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Pokemon Go #2. 6 balls to catch a Pidgey?!?

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DoctorTwo · 01/10/2016 06:12

I'm a couple of thousand XP from level 20. Once there I might just grind up all the rubbish for candies and evolve the best ones.

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BumWad · 24/10/2016 19:55

Wow kinda excited about the Halloween bonus!! Might buddy up my dratini then.

What are IVs?

With regards to battling a gym on a high level I would get in my car, get comfy and battle way. Your 6 against top ones will still knock them out. Keep reviving until you bring the prestige down. It is definitely doable.

MuddlingMackem · 24/10/2016 19:19

I was running low on pokeballs so today I took one unnecessarily long bus trip and one totally unneeded to get to the supermarket (10 minutes walk away Grin ) by a completely in the wrong direction first route to hit a bunch of pokestops on the way. Now have over 100 pokeballs and 30 great balls. :)

On Saturday I missed out on an Aerodactyl, I thought I'd caught it but it escaped and ran away. Gutted! Last night I went for a walk near where I'd seen it on the off chance it'd reappear, but no such luck. :( However, I did get a Nidorina and hatched a Cubone, so not a bad day.

QueenLizIII · 24/10/2016 18:59

Oh and my 2k egg was a Pidgey.

QueenLizIII · 24/10/2016 18:57

I walked round the block 3 times to hatch my 5k.....a Krabby. Angry

QueenLizIII · 24/10/2016 18:54

I got one wild and one from a 10k egg. But used all my Lapras candy now

JellyWitch · 24/10/2016 18:49

I caught my lapras wild so only ever had 3 candies with it. It's a really decent one too. As is my Snorlax (hatched).

QueenLizIII · 24/10/2016 18:10

Didnt think of Lapras candies. I cant power mine up. I got two very early on but have used their candies.

LongtimeLurkerNowPokemonHunter · 24/10/2016 18:09

This makes it a bit better. Short on Bulbasaur!

Pokemon Go #2. 6 balls to catch a Pidgey?!?
LongtimeLurkerNowPokemonHunter · 24/10/2016 18:08

Bollocks. Abra and Bulbasaur appeared nearby. Abra ran. Sob

nuttelladreams · 24/10/2016 17:52

I'm almost finished with my nidoran (93) but I do catch them every now and again so I've decided I will change to dratini for those 5 days to see where I get to from my current 55 candies.
Might have to plan a day out in London on Sunday.

JellyWitch · 24/10/2016 17:51

I think going for the 5km ones makes most sense. Kabuto or Omanyte for me. And maybe a few more Snorlax and lapras candies too. But I'm also working on eggsecutor and clefairy which I am close to.

LongtimeLurkerNowPokemonHunter · 24/10/2016 17:43

I'm really confused what to buddy, wondering if I can get a few of my stragglers. I need 9 Abra candy (aim to do that by Thursday), 18 kabuto (but I've found a nest so happy to catch with double candy it's only 3!), 35 grimer candy, 23 omanyte candy and 59 Bulbasaur candy. And a stupid number for dratini!
If you're getting them four times as fast (so it says) grimer and omanyte would be 28.75km, Bulbasaur 44.25 and dratini 102.5km. Maybe the 5km candy ones are worth more as each 5k saves walking an extra 15k?! Argh! Conflicted Confused

JellyWitch · 24/10/2016 17:01

You train it up to raise its prestige at the same time. It might deter them a bit.

I had to yesterday. Met a couple of people taking a gym I fancied, then went a conspicuously worked on levelling up my level 7 gyms nearby.

MagikarpetRide · 24/10/2016 16:55

Thanks jelly

I think I'll have to put my dragonair in for that week. Currently working on my Machoke, but he's close enough to wait a little longer!

QueenLizIII · 24/10/2016 16:53

Defend? How do you do that?

JellyWitch · 24/10/2016 16:49

QueenLiz - can you defend it?

QueenLizIII · 24/10/2016 16:37

Currently watching level 7 gym being taken down rung by rung. Bollocks.

QueenLizIII · 24/10/2016 16:20

I am now topdog in a level 7 gym. Proud to see my Snorlax atop.

QueenLizIII · 24/10/2016 16:16

Soupdragon....so cute. I once saw a 10 cp pidgey in a gym. It looked so proud

Double candies....hell I have no idea what to buddy. Currently Eggecute.

LumpySpacedPrincess · 24/10/2016 16:13

Double candies!!!!!! Hurrah!!!! Levelled up to 25 this week, so chuffed.

JellyWitch · 24/10/2016 16:11

It runs 26th - 1st. No idea what time zone that is though.

MagikarpetRide · 24/10/2016 16:04

Oooohhh very interesting longtime
When does it start and end?

nuttelladreams · 24/10/2016 15:59

Oh really?? I have not seen that!!! Is it worth getting some dratini candies I wonder? I'm on 55 but my one and only dragonite is 170xp so i can't evolve that. Been pondering whether to buddy up with it but the 5k has put me off.
How long is this thing for? Until 31st?

JellyWitch · 24/10/2016 15:57

I have and I can't decide what to buddy. Now FPM is back I can find dratini around Westminster again. So it's between Omanyte and Kabuto I think. Or the couple of things I have only a few candy left to get.... Decisions decisions... Especially as I have a big evolve session coming up at the weekend. Also debating whether it's better to spend coins on 50 more places in my Pokemon storage or more incubators.... I have 200 coins at the moment and am averaging 60-80 a day, but have a lot of walking and catching planned at the end of the week.

LongtimeLurkerNowPokemonHunter · 24/10/2016 15:47

Have you guys seen the Halloween announcement!?

Double candies from the 26th, double candy for transfers, 4x as quick with buddy candies. And more fucking Zubat and Drowsee!

Not sure whether to buddy dragonair now or try to buddy everything else while this is on! Hitting a kabuto nest on Thursday. Yay!

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