Pokemans and how to catch them with your phone - friend codes in OP
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Gavinmad
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It's not semantics if your numbers are worthless and mine aren't. Your numbers have absolutely no relation to the IV values because the full CP range is irrelevant. DA 50% IV snorlax will still have 93% of its maximum possible CP, and a 0% snorlax will have 86% of its maximum possible CP, whereas my way of doing it actually reflects what IVs mean. The only thing your numbers do is show that IVs don't make a huge difference, which we already knew.
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What's interesting about the impact of IV is that when viewed as a percent of the total CP it doesn't seem that impactful, but when viewed in relation to the impact of leveling up they are much more important.
Ex: when I go from 30 to 31, I can level my 80% IV Snorlax from 2661 to 2704. But if it was 100% IV, that Snorlax at would be 2735 already when I was trainer level 30. It might take me several weeks or a month to go from 30 to 31, so a pokemon who is perfect would save me a month of effort.
Ex: when I go from 30 to 31, I can level my 80% IV Snorlax from 2661 to 2704. But if it was 100% IV, that Snorlax at would be 2735 already when I was trainer level 30. It might take me several weeks or a month to go from 30 to 31, so a pokemon who is perfect would save me a month of effort.
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What should I do pokebros? I have enough dratini candy to evolve a dragonite. I have a 100% IV CP 43 dratini, but evolving that will get me a CP 164 dragonite that will require a lot of candies and stardust to max. I also have a 71% IV CP 637 dratini, which will get me a roughly 2410 CP dragonite, or an 85% IV CP 596 dratini which will get me roughly a 2272 CP dragonite. Obviously the CP 43 dratini has the highest ceiling, but that's a lot of candies and stardust to take it from CP 162 up to 2k+.
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Tuco
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What trainer level are you?
If you've been able to get a lot of candy and aren't too high level, you'll probably continue to get a lot of candy.
The answer to this question depends on how much do you want a tough dragonite now, and how long do you plan on playing? If you have zero good pokemon and wreck gyms asap, then evolve your 85%, if you've got a few good pokemon or don't care about gyms, I'd recommend you hang on to your candy and only evolve that low CP dratini once you have enough candy to evolve it AND level it up. You may find a high-level, high IV dratini later, and there's no extra cost from waiting now.
If you've been able to get a lot of candy and aren't too high level, you'll probably continue to get a lot of candy.
The answer to this question depends on how much do you want a tough dragonite now, and how long do you plan on playing? If you have zero good pokemon and wreck gyms asap, then evolve your 85%, if you've got a few good pokemon or don't care about gyms, I'd recommend you hang on to your candy and only evolve that low CP dratini once you have enough candy to evolve it AND level it up. You may find a high-level, high IV dratini later, and there's no extra cost from waiting now.
Gavinmad
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The stardust isn't that big a deal but the amount of candy it would take to power up a CP 43 dratini would be absolutely ridiculous. I mean if you actually have that much dratini candy to spare, I'd totally use the 100% dratini, otherwise I'd stick with the 85% one.
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Worth is relative to how much time you plan on playing the game. Right now the game is essentially beta without a real endgame, but it's very likely the endgame will consist of building up a team of perfect pokemon. If you only need a few dragonites, soon enough Dratini candy will become worthless to you. If you've already got a solid crew of a dozen pokemon, the function of stardust will only be to level up alternate pokemon, future pokemon or new pokemon who have high IVs.
In other words, if you're planning on playing for a while, you're either going to level up the high IV, low CP pokemon now, or you'll do it later and wastebin the low/mid ones you've already powered up.
In other words, if you're planning on playing for a while, you're either going to level up the high IV, low CP pokemon now, or you'll do it later and wastebin the low/mid ones you've already powered up.
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Agraza
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So much this. It sucks the joy out of the game that I can't hunt as it was intended. The game is shallow enough without taking out the only part I liked.
Gavinmad
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I honestly wonder if they're just retarded or if they're actively trying to force players into the cash shops for lures and incubators.
Dratini from my third 10k egg, but he's only 82% and I'm a loooooong way from being able to evolve to a dragonair anyway, much less a dragonite. Tempted to go full autism and start putting in 20km days just to get through eggs faster without breaking the bank on incubators.
Dratini from my third 10k egg, but he's only 82% and I'm a loooooong way from being able to evolve to a dragonair anyway, much less a dragonite. Tempted to go full autism and start putting in 20km days just to get through eggs faster without breaking the bank on incubators.
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I guess my work has a drowsy nest inside it... because I popped out to see 5 of the fuckers waiting for me. God damn does that suck... why couldn't it be something good?
I'm not even sure there is a decent nest in my entire metro area. I think we have a growlith nest in a nearby park.
I'm not even sure there is a decent nest in my entire metro area. I think we have a growlith nest in a nearby park.
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Gavinmad
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Decent being the operative word. Not really worth the dust to power him up when you can just be patient and wait for a good exeggutor from 5k eggs. I'm not exactly sure how much combat power actually translates into combat because my 1250 magmar with a fighting type fast move couldn't beat a 1k snorlax (it may just be that snorlax is retardedly overpowered) but at my trainer level of 23 a 100% hypno would have a CP of 1528 whereas a 100% exeggutor has 2068. Then again an alakazam would only have a 1269, so who knows how much it actually matters. Regardless, psychic is very underpowered with the simplified 'gameplay' of Go. In the core games, psychic types typically have absurdly high special attack which means their attacks hit like a freight train even without a type weakness.
Without the ability to one-shot the enemy pokemon with an obnoxiously hard hitting psybeam/psychic, Alakazam's terrible HPs make him trash in Pokemon Go even though he's obnoxiously powerful in the Gen 1 handheld games.
Without the ability to one-shot the enemy pokemon with an obnoxiously hard hitting psybeam/psychic, Alakazam's terrible HPs make him trash in Pokemon Go even though he's obnoxiously powerful in the Gen 1 handheld games.