Am I the only one who isn't fucking addicted to Pokémon Go? I got it at launch and it's ok I guess. I've been giving it a chance all week and I finally figured out why I don't like it:
Your personal enjoyment of the game is largely determined by factors outside of your control, such as
>where you live
>if you have friends who play
>having the time during daylight hours to actually grind a decent team
Maybe it's just my experience but nobody at my job plays it, so I can't go catch stuff on our lunch breaks and my friends who do play live far away from me, meaning I can only play with them on the weekends. Thus, they've all pulled far ahead of me in terms of player level and average CP of their Pokémon.
So I'm curious but is there evolutions? Can you find starters?
It's a social game. You don't have to like it. Normies and schoolchildren like it because they go on hunts around town with their friends.
Whole thing sounds autistic
And possibly dangerous
>>344723187
Yes, you are literally the only person.
Stay strong, friend. The world will need your strength in the coming years, when they launch phase two.
>>344723334
Yes and yes. Evolutions require you to catch a ridiculous number of the same Pokemon, and starters are fairly rare.
>>344723334
You can find starters. Evolutions happen, in a totally different system, using Pokemon-specific "Candy" - so basically, catching a bunch of Pidgey's will give you enough Pidgey-candy to evolve a Pidgey, or a Pidgeotto. Evolving rare pokemon gets hard.
>>344723334
Yes and yes
>>344723334
Yes you can evolve and yes you can find starters. Your first catch will always be one of the three starters and then the others can be in the wild or in eggs. I don't know if it's because I'm in the midwest, but the only fire Pokemon I've gotten so far is a Charmander that came out of an egg and I caught Bulbasaur in the wild. Squirtle was my starter I picked so I have all three, but evolving them will be hard as shit considering how rare they seem to be.
>>344723357
I'm a normie, but find it's very fun to go alone as well - at the corner of my block, over the last hour, there were about ~30 people who came and went because of lures. And someone found a Magnemite, and many of us went over and caught it.
It's "social" and I learned a couple people's names, but most people in that group of 30 were coming solo, with the occasional couple or small group. Mostly the conversation is people laughing and going "this is so ridiculous" or talking about Pokemon.
>>344723403
I caught two venusaurs from my house the other day.
It seems like I catch more Pokemon just logging on every now and then rather then walking
Don't care to try it.
I want to lay around inside taking it easy whenever I have free time, why would I play a video game that forces me to go outside?
>>344723537
So the Pokemon aren't randomly generated per device, but an actual thing that anyone can capture? I've been trying to talk my gf into playing with me but I wasn't sure how it worked.
>>344723524
Weird, where I live Growlithes are pretty common.
Just a note: you can also start with Pikachu - just walk away from your starters 4 times (on the 5th, Pikachu will join).
For what it's worth, I've caught 2 Pikachus (on top of my starter Pikachu) but no other starters - but the normal starters can be gotten from 2.0 km eggs, so hopefully upon hatching enough I'll get some.
>>344723389
This
It just seems too autistic to me to walk around with your phone out playing pokemon in the literal middle of the street.
Good thing this thing really picked up and is now on the news and everything because otherwise you'd look literally retarded if everyone and their mom didn't know about it now
>>344723628
Yes! When someone finds a pokemon, (for some amount of time), anyone can go to that place to get that pokemon.
The only exception is when you use an item called Incense, which gives you extra chances of finding Pokemon, but doesn't help others.
So people put down Lures, which attract pokemon, and the whole group around the lure will see the same new pokemon at the same time. For the most part - i was just in a group where a newer player didn't see 2 of them - not sure if leveling, or if his internet was bad.
I give it another week before people start getting tired of the enormous time commitment and start uninstalling
>>344723187
I don't like it because I don't want to get mugged
>>344723682
Not really, since most people walk around holding their phones out anyways. It's always hard to tell (when looking for other players around a lure) if they're playing, or just snapchatting / twittering / texting.
I'm actually fucking infuriated by Pokemon GO.
It shows how fucking simple it is to goad idiots into wasting cash on a gutted version of another game.
Just fuckin' depresses me.
