Pokemon GO! (2016)

krooton · 1 Sep 2016 at 14:58

Avenged7Fold said:
I believe that spawning pokemon have multiple levels with their own maximum level. It appears for the maximum level the pokemon has which is under or equal the trainers level.

eg.

Two trainers at lvl15 and lvl 25

Blastoise appears with random possible levels at 3, 8, 14, 19 (obviously these are hidden until you can see the semi circle relative to your level after you catch it or its cp vs max cp for your level.)

The lvl 15 character will get the level 14 blastoise, while the lvl25 guy will get the lvl19 blastoise.

The same pokemon at the same level would have the same IV but this is not necessarily true for the same pokemon at a different level due to trainer difference.

Actually, when a pokemon spawns, it is assigned a level and IVs (and thus CP) randomly for each possible trainer level.

So all level 10 trainers will see the exact same pokemon, from CP, to IVs, to even size and weight, whereas level 20 trainer will all see a pokemon with different attributes for them.

Higher level does no guarantee a high level/CP pokemon, only the possibility of getting higher (level 10 trainers won't see level 25 pokemon).

You could be level 40 and still end up with a 10cp crapmon thanks to RNG

Avenged7Fold · 1 Sep 2016 at 15:04

Ahh fair, i can see how i made my mistake. I play mainly with my gf who was a few levels behind and then has caught up and matched my level for the last few weeks. So i experienced higher pokemon mostly until she caught up and now we get the same ones. Also, because i only really brag about the good catches, i never notice me getting worse ones to her

jas72 · 2 Sep 2016 at 10:55

Here's mine after playing for a week in Lanzarote with my son.

Quite an addictive game if you have the time.

We cycled around most days great to see him so enthusiastic about getting out and about.

(sorry don't know how to embed imgur pictures

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http://imgur.com/a/cLqcy

The 1234 Arcanine (hence the name Lucky ) and Flareon were both wild catches....

My son wasn't with me forthe Arcanine catch (was out running and he didn't want to come he seemed rather annoyed he didn't come with me lol)

Avenged7Fold · 2 Sep 2016 at 11:15

The champs you catch over there seems to be the types i cant catch over here. Makes sense considering the climate/area.

Diagro · 2 Sep 2016 at 11:20

jas72 said:
Here's mine after playing for a week in Lanzarote with my son.

Quite an addictive game if you have the time.

We cycled around most days great to see him so enthusiastic about getting out and about.

(sorry don't know how to embed imgur pictures )
http://imgur.com/a/cLqcy

The 1234 Arcanine (hence the name Lucky ) and Flareon were both wild catches....

My son wasn't with me forthe Arcanine catch (was out running and he didn't want to come he seemed rather annoyed he didn't come with me lol)

bw careful.

I was banned when i got home from there. for "gps spoofing"

topgun06 · 2 Sep 2016 at 11:42

That did cross my mind with my GPS going from UK to Italy to France within just over a week. But its all okay after getting back home.

No1newts · 2 Sep 2016 at 11:55

I've given in on the game.

I enjoyed it and I think it will be a pioneer game which should help AR get bigger but there is just not enough to do.

I have limited playtime or access to largely populated areas so I have hit a wall where I'm rarely (if ever) seeing anything new. Logging in to catch rattata and Pidgey all the time isn't fun. The lack of logic in Pokemon placement has also irked me more and more as time has gone by.

So good game but I think they would have been better delaying a year and releasing a more complete product. It has inspired to get a Gameboy and the Pokemon game though if nothing else

413x · 2 Sep 2016 at 18:31

No1newts said:
I've given in on the game.

I enjoyed it and I think it will be a pioneer game which should help AR get bigger but there is just not enough to do.

I have limited playtime or access to largely populated areas so I have hit a wall where I'm rarely (if ever) seeing anything new. Logging in to catch rattata and Pidgey all the time isn't fun. The lack of logic in Pokemon placement has also irked me more and more as time has gone by.

So good game but I think they would have been better delaying a year and releasing a more complete product. It has inspired to get a Gameboy and the Pokemon game though if nothing else

Yeah that's the thing I think. Not enough to do. I think they should have had a road map of pre developed additions to keep people interested.
The additions they have done aren't enough.
Biggest one for me would have been to find moves like you find pokemon
To be able to battle with friends at gyms
No catching of tier 3 evolutions
More type advantage boost

Unfortunately it's all about finding pokemon. No need to battle to improve.
As I also live rural I now see almost no one playing and now no one I know plays either.

I feel it was very close to being much more successful. The mechanics were there. The hard work done.
Had it been a success I'd have happily paid a few quid a month or one off fee to progress beyond level 10 for example

ED209 · 3 Sep 2016 at 14:23

Hello All,

My son has this on my phone but it seems to be quite hard to find pokemon, they appear on the sightings list but then no way of telling where to go.

seem to just get the same ones appearing all the time no matter where we are. tried some of the apps that give you maps and where they are but where I live is always empty or nothing on the map at all.

any tips or help? level 15 (nearly 16)

Diagro · 3 Sep 2016 at 16:02

So, Decided to make a new account... and bot my way back to level 27 (where my real account got banned for flying home from holiday)...

I dont care anymore, if they are banning legit players then i may aswell cheat.

Craig1981 · 3 Sep 2016 at 19:54

I like the idea of being able to assign a buddy pokemon to walk along with us. Especially if it gives us bonus candy.

And have they increased the spawns for the starter pokemon? I've been finding more squirtles recently.

Avenged7Fold · 3 Sep 2016 at 20:16

Craig1981 said:
I like the idea of being able to assign a buddy pokemon to walk along with us. Especially if it gives us bonus candy.

And have they increased the spawns for the starter pokemon? I've been finding more squirtles recently.

I think the rate for pokemon other than the really common ones, has gone up.

Definitely seems like there is more variety as well, if only a bit

delta0 · 5 Sep 2016 at 22:44

GoRadar now puts IVs on the spawned Pokemon

stuie · 6 Sep 2016 at 08:17

Is anyone still bothering with this?

just about got all the pokemon on my usual routes now. Heading to turkey next week to see if I can pick anything new up but other than that tbh im getting bored of catching the same stuff everyday

Whoop · 6 Sep 2016 at 09:19

stuie said:
Is anyone still bothering with this?

just about got all the pokemon on my usual routes now. Heading to turkey next week to see if I can pick anything new up but other than that tbh im getting bored of catching the same stuff everyday

Only really for the competetive edge of trying to have the highest CP among the people I know who still play. I lost yesterday though when someone hatched a 1600+ Snorlax from a 10k egg

Plus my Pokedex is only half full so there are a few bits to have fun with yet while walking around. I wouldn't go walking for the sake of it though!

stoofa · 6 Sep 2016 at 14:08

My only gripe at the moment is "difficulty" in catching low level monsters.
For example, I'm at level 23 and I've just spent a Razzberry and 10 regular balls on a 75 Pidgey.
I don't mind the high level ones being difficult, means you've got to use those better balls etc.
But Pidgeys, Rats at 10-100 really shouldn't take me more than 2-3 balls at most.
I've wasted ridiculous amounts of great balls - because I see red and decide that after spending 5 balls I WILL have that thing, 10 more later and I regret.

Helios1234 · 6 Sep 2016 at 15:25

A wild Dragonite just appeared for me and after wasting all my ultra and great balls as well as loads of pokeballs, it escaped me due to a network error

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Avenged7Fold · 6 Sep 2016 at 15:59

Stoofa, are you curve balling?

I seem to catch most things on just pokeballs if i get a curved 'great' shot, up to dark orange. Yellow can be gotten almost every time from pokeballs +curve + 'nice shot'

edscdk · 6 Sep 2016 at 16:03

rp2000 said:
Something has changed. I find this for various Pokemon now as well for the last week. Certain ones that are further away are just very hard to catch. It feels like you are throwing the ball, it is hitting an invisible ceiling and then falling short of the target. It happens everytime with Scythers. Doing a full swipe helps, but it's not as accurate for some reason.

rp2000

level 26.5 (so I am a bit addicted) not noticed any difference..

rp2000 · 6 Sep 2016 at 16:54

edscdk said:
level 26.5 (so I am a bit addicted) not noticed any difference..

I haven't played much last week,so maybe they changed it back, but it was as the previous poster described a week or so ago for me.

p.s. Level 27.2 but Haven't played much in the last week as too much grinding needed to progress to 28! I still want to catch 130-135 before I quit playing though. I have 121 at the moment and praying for rare pokemon to appear in my area

rp2000