemon you want to power up (which may occur at around level 20) - I regret spending a lot of stardust on pokemon that I simply caught better versions of later when I reached a higher trainer level.

LLMMLL wrote: »

I've no problems with adults playing games. The issue for me is that its objectively not a very good game that while superficially taps into nostalgia is actually tapping ito people's OCD/collecting tendencies, and I'm guessing exploits this through in-app purchases. I don't really see how using "stardust" or whatever to level up is any different to what games like candy crush do. I also don't think people can distinguish between when they're having fun, and when its just a case of the reward part of their brain being activated, the very thing games like this are designed to do.

Thirdfox wrote: »

Don't think of it as a "normal" game - instead think of it as an exercise motivator... Over the last 10 days I've walked over 80 kilometres - something I would never have done if it wasn't for this game. So instead of spending an hour at night playing world of tanks I go for a walk down the harbour instead and hey that's great for me and my body.

As someone else posted on reddit - the good thing is that normally exercise would only reward you with a healthy body maybe 6 months down the line - here you see an immediate "benefit" from the pokemon you've caught/hatched while on your walk. It's no bad thing in my books. If my brain is being tricked to exercise more then bring it on I say.

haiyna wrote: »

Just got this game today and I am HOOKED.

xxxJennyxxx wrote:

Once popularity fizzles down I'm predicting they'll release gen 2 ... The bandwagoners wont like it because most don't know much after gen 1. Soon the game will belong to true fans once more! Meanahaha

sup_dude wrote: »

I'm confused as to how knowing more about the originals in bandwagoning. Surely it's the complete opposite? Also, true fans?