>>344723642
I live in the Midwest, which is why I assume all I get a swarms of bug, grass, and normal Pokemon. I have caught a few water mons (I caught a Magikarp in the middle of my work parking lot, which was bizzarre), but electric and fire don't seem to exist in Kansas. Maybe I need to level up since I'm only 8.
Is it only the classic 150 Pokémon for now?
Played it for an hour, felt like a weirdo wandering around playing a kids game even though everyone else is doing it. It's also shallow as fuck, so I don't see the appeal.
>>344723824
>Get beat in a battle
>Cry to the police after the victor rightfully takes half your money
You knew what you were getting into when you became a trainer.
>>344723851
If they're typing they're not playing pokemon.
Snapchat or whatever is harder to tell but since pokemon is the fad this month it's a fair bet.
>>344723403
Really? I caught a bulbasaur while I was taking a shit.
>People call playing this thing autistic
>Everyone and their mother is playing it
I don't think so anon
>>344723981
Shallow phone games are what people want anon. Its mindless enough for the masses to latch on to and since everyone is playing it, it gives more of a reason for people to join the conversation and play it.
>>344723950
I think leveling is part of it, but I'm not sure. It's clear they aren't using all 150 from the game yet.
There are three geographic types used in the game - desert, grass, and water. All locations are one of those three. But within each, you have areas where certain pokemon are more common.
I'm guessing rarer pokemon are generally congregated in areas with more pokestops around. This really hurts rural players, but even then you can probably get a lot of good stuff by understanding how the "pokemon nearby" feature works and using it (not saying you don't use it - but I just learned that as you walk, it reorders, and the top ones are closest to you).
>People aren't going out with their friends to catch Pokemon together, meeting new people along the way and potentially making new friends
It's free, I'm not complaining. It also gamifies long walks, and I had a few lovely ones so far. You lot are taking this a bit too seriously.
Not being lucky enough to live/work near a pokestop is probably the biggest factor keeping me from enjoying it. GF works right next to one and can spin the thing all day and is sitting on a few hundred balls. Meanwhile I have to drive on my lunch to get a handful and am constantly close to 0. Honestly, the best compromise would have been to have pokeballs doled out in certain amounts daily and not provide XP at pokestops because players who have a geographic advantage like that already have 1000+ CP mons dominating gyms.
>>344723187
Is there anyone who is actually addicted to Pokemon Go? It doesn't seem like the type of game that is possible to become addicted to.
>>344724046
On an iPhone, it's very hard to tell typing to tapping. Pokeball motions + AR camera wackiness are the only ways I can tell they're playing without seeing their screen.
>>344723919
>wasting cash
it's free you fucking moron
>>344723919
>Don't spend cash
>Walk around town with friends talking and catching Pokemon
>Walk around alone and get some exercise while potentially meeting new people
Seems to work fine if you're not the type to buy items anyways
>>344724281
>mfw some guy made a video of him asking random people if they were playing
>He met a ton of asian girls playing the game
I know what I must do
>yfw you still haven't downloaded it because you're not a retard who falls for memefads
>>344723389
>going outside and enjoying yourself is autistic
>>344724336
Yeah, I'm jelly of the people who work at a Pokestop. I have a decent number on my route to and from work, but I'm still usually pretty close to zero so I've been running away/avoiding catching Pokemon, which is lost XP.
>tfw neighborhood is super fucking quiet and you look like an absolute creep walking around alone unless its to walk your dog.
I genuinely don't understand the Pokeball toss mechanic. Using the same motion and release point, the balls seems really fucking erratic. Sometimes it goes past them, other times it falls short. I'm not 100% certain about the circles. I know the color indicates difficulty but fuck if I know if I'm supposed to toss it when it's full or small.
>>344724696
I seriously doubt anyone cares if you're out for a walk. Cmon man.
I like it because me and my girlfriend go on nice walks together and catch some pokemon.
Playing it obsessively is bad, but it's a good excuse to get outside.
>>344724696
Anon, just run around screaming the name of the Pokemon you're trying to catch. What's the worst that could happen?
I got sucker punched in the same vein as this webbum. At least they didn't steal anything.
