Pokemon go

Tenger · 22-08-2016 01:08PM

IVs will never change. Dont waste rare candies on a bad 'un.
Better to wait for a better CP and better IV specimen. As you go up in trainer level your chance of seeing higher CP goes up, and all that time you are building up Stardust and candy. And you might catch a high IV specimen.

SpaceCowb0y · 22-08-2016 01:16PM

Tenger wrote: »

IVs will never change. Dont waste rare candies on a bad 'un.
Better to wait for a better CP and better IV specimen. As you go up in trainer level your chance of seeing higher CP goes up, and all that time you are building up Stardust and candy. And you might catch a high IV specimen.

I'm a bit of a casual player and as such don't get out all that much. i'm on level 19 now but my stats compared to tothers on here even at only level 20 are shocking ha. I've only caught about 550 pokemon for example and walked under 40Km.

I do turn it on when i go for a stroll on the beach or when im out and about on my lunch break but bar that its off so i hardly ever find new or high level mon.

Tenger · 22-08-2016 01:52PM

SpaceCowb0y wrote: »

I'm a bit of a casual player and as such don't get out all that much. i'm on level 19 now but my stats compared to tothers on here even at only level 20.

I do turn it on when i go for a stroll on the beach .......

In that case I think you're not going to care about IVs then. New pokemon and high CP is really your goal.
(Saying that, if 2 pokemon have equal CP & HP, after evolve the one with higher IVs will be better.)

glasagusban · 22-08-2016 02:09PM

SpaceCowb0y wrote: »

There is a Charmander at the same spot at around 8:30ish on my journey to work each morning. If i get there on time he's usually there, so far the highest CP is 346 but his IV is 13% :eek:

0 attack
3 Defence
3 Stamina

Is that a joke haha? I mean can a pokemon's IV change once evolved or is that his lot in life! Destined to be a runt?

I've nearly enough candies to evolve one to a Charmeleon though so should i just hold off in hopes a decent one eventually spawns there? The next highest i have is a 320CP with 37% IV

2 Attack
11 Defence
4 Stamina

Still pretty useless? FFS Charmander:rolleyes:

Are ya gonna tell us where?

Barraldo · 22-08-2016 02:28PM

Just Caught two Growlithe in Merrion Square. I'm pretty sure it's becoming a spawn there.

SpaceCowb0y · 22-08-2016 03:46PM

glasagusban wrote: »

Are ya gonna tell us where?

Santry, at the community resource centre :rolleyes:

Cienciano · 22-08-2016 04:02PM

Weird, I've never even seen a Charmander in my sightings, never mind caught one and finally hatched one from an egg. 6 minutes later I got one in the wild.

mighty magpie wrote: »

Seen an article on twitter yesterday about the spawn rates of the region-specific pokemon. The rumour is that it they have increased, more and more people catching them or seeing them in their nearby. Few comments on here seem to back that up.

I did a few scans with pokescanner, definitely seems to be a few more around Dublin than there used to be.

JamboMac · 22-08-2016 05:01PM

Yay caught my first pikachu and then found a second one and he ran away, also a beast of wartortle ran. I'm guessing a red circle means you need a perfect throw.

jamescd · 22-08-2016 05:07PM

JamboMac wrote: »

Yay caught my first pikachu and then found a second one and he ran away, also a beast of wartortle ran. I'm guessing a red circle means you need a perfect throw.

I've caught red circle pokemons with just a curveball, no Nice, Great or anything. The 2131CP Vaporeon I caught yesterday was red circle and I caught it with just a Nice throw + curveball on the 2nd attempt.

El Nick · 22-08-2016 05:15PM

JamboMac wrote: »

Yay caught my first pikachu and then found a second one and he ran away, also a beast of wartortle ran. I'm guessing a red circle means you need a perfect throw.

If I understand correctly...

The color of the circle indicates how difficult a catch it's going to be. You can affect the difficulty of the catch by a number of methods:

- Type of Pokeball
- Razz berry
- Type of throw

Throw does "Nice" if you have the circle at its widest, "Great" if you have the circle at its middle point, and "Excellent" if you have the circle at its smallest point. The smaller the circle, the higher the chance of catching the pokemon. Curveballs give an additional higher chance of catching.

Note that none of these govern whether or not you'll catch something - just what gives the best odds. You can still fail to catch a CP10 Pidgey with an Ultraball, razz berry, and an Excellent Curveball. You can still catch a 900+CP Pokemon with a plain oul' Pokeball on your first rubbish throw - that's how probabilities work

SpaceCowb0y · 22-08-2016 05:21PM

El Nick wrote: »

If I understand correctly...

