I don't like Kricketot, oh no, I love it, yeah

Apologies if I did come across as rude, TheLazyDuchess; that was never intentional. People are of course free to play the game however they want; there is no “correct” way and there are so many different avenues you can explore and different goals you can set yourself. That’s why it suits so many different types of players

In slightly related pokemon news, my copy of Let's Go has just shipped, and I'm quite excited to play!

Aw, the BeeGees got to do a raid

One last shout out for:

Beaney
CarolPaley
DiamondTom
Lilu
Mariekachu
PokemonTom

I want to put an egg on tomorrow, am happy to do morning or evening but will be busy between about 1 and 6.

Also Emajo, Three4tee & tigger, we can go ultra if you would like to co-ordinate tomorrow too

This!

No, but that beats mine in the 'Eh, what?!' stakes!

Was it a Butterfree, Baroness? I think that’s what it recommended for me the other day.

Has anyone used the Poke Genie battle tool? It seemed to think that DS and I could beat a level 4 Marowak and suggested completely different Pokémon to the game itself.
And to make you all laugh, what do you reckon the first recommended Pokémon for a Shinx raid was?
I went with it, battled, and did defeat the Shinx super fast, but DS and I couldn't stop laughing........

BouleBaker yes you can, however sometimes it can take a few goes before you get the move you want. Really frustrating when it changes back to the move you had in the first place!

Oh cool @SirNilsOlav glad it's not just me.

DS and DD were very upset the other day at a Togetic raid when it was down to the last bit of red and I would have put money on us beating it, and then it just stopped with 5 seconds to go.

Not sure the calculations are as good as my wishful thinking!! 😂

And I just caught a Dratini in the wild! 😁😁

I have enough candies to evolve it BUT should I wait? I'm sure there will be a task to do this... am I right?

I have that too Tinkerbell! I read somewhere that it calculates at 10 seconds if you can beat it in the remaining time and then ends early if not but I'm not sure how accurate that is (or how accurate their calculation is if its true!)

What @SneakyGremlins said

I was PROMISED a nice light hearted thread, PROMISED goddamn it!!

My current bugbear is raids finishing about 4 seconds too soon - anyone else had that?

It wasn't you that was rude Duchess. I think some on this thread should be mindful how they come across. Not needed on a fun thread. And yes, people can play (including using their rare candy) as they wish.

Finally got my Deoxys today 😊

I used a bunch of my rare candy to get an Empoleon early, purely because I love penguins 😊

I think I'll evolve my shiny murkrow.

Oh, and you weren’t rude Duchess. I play the game my way for my enjoyment and wouldn’t dream of telling anybody how they should or shouldn’t play.

My rhyperior has poor moves. Can I use one of those Fast TM or Chatged TM things on it?

No you weren't rude Duchess.

I had my seven day research reward today so got my stone. I've gone for rhyperior as I had a high cp 96% one. However it has terrible moves so was a waste (I only play solo so get very few tms)

I think you can only get the Sinnoh Stone from your research breakthrough sneaky so you shouldn't get a kings rock from it. Mine is tomorrow too. I did get a kings rock from my 7 day pokestop streak today.

You weren't rude Duchess, don't worry. I'm very much of the opinion that the 'correct way to play the game isn't right for everyone. I'm not that fussed about attacking teams and raiding parties but I do want to catch 'em all and complete my dex.

Tomorrow is my seven day streak but I'll probably get a king's rock

Apologies if I was rude, it wasn't intended (to anyone other than Niantic)

Anyways, looking forward to getting and using a Sinnoh stone, but not sure what to power up first. Not enough candy to evolve Misdreavus yet, so maybe a Magmar or Muckrow (be nice to actually do something with all that Muckrow candy).

I think it was in the game news but they undid it didn't they? And I don't think we were told the second time when it was ACTUALLY coming.

Yes I agree with SneakyGremilns. I'm sure it's not intentional but there is sometimes an unpleasant tone used by certain posters. It's only a game!

For what it's worth I do think there should have been some sort of in game notification about the rework. That's surely what the news stream is for. I did know it was coming so not a surprise to me but it really is not unreasonable to expect news about the game to be made available in the in-game news function.

Can we all be a little bit nicer to each other please? this is supposed to be a fun, light-hearted thread.

I get that some Pokémon, stats wise aren't worth powering up but there's a difference between that and a Pokémon you love that you want to max out - in which case using candies isn't a waste.