>>344724751
You have to toss it when the circle is small.
>>344724751
If you hit the pokemon, you catch them.
If you hit inside your green/yellow circle, you get a bonus. If the green circle is big, it's +10 (Nice). If it's medium, it's +50 (Great). If it's small, it's +100 (Excellent).
After a day of playing, I've gotten a lot better at throwing. Turn off AR Mode as a first step. Way easier.
>>344723187
its for normals and genwunners if your not either one you wont like it
Kek. All the tresspassing caused by this game is astounding.
Can you even get a Zapdos yet? My buddy claims to have found one but couldn't catch it. Also heard a rumor that if you don't catch one of the three starters after a while a pikachu will appear.
Tomorrow I'm probably gonna hear you can find a Mew if you put your phone under a truck.
>>344724851
Fucking savages.
>>344724851
>mfw
>>344725043
>Also heard a rumor that if you don't catch one of the three starters after a while a pikachu will appear.
That's true. Walk around a bit instead of catching one of the three
Eventually Pikachu will appear
>>344723682
I went downtown and there was about 25 people all hanging out in this spot socializing. People of all ages. It was the least autistic thing I've seen.
If anything staying indoors all day on /v/ is more autistic.
>>344725049
>>344725086
Does this really suprise you? Niggers have been polar bear hunting for over a decade now.
They need to go back.
>>344723187
Will I get beaten up for playing that?
I don't want to use The Force to defend myself like some kind of a faggot.
Yes, that's a legit self defense mechanism in Finland. You just do the "Talk to the Hand" pose and say "no!".
Mostly works, unless if the attacker is drunk, then you might be a bear.
>>344725126
>Catching something you can catch normally
>Picking a useless starter where theres literally none to catch and level up
>>344724354
A shocking number of people become obsessed with games where you collect things.
>>344725289
You can catch all the starters normally
>>344725289
I've caught 3 bulbasaur and I don't leave my house aside from work
>>344723389
>going outside is now autistic
I'm glad
Now I can stay at home all day without ever seeing anyone besides immediate family and not feel autistic
Who else is a massive Pokefag that isn't bothering with it? I've had two people ask about why I of all people aren't bothering with it and considering my social circle size, that means the equvilent of a normal person getting badgered around the clock about it.
>>344725476
It's worth it man. I was annoyed for a few days but now I love it. Pretty incredible game.
>>344725373
>>344725394
Not even worth it with how low the original starter is and its nothing compared to the 30 or so geodudes that i can use to make a strong Golem.
>>344724968
Been playing Pokémon since day 1 and still don't like Go
http://www.cartelpress.com/pokemon-go-major-highway-accident-man-stops-middle-highway-catch-pikachu/
They should put shiny or rare pokemon in national parks and mountain peaks. National park attendance is declining anyways so it should be a good idea to encourage some people to check it out.
>>344725635
Genwunner=/= starting with gen 1.
>>344725702
Fake you idiot, look at the related stories. Joke website.
>normalizing hallucinations
>>344725476
not massive but i've consistently played all of the mainline gamesexcept for b&wand i still pick up the spinoffs when i can. not bothering because everyone and her mother is playing it and i'm a contrarian so by my very nature i can never like it
Things I hate:
>you can't really train Pokemon outside of gyms
>you need at least 15 of the same Pokemon for one to evolve
>AR doesn't work on my phone so I can't take wacky photos
>everyone is talking about it too much
>joining red, blue, or yellow team really doesn't mean anything
>kids outside my house catching Pokemon, making noise and stealing my oranges
>it's addictive even though I'm not really doing anything at all
Things I like:
>it's addictive even though I'm not really doing anything at all
>seeing groups of people on their phones on a street corner
>it's a new simple conversation topic
>black dudes in line behind me at Taco Bell were taking over the Taco Bell gym
I still can't tell if I'm having fun doing playing this game.
>>344725840
>Taco Bell gym
Wonderful
>>344725840
Agree with all of this.
>>344723187
gives me something to do whilst working out an hour a day, so it's okay I guess.
But the game is so obviously rigged towards wanting you to buy pokeballs it's not even funny.
>nothing but fucking zubats everywhere
>if you dont live in a city, enjoy walking 10 miles to the nearest pokestop for 3-4 pokeballs
>zubats are the hardest to catch and the most common
>fly around and dodge pokeballs
it's just so barebones I dont really care to play it that much, the fad will be dead in a fortnight
>>344725476
Stay strong. You are literally surrounded by shills right now. The game is awful, and purely a meme. To make matters worse it essentially was created to have google spy on you even more.
>>344725840
This sums it up perfectly
also
>Taco bell gym
>>344724589
>>344726136
>tfw live in the suburbs and a pokestop is right down the road
Can we all agree that the weather system in this game is retarded?
>Go to nearby community college with tons of pokespots I walk / jog between
>catch lots of pokemon
>planning to stay there for another hour at least to grind up my level
>Suddenly it starts pouring rain, forced to leave and end my game for the day
Can Nintendo hurry up and fix this shit or change it? Aesthetic rain is nice, but forcing me to stop is retarded.
>Need to catch nearly 100 magikarp to get a gyrados
>>344724597
Kek I love how the second a Nintendo game encourages going outside, /v/irgins suddenly think that they're normies and not social rejects
>>344726286
Lucky. I have a minimum 5 minute drive/15 minute walk to the nearest pokestop, which happens to have the busiest carpark in my town just in front of it.
>>344726289
No one is forcing you to stop, faggot. I walked around for an hour and a half in the rain last night because I'm not a fucking pussy.
>>344726289
What?
>>344726136
>zubats
Lucky, I only get Sandshrews here. I have an army of 20 Sandshrews already.
>>344723682
Pokemon Go is the least autistic thing you could do right now. I almost forces you to go outside, walk around, and engage with other people to get the most out of it. I spent 3 hours walking around with people I never even knew at the local campus, finding pokemon and battling gyms on Saturday. Then I spent another few hours getting out of the house, doing errands I rarely would do on a Sunday because of Pokemon Go. It doesn't require you to hold the phone in your face either, you can walk normally till your phone vibrates then pick it up and figure out if it's a pokecenter or pokemon that needs catching.
WHY CAN'T I GET A GF FROM THIS GAME!?
I ALREADY HAVE OVER 8000 CP
It's better if you're not on it all day.
You're supposed to just whip out your phone every now and then, not walk around like a dickhead looking for things.
>>344726557
Have you tried talking to people?
>>344726383
6/10 you almost made me write an angry responce.
>Worked all weekend
>Day off tomorrow
>Gonna catch pokemon and ride my bike all day
Fuck yeah
>>344723187
Pokemon Go is just a stepping stone for Google to further their hold on the world. They've mapped the outside world, time to map the inside.
>>344723187
>having the time during daylight hours to actually grind a decent team
I agree with some of your points to a degree, but I actually prefer playing at night because it's fucking 110F with 46% humidity outside.
>>344726429
Well some guy got struck by some random pikachu's thunder due to the 100% accuracy in rain and got 1 shot, so I didn't want to take my chances.
I will admit the loot system is nice though because I got all his pokemon.
>>344726562
Except the eggs need you to keep the app open for them to hatch
>play it extensively since it released
>found nothing but zubats, caterpies and pidgys
>highest pokemon is a golbat with lke 306cp
>my nearest gym 20 kms away has an 1800 flareon
how the fuck do these cunts find so many eevees, what the fuck
>>344723524
If you run away from the starters enough a Pikachu will actually be a forth option. You have to do it like 3~4 times, though. I didn't know when I started but watch a friend do it.
>>344725840
>TFW I'll never get the burrito badge
It's fun, but the more I play the more apparent the grind is. There's no cap on strength, so people who just grind all day have higher levels, get higher level pokemon and you'll never stand a chance unless you grind just as hard.
>>344726649
Shut up GO-guy. This game is literally the second coming of Christ. YOU WILL LOVE THIS GAME LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. Enough of the dumb conspiracy stuff. Are you afraid to go outside or something xD ?
