Pokemon GO! (2016)

DB_SamX · 14 Jul 2016 at 14:34

Got the starter Pokemon, and there is a gym across the road from my office. Interested to know what lies around home...

happy_2008 · 14 Jul 2016 at 14:38

So what happens if you leave a Pokemon in the gym? Do you lose it? Also if a gym is full of Pokemon how are we suppose to add ours into it?

balky12 · 14 Jul 2016 at 14:51

happy_2008 said:
So what happens if you leave a Pokemon in the gym? Do you lose it? Also if a gym is full of Pokemon how are we suppose to add ours into it?

If you leave one there you can not use it whilst it holds the gym. As soon as someone else takes the gym you get the pokemon back with 1hp.

A gym has 6 levels I believe (6 slots) however these slots are only unlocked when you reach certain gym prestige levels. You add prestige exp and rank up a gym by fighting/ training against your own team. Defeat them and you get exp and eventually levels. 1 level = 1 more slot.

wez130 · 14 Jul 2016 at 14:57

Frustrating!.....

There's a pokestop right outside my work, trouble is, the wifi signal won't reach that far and i don't get a mobile signal at work

dl8860 · 14 Jul 2016 at 15:04

wez130 said:
Frustrating!.....

There's a pokestop right outside my work, trouble is, the wifi signal won't reach that far and i don't get a mobile signal at work

Time for a new job

wozza2k · 14 Jul 2016 at 15:04

LiE said:
They really need to add PvP, so I can destroy my friends hopes and dreams.

This, except I don't want my hopes and dreams destroyed by the 12YO or deliveroo guy who is no doubt better than me on this

flowrider99 · 14 Jul 2016 at 15:08

Its bad enough that we have to dodge people staring down at their phones texting or on facebook etc......we now have to contend with people bumping into us playing games!

panyan · 14 Jul 2016 at 15:08

Ive only just installed it on my phone, but I have a few silly questions:

- from what ive seen you can only catch pokemon, there is no battling with pokemon/other trainers apart from at gyms, is this correct?

- and why would i bother to catch the same pokemon twice?

- do pokemon spawn randomly or are there specific spawn points for specific pokemon? How fast do they respawn?

thanks

EDIT: one last one - the footsteps indicate how far away a pokemon is, but how do you find which direction it is in?

flowrider99 · 14 Jul 2016 at 15:10

This game should be banned....its a danger to peoples safety have a bunch of pedestrians wandering around staring at a bloody phone screen.

Kainz · 14 Jul 2016 at 15:15

flowrider99 said:
This game should be banned....its a danger to peoples safety have a bunch of pedestrians wandering around staring at a bloody phone screen.

You really have to draw a fine line between focusing on reality and on your screen at the same time. I am 40 and am enjoying the game (I know it won't hold) but I have walked into quite a few tree branches lately and have the forehead scratches to prove it....

Sixense · 14 Jul 2016 at 15:16

flowrider99 said:
This game should be banned....its a danger to peoples safety have a bunch of pedestrians wandering around staring at a bloody phone screen.

How is it different from everyday commute?

panyan -> catch same pokemons and transfer them, you get candy for them, which you use to evolve pokemons.

Steedie · 14 Jul 2016 at 15:20

LiE said:
They really need to add PvP, so I can destroy my friends hopes and dreams.

They are, it's in a future update. They said once all the regions go live they will release an update

panyan · 14 Jul 2016 at 15:22

Sixense said:
panyan -> catch same pokemons and transfer them, you get candy for them, which you use to evolve pokemons.

transfer them to who? other players?

krooton · 14 Jul 2016 at 15:22

balky12 said:
If you leave one there you can not use it whilst it holds the gym. As soon as someone else takes the gym you get the pokemon back with 1hp.

A gym has 6 levels I believe (6 slots) however these slots are only unlocked when you reach certain gym prestige levels. You add prestige exp and rank up a gym by fighting/ training against your own team. Defeat them and you get exp and eventually levels. 1 level = 1 more slot.

To expand on that:

Prestige determines how many pokemon can be slotted in a gym, 2000 per slot.

Increase your gym's prestige by 'training', which means defeating your own gym (defending pokemon heal back to full).

Winning a training session with a Pokemon with CP under that of the defender gives you more Prestige than winning with one with more CP, so exploit type weaknesses.

Battling and winning against an enemy gym reduces their prestige.

You always fight the pokemon in order of weakest to strongest CP.

You can team up with friends to attack multiples on one if you attack the gym at the same time.

Reducing prestige enough to remove a slot means that the weaker pokemon get removed and sent back to their owners with 1hp.

Once you have reduced their prestige to 0, the gym becomes grey and can be claimed. ANYONE nearby from any team can claim it, so be quick after your win.

The number of gyms you have a pokemon at gives you reward every 21 hours (500 stardust and 10 pokecoins).

Hope that helps.

Steedie · 14 Jul 2016 at 15:22

Yeah catch everything you see, you get so much XP for evolving Pokemon and the only way to evolve them is catch more of the same.

Although at the same time, I'd hold off evolving until you're a higher level as the starting CP of wild Pokemon will increase the higher level you are

Deleted member 77746 · 14 Jul 2016 at 15:40

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-36786671

Downing street is where Pikachu lives. lol

XeNoN89 · 14 Jul 2016 at 16:21

flowrider99 said:
This game should be banned....its a danger to peoples safety have a bunch of pedestrians wandering around staring at a bloody phone screen.

I stop walking when i'm trying to catch a pokemon etc. Takes me longer to get where i'm going but I don't injure myself!

413x · 14 Jul 2016 at 17:52

Does this game have legs?
I still think Nintendo are missing a trick.

It's share price has increased by so so much may because of this game! Looks like near 70pc increase!

Punt · 14 Jul 2016 at 17:52

Since the uk release of this, evertime I catch one it just hangs on the ball so I need to force close and reload. Still uses up a ball though and since I'm nowhere near a pokestop it's getting annoying

Pigeon_Killer · 14 Jul 2016 at 17:55

Watched a video of someone recording people catching Pokemon in a park and there's dozens of them walking around like the Zombies from Shaun of the Dead :eek: