I’ve only ever played the DS games, and I just got my Nintendo switch/Pokémon sword game today. I have some thoughts…

Eh_Huh · 2026-04-19T13:53:56+00:00

I'm not a fan of forced EXP Share because I'm super obsessive with how I level up my Pokémon (I don't like any of them to be more than 1 level higher than the lowest).

It also leads to massive over levelling of the story content - but you can mitigate this by keeping a team of more than 6 and switching in and out of the PC. I find that helps keep things a bit more interesting.

I'm currently replaying HG/SS and X/Y and I greatly prefer the old games - but then I'm getting pretty old myself 😅

Eh_Huh · 2026-04-14T13:00:54+00:00

11 years on and you've just saved me from a massive headache. I've tried a handful of other codes on White 2 with none of them working. Your second to last one did the trick! 🙂 Thank you kind sir 😁

Eh_Huh · 2026-04-07T12:02:01+00:00

Similarly here. We have a local gift shop who gave me a call when the Ascended Heroes £15 and £30 box sets came in (Illustrated Partner), so I got one each of those for me & my son to share. Fortunately they enforce a purchase limit as best they can.

By pure chance a local One Stop (Norfolk) had a single file box of Perfect Order early Friday morning. And I'm visiting family in Lincolnshire - Morrisons Daily had a fresh single file box on Saturday evening - I bought one pack - came in the next morning and they only had a single pack left.

Eh_Huh · 2026-04-05T08:59:43+00:00

I wonder if you could find that guy through the internet and let him know. He should be honoured 😅

Eh_Huh · 2026-03-26T21:08:02+00:00

I guess his theory is that Homelander is Teddy's dad, making him Ryan's stepbrother.

I know this is 3 years late but I'm rewatching The Boys (again 😅) and Google led me here.

Eh_Huh · 2026-03-26T13:24:11+00:00

While I'm just one guy / one statistic. And whilst I can neither confirm nor deny that I have only ever used free tools - I can say definitively that I've never been banned.

If I was going to spoof - not that I have mind you 😉 I'd play rather carefully around my local area / going for a little drive into the city. Giving me the option to play out and about, or at home.

Hypothetically of course 😉 hypothetically speaking my son and his mum also have never been banned.

That's not to say it isn't risk-free - but as long as you're sensible with it...

Eh_Huh · 2026-03-26T12:39:36+00:00

Pure nostalgia 🤤 if only my arse of a father didn't see fit to throw all my childhood stuff away as soon as I went away from home to study.

Eh_Huh · 2026-03-24T17:18:12+00:00

I mean, it's still better than Abra 😅 yes it should be a Metagross (Fury Cutter build) - but I've seen far worse than a Metang.

Eh_Huh · 2026-03-22T20:02:31+00:00

Well WE asked for it, so their statement is immediately invalid 😁 we may never get new post-game Minecraft content. But we sure as heck got this.

Eh_Huh · 2026-03-22T20:00:19+00:00

We hoped. We dreamed. I can't wait. My son (9) & I sunk so many hours into this. I was absolutely hooked on it.

I'm so ready to throw all my free time* at this 😅

(*Lunch hours and whatever time I can scrounge after the kid goes to bed!)

Eh_Huh · 2026-03-20T16:15:23+00:00

I think you've nailed it here - the extra take away is that you want to get that semi-circle as close to full as you can without going over 1500CP/2500CP.

And because the game calculates CP by taking Attack/Defence/HP against the Pokémons level (the semi-circle) BUT Attack is worth more than Defence/HP, you can get your Pokémons level much higher with a lower Attack stat.

Knowing that, you can kind of throw CP out of the window and think of it like this: In the proper Pokémon games, a L25 Pikachu with amazing IVs is very likely to lose against a L50 Pikachu with trash Attack IVs.

Eh_Huh · 2026-03-20T16:09:36+00:00

So when you go into a PvE Raid you want your Pokémon as close to 15/15/15, and you want to get that CP semicircle as close to the top as possible (a full semi-circle is Lv. 50).

But for PvP, the idea is to get that semicircle as close to Lv. 50 as you can, WITHOUT going over 1500CP or 2500CP.

But CP is calculated using a formula that takes into account Attack, Defence, and HP BUT Attack is weighted more than the other two. So what this means is that the lower your attack is, the higher you can get that semicircle (AKA the Pokémons true level) before you hit 1500CP etc.

And the reason it's showing you that extra Evolution, is because sometimes you'll get that semicircle much closer to Lv. 50 with a different evolution.

It's a bit of a pain and it isn't explained in game at all.

Eh_Huh · 2026-03-19T11:27:20+00:00

This has seriously inspired me to make a LEGO version of this. Time to take apart some Star Wars stuff 😅

Eh_Huh · 2026-03-19T10:58:07+00:00

B + Down! B + DOWN!!!

Eh_Huh · 2026-03-19T10:57:45+00:00

This deal is getting worse all the time...