>>344725840
>>kids outside my house catching Pokemon, making noise and stealing my oranges
Fucking cunts, mine get eaten by cockatoos.
>>344726749
The cp level you can catch depends on your level.
That specific guy is probably level 20 or so and found a 1500 eevee that he leveled up / evolved.
>>344726482
But Sandshrew is easily the best pokemon and my favorite. I would love an army of Sandshrews.
There were some cool ideas. I thought the gym leader thing was cool, and the novelty of being able to catch pokemon is neat. It's at its best when you end up finding a place you didn't know about
Other than that though it's just eh. There's no breeding, battles are lame, there's barely any social interaction even though it's a mobile app (you can't trade with your friends, for example) the only way to make pokemon evolve is if you keep catching them over and over again, and it eats your battery like a motherfucker. Maybe all of that will change with updates in the future but right now it's just eh for me.
>>344723824
>missouri police department talking about pokestops
thats gold right there
I would play it, but my tablet isn't compatible with the game and I don't have a data plan for it, so I'm stuck with wi-fi only.
Not going to buy a ridiculous smart phone just for one app when my dumphone does everything I need it to.
>>344726721
So hold your phone in your hand, and look at the screen/turn it on every once in a while on your walk. 5km is not that far of a walk.
>>344727182
You can visit places like Starbuxxxs and McDonald's I'm Loving it they have free wifi.
>>344727241
I could, but again, my tablet isn't compatible with the app anyway. I've tried downloading the .APK by itself and installing it manually, but it won't install.
>>344723824
It's nice to see the luring function is working just as intended
Fucking PC and LGBT culture has led to people running around searching for digital gaylords.
Conchita my Wurst you motherfuckers.
>>344723187
no, you're not.
I never played pokemon as a kid and I have no intentions of leaving the house anytime soon, so I'm not at all addicted.
>>344725729
Damn that's a good idea.
>>344723824
>2am
What could possible go wrong.
>>344723969
Yes
>>344727096
I was expecting to actually fight the pokemon you meet like in the games, lower their health and fight them the old fashion way. Not spend 4 minutes trying to figure out how to thrown the ball while they jump up and down.
I also expected to find other players that are logged in on the map, and be able to fight them or trade, almost like fighting randoms and trading with that rare person in the games.
the mechanics of the game could use some major re-working to feel like an actual pokemon game, but I guess that would take more time, more dedication and cost an actual game's worth.
>>344724597
This
What the fuck? Autistic? Is't he most normie fucking "game" imaginable. People who don't even play pokemon, let alone video games, are playing this.
I'm an anxiety ridden man, who just ran out of my house at 6am, to find a bloody Nidoran.
>>344726286
>tfw live in the suburbs and a pokestop is right down the road
Same, but "right down the road" is about a 10 minute drive at 45 mph.
>>344727381
The fuck are you even talking about?
>>344724046
>if they're typing they're not playing pokemon
Debatable. The servers are shit and the game itself is unstable and prone to crashing. I was logged out multiple times on a walk I took earlier until the servers finally shat themselves and refused to do anything for the rest of my walk.
>>344727198
Except that runs counter to
>You're supposed to just whip out your phone every now and then
when you're walking around with your phone lit up draining battery
>>344726721
Power saving mode, turn your phone's auto-off to like 10 minutes, and just stick it in your pocket famalam.
Very progressive. I didn't know I could go outside to entertain myself.
GAY. AS. FUCK.
>>344727789
Just ignore it so it will go away.
>>344727491
>>344727096
Honestly Ingress started off weak and woth time they changed some core game play. I agree the game play sucks but I could see them revamping it in the future.
I hope the battle system from the games gets in. With pvp it'll be hella fun.
>>344725840
>joining red, blue, or yellow team really doesn't mean anything
It's actually do depending on where you live, blue is the most dominant around me since it's the national color
People that tries to fight gyms just have their shit taken away not too long after by team Mystic
>Go to a restaurant
>People are catching rattatas
>>344727789
I'm talking about assmunching 'men', who go around looking for made up creatures, so they can have some joy.
No wonder the muslims are trying their hardest to stop that behaviour from spreading.
