Pokemon Go #10. See ya later Feralligator, in a while Totodile

[DoctorTwo]

Despite only really playing at the weekend due to working I'm now 180k through Level 31. Today I cheated somewhat. The M25 was stationary, so I opened the app and left it on. I had 8 eggs cooking and between junctions 18 and 22 managed to hatch 7 of them. Mantine, 2x Exegcute, Krabby, Eevee, Togepi and Magby.

Congrats Abbey on reaching Level 30, and commiserations Spammy on not being able to log in.

It was not level 20. Raids do not necessarily yield perfect Pokémon, or even the same IV's as other players.

I mean, it was a not-very-good one. Not a not level 20 one.

PsammeadPaintedTheLion How do you know it wasn't Level 20?

I've got a Hwaii (?) And it's a good value phone. Still performs well 18m into a cheap contract.

I took down an Electabuzz on my own. Its now a CP1200 Wonder.

I've begun coding my better pokemon with W, CA, AA, A and NMH from the appraisal screen.

I'm enjoying the update. It's easier to get in to gyms (and back in after being knocked out) and to get something for them even if you don't last long. I rarely got more than 20 coins per day, and often had long phases where I couldn't get in at all. I know some very dominant players feel like their opportunities have reduced, but it feels fairer for a larger pool of players now.

Marking place, I'm now half way through level 31, annoyingly I need about 30 more candy to fully evolve my Cyndaquil - excellent event for me though as we hardly get any Fire Pokemon usually.

I know some very dominant players feel like their opportunities have reduced, but it feels fairer for a larger pool of players now.

Actually, as a dominant player, I feel it is even easier for me to get in and hold gyms. I'm in 9 now and haven't had any returned to me yet.

I love the new system

Not that rare. I've caught a few cp170 or more flappers with good stats. even when they hatched from eggs, battle with the best of them ones were rare and often lacking in other ways.

There was some whingeing on the local page that they were getting less coins per day. It was 100 per day max wasn't it?

We definitely got more coins than we've ever had in a day, but that's more than balanced by us not being able to get anything on the majority of days when we have no gym access.

We've done a fair few drive by additions or treats, on our bus travels, today, mind.

Apparently it's 50, which seems to correlate with the fact that I've gained exactly 50!

Do you get raid passes from any pokestop or is it the ones on the gym where the raid is happening?

To be honest, I have no flipping idea what level 20 is! I thought you meant 'perfect IV' which it was not. I have two Gyarados who are both fully powered up 'wonders' so anything less than a very high cp wonder is not particularly interesting as anything other than fish food.

What exactly do you mean by level 20,and why is it important? I get an average of 3-4 magikarp per week, if that makes a difference.

Do you get raid passes from any pokestop or is it the ones on the gym where the raid is happening?

You only get them for from gyms, and it's always your first gym pokestop of the day.

What exactly do you mean by level 20,and why is it important? I get an average of 3-4 magikarp per week, if that makes a difference.

You can only tell the Pokemon's level by using an app (not the cheating ones where you have to put in your login info, just a regular one), and that says whether it's above Level 20.

There's little point evolving or powering up a Pokemon below Level 20 even if it has good IVs.

Magikarp are fairly common, yes, but it will be rare to get a plus Level 20 in the wild.

I mean, it's your Pokemon, so at the end of the day it's your judgment call if you want to chuck

But what makes a level 20 different/better? I have been going by the in-game appraisal and the CP to decide which pokemon to power up/evolve. What does level 20 refer to?

What is this a shadow of? I couldn't figure it out

Magikarp I think

Inniu looks like magicarp? Maybe it shows a shadow of the boss Pokemon when there's a raid happening near you for some reason

I put my first Pokemon in a gym today, he was in for just over 5 hours and returned with 30 coins. Wish there were more gyms around where I live, the only one in my small town is about a mile and a half away, which I suppose isn't too far but definitely not accessible from my sofa

PsammeadPaintedTheLion There's a hidden level that the game doesn't tell you what it is.

When you power up, you power up in half level increments. Important level milestones are 20 (it's the level cap for eggs so you can't hatch higher than level 20) and 30 (beyond level 30 powering up only improves by half as much as before).

So by saying Level 20, what I'm saying is it's 2/3rds of the way to the highest level you can reach before you start getting significantly lower returns by powering up.

Perfect score IVs only come out of eggs, so you're never gonna get a Pokemon higher than Level 20 with the kind of appraisal ratings you get out of eggs and now raids.

inniu It's a magikarp.

Thanks for the explaination!

No worries I don't want to change how you play your game or anything, I just like to help if I can

DS went to feed his pokemon in the gym and there was a raid. 3 angry faces and no-one else there but him. After being beaten for the second time, he decided to come home. Does the battle last for an hour or just until the boss is beaten?

Does the battle last for an hour or just until the boss is beaten?

You can have several different battles going at all times during that hour. Once your particular group has beaten it, that's it, it's beaten, however long it takes.

So if it takes you ten minutes, there's still another 50 minutes for other people to come up and try to beat and catch it too.

A tip: if you're not able to beat a raid boss after a couple of attempts with the people there, give up until other people join, because you won't beat it with the people you have and will just waste potions.