Pokémon GO: Catch 'Em All in the Real World

[Kamuifanboy]

Yesterday I hit level 9!

Also, I have enough candys to evolve my Psyduck and my Slowpoke, but I'm afraid they will end up being quite weak, since they are 215 and 202 CP's each. Should I wait a little bit and try to find stronger ones, or should I evolve them?

You should wait until you reach Level 15+ to Evolve either of them. Stick to evolving Pidgey's and Rattata's to gain levels and to use in Gym battles if you currently are doing that.

 

[MoLiEG]

You should wait until you reach Level 15+ to Evolve either of them. Stick to evolving Pidgey's and Rattata's to gain levels and to use in Gym battles if you currently are doing that.

I'm sure you are not going to believe it, but I've yet to see & catch a single Rattata.

And so far, I've only catched 3 Pidgeys. I've been able to get the Psyduck and Slowpoke candies because they are my version of Zubats and Rattata's.

 

[Phoenix]

I travel a 25 mile distance to work to find the same 4. If I travel an extra 15 miles north to a friends', same deal. It's not a matter of how much you move around.

Your comment about big buildings and factories is why you find the same 4 everywhere; because what determines finding different Pokemon involves actually going to largely populated blocks in a city. Rural players get the short end of the stick because the game focuses on locations with the highest cellular data to increase spawn rates. Big cities, or major areas such as Santa Monica pier or Central Park have incredibly huge spawn rates. All of this is due to how Ingress was developed & how XM concentration was usually founded by a couple theories involving where the highest data usage was, where the most Ingress players were playing, and even WiFi hot spots. In short, areas with a lot of activity.

So, if you want to find better Pokemon in the game, it's not a case of walking around your area. It's a case of finding out where XM concentrations (which influences Pokemon spawns) are highest in your city, and going there, which turn out to be large cities and parks.

Try going into city centres, or to malls etc... Going to the same 2 locations will obviously not give you loads of variation of pokemons.

Not true. Just the other day we found an Aerodactyl, on a back road with very few (and small) houses nearby. So you don't HAVE to be around big buildings, but it can certainly help. At least from what i've experienced.

I very much agree that the regular spawn in rural areas are not good enough, but that's not something I can do anything about.
Areas (like 1 km radius) with Pokestop(s) (without lure active) and gyms seems to be good places to find different monsters. But yes, cities and parks are very good spots normally.

As mentioned in an earlier post, the developers are still far from finished with the game, so many things will be fixed and new things added. Can only hope its for the better.

 

[Sage Ages]

I'd wait until you get a Psyduck above 400cp to evolve. That should put it close to 1000cp when it becomes a Golduck.

 

[Phoenix]

I'd wait until you get a Psyduck above 400cp to evolve. That should put it close to 1000cp when it becomes a Golduck.

600+ Psyduck atleast. ^^

Not to mention most Golducks are rubbish.

But use one of the IV calculators on the internet to determine which pokemon is worth evolving. Can save you loads of stardust and candy in the long run. 👍

 

[McLaren]

Try going into city centres, or to malls etc... Going to the same 2 locations will obviously not give you loads of variation of pokemons.

Try not to change your argument instead. You told me I'm not moving around, now you tell me I have to go to more than 2 locations. Thanks Captain Obvious.

How much you move around doesn't mean anything; it's where you go that helps.

Not true. Just the other day we found an Aerodactyl, on a back road with very few (and small) houses nearby. So you don't HAVE to be around big buildings, but it can certainly help. At least from what i've experienced.

I didn't say it was impossible to catch anything rare outside a major area. However, the fact remains highly populated areas yield the most spawns, regardless of rarity.

 

[Sage Ages]

600+ Psyduck atleast. ^^

You only need around 450cp to break the 1000cp barrier when it evolves. Of course, more is always better.

 

[TJ13]

So the stare fair is next week.
They posted a picture.

 

[Phoenix]

Try not to change your argument instead. You told me I'm not moving around, now you tell me I have to go to more than 2 locations. Thanks Captain Obvious.

Why are you so freaking hostile?

I didn't change my argument, I just told you what I know from experience. If your luck with finding different pokemons is that bad, then thats your problem. (And yes, the developers problem).

I have no trouble at all finding loads of different pokemon in my city and the surrounding and less populated areas.

So instead of bashing me with your rant, why not go out and discover new locations? You'll be amazed of what you can find.

 

[Blitz24]

I have no issue finding about 10-20 different pokemon near my office and I don't move around. If your location is near a waterway there seems to be a lot of variation.

 

[McLaren]

So instead of bashing me with your rant, why not go out and discover new locations? You'll be amazed of what you can find.

I'm not bashing you with a rant, I'm explaining to you why the issues are the way they are. As @Jawehawk said before, the game is definitely in a broken state, esp. after the last updates. None of the current crop of criticisms such as the noticeably larger amount of the Common 4 spawning, or Pokemon escaping on a more frequent basis were around in the beginning. I've taken a small break from the latter issue alone; makes finding a bunch of Pidgeys annoying if trying to capture them means potentially wasting a couple Pokeballs from them escaping.

The only redeeming point has been Niantec finally communicating and the new "Nearby" feature using the Stops has been well received by beta testers. It still reinforces that you need to go an actual location to hopefully find better Pokemon, but at least you can now know where.

 

[MoLiEG]

600+ Psyduck atleast. ^^

Not to mention most Golducks are rubbish.