>>344727862
Well, don't have a shit phone, anon. Alternatively, you could buy a discount 5 dollar battery backup like most people who have a smart phone has. My back-up device is in my car or backpack, costed me 5 dollars and provides at least 8 hours of continuous play, or 12 hours of charging/on-off play.
>>344728314
My point was that
>You're supposed to just whip out your phone every now and then, not walk around like a dickhead looking for things.
When one of the mechanics requires your phone to be unlocked and running the app for it to work
>>344728314
What shit phone do you have? I listen and DL to ~2 2hr podcasts a day and use clover a shit ton and I never get close to my phone dieing in a day. If I'm not a dipshit looking at YouTube a lot I can easily last 2 dayslet me guess, you have a fucking iphone
>>344726934
On second thought, you are right. I sincerely apologize to my Google overlords. I advise everyone else to do the same.
>>344728592
I have a galaxy s3, so it's prone to overheating and software bugs that drain battery easily. I plan on getting an s7 when I save 200 bucks and when my car doesn't randomly break at the same time.
>>344728591
True, I also hate staring at my phone and walking at the same time, but it's still not hard to put your phone down to your side till your screen locks, then turn it back on again for a few. I usually just walk around till it's about to lock then look at the screen till the face recognition keeps it on for another minute or so.
>>344723187
So wait... are... you... telling... me... that... I... need... to... go... outside... to... play... this... video... game...
thats fucking shit and stupid.
>>344723187
The reason pokemon go sucks is because it revolves around a shitty RNG minigame as it's core mechanic. You might as well be pulling the lever on a slot machine to spit out another slot machine as the prize so you can have a chance at scoring some points.
>>344723524
The pokemon roam to the east
So if you see a squirtle lvl up and want more just travel 5 miles east
>>344729394
There's nothing RNG about it. Pokestop and gyms are fixed locations, and Pokemon spawns are fixed as well.
>>344725260
When you're playing pokemon, you're a pokemon trainer.
So expect danger. Your mom didn't raise a bitch nigger.
>>344723824
>A police department using ppl
Yeah no
>>344729551
This.
3 pokemon spawn in my house daily.
>>344730035
Lucky fucker. I have 4 right at the entrance of my neighborhood, but I actually have to go outside to get them.
>Actual Pokemon games still get regular installments
>Suddenly some shitty phone app is released
>OH MY GOD I LOVE POKEMON IM A KID AT HEART WHAT TEAM ARE YOU
>>344723824
First Kinder Eggs now Pokemon. America just cant take it
>>344723187
>mobileshit
>pokemon
Who would have known two awful things together would result in an awful thing?
Playing this is only going to land me in jail
>>344724278
No, it's all 150. Your pokedex will only go as high as the highest Pokemon you've seen, so you'll need to see a Dragonite to unlock all 149 entries. Good luck tying to find a mewtwo though.
This idea have potential, but it is seriously misused right now.
Remove CP, add the normal game leveling system and combat system, maybe make it harder so people arent with max level pokes on day 3, make legendaries HARD to find, if possible hard to access, like everyday it appears somewhere random in the world. Good fucking luck.
>>344727132
They know way too much. I bet you 100% they are hunting Pokemon on patrol. Also hording all those rare ones from the ghetto that you're to afraid to get unarmed.
>>344730887
No idea if there is a mewtwo already, but there is a ho-ho in a japanese temple (like in the game and the anime).
I can honestly believe some turbospergs paying thousands of dollars to go to japan just to capture a fucking poke.
>>344723537
>I'm a normie
I love neo-/v/
>>344731058
Shit is already fucked man. There is no saving this game.
>>344731323
Ahh, and yeah if there is a ho-ho, we are talking about late gen 1 / introducing gen 2, so expect more being added into the game.
>>344724696
I just put a podcast on and don't give a fuck
Live in Utah. All of my friends are playing this game and it's all they talk about. Don't have much time to play it myself, but I really don't care to do so. I've spent more time than any of them playing the main series games and actually breeding and training Pokemon. Kinda funny how the one in my group of friends who is the most obsessed with Pokemon completely ignores this phenomenon, but not that weird considering the low quality and content of this mobile game.
