Mister Jack Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 Why did the servers have to go down again right after I went out specifically to catch pokemon today? I walked around for hours for nothing! I couldn't even check into the local pokestop! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baconrath Posted July 9, 2016 Report Share Posted July 9, 2016 How well does the battery saver option work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted July 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2016 I managed to do a 20 minute walk to city centre, a convoluted gander around shopping and pokestopping, and then sort of spiralled a bit outwards to some gyms on outskirts, then took long way back and got home with 30% of the battery still. Which given it's running sound, GPS, etc consistently throughout all that and I'm running my usual stuff on top of that like twitter n facebook n what not I'd say it did pretty well. Oh and having the app open a chunk of it to navigate toward gyms. If you've an OLED screen I imagine you'll do even better (the phone I have removed the OLED from the current model). edit: This is what it looks like in battery saver mode: (though upside down) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturnine Tenshi Posted July 9, 2016 Report Share Posted July 9, 2016 I really want to play this, but I don't have a damn smartphone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted July 9, 2016 Report Share Posted July 9, 2016 Time to join the 21st century! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorgiShinobi Posted July 10, 2016 Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 If it wasn't for the Incense item, I'm not sure I would have caught a Pokemon normally. Out of curiosity I had my phone running Pokemon Go while I was driving. Drove about 4 miles and heard two Pokemon go off. Might have caught one when I was nearing a red light, but it turned green as I was slowing down and I'm not the type to even touch his phone when driving. I walked around my apartment complex, certainly looking like a goof to others, but I found a Gastly near a giant mound of dog poop. Then I found a Rattata near some more dog poop. A Pidgey was in the near empty parking lot, except for some random Honda Civic looking at me. Finally, before the Incense ended, I got a Meowth by being on a walking trail. I didn't want to go to the Pokeshop because it was a children's playground. It may be the only one within 2 miles, but I don't want to look weirder then I already do by walking up to piles of dog poop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted July 10, 2016 Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 Has anybody actually caught anything in battery saver mode? I had it on for a while today and nothing, but when I actually took the phone out and checked the app myself I caught an Eevee in like 30 seconds. I do think the game needs a little bit of a buff for the rural areas. Not everyone lives in a major city. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted July 10, 2016 Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 (edited) My mom's place has a PokeStop next door and I think my brother put an incense on it. Free exp with Pokeballs refills ahoy! And if you want to be overpowered, try a college campus. Jesus so many PokeStops. Edit: This game just bugs out so much. Edited July 10, 2016 by MaliciousH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted July 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 To copy paste my post from our local Pokemon Go group (p.s check FB/Reddit you'll likely find there's something sorta local to you): Welcome to Pokémon GO Trainer School Pokéstops - Poké Stops refresh every 5 minutes (probably worked that one out already). - What you get from them depends on your level. - If you have sick or KO'ed Pokémon you're more likely to get potions and revives. Gyms - If you defeat a Gym it knocks out a Pokémon, when there's no Pokémon in a gym it's Neutral and can be claimed (for the glory of Zapdos!) - Fight your teams gyms to level them up (and gain experience) - As you level up gyms your team can add more Pokémon, up to a reported 11 (Credit to Alex for this) - Every 16-24hrs (it varies) you get 10 Pokécoins and Stardust from each gym you hold (up to 10 gyms). Visit the Shop to receive these. - Swipe to doge, tap to attack, hold (when charged) to use your special attack. Multiple people can join in to attack a gym at the same time (it's pretty cool). Catching Pokémon - Tap on individual Pokémon in the "Nearby" tab to view the relative distance - Amount of footprints relates to distance, walk around to triangulate on rare and uncommon Pokémon - Everyone sees the same Pokémon on the map - If you use an incense you'll get different Pokémon to others. Best used in one spot, i.e home/work rather than walking around. - The circles indicate difficulty, ranging from green, yellow, orange and red. - Tap and hold the Pokéball to decrease circle size, hitting this scores more XP - Spin the Pokéball for a curveball(may or may not increase chances) - The Pokémon that appear change throughout the day. - Pokémon you catch reward 3 candies, so sure it's a Pidgey but that's food for your Pidgeot. Caring for Pokémon - You can rename all your Pokémon at any time, just tap them, then click the editing pencil. - Use the "Transfer" to permanently remove Pokémon by sending to Prof Willow where he...err somehow comes up with 1 Pokémon-relevant candy. Don't ask how. - Don't just get rid of low-CP Pokémon, check the moves, there's quite a variety. - No idea if weight does anything apart from an achievement for XS Rattatas. - There doesn't appear to be any benefit in using candies to Power Up a low evolution Pokémon. Eggs - It only tracks walking for eggs when the app is open and active - Open your Pokémon, scroll to "Eggs" then add in incubator. You get one infinite incubator, unlock temporary incubators from Pokéstops - Cars and trains will not count for your distance travelled. Low-speed cycling is probably fine though. - Once hatched they'll give you a decent chunk (usually in teens) of candies. - 2KM eggs tend to be common pokemon, 5KM eggs uncommon, 10KM I've not a clue not walked that far with one yet Other - In the "Battery Saver" mode turn your phone upside down, the screen goes black but will still alert you to nearby Pokémon and Pokéstops. - A battery pack is a good investment; sold online, PC World, Maplins, and even Tiger has some cheap ones. - Servers tend to die around 7pm-midnight. I imagine cos folks are off work then. - If you're in-game a sign the server died is blank white Pokéstops. But leave the app open, can still rack up walking distance for your eggs. - Catch em all, be the very best. - Don't walk into traffic/the Tyne. @Jack: Do you mean as in automatically caught them? Cos that don't happen. But I have had the little vibration alert indicate one is around. @Mal: Yeah cos the game is pulling data from Ingress a lot of those players are college/uni kids so it has a strong focus around those areas. Rural/family areas tend to be quite limited. My most annoying bug is when it won't let you kill a Gym pokemon. Given claiming Gyms is the sort of "end-game" for it, it kinda pisses me off when I'll lose Gyms but it bugs out so I can't reclaim them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted July 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 Hey Dan, they made a version of the game for you. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted July 11, 2016 Report Share Posted July 11, 2016 I've just discovered that a good way to get more pokemon is to kill the app and then restart it. Each time you do it rerolls the available pokemon in your area. I don't know if there's a limited number of pools or something, but I went out on some errands today and using this trick I managed to get five pokemon, including a fully evolved Pidgeot in my backyard when I got home. I also got a Paras, a Zubat, and a Spearow. And of course there was the additional junk Rattata. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted July 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2016 Oh word is keep the pidgeys, then when you get a lucky egg use that then evolve them, transfer shit pidgeottos, continue etc n cos if the xp boost of lucky egg you should shoot forward several levels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturnine Tenshi Posted July 11, 2016 Report Share Posted July 11, 2016 I heard something about paying to level up? How much of this is monetized? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted July 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2016 You level up through catching pokemon, hatching eggs and evolving, all of which are stuff you do at the basic level of the game. There's "pokecoins" which you can either buy, or earn through capturing Gyms(You earn currency from defending up to 10 gyms a day). These are used in a shop where you can buy Pokeballs (which are like the most common drop from Pokestops and I've held a couple hundred at one point), Incense (an uncommon drop) that's used to bring pokemon your way, or Lures(also a drop) which affix to a stop to increase the Pokemon in local area for everyone. Oh and you get a bunch of shit each time you level up too. Nothing is pay-gated, and I believe the only issue you might have is if there's no Pokestops in your area for drops in which case you're kinda fucked regardless. Otherwise you walk around past the Pokestops, level up your Pokemon and dominate gyms. And find people to play with. It's a social game, we've a 232 member group for the North East already going and sorting out like daily meets n walks and shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturnine Tenshi Posted July 11, 2016 Report Share Posted July 11, 2016 Thanks for explaining, Dean. At this point I'm just going by what I've heard from different sources. Usually just something small here or there. I've been thinking that I want a smartphone anyway, but as someone who's new to them, I'd need to do some research. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted July 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2016 It's pretty much Android vs iPhone. Then from there what you like the look of mainly, and if you'd want SD support or not. I got a Moto X cos I could customise it to my liking, from there there's very little different between it and most other handsets on the market. They're all stupidly powerful now as of a couple years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baconrath Posted July 11, 2016 Report Share Posted July 11, 2016 I think they've struck a fairly good balance with the microtransactions but running into things with the orange/red ring and my experience trying to get a Scyther makes me feel like working in the pachinko mines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted July 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2016 Oh you can make them easier a bit by feeding them berries first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted July 11, 2016 Report Share Posted July 11, 2016 Few things have made me feel as old as Pokemon GO does. I mean, I was too old to get into Pokemon when it was first released 20 years ago. Seeing people getting into GO based on nostalgia makes me feel a million years old. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted July 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2016 Had a pretty good session today, went to the local park put down a lure n we had about 20 or so folks milling around catching pokemon, headed further into town and met a few others along the way. Pretty much any group with them all on their phone is likely to be pokemon. Then we went to the pub (near 3 pokestops) and charged phones up while servers continued to be dicks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted July 12, 2016 Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 My wife and I walked around for an hour but due to server issues we were hardly able to get any Pokestops to even work, let alone encounter any Pokemon. My wife encountered one Doduo and caught it but the server issues prevented the game from recording that she did (the Pokedex shows it as encountered but not caught). That was the only Pokemon we were even able to trigger all night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted July 12, 2016 Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 (edited) Got a few Pidgeys and Rattatas today, which is so common by now that it's not even worth mentioning anymore from this moment on. More interestingly, I got a Psyduck on my way to work and a Venonat and a Tauros coming home. Edit: and now there was a Horsea in the backyard. Today was a good day. Edited July 12, 2016 by Mister Jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted July 12, 2016 Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 Few things have made me feel as old as Pokemon GO does. I mean, I was too old to get into Pokemon when it was first released 20 years ago. Seeing people getting into GO based on nostalgia makes me feel a million years old. Same here, I completely missed the Pokemon train first time around, so have zero interest in this new fad. I feel very out of touch with my twitter feed. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted July 12, 2016 Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 My wife and I walked around for an hour but due to server issues we were hardly able to get any Pokestops to even work, let alone encounter any Pokemon. My wife encountered one Doduo and caught it but the server issues prevented the game from recording that she did (the Pokedex shows it as encountered but not caught). That was the only Pokemon we were even able to trigger all night. That's my life currently. I've lost about five pokemon to it not registering. Add another five to it not responding. Same deal with PokeStops. Quite the frustrating game... And farming Magikarp is suffering. 400 points to evolve one to Gyarados. 15 points so far... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted July 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 I've avoided Gyms at the moment to not get pissed off with the game before it settles in. If a Pokestop doesn't trigger, no huge loss. There's plenty around town. Thursday you do your Zombie Run stuff, you'd probably get quite a kick from this. Give it a download and a shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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