Pokemon Go

[tenbsmith]

There are different kinds of Pokemon (Pidgey, Zubat, etc).
Each kind of Pokemon has a specific type (e.g., normal, flying, bug/poison, grass/poison, water, etc). For example, Pidgey's are always flying/normal type.
Each Type is vulnerable to some types of attacks and resistant to others.

I'm guessing the vulnerabilities and resistances are similar what they were like in the gameboy games. They usually had a certain logic to them. Like Grass pokemon being vulnerable to fire attacks and resistant to earth attacks. Fire type are vulnerable to water attacks.

Here's an answer to my blue bar question:
gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/274115/what-is-the-difference-between-the-dashed-and-solid-attack-bars

Edit: Ironically, I just caught a pokemon in my office at work while writing this post. It just popped up in my office. They don't show up in my house like that. Weird.

[xdesperado]

Well game has taught me something new about my neighborhood lol.
Live in a mobile home court, Moved in 31 years ago and entire area around us was farmland. With growth in area most of that's been rezoned and is getting replaced with light industrial development.
The nearest Gym was across road from me and turns out to be a restaurant/pub squeezed in between a sign manufacturer and an indoor gun range lol.
Been watching it flip between teams mostly Valor and Instinct.
I'm now level 6 and looking forward to building up some tough Pokémon to stake permanent claim to it for team Mystic.
With 2 Stops and the Gym all within a 15 minute circuit of my house walking, the game is definitely giving me incentive for a bit more exercise which is a mostly good thing as long as I don't overdo it and wind up bedridden or at the doctors because of my bad knees lol.

[qbspy]

Thank our Japanese friends for that!

[xdesperado]

So hit level 8 on my Training Camp account and then ran out of balls. Switched to the Google account I'd inadvertently started while walking to nearest stop and then the whole thing crashed.
Couldn't sign in with the TC account most of day so ended up on the Google one which is also now level 8
Google account I still have a fair number of balls so been staying mostly on it and only switching if I see a new Pokémon or one I really want until I can build up a supply of balls on the TC account.
Have some interesting specimens in my collection, just wish I was about level 20 and they had the sort or CP to match that as I'd be rocking the local gym.

[Darth Cthoras]

Jul 21, 2016 4:56:47 GMT -5 En1gma said:

No GPS spoofing. This isn't Team Rocket, play fair.

Since when do Sith play fair? As a shining example of what every good Sith aspires to, we need only look to that Palpatine fellow who raised an army, put Jedi at its head, then ordered all the troops to shoot them in the back when least expected.

Also, Team Magma for life. Team Rocket isn't worthy.

[xdesperado]

So how is everyone's collection going?
Here's a shot of my top ranked by CP on my level 10 Google account.

[xdesperado]

Reddit is a pain to navigate and find stuff on but did find this.
m.reddit.com/r/TheSilphRoad/comments/4sy7yc/best_pokemon_movesets_and_matchups/

Guy with way more math skills and drive than I have has broken down what the best combinations of Pokémon and move sets are in a number of different ways. First few lists are for like top 30 in various situations, go down a bit and you'll find a listing for best overall attack combos for all fully evolved Pokémon and a list for best overall defensive move set.

Lots of variables and some assumptions that could prove wrong but at least gives a nice starting point for those not wanting to spend forever trying to figure it all out on their own lol.

[En1gma]

Level 16, waiting on some certain mons to evolve so my squad can start roflstomping some gyms for Mystic.

[xdesperado]

En1gma I'm jealous lol, really want a Hypno and Jynx.

And GO Team Mystic. Gym closest to me has been trading between Instinct and Valor primarily. Currently Valor has it and looking like it's going to take some serious muscle to toss them out.

[En1gma]

Hypno is a monster. I have another Eevee that will be a vaporeon (there's is a way to control it btw), and I'm getting closer to a Kingler. Also on my list is another Venomoth, so fingers crossed that its CP is worthwhile...

[Darth Cthoras]

For best results, fully train a pokemon before evolving it.

[xdesperado]

Jul 23, 2016 16:47:50 GMT -5 Darth Cthoras said:

For best results, fully train a pokemon before evolving it.

Interesting, most posts on Reddit and other sites say not to waste resources training before final evolution.

Why do you recommend otherwise?

[ntsheep]

In the original games (gameboy), evolving a pokemon to soon could be bad because they can only learn attacks during a certain stage. The reverse was also true I believe. Some attacks were only learned after evolution. Everyone has their own play style. I really want to get a new phone right now.

[Darth Cthoras]

Jul 23, 2016 18:15:17 GMT -5 xdesperado said:

Jul 23, 2016 16:47:50 GMT -5 Darth Cthoras said:

For best results, fully train a pokemon before evolving it.

Interesting, most posts on Reddit and other sites say not to waste resources training before final evolution.

Why do you recommend otherwise?

Because experimentation by the trainers in my area revealed that higher potential CP is possible if you fully max out the CP before each evolution, meaning a Stage 3 pokemon that was trained back in Stage 1 all the way, then again in Stage 2, is highly likely to have a much, much higher final CP than an untrained Stage 1 or 2 evolved up to 3 and THEN fully trained.

Further, Pokemon, even the same ones, don't start with identical CP, which is the half-circle above the Pokemon. You want to catch an early Stage 1 version of a Pokemon, with a high CP - but watch that CP bar, you don't want it more than half-full before training. A Pokemon with 50% of the bar filled could have, say, 50 CP.... or 100. It's all intended to ensure people have to keep playing more if they want COMPETITIVE pokemon...same for the random attacks.

Ideally, you want to catch a Stage 1 Pokemon with only a little bit (or even none) of its CP bar filled, AND with a high CP. Catch a bunch of Pokemon of the same type, and see what I mean about potentials: the ones that will become the strongest have the HIGHEST CP and the EMPTIEST CP Bar (the circle above them). Empty = all the way to the left. Full = all the way to the right.

Finally, don't train early Pokemon you catch in your low levels - just evolve them right away while using a Lucky Egg to get massive XP. They won't grow into much. Wait until you're 20+ to start serious training.... by then the CP of -wild- Pokemon you're freshly catching will be around 300-500, compared to the lowbie CPs of 10-200, which means catching Pokemon at high levels means insanely higher potential CP by the end of training and evolving.

The whole system is designed to keep players on their toes and playing for endless hours - that's how the company makes money, after all, by people playing it and paying for items. It isn't as simple as just catching them all - that's fairly simple compared to what it will take to become - and stay - competitive.

[tenbsmith]

Oh yeah, this is why I usually avoid massively multiplayer games, I can never keep up with the young guns and devotees who spend much more time than I.
Seriously, those are some impressive Pokemon.

I'm still Level 5 and my highest a 130CP Golbat. I've done minimal training based upon advice here.

I think the issue of leveling versus training depends upon your goal for that pokemon.
1) If it is one of the 10 billion pigdys you've gotten, maybe you just level it to get the experience and then transfer it.
2) If it is a pokemon you want to fight with, max out training, then level. I've heard this also maximizes the CP boost from leveling.

I wonder if the half-circle above the pokemon represents the number of trainings the pokemon has had at that level. The meter seems to always sit at ordinal points like fourths.

It'll be interesting to see how it plays out. Will the power players will rule the gyms, practically restricting casual players to collecting and curating? That would seem like a mistake to me. There should be some way for lower level players to fight with a chance of success. I saw an article in my feed saying that Pokemon Go has already peaked in terms of users.