Pokemon Go Thread #29: Are Friends Manectric? Are they?

[DoctorTwo]

Ooh look! A shiny new thread! Hello everybody.

Look above you- they turn up in hot air balloons

Thank you thank you Poketwoboys! Caught the Dialga, the kids were ecstatic.

@ThunderboltKid friend requests sent from me and my son (Lukatron and Lukatronbomb)

@SoulofanAggron
The grunts turned up in quick succession but the bosses turn up after a few minutes wait

Well done @TheMShip! I also caught it on both my account so my two DS will also be ecstatic when they are back from their fathers! It seems it’s easier to catch the raid bosses today is I have caught 3 on one of our counts today. Unfortunately my other account missed out as the whole thing froze and the rid was over by the time I got back in.
I will be doing more Giratina did and will also try Palkia. As I have two counts I can potentially get a party of 10 together so it works quite well. We just did Dialga and Giratina with 6 but it was pretty close and quite nerve wracking!

@Katastrofe I am about to log back in and will be up for raids. I've missed a few invites this morning while I was battling Team Rocket.
The 7k eggs are the yellow ones that you get from gifts from friends @netflixismysidehustle - they contain special Pokémon but only if you hatch while go Fest is on. A couple of mine hatched while I was out walking last night and it was after 8pm so it was just the usual geodude, etc. I had to turn the game off until 10am so I couldn't accidentally hatch any more.

Sorry I've missed another raid, I came home to charge my phone at just the wrong moment!

Had anyone got any shinies today? I haven't seen any but I didn't know if that was only yesterday (and I didn't pay for the proper event pass)

I definitely think the grunts and bosses are easier, I ran through all of Sierra's on one polywrath

Another tip for the Rocket balloons, I had Arlo turn up again when I had already battled him. I left without battling him and very quickly it changed to Sierra, who was the last one I needed to battle before Giovanni.

@bellabelly do they have to be eggs you were given during the festival? I didn't get any yesterday (due to my day of sitting still!) and I didn't know whether to put one in an incubator from earlier in the week

@Fiddlersgreen sorry didn’t have the numbers.

It’s been a bit hit and miss today. I’m finding that remote raids seem to work better when there are some people there in real life and then the invited friends are extra. But it’s all happening so quickly that sometimes I’m not ready or not quick enough to accept 🤷🏽‍♀️

Thanks for the invite Poketwoboys. My Pokémon all fainted for the second time and I got booted out and couldn't get back in. Hope you won!

If a raid has less than 5 people definitely leave before the timer is up. We were 3 at a Palkia and it was impossible. As I had already spent the pass I went back in to see if we could get a bigger group together. Even with 6 we lost - sorry guys! For Palkia it looks like we need a bigger group so if I invite again leave unless there are 8-9 at least in the lobby.

@Umberling I think the only thing that matters is that you hatch them before 8pm tonight.

I think with a bigger group you're less likely to faint and get booted out. It's a bad glitch.

Sorry @bellabellythat was a tough one and we didn’t manage to beat it. Palkia needs a bigger group! We managed Giratina earlier with 5 so I’ll try to invite you to one those after had a break

Yeah we got booted too

Thanks @bellabelly and thank you @Katastrofe I was just in a raid party of 3 but couldn't invite anyone and ducked out just in time to save my raid pass!

@Blueroses99 no worries! maybe next time :)

I haven't caught any shinies today. I have VERY high hopes for my 7km eggs. Better go on a walk soon, I have been sitting down all day and they're not going to hatch themselves...

@Fiddlersgreen got a group at 16.05. Will invite you

@Blueroses99 I’m so sorry my game just froze and I couldn’t fight!! Did you win?

@Fiddlersgreen we did thanks, but only just! What a shame - the glitches are very annoying!

I got this shiny today

I beat Giovanni twice using the suggestions of Machamp, Gyarados and Tyranitar, worked perfect. I'd powered them all up to the max

@SoulofanAggron I just battle the grunts to clear them to make room for the leaders to cine, then I put on my super finder and Giovanni came.