But use one of the IV calculators on the internet to determine which pokemon is worth evolving. Can save you loads of stardust and candy in the long run. 👍

I've already downloaded one for my phone. At his current form, it will evolve into a 470+ Golduck. Not impressive, but that would make for my strongest Pokémon.

 

[Aesthetics]

Team Instinct is getting smarter :

So apparently if one glitches an egg into a gym, it actually makes it impossible to take over that gym, because well, it's impossible to fight an egg.

This is why we can't have nice things.

 

[Stavingo]

Heard of that glitch before, will probably get them banned so I don't mind

Also caught a 92CP Dratini and 423CP Golduck at my Uni yesterday as I hit level 17

Gonna take ages to get Dratini candy though sigh

 

[MoLiEG]

Quite an update people.

Yesterday I got 5 new Pókemon to my Pokedex. I decided to evolve my Slowpoke into Slowbro, caught another Pidgey and evolved him into Pidgeotto, caught my first Rattata and my 1st Spearow, aaaaaand...

Yeah, I know he's weak, but it's a great, great capture I am very happy with him

I ran out of powder, but once I have enough, I'll work with him and train him. It's currently sitting at 190 CP.

Also, just look at this Dragonite that is on top of one of the 4 gyms near my house, it's completely on roids :

And finally, a quick look at my team so far (currently level 9, pic taken before yesterday's final powerup to Poseidón):

 

[Omnis]

"Ran out of powder".

 

[Phoenix]

Captured this little fella just a few minutes ago on my way home from work. Not the best one, but definitely worth an ultra ball.

Steel Wing and Hyper Beam.

 

[MoLiEG]

Not the best one? That thing could destroy my entire Poké-army Great capture bro!

On another note, I've observed one of these websites people use to locate Pokémon and I'm very dissapointed that there are almost no Koffing's in Mexico City. I mean, we breathe poison gas everyday, they should be more common than anything here

 

[Sage Ages]

Just caught a 650CP Dragonair.

 

[Stavingo]

Nice catch

Meanwhile went to a local hotspot near me with three Pokestops, caught a few Bulbasaurs there so I'm pretty happy.

Also my girlfriend who also plays, just picked up her 8th or 9th 10km egg, and I haven't even picked up one

 

[Phoenix]

Not the best one? That thing could destroy my entire Poké-army Great capture bro!

On another note, I've observed one of these websites people use to locate Pokémon and I'm very dissapointed that there are almost no Koffing's in Mexico City. I mean, we breathe poison gas everyday, they should be more common than anything here

Well compared to my 2 Dragonite's and my 2 Snorlax, it wasn't the best one, wasn't even my best Aerodactyl. But he has the best attacks of Aerodactyl's that i've found, so I am keeping him.

Koffing's are real rare all over the planet I think, I've only seen like 3 or 4 of him. Yet to see a single Weezing.

 

[MoLiEG]

Well compared to my 2 Dragonite's and my 2 Snorlax, it wasn't the best one, wasn't even my best Aerodactyl. But he has the best attacks of Aerodactyl's that i've found, so I am keeping him.

Koffing's are real rare all over the planet I think, I've only seen like 3 or 4 of him. Yet to see a single Weezing.

This page I found yesterday has located just 18 Koffing's on the entire planet today. 18!

 

[Phoenix]

This page I found yesterday has located just 18 Koffing's on the entire planet today. 18!

That's either full of crap or insanely inaccurate and not up to date.

 

[Phoenix]

Someone posted this on 9gag. Thought it was funny enough to deserve a share.

 

[MoLiEG]

Someone posted this on 9gag. Thought it was funny enough to deserve a share.

I love that one.

Small update, I got to level 10 yesterday, got almost 100 Pokéballs from the Pokéstop near my office (I finally managed to connect to the building's wi-fi ) and leveled up Gyarados to 344CP 👍

edit: Getting stronger and stronger !!!

 

[Aesthetics]

So I tried making a better flareon and...

Did they change something in the update or what?

 

[Phoenix]

So I tried making a better flareon and...

Did they change something in the update or what?

The name trick only work once pr name. So only 1 Flareon, 1 Jolteon and 1 Vaporeon is guaranteed.

After that it's "random", as in I don't know the formula for the evolution.

 

[ScottPuss20]

So, I finally got my iPhone 6S and Pokemon Go. I've only played it 3 times, but yesterday's session in Carlton was the first time I used it outside. There were a few players hanging around the gardens. I got quite lucky, catching a Wartortle and a Kangaskahn, a Pokemon unique to Australia! I also got an Eevee, two Poliwags, a few Pigdeys, two Ekans and I think a Spearow. I also evolved a Pigdey while I was at it.

 

[Nexus]

The name trick only work once pr name. So only 1 Flareon, 1 Jolteon and 1 Vaporeon is guaranteed.

After that it's "random", as in I don't know the formula for the evolution.

It seems to work more than once, a friend of mine has evolved multiple Eevee's into Jolteons with the naming trick.

 

[Phoenix]

It seems to work more than once, a friend of mine has evolved multiple Eevee's into Jolteons with the naming trick.

Hmm doesn't for me and many others.


I kinda lost interest now. Nothing much is happening with updates and new stuff, and with all the cheaters making it impossible to take over gyms and hold them, it threw me off.

Aaaand there are loads of new games being released over the next couple months.