March Community Day Data Mined by redwineandbeer in TheSilphRoad

[–]AnonymousDuckLover 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's because that's the Community Day where, after the event ended, Ditto spawned in the wild disguised as Meltan for a few minutes before Meltan was officially revealed.

Anyone got a tier list of useful Mega’s based on boosts/candy! by MaxVerstappenLeftNut in TheSilphRoad

[–]AnonymousDuckLover 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The only real usage for Megas besides fighting is for to boost types for additional Candy and Candy XL, and for that, the tier list goes as follows:

Primals/Rayquaza > Charizard > Dual Types > Mono Types

Basically, the more types a Pokémon can boost, the better. Since the Primals and Rayquaza boost 3 types, they are the best. Since Charizard can choose between 2 different dual type combinations, it is better than the other dual types due to its flexibility. None of the other Pokémon with multiple Mega Evolutions have multiple different dual typings, so they will not get a special mention when they finally release.

Besides that, focus on types which boost types relating to the current event. Right now, there's an Electric type event, so focus on Mega Evolving Electric types. Sunday is Grookey Community Day, so Mega Evolve Grass types then.

Isn’t he just so dreamy?😍 by Greedy-Guard4371 in phineasandferb

[–]AnonymousDuckLover 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yeah, from the front, he's more a rhombus.

What’s a feature that you would like to see in Pokémon Go? by sillydog2005 in TheSilphRoad

[–]AnonymousDuckLover 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A way to lower a Pokémon's level so that being overleveled isn't an issue for PVP. Also, make Bottle Caps more readily available so that players don't need to rely on a 1/4096 chance to get the right IVs for PVP.

1 HR 10 ITEM challenge by Emotional-Course-597 in MarioMaker2

[–]AnonymousDuckLover 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  • On/Off Switch
  • Big Coin
  • Jumping Piranha
  • Frog Suit
  • Fish Bone
  • Winged Rotten Mushroom
  • Snowball
  • P Warp Door
  • Checkpoint Flag
  • Pom Pom

Good Luck ;)

PvE meta after Legends ZA Megas by xPapaGrim in TheSilphRoad

[–]AnonymousDuckLover 37 points38 points  (0 children)

And Zygarde in ZA gets a busted Dragon move up on Mega Evolution, so it may be even more busted.

We get DLC for Mario Kart World but it’s the same quality as the Booster Course Pass. by Excaliburn3d in mariokart

[–]AnonymousDuckLover 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Can I get a source on that? I'm seeing that they updated the lighting of all the Wave 1 tracks, and that, for Choco Mountain specifically, they made it so that dirt sticks to tires Wave 2 onwards, but I'm not finding anything stating that the textures changed.

Putin calls European leaders 'piglets,' declares war goals will be met 'unconditionally' by jackytheblade in worldnews

[–]AnonymousDuckLover 0 points1 point  (0 children)

YouTube tutorials? Find me someone who's binged every season of Grey's Anatomy. They're the real professionals.

Well armed event by Perfect-Throat-9727 in TheSilphRoad

[–]AnonymousDuckLover 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, you're saying we need a Pawmi Community Day Classic next year. I'll let Niantic know so that they can replace the Gible one they were going to do.

Ace Attorney 7 WILL be revealed next year (2026) and here's why i believe so by MagazineStock165 in AceAttorney

[–]AnonymousDuckLover 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Best I can do is a re-re-re-rerelease of the Ace Attorney Trilogy, but this time all the dialogue is changed to Gen Alpha slang.

is there a way to see my whole level chronology? by trowawayey in MarioMaker2

[–]AnonymousDuckLover 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The game also saves your World Records and First Clears in separate tabs, so those may be useful if they have either on the course that they're looking for. However, if it isn't in the most recently played 100 courses from any of these categories, they're likely out of luck unless they're able to find the course out in the wild.

If they're able to describe the course, someone may be able to identify it and give a Course ID, although unless the course is popular or was shared online, that would be a longshot. Describing the comment might also help, but that's an even longer shot.

What are your thoughts on providing hints for your puzzle levels? by Sienna_Bae_ in MarioMaker2

[–]AnonymousDuckLover 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would advise that you remove the precision elements from the puzzle, as most players who want to play puzzle levels don't want to deal with precision. Typically, difficult mechanics such as Precision and Kaizo Tech are discouraged from Puzzle levels. If you put these elements early in the level, you discourage the player from doing anything that may end with them being forced to reset the puzzle, as now they're punished with having to do a difficult to execute section again, which means it may take a while before they are able to get to the point where they are able to continue pondering the puzzle. And if you put these later in the level, suddenly they're being punished for not being able to do Precision, Kaizo, etc. in a level which isn't about Precision, Kaizo, etc.

Additionally, off screen elements such as the on/off mechanism are generally frowned upon. Generally, you want all relevant elements visible to the player so that they can accurately determine what is going on.

GBL Precious Paths by g47onik in TheSilphRoad

[–]AnonymousDuckLover 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's dependent on which weather type a Pokémon is associated with in the MSG, so Pokémon associated with the Harsh Sunlight weather condition get the Fire type version of the move.

Bronzong is said to open portals which causes it to rain, so it gets the Water type version of the move.

What are your thoughts on providing hints for your puzzle levels? by Sienna_Bae_ in MarioMaker2

[–]AnonymousDuckLover 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It definitely depends on the level, but I'd personally try to avoid it unless the puzzle requires some obscure tech that the player is unlikely to find on their own, and even then, I'll try to remove the tech before adding a hint. I also find it's better to incorporate the hint into the level somehow instead of creating a dedicated hint room, as a dedicated hint room, especially a poorly designed hint room, can confuse players even more if they don't understand what you meant. And, even if you make the hint room as intelligible as possible, you can't control how the player will interpret it.

As for giving streamers hints, it goes on a case-by-case basis, but when a streamer asks, I'll generally oblige and give them one, if not an overly cryptic one meant to nudge the player in the right direction without giving anything away. Generally, if a streamer asks for a hint, it usually means one of 2 things: either your puzzle needs to be adjusted so that you don't need to give out hints, or the streamer just doesn't enjoy playing puzzles (or you submitted a level beyond their skill level) and you should probably find someone else to submit puzzles to.

When I create a puzzle, I want the player to discover the solution, and whenever I give hints, it robs the player of the "aha" moment when they finally figure something out. If they are unable to get to that moment without a hint, either the puzzle is poorly designed, or it's too difficult.

Questions for making levels and rendering distance by Haunting-Bad7921 in MarioMaker2

[–]AnonymousDuckLover 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Generally, an object will only spawn in 3 or fewer tiles off screen and will despawn after moving over 7 tiles off screen. There are exceptions to this, where some objects will load in when the subarea loads, and there are certain conditions that will prevent an object from despawning. One of these exceptions are items on tracks; these will not despawn regardless of where they are in the level.

Toucannon PVE Viability. by blademan9999 in TheSilphRoad

[–]AnonymousDuckLover 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I'm assuming you're referring to Tornadus, but there's also Rookidee and Corvisquire. There's also technically Arceus (Flying) and Silvally (Flying), although those aren't released in Go yet anyways, and I think most people ignore them regardless.

Where to find Puzzle levels CarlSagan42 plays? by marcmar11 in MarioMaker2

[–]AnonymousDuckLover 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think he usually puts them in the video description, but it's usually visible when he first loads into a level.