Not getting based Pikachu as your starter. You guys do know that Pikachu can be caught as a starter?
>>344732189
>implying it matters when you can just replace that 10cp shitter with literally anything
>>344725729
This is what I thought was going to happen. Seems so obvious that you'd put rare Pokemon in tough to get places.
>>344724696
I was out catching Pokemon with my dad and my sister earlier, and I was super worried about getting arrested.
I'm in my twenties, my dad is in his late forties, and my sister is sixteen.
It was the middle of the night and she could walk faster than us. It looked like we were following a teenage girl around.
>>344725476
It's fun, but I'm probably not going to get super invested into it or anything.
I'm really disappointed you don't battle to catch other Pokemon or anything like that. It feels like Nintendo really dropped the ball there.
And the absolute top-tier people are going to be the people with lots of money to burn who just buy a lot of shit, as far as I can tell.
>>344733135
Kek
>>344723187
I honestly don't get it, I heard in the last thread there's not even a battle system to fight players. What could possibly be so alluring for this shit? Just catching shit? Pokemon are locked to two abilities for fuck sake.
Please explain.
>>344723187
I don't get the appeal, is it purely a social thing?
I've spoken to my brother who has it, there are not really any battles or trading with friends, it just seems like a glorified stamp collection you can show off to your friends.
I can't see this game hanging around too long if there's nothing to do with your pokemon after you catch it.
Can you grind your pokemon to higher levels? What does that achieve?
>>344733515
It is a social game, shocking I know.
I walked 7km before I even was aware of the fact, this thing is just so easy to lure you into it.
Besides, me and my wife enjoyed the ENTIRE fucking walk like we had not in years.
So basically, fucking amazing if you have friends OR are looking to meet people (fucking drop a lure in a park and hang out with other peeps).
>>344725289
I have had any trouble finding Bulbasaur, and lucked out on hatching Charmanders.
No squirtles coming my way though.
>>344733880
You use candy to make your Pokemon more powerful. You get this candy from catching more of the same Pokemon. And if you have enough of it you can make them evolve.
You can apparently start challenging gyms once you get to level 5. No idea if you can start fighting people.
The major problem I'm having so far with this game is that you don't fight to level up and catch the Pokemon. It feels like Nintendo dropped the ball with this while still making a mint off it.
What are they at now? Eight billion dollars?
>>344733880
There are territorial battles for gyms. The combat is simple and mostly a tap fest, but the system of levelling friendly gyms and dismantling enemy ones is pretty good.
>>344734136
I feel like they're going to add all this new shit into later on, and then it might be worth playing when it actually has some substance to the game.
As always, why they didn't wait and launch the game with all the features I've no idea. By the time they release battles and trading it would have been forgotten about.
>>344734230
Are there factions you can fight? Do you fight actual other players? Can you choose your faction?
>>344733921
I tried doing it the social aspect of it at my local park, but I only saw couples walking around, and other people who weren't really in the mood to talk. I don't like spontaneously meeting new people though, so I wasn't too bummed.
Also walking is a fun hobby and I sincerely hope you and your wife continue to do it after this fad wears off.
>>344734086
>bird jesus
>>344723187
I have a crusade against mobile games. Besides, I don't like Pokemon
>>344723187
You aren't the only one. As soon as I noticed how little progress I made with the game being open for like 1 hour I pretty much dropped it for the garbage it is and will probably uninstall it soon.
Let's see how tomorrow will be when I camp my old college for pokestop and internet and just time away from being in my room for days on end expecting a job offer.
>>344723996
kek
>>344734638
You own a crusade? Whats the name, faggot avengers?
I don't play it much. I usually open the app check if pokemon are near, catch those that don't involve me moving and close it. I'm limited by my data. I have 30MB, yes you read that right, of 3G. I do technically have "unlimited" but it's throttled to 2G speeds once I've capped on 3G. I do not have 4G. I'm limited to wifi and usually public is too slow so I'm basically limited to only using the app near my house.
