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PokemonGo #14. Rhydon Time, Rhy-Rhy- Rhydon Time...

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DoctorTwo · 20/12/2017 08:09

It could have been Absol ute beginners, but it wasn't.

Our new thread, fellow players. All are welcome.

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Eggzandbacon · 07/02/2018 09:10

New Pokemon today and I have flu!!

I've never done a proper raid, it's annoying I will always have spaces in my dex I can't fill

jaimelannistersgoldenhand · 07/02/2018 07:25

Congrats to the people who got EX Raid passes that they can use. No pass for me this time but at least I didn't get an unusable one.

WhatToDoAboutThis2017 · 06/02/2018 23:42

For some reason I have an EX Raid pass for a town 60 miles down the road, at a gym I took down. Said gym is adjacent to a busy roundabout. I have never raided in the area involved, I've only hunted there a couple of times whilst on enforced breaks.

DoctorTwo Yep. “In honour of Mewtwo’s Birthday” they’re giving them out to people who’ve only even spun that particular gym once. Don’t need to have battled or raided and it could go back months.

It’s absolutely ridiculous; a massive kick in the teeth to the dedicated players.

(I don’t mean to imply that you aren’t, btw! I’m just talking about the fact that our particular town the only people with passes are casual players who don’t raid or even previously dormant for months accounts).

UrgentScurryfunge · 06/02/2018 23:41

I've got an ex raid pass for a gym in another country from visiting 6 months ago!Confused Grin

And the rest of the Whats App group is moaning about random ones around the county...

I think I may give it a miss... there's no flights to there from the local airport Grin

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DoctorTwo · 06/02/2018 23:33

For some reason I have an EX Raid pass for a town 60 miles down the road, at a gym I took down. Said gym is adjacent to a busy roundabout. I have never raided in the area involved, I've only hunted there a couple of times whilst on enforced breaks. I'm not sure I can be bothered tbh. I'd feel pretty fucking silly if I spent 90 minutes driving there only to be the only one there.

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iheartmichellemallon · 06/02/2018 23:04

Thanks Whattodo.

WhatToDoAboutThis2017 · 06/02/2018 23:03

iheartmichellemallon Yeah, usually you have to do a raid (any raid) to qualify for an ex-raid pass (and of course it has to be within their mystery parameters). They’ve made the exception for Mewtwo’s Birthday.

iheartmichellemallon · 06/02/2018 22:57

I still play everyday & battle at gyms regularly but very rarely do raids. Doesn't sound like there's much in it for me really.

WhatToDoAboutThis2017 · 06/02/2018 22:57

(And when I say target, I mean raid. Until this particular idiotic move by Niantic, anyway.)

WhatToDoAboutThis2017 · 06/02/2018 22:56

I've never had an ex raid either.

Yeah, they’re hard to get. You usually have to target known gyms in a specific timeframe.

WhatToDoAboutThis2017 · 06/02/2018 22:54

What are ex raids? I don't get them at all!

iheartmichellemallon Ex-raids are exclusive raids, which currently only feature Mewtwo.

They feature the best of the best Pokemon. In the games, Mewtwo is an exceptionally rare and powerful Pokemon that’s hard to capture.

The ex-raid system is usually complex; you have to raid at a certain gym (usually in a park) in a certain timeframe to qualify for an ex-raid pass and have a chance of beating and attempting to catch Mewtwo.

Now, however, they’ve decided since it’s Mewtwo’s Birthday they’ll reward people who don’t raid and/or even play the game that often anymore while ignoring dedicated players who raid every day.

PikachuHeadgear · 06/02/2018 22:53

I got one for a gym at the other end of the country that I haven't been anywhere near since July. It's bonkers.

KadabrasSpoon · 06/02/2018 22:53

I've never had an ex raid either.

Bit late to this achievement but now have my first gold gym Grin

iheartmichellemallon · 06/02/2018 22:48

What are ex raids? I don't get them at all!

WhatToDoAboutThis2017 · 06/02/2018 22:41

Oh look, Niantic is a dick.

They’ve given out raid passes to people who’ve just spun gyms, when you have dedicated players who specifically target gyms and raid every day that don’t receive a pass.

I know they’ve done it because it’s Mewtwo’s Birthday, but that’s fucked up and it’s not acceptable.

PokemonGo #14. Rhydon Time, Rhy-Rhy- Rhydon Time...
WhatToDoAboutThis2017 · 06/02/2018 22:23

Just got my first EX pass for Sunday, having never done a legendary raid before

CaeciliusIstInAtrium It doesn’t need to be a legendary raid; any raid on that particular gym during the right timeframe will give out an ex-raid pass whether it’s level one or level five. Congrats Smile

Well our town finally got another ex raid after nearly five months since the first one! However the majority of our group hasn’t gone one, including me, as it’s a gym up a large hill in a very muddy area that few of us ever go to.

CaeciliusIstInAtrium · 06/02/2018 22:01

Just got my first EX pass for Sunday, having never done a legendary raid before Shock Grin

DamnDeDoubtanceIsSpartacus · 06/02/2018 18:56

Just catching up with the thread. Babies you say, wowzers.

Murinae · 05/02/2018 23:42

Though I was saving up my candies to evolve the new ones with a lucky egg and then I caught a whiscash, Armaldo and a Breloom!

Murinae · 05/02/2018 21:11

Just looked I have 79 of the Hoenn dex. Not got a baby yet though Angry

jaimelannistersgoldenhand · 05/02/2018 18:38

I'm hoping that the community days aren't replacements for the events we had previously.
I suspect that Valentines will be a double candy event because candy is the closest thing to chocolate.
Still no gen 2 babies for me...

cottonwool125 · 05/02/2018 14:40

DoctorTwo well done! I'm still after the two new baby Pokémon. No luck as of yet Sad

Up to 55 in the Hoenn dex. I've got a few evolutions to do, but I'm waiting for enough candies so I can do the whole evolution chain at once (e.g for Slaking, Gardevoir etc).

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DoctorTwo · 05/02/2018 13:17

I had a half decent weekend, amongst the hatches were 4 newbies, Azurill, Luvdisc, Baltoy and Nosepass, and caught a Lotad, taking me up to 284 on the 'Dex, 47 from the Hoenn region. I've just counted my Hoenn shadows and there are 25! Shock

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PickAChew · 04/02/2018 20:19

Or candy.

Have loads of potential evolutions saved up for a lucky egg or two but holding off to find out what the event will involve, first.