Pokemon Go #12: "It's in the trees! It's coming!" The Houndooms of love are calling me (to join in a raid).

My raid group have noticed 10km drops seem more frequent since the event started. I think the conclusion it's a ploy to make us buy more fast incubators - one of the group members currently has 7 10k eggs

Apologies to whoever' dragonite I just kicked out of a gym a minute after you defeated the gym and put it in.

If you could hurry up and take it back, I could do with the coins.

I have a theory that if you have incubators in use that you’ve bought then you get more 10k eggs.

I'm always buying incubators and I very rarely get 10km eggs.

There's only a 12% chance of getting a 10km egg.

I have a theory that if you have incubators in use that you’ve bought then you get more 10k eggs. I only ever seem to get them when I have a blue incubator running and got two 10ks yesterday after buying one of the event boxes.

PickaChew stuff battery preservation, get an external power pack. If you've already got one, get a bigger one and offload the old one onto the kids. I have no idea how as a family we managed without one, now we have three.

The not rejoining is odd, I wonder did they really not rejoin, did their apps crash (this was a known bug, you could normally rejoin if you reloaded but sometimes less experienced raiders didn't realise) or was it the player number bug PoGo has off and on? I've been at raids where I know for sure there are a certain amount of people but it seems to stop displaying them after they've fainted even though they're stood next to me battling still.

The lower level players do often struggle for strong, suitable pokemon after the first 6 though IME. And/or they think it's all about CP so out come blissey and snorlax.

RafaIsTheKingOfClay That sucks Have you asked any of them if there is a group for your area to organise raids, like on Facebook or whatsapp?

PickAChew That sounds very strange

Nah - they were fighting with utter shite after the first minute , if there at all (had whittled down from 8 to 3 with no one else rejoining and 2 of the 3 were e and DS1) while my original 6 were still going but past their fastest, so I could hardly pick up the slack.

Only other legendary raid I tried to join couldn't make up the basic numbers, so i didn't relinquish a pass, and I was by far the highest level, at level 35.

Actually, there was a raid about a month ago where there were three other people gathered when I walked past. But I had some GPS issues and I was there, my avatar was on the other side of the park.

PickAChew Didn't they just come back in with a new group of Pokemon?

Or is that what you mean; that you last longer before (or if) needing to rejoin?

Flareo rids are nice and easy, btw - despite being level 3 - since high level watery pokeys are ten a penny. DS1 and I dualed one with loads of time to spare.

High level definitely helps with raids. Only managed to properly attempt one legendary raid and I was standing long after all the sub level 30 raiders had fizzled out.

I've pretty much accepted that unless they do some sort of event where legendaries spawn I'm not likely to get them. Which is annoying but never mind.

RafaIsTheKingOfClay Yeah that makes sense, I just thought I'd mention it so you had an idea of numbers for (hopefully!) future ones

I didn't think we were going to. It's just the first time I've ever seen anybody else in a raid.

Mostly I'm limited to stuff I can take down myself. I'm getting good at collecting magikarp

RafaIsTheKingOfClay Three can't take down an Entei. Four could do it if they were all high levels (35+) who knew what they were doing.

You really need six at least, around Level 30ish

wartortle Hope you're feeling better and have a good birthday tomorrow! 🎉

We're all sick in the wartortle household but during my brief time outside I managed to hatch 4 eggs (including a 10k which gave me porygon) and got 2 2k, a 5k and a 10k to replace them. I have had more 10k than normal recently.

It's my birthday tomorrow so hoping I'll feel better and can get out and about. Currently, unless it happens in my living room or on an emergency calpol/ice lolly run Wartortle isn't seeing her cities rare spawns

I didn't get any 2k eggs either. I got two 10 eggs and a 5K. I'm feeling salty. 😡

Not even got any 2k eggs, today. DS1 picked up 3 10k eggs. I did loads of spins without picking any up then got a 5k. Since my school run changed from a barren rural walk to a 2 bus commute through a city, gym activity has gone right up an d our bags are always bursting, but the walking has suffered a lot, for the sake of battery preservation.

Haha! There's a gym right at the bus stop where I wait after dropping DS2 off at school. It's become my gym. MINE! Take it at your peril. Consequently, it's well on the way to being my one and only gold gym.

Only some eejit did my trick of a drive by attack, this morning, as I got chucked out at lunchtime, while DS1, who was second into it, was still there. FOR THE SECOND WEEK IN A ROW!!! Anyhow, we contrived to pass it on the bus on the way home from our day out, this afternoon, so I could get back into it. ONLY WHEN WE GOT THERE THERE WAS 4 MINUTES OF A BLOODY RAID LEFT SO I HAD TO MAKE DO WITH SPINNING THE POKESTOP BIT!!!!!!!!!!!

This is WAR. Kim Jong Unown. That's me. I think I should namechange, actually.

That's great news DoctorTwo

Well done Dr Two. Managed to find a raid where it wasn't just me for the first time this afternoon. Only three of us so still didn't manage to get the legendary.

Have loads of 5km eggs to get rid of. They seem to be hatching rubbish as well which is annoying.

Is anyone else noticing a lot of Pokémon they don't normally see spawning? It's been happening for about a week, so don't think it's the event. There was a Snorlax by the bus stop the other day and there seem to be charmander everywhere.

DoctorTwo Congrats! Did you ask them how they all stay in touch and organise raids - Facebook/WhatsApp etc.?

Well done Mrs and Rafals on your hatches

Seems like 10km eggs are coming out of pokestops at a higher rate than usual. Never normally get 2 in a day. Lucky to get 2 in a week! Which is lovely, but at the same time I wish they were 2kms just for the event