I can't find better plans with more data for $40 and even then while the program runs on my first gen Moto G it is somewhat resource intensive. It's hard to tell whether I'm being bottlenecked by my phone or the data but the data seems more likely.
>waiting around downtown last night for a ride home
>just got out of a concert so it was like 11 PM
>horde of 10+ people all walk by me playing Pokemon Go and talking about it
>Guy who checked IDs at said concert was even talking about it>The concert was great
I don't get why this is so popular though, it doesn't seem very fun. Especially since you can't actually battle the pokemon you catch.
friendly reminder:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO0Bx-AkhOc
>>344725181
hurrrrr durrrrrr u dont read tha boookzzzzz
Reminds me of Streetpass.
>get one hit in like a month
this game is fucking retarded, i played it for 5 minutes then deleted the app. i have shit taste and i cannot fathom how anyone finds it fun.
i'm fairly sure its just a fad that will die soon, if not i'll be getting a lot of free iphones
>>344728592
>tfw S4
>can play maybe 3-4 hours before the battery is empty
>gets hot as fuck playing pokemon go
>>344735197
What a piece of shit.
Also TWEWY did something like that also by the by.
>>344723187
Only competitive types of people will keep playing and get really into it. Like always the people who aren't competitive I know will play for a little bit then stop all together.
I fucking love the game, on my days off I've been biking miles to a hotspot park where there's always 10-15 people with 3 lures in a triangle of stops. It's honestly a good time, I've got a gym right now and I'm top dog. Shit is fun,and just wait all these people are busting their loads evolving so quickly for Mon that will be good for a week but I've got a few cooking that will be absolute beasts since I'm making sure they'll be maxed out.
Save those fucking candies, and evolve only at max cp
>>344735464
>in a month or so it's pretty much just gonna be you and a few others left
>>344735464
and then they just put the next 100 Pokemon and then the next etc
>>344726701
>because I got all his pokemon.
What the fuck are you talking about?
>>344730423
Normies eat up mobile games. Not hard to understand
>>344723187
>Am I the only one...
>>344735632
like it always is
>>344735464
What's the advantage first powering up and then evolving at max cp rather than evolving now and then powering up?
>>344723187
Don't forget having to keep paying microtransactions if you don't want to wait several hours to play! Quickest way to bore me out of a game; make me stop playing before I'm ready unless I pay some fucking fee.
>>344736375
Pokemon literally will double or more from their cp before evolving when evolved. And sometimes the evolved pokemon will take 2 candy to power up as well. So it's better to do it before evolving, I mean eevees spike like a motherfucker when evolved.
If you wait for a really good evee and then power it up some before evolving it will be far better.
>>344736382
Seriously, the game shits the bed before I even fathom the sickening thought of giving money for trash. What a fucking failed experiment. Maybe someone will notice and make a non-poke geocache game that's actually fun.
>>344736676
Neat, thanks for the heads up.
>>344725840
>it's addictive even though I'm not really doing anything at all
>it's addictive even though I'm not really doing anything at all
its just a scavenger hunt really right now which though ever really done are pretty innately fun.
since with the tracker shit that works like some sort of virtual dousing rod one tries to find the location of shit
>>344737110
Still, candies are valuable so it might be in your best interest to keep searching for a high level of a pokemon instead you wanna evolve. Higher the level of the trainer the higher cp mon can be caught. Don't drive yourself crazy with this shit but it does help.
>>344737474
Ye I had already been transfering my lowest CP 1st stage mons to get the candies, once I had enough my highest CP mon would get the evo. The main reason why I can't upgrade now is the lack of stardust.
>kid at work is talking to me
>is complaining that he has no pokeballs to catch
>this thing
>shows me his phone
>"oh yea weezing"
>"yea sure whatever, i hope i have my credit card info saved so i can buy more pokeballs"
>>344738393
What the fuck the kid's phone is loaded with the parents CC? Are they stupid?
>>344729748
>a bitch nigger
how the fuck did you know I'm an african albino lesbian?
I like pokemon go for one reason, it gets me away from my horrible wife and gives me an excuse to bang the landwhale down the street from my house under the pretense of catching pokemon.
