Pokémon Go - Gen II

After 740 egg hatches finally hatched a Snorlax - the big guy is a wonder too with zen headbutt and hyperbeam.

My 2nd snorlax overall - named Snoball2 (reference to the simpsons and the fact that dear wifey calls snorlax "snoball").

double GG wrote: »

How much xp has everyone got during this event? I've been catching every little cretin and walking galore with constant lucky eggs and have just passed 1.25 million XP since the event started. Started the event at 5000 XP on level 32 and I'm currently half way through level 33. I'm aiming for level 34 before the event ends.

Ive done a bit over 500k XP and I thought I had been doing well till I saw your figure. Should get to Level 30 today , plan to take a step back from it for a while after this event , spent way too much time on phone in last week !

I've over 1 million stardust saved in preparation for the gym overhaul so I'm looking forward to what's to come.

Has anyone visited the Botanic Gardens in Dublin during this event yet? I'd say it's a great way to gain XP since there's a Pokestop every few metres and 'mon all over the place!

Diemos wrote: »

anyone get soft banned for completing a catch much later?
I was down the country for the weekend , clicked on a large shellder but closed my phone.
Just popped over to a gym there and when I opened the phone there was shellder waiting to be caught.
Caught him and ever since I can't interact with the gym, the pokestop spins and nothing happens and every mon runs after 1 ball.

only thing I can think of is the late catch of the Shellder.

Up to 233 now just missing Amphoros and unown. (picked up Tauros in the states late last year and Corsola in the Philippines in Feb)

They did implement something to catch snipers - basically the game used to only record where you caught a pokemon and not where it was initiated, so people would spoof to location of a rare pokemon. They'd start the catch, then return to their real location and catch it. Upto about a week or two ago this wasn't tracked so they could do it as much as they wanted without any consequences, and was one of the ways some people have 10 Blisseys etc. Now there is a check on how far from spawn location you caught it.

By the way, how common was Corsola, heading over there in August and hoping to pick one up?

mcgovern wrote: »

They did implement something to catch snipers - basically the game used to only record where you caught a pokemon and not where it was initiated, so people would spoof to location of a rare pokemon. They'd start the catch, then return to their real location and catch it. Upto about a week or two ago this wasn't tracked so they could do it as much as they wanted without any consequences, and was one of the ways some people have 10 Blisseys etc. Now there is a check on how far from spawn location you caught it.

By the way, how common was Corsola, heading over there in August and hoping to pick one up?

thank you, everything is working this morning.
though I see the local chest is back at it.

there were plenty, gen 2 was released while we where there and we barely played and caught a bunch. Deleted a bunch too because I had no idea that they were exclusive.

Diemos wrote: »

3 Dratini in a row. on 99 candies and I have a dragonair.
question is do I evolve another or power up my 2300 and 2400 guys who have been earning coins for me for months.

I guess right now it's the waiting game to see what changes come in the gym scene - whether it's better to power up one poke or have multiple of a poke...

Thirdfox wrote: »

I guess right now it's the waiting game to see what changes come in the gym scene - whether it's better to power up one poke or have multiple of a poke...

Yeah I havent even bothered doing anything other than catching 'mons during the event and continuing my streaks (and cashing in my long term gyms). I have not lost a gym in a while but I won't bother re-taking them now until after we all get booted

Take it back and leave a shuckle/magicarp/pidgey

Would be interested to see or hear of any new pokestops being added, if folks could post where they are added that would be great!

So far I haven't found any.

syboit wrote: »

Have they said yet what time the Gyms will be cleaned out, and when they are going to let us know the new format ?

Still in mine, and have not heard anything further.
I'm expecting the change to happen at 7pm PST like the events

Cienciano wrote: »

I just opened pokemon go again today, still in 1 gym somewhere. About to be kicked out. Must be about 4 months

The gym clearout is good though, there used to be a load in yellow gyms around phoenix park and the zoo that were definitely spoofing.

Many of them are now Mystic spoofers instead... Much of a muchness.

Sounds like a game changer - coin rewards gone. +20000CP Raid bosses kicking Pokemon out of gyms, news rewards. Can't wait for this!!

Some very confusing stuff there.
Will see how it plays out in reality.

I see no mention that coin rewards are gone

Its obviously gonna make it MUCH harder on ppl to get their coins from gyms. Starting from gyms will have 6 SLOTS ONLY!

Also its going to be hard for the mostly lone wolves players AND ppl will have to organize their time AROUND the game to participate in raids.

I understood that ALL players participate in a raid no matter what team so I will have to start smiling at local Insticts and Mystics more.

I don't think it will make gyms harder.
Local country gyms that I am in often don't have 6 slots taken!

The ones that are at lvl 10 are often in high turnover areas that don't last anyway, making them pointless to bother with. Eg in a grassy back road off a wicklow mountain it's a much better gym to take, than one on OConnell street. Thats not going to change with this update