The color of the circle indicates how difficult a catch it's going to be. You can affect the difficulty of the catch by a number of methods:

- Type of Pokeball
- Razz berry
- Type of throw

Throw does "Nice" if you have the circle at its widest, "Great" if you have the circle at its middle point, and "Excellent" if you have the circle at its smallest point. The smaller the circle, the higher the chance of catching the pokemon. Curveballs give an additional higher chance of catching.

Note that none of these govern whether or not you'll catch something - just what gives the best odds. You can still fail to catch a CP10 Pidgey with an Ultraball, razz berry, and an Excellent Curveball. You can still catch a 900+CP Pokemon with a plain oul' Pokeball on your first rubbish throw - that's how probabilities work

it's also what leads to phones nearly being thrown at walls:pac::D

The amount of times i've used 5 or 6 pokeballs on a weak Pidgey only for it to keep popping back out. I keep saying i'll just run away.... but i don't, it's like well I've committed now. I HAVE to capture this little bastard! 9 Pokeballs he legs it and i'm left there with my lad in my hand and no Pokeballs to catch anything else. :rolleyes:

Barraldo · 22-08-2016 05:29PM

SpaceCowb0y wrote: »

it's also what leads to phones nearly being thrown at walls:pac::D

The amount of times i've used 5 or 6 pokeballs on a weak Pidgey only for it to keep popping back out. I keep saying i'll just run away.... but i don't, it's like well I've committed now. I HAVE to capture this little bastard! 9 Pokeballs he legs it and i'm left there with my lad in my hand and no Pokeballs to catch anything else. :rolleyes:

Depending on the pokemon's CP I decide how many balls I'm gonna use so if a 25 drowzee pops up, I'm using one regular ball only. If it hops out, I'm legging it!! If it's a 600cp drowzee I'm razzing and great balling that dude!! There's nothing worse than a below 100 pokemon jumping from a regular ball. I think anything below 100 cp should be an automatic capture when hit properly.

Angron · 22-08-2016 05:51PM

Got an Excellent throw on a Nidoran earlier, broke out after one shake and immediately ran. Annoyed about that one, as it was the first ball I'd thrown too.

Finally hit level 20, didn't take too long considering I just hit 19 yesterday.

pickarooney · 22-08-2016 06:07PM

Bandy-legged Mr. mime is the new Zubat! Don't know why I even try to catch him any more. One is enough. He is hilarious in a fight though, to give him his due.

I promised myself not to throw balls at any rat/pigeon/worm/caterpillar under 100CP after about ten fleescapes in a row. The very next Mon was a 99CP rat!

He escaped, naturally.

One squirtle away from a wartortle and can evolve a Persian but their CP is low. Do I really care? I'm unlikely to ever get as far as a blastoise or use a Persian in a battle...

I tried my first gym in weeks earlier. Some scumbag botter stole it before I could put anything in. Killed his Mon and put 18CP Botarfraoi in.

fatknacker · 22-08-2016 06:22PM

Finally caught that last Ekans to evolve.
Mr. mime was in the shadows today but I missed him

Hope to see him again soon.

AMGer · 22-08-2016 06:24PM

Probably worth hoarding a few Mr Mimes - once trading is introduced it'll be a good one with any friends you might have that live in the US, Asia, Australia etc. Just a thought.

Cienciano · 22-08-2016 06:26PM

JamboMac wrote: »

Yay caught my first pikachu and then found a second one and he ran away, also a beast of wartortle ran. I'm guessing a red circle means you need a perfect throw.

I got a wartortle yesterday. Wife caught it with 1 normal ball. I used about 3 normal, 5 great, 10 ultras and about 5 raspberries! Loads of great throws too.
At least it didn't run

alchemist33 · 22-08-2016 06:30PM

Sorry for this basic question, but does the CP of a pokemon you evolve have any bearing on the CP of the new evolved pokemon e.g. is it always better to evolve your highest CP Eevee and just transfer the rest?

jamescd · 22-08-2016 06:41PM

alchemist33 wrote: »

Sorry for this basic question, but does the CP of a pokemon you evolve have any bearing on the CP of the new evolved pokemon e.g. is it always better to evolve your highest CP Eevee and just transfer the rest?

Yeah of course, the higher the CP of the pokemon you're about to evolve, the higher it's CP will be after evolution. You can use one of the many evolution calculators out there to find out roughly what CP it'll be after evolution, for example this one https://pokefind.co/evolution.php

I don't know about transfering the rest though. Even though I'm only gonna evolve one, I still like to keep 2, 3 or 4 of the same pokemon. Just because :pac:

22-08-2016 06:50PM

There's a Taurus in a Greystones gym this evening. I'd love to find that user and confirm where they got it!

Diemos · 22-08-2016 06:52PM

alchemist33 wrote: »

Sorry for this basic question, but does the CP of a pokemon you evolve have any bearing on the CP of the new evolved pokemon e.g. is it always better to evolve your highest CP Eevee and just transfer the rest?

Yes, the higher cp is the best. The evloves are done on multipliers. So for example a 400 eevee will produce an 1100 Vaporeon, 1000 Flareon and an 800 Jolteon.
You know about the rename trick.

Also don't discount Jolteon, in my experience it's s much better Pokemon in this country than Flareon.

22-08-2016 07:03PM

My hp sort is actually sorting by cp...

AMGer · 22-08-2016 07:13PM

Deleted User wrote: »

There's a Taurus in a Greystones gym this evening. I'd love to find that user and confirm where they got it!

There was a Kangaskhan in the WIT Dome bar gym in Waterford last week.

Vayda · 22-08-2016 07:18PM

Caught a Vaporeon yesterday at the in-laws house

Only had about 7 pokeballs. Such stress!

mahamageehad · 22-08-2016 07:36PM

Today's hatches were a Ghastly and a Venonat. Poor. I had three empty egg slots so I tried the 10 pokestop trick to try and get a 10km egg. got 3 5kms. Ugh. One the plus side I did catch that last Krabby I needed for an evolve! I have 30 now ready to evolve, including two that will be new (Krabby and Ghastly). I'm a stones throw away from level 20 so I'm hoping to get there tomorrow. Running seriously low on Pokeballs though, damn countryside!

JamboMac · 22-08-2016 08:22PM

El Nick wrote: »

If I understand correctly...

The color of the circle indicates how difficult a catch it's going to be. You can affect the difficulty of the catch by a number of methods:

- Type of Pokeball
- Razz berry
- Type of throw

Throw does "Nice" if you have the circle at its widest, "Great" if you have the circle at its middle point, and "Excellent" if you have the circle at its smallest point. The smaller the circle, the higher the chance of catching the pokemon. Curveballs give an additional higher chance of catching.

Note that none of these govern whether or not you'll catch something - just what gives the best odds. You can still fail to catch a CP10 Pidgey with an Ultraball, razz berry, and an Excellent Curveball. You can still catch a 900+CP Pokemon with a plain oul' Pokeball on your first rubbish throw - that's how probabilities work

Yeah did all the above raspberry think only nice throw and ultra ball. Maybe it's predetermined whether you catch because it took a while to appear. Hope tangela gets evolution soon since I have a beast of one that hatched.

dbagman · 22-08-2016 08:31PM

Only went lvl 20 yesterday. Are the ultra balls ultra rare from pokestops? Hit a good 10+ today and didn't get one. Should I be saving them for 1000+ CP?? Not that iv ever seen one in the wild. Only 1 I have I evolved.

fatknacker · 22-08-2016 08:43PM

I'm almost certain I saw a Taurus in my shadows here a few weeks back.
Almost.

jamescd · 22-08-2016 08:45PM

dbagman wrote: »

Only went lvl 20 yesterday. Are the ultra balls ultra rare from pokestops? Hit a good 10+ today and didn't get one. Should I be saving them for 1000+ CP?? Not that iv ever seen one in the wild. Only 1 I have I evolved.

Yeah they are rare enough. I save them for hard to catch ones like the starter pokemon (Squirtle, Charmander, Bulbasaur), also Pikachu and sometimes Abra since they always run if they break out of the 1st ball.

I also use one if I run into a pokemon which I don't have yet in the pokedex or I run into a pokemon stronger than the current strongest I have i.e. if my strongest Eevee is 700CP and I run into a 750CP Eevee, I will Ultra ball it just in case.

As for 1000CP+ pokemon, it depends on the pokemon. If I run into a 1000CP Jynx, I won't Ultra ball it. In fact I'll probably just leg it. I'm sick of Jynxes. Same with others that I already have many of such as Hypnos, Starmies, Golducks, etc. A 1000CP+ Snorlax or Lapras on the other hand, I'll Ultra ball it for sure.

AMGer · 22-08-2016 09:51PM

Yeah, Ultra balls are pretty rare from Poke Stops. I tend to keep them for something I really want like high CP starters or (as mentioned above) Abra, new Pokemon I dont have. I use them sparingly, although I wasted 6 Ultra balls on a Mr Mime on Saturday night and caught with the first Great ball! Sometimes I wonder if it makes a difference.

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