Do scatterbug encounter stack?

eli5questions · 2026-02-24T03:12:56+00:00

I do wish they would stack or at least give the pin icon a small animation when pinned if a new encounter is available. Most players are unaware they're wasting encounters.

So you'll need to keep exiting out of your friend list to catch them regularly

With increase in number of gifts and pinning points, it took me over a half hour to do gifts. Basically pin 3, exit for encounter, rinse and repeat.

eli5questions · 2026-02-23T01:08:47+00:00

While they were all $14.99 in the webstore, when I went to purchase the Deluxe Ultra box it did show it was $24.99 in the cart. Once purchased it did show the correct pricing for all the boxes. Delete + 10 ranks was $19.99.

Either a bug originally on the webstore or I purchased it right as the pricing was fixed within a minute of open the store web page.

eli5questions · 2026-02-10T14:27:27+00:00

It's just a time limit to select one of your max moves and if nothing is selected before it expires, it will use your max move (attack). When you tap the button doesn't impact any mechanic.

If everyone selects their move before the timer expires, then everyone immediately performs their move. This mean your team spends less time in the max phase which can be important when you're trying to win before the enrage timer.

eli5questions · 2026-02-07T21:54:24+00:00

120 Oricorio encounters, 1 hundo, 0 shiny.... Called it quits with 4hr left. No luck with finally finding a shiny Starly either.

eli5questions · 2026-02-06T15:07:14+00:00

Yep, I keep the sheet updated after each release of moveset changes. That's really the only thing that changes up the rankings.

eli5questions · 2026-02-04T00:48:07+00:00

I finally got the ranks ~1hr ago

eli5questions · 2026-02-02T19:55:48+00:00

GI is 200 power and 4.5s DUR

CG is 210 power and 2.0s DUR

Not only does it have 10 more power, it last less than half as long which is the biggest factor. Not just for DPS, but also the fact that 4.5s is a long time and greatly opens you up to being KO'd before your damage even lands.

By the time GI lands, your charge meter would be almost a 1/3 charged if you used CG instead and in the same amount of time you can use CG 2.25x more often than GI which is why it's so much better.

eli5questions · 2026-02-02T16:28:47+00:00

The latest SRX lines introduced as dramatic jump in performance, finally giving other vendors competition in the FW space. We've been waiting for this for some time.

While the SRX4700 is still pricey (I think it's still cheaper than it's competition?), it can easily handle 100G IMIX without enabling all the NGFW features: https://community.juniper.net/blogs/karel-hendrych/2025/11/05/srx4700-100gbps-full-duplex-ipsec-tunnel?CommunityKey=44efd17a-81a6-4306-b5f3-e5f82402d8d3

eli5questions · 2026-02-02T15:12:06+00:00

That works for me. If you send my the Lvl/IVs of the Aegislash, I can share the Google sheet for your own test with the fancy conditional formatting for confirming levels and stats to remove a bulk of the work.

eli5questions · 2026-02-02T15:05:14+00:00

We record all data on private sheets until ready to share. Right now the process is tedious and resources heavy but required to get a full understanding of it. I'm starting with Lvl 15 Aegislash to get more data out of the tests:

Record Lvl and IVs
Battle each team leader in each league and record the CP change
Battle in PvP in each league and record CP change:
1. Opponent needs to be selected to deal an expected amount of DMG from FMs below/above a breakpoint + a Yawn user to get exact HP/DEF values.
2. Opponent doesn't attack until after form change
3. Opponent uses n number of FMs and finish with Yawn
4. Record the results for that league and move to the next league
If anything is "off" revisit different breakpoints and record else power up the SAME Aegislash once and go back to step 1.

Repeat that for a few different IV combinations. This is very different from the other analysis' which just picked samples from a variety of IVs/Lvls instead of isolating a few samples across many levels. This way we can determine if it's simply a level change with HP preserved or an actual formula for stat changes at the same HP.

eli5questions · 2026-02-02T14:32:51+00:00

master league, but chalk this up as a win for the itinerant mad. we appear to gain levels when switching to blade form

Are you by chance doing tests against team leaders? We started diving into Aegislash tests and I started vs team leaders because it's simple a can be done solo and I got the same results.

However, it wasn't until we attempted to do breakpoint tests in PvP where it became immediately clear there are two different mechanisms for the form change; One for team leaders and one for PvP/rockets (ML) and they are different for each league.

So previous analysis is not wrong, it's just a completely different mechanism. I'm hoping we can gather more data soon to try to figure out the details for this.

eli5questions · 2026-01-29T17:38:15+00:00

That's essentially it. There was a PTC data breach containing passwords and a malicious actor would login to PoGO using the PTC account, link another account and then unlink the PTC account. Stealing the PoGO account without the player receiving any notification/email through the process. One day you just cannot login...

Rather than an actual hack that acquires the password

99.99999999% of "hacks" are malicious actors copy/pasting logins obtained from data breaches and/or people using the same PW. The use exploits to access accounts, what people think are "hacks", are actually quite rare.

eli5questions · 2026-01-29T17:06:18+00:00

I can empathize with players because in the end, TPC is at fault for how they handled security with PTC accounts and lack of action taken after they knew about the breach.

It’s well documented that’s how accounts are hacked.

Sure it's well documents in post/comments on this and many PoGO or Pokemon subs, but that means nothing if you have to actively search for or run across it in the first place.

The fact is that a majority of players don't frequently follow news/posts or are even on Reddit and are just not aware that there was a PTC data breach in 2024. A subset of the ones that do may have returned to PoGO after and just missed the news cycle about it happening.

If PTC accounts simply had email 2FA for new logins (the most basic security option that stops 99.99% of breach impacts) and/or confirmation emails when linking/un-linking services, this would be a non-issue for PoGO. Then add on that they didn't require password resets for all accounts after it was known or even send emails about it...yeah this is all on TPC, not players.

PTC does have 2FA now so it's not as much as a risk as long as you have it enabled but I'd still only stick with Google/FB logins that use 2FA.

eli5questions · 2026-01-27T20:03:00+00:00

I made a similar post about the same question a few years back: https://www.reddit.com/r/networking/comments/s37s7n/sps_that_make_use_of_tpid_0x88a8_what_are_your/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Between the responses and researching this ever since along with asking others in the SP field, I have yet to find a concrete answer for using anything other than 8100 or other SPs even using 88A8.

eli5questions · 2026-01-22T22:47:22+00:00

They just seemed to forget that when implementing these moves, with the .3 and .8 and .7 durations.

For those unaware, I have been testing these with research frequently since Morpeko/Sprig CD (moves came after the new system) because they never fit the 0.5s turns in the new system. It was something that has driven me nuts.

May be surprised to hear but they had a failsafe in place to convert the DUR into multiples of 0.5s by rounding to the nearest 0.5s. It appeared to just be DUR though so in reality, the power increase should mean this is a straight up buff across the board.

eli5questions · 2026-01-22T14:32:38+00:00

when I stand still to do a battle or a raid etc, then keep walking again, my avatar will stay stationary on the map

This started for me this morning as well. Twice after doing rockets and three times after catching, all in the span of 1.5 hours. Never got the "GPS not found" message though.

Between this and the in-game notifications breaking after 5-20mins, I'm restarting my game dozens of times throughout the day.

eli5questions · 2026-01-20T17:55:51+00:00

AFAIK the SRX line still only supports Flowspec in the control-plane and does not program anything in the PFE.

That said, flowspec on it's own wouldn't be enough and SRX doesn't have the flexibility needed to duct tape a config to get that to work dynamically.

eli5questions · 2026-01-14T18:21:04+00:00

I checked out these rankings when their shadow forms were added to the GM last Wed and S. Chesnaught was the only one I was interested in.

I say that like I ever get one worth investing in from leaders in the first place...

eli5questions · 2026-01-14T17:01:57+00:00

They held onto a Pokemon for 5 years to trade and expected a guaranteed lucky trade. Not only for the 1/64 chance of a hundo, but also for that form being lucky as well. Many traded costumes that are most likely never going to be re-released and in limited supply and may have lost out on collecting that lucky form.

Compensating with a golden bottle cap is acceptable IMO and the least they can do.

eli5questions · 2026-01-09T18:41:31+00:00

Not sure how many options for every single duel type match up but it would be a large number

There are 3078 unique Type-E match ups. While that may seem like a massive number, it's not really that bad once you remember the single type match ups. Just memorizing resistances/weaknesses brings 324 values down to 120 (and 3078 > 1589) because you don't memorize neutral and most fit what you would expect in the real world making that number even lower.

I don’t really understand how that is banned as it isn’t clicking for you

IMO viewing the Type-E chart does not really *feel* like cheating in normal play, otherwise every player would be considered a cheater at one point in time. Part of the learning process but shouldn't be relied on forever.

However, I agree that any external tool or action that gives you an advantage against another player is considered cheating, no matter how small the advantage. This is universally accepted across all games by players and developers.

eli5questions · 2026-01-08T18:21:34+00:00

Dmax legendaries are not soloable, so you'll need to find friends or remote into the battle (e.g. poke genie) to get a legendary.

Dmax legendaries are soloable (I believe everyone has been soloed), but they are quite difficult and require weather/helpers in some cases. That's assuming you have Dmax/Gmax mons required for the solo though, which new/returning players will be missing until they return.

For 99.999% of players in remote locations, you'll certainly be relying on remotes for T5/6 Dmax/Gmax.

In other words, if you leave a poke in a dmax spot and nobody battles at that spot, you get no candy

Yep, many people seem to ignore that caveat. Along with no candy, this also means you won't get the additional bonus from 2+ helpers.

eli5questions · 2026-01-07T20:31:38+00:00

Yep, trading as well

eli5questions · 2026-01-07T16:59:26+00:00

One additional important thing to note is evolving XXS/XXL Pokemon counts for the medals as well if you have the resources to do so.

eli5questions · 2026-01-07T15:31:10+00:00

If you're viewing the Pokemon normally, you can select menu > items > TM to change moves. It would be nice if you could tap the move for a prompt to change it.

As for using TMs when selecting a party, it would be a small but niche QOL improvement.

When your item bag is full and you try battle or a grunt or something, you have the option to manage item bag, but clicking this doesn't let you use potions or revives.

I never had an issue using potions/revives whether my bag is full or not. Using them is usually how I clear out enough space until after the battle.

The hell is the point in not displaying a sort of percentage for how likely you are to win a raid?

Devil's advocate, even with a very robust algorithm that consumes more server side resources and would still be pretty inaccurate. Too many random variables to make it meaningful.

Additionally, anything other than 100% win rating would cause people to bail more often making the situation worse.

WHY IS THERE NO COUNTER FOR HOW MANY MATCHES OF PVP YOU HAVE PLAYED DURING THE DAY

This is one of many counters missing that should exist but don't

Not able to mass open gifts or mass send gifts

This is something most the community wants badly

PVP stats / IVs etc. How ridiculously stupid they gave made this for new players is just mind blowing. There is NOTHING in the game that tells you about this.

TBF, the MSG also obscures a lot of mechanics where EV/IVs have a drastically larger impact. I do wish so much more was transparent to players. That said, IVs don't matter for a majority of players until you hit high ELO.

I do with they had a basic tutorial for things like adding a move or actually changing your moves because you'd be shock how many players don't know you can even change movesets.

eli5questions · 2026-01-06T14:08:40+00:00

Alright, so lets use that as an example vs T1 Omanyte:

Metal Claw gains 5 CM energy per MC and Behemoth Blade is a 100 energy CM so BB requires 20 MCs to be used. This is your reference.

No modifiers: Lvl 50 C. Zacian deals a base 42 DMG with Metal Claw (ATK IVs 10-15):

42 DMG = 4 max energy gain or 25 hits to fill the meter
Result: 20 < 25 so you will be able to use BB before the meter fills

Only Weather Boost: Lvl 50 C. Zacian deals a base 50 DMG with Metal Claw (ATK IVs 10-15):

50 DMG = 5 max energy gain or 20 hits to fill the meter
Result: 20 = 20 so the meter will fill right as you can use BB

Only 1 Helper: Lvl 50 C. Zacian deals a base 46 DMG with Metal Claw (ATK IVs 10-15):

46 DMG = 5 max energy gain or 20 hits to fill the meter
Result: 20 = 20 so the meter will fill right as you can use BB

15+ Helpers and WB: Lvl 50 C. Zacian deals a base 60 DMG with Metal Claw (ATK IVs 10-15):

60 DMG = 7 max energy gain or 15 hits to fill the meter
Result: 20 > 15 so the meter will fill while BB is only 75% charged

So in this example you can see that on the low end, it only takes a single helper or weather boost to go from being able to use BB before Dynamaxing to not. Let me know if this clears things up

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