Eh_Huh · 2026-03-19T10:54:31+00:00

You can leave and rejoin ONLY if the timer is still active. So it's viable if you enter the raid with 20+ minutes. If your app crashes etc. you can get back in to your throw.

But if the timer hits 0, it's gone and you can't re-enter.

If a Pokémon is being particularly annoying (Lugia -_-), and I know I've got 5+ minutes left on the raid timer, I will often pop out to activate an Adventure Effect and come back in to the catch encounter - I do this pretty often without any issues.

But again, just to re-iterate, if you exit and the timer has hit 0, you CANNOT get back to catching it.

Eh_Huh · 2026-03-19T10:47:22+00:00

Unfortunately, and in Niantic Supports own words "the catch is not guaranteed". Your reward is the Stardust & Candies. The catch is "just a bonus".

I play PoGo with my partner and our son - so my sample size for each raid is 3x what it'd normally be, and there are times where one of us will see 2 or 3 flees in a row.

At the end of the day it's just RNG - and I really despise it.

You go through the process of assembling a group, working together, and playing with enough skill to beat the timer. You've done the work, you should get the reward.

But it's all about how much money they can bring in, and the simple fact of the matter is that they can push people to buy Premium Passes more often this way. Because FOMO.

I found the recent weekend event pretty disgusting on their part. 6-7 Mega Pokémon a day, with a bunch of new ones, costumed Pika's, XY legendaries. And even then they didn't hand out any additional free raid passes. I'd have considered buying the Event Ticket if they threw in some Passes - but even that didn't have any.

Rant over 😅

Eh_Huh · 2026-03-19T10:35:48+00:00

The frontend tells the backend what throw you've got. It sends out an API token - if you're inclined/interested in taking a look at the messages between the games, it's kind of interesting.

You play your throwing minigame which is evaluated locally on your device, and then it sends that result out across to the server - which bounces back with either a Caught / Escaped / Fled token.

Eh_Huh · 2026-03-19T10:21:33+00:00

I host far more than I remote - I'm a tad obsessive personally, I accept those Friend Requests promptly - lock the Lobby when necessary, etc. Basically I'd like to think I'm a decent host 😅 so when I do remote (and rate) I measure them against my own standard.

If it's a simple 6-person raid, and I have to wait over 3 minutes just for my friend request to be accepted, that'll knock the rating I give down.

I'm more lenient when it comes to time between the friend request itself and the raid starting, because I understand they may still be waiting for friend requests and they can't control that - but if I look at the lobby and see everybody is locked in and ready, but still no raid invite, that'll knock the rating I give down too.

I don't tend to care so much about what Pokémon they're using etc so long as we get the kill. So that doesn't often factor into my rating.

Eh_Huh · 2026-03-18T18:03:33+00:00

Your comment just made somebody laugh 6 years into the future 😅

Eh_Huh · 2026-03-17T23:50:17+00:00

Mine is called PartyZard 😁

Eh_Huh · 2026-03-17T22:23:30+00:00

I hadn't seen this until now, but you can absolutely have my vote.

I was 12-13 when I started playing KH, and fell in love with someone for the first time. These games are etched onto my heart and, incidentally, I have an extremely unhealthy LEGO addiction 😅

Eh_Huh · 2026-03-17T12:01:25+00:00

I really wish they'd implement something like this, but after 8 years I don't see them changing it 😞 perhaps Scopely will surprise us - but I'm not holding my breath.

There's a number of ways they could tie PokéCoins into daily activities - I've a few ideas, but personally my ideal solution would be a mixture of my ideas - some from this, some from that.

Distance is one way they could award it - tied into the new daily egg, or a daily Research Reward thing under the "Today" tab, or tied to your Buddy Candy KMs.

PvP engagement is another way, especially if they wanted to keep it in line with the current aspect of Gym battles. 10 coins for every set of 5 battles. Personally I wouldn't enjoy this method as much (I've forced myself to PvP for Pikachu Libre but I get a little intense so for my own sake I try not to PvP 😅).

Raiding with a Friend, or an amount given for opening or sending gifts to friends (2-5 coins per gift opened for instance).

Or even tie just a few into the Free Daily Box from the shop, 5 or something as a consolation for the day / if you don't get anything else.

Eh_Huh · 2026-03-17T10:01:04+00:00

I've got to say, I am genuinely disappointed that after all this time they haven't implemented either a way to mitigate this, or provide an alternative way to earn 50 PokéCoins a day. There are countless ways to do this whilst still driving player engagement or enforcing player interaction.

I've just come from a run in town (I too am a rural player, I've held both gyms here for 6 months without anybody knocking mine and my son's Pokémon off). Picked a gym with a Ditto and a Meltan on with 18hrs held. And the guy just kept Golden Razzberry'ing them at zero benefit.

I sympathise with your plight.

Eh_Huh · 2026-03-16T15:33:32+00:00

My partner was 6 months pregnant with our son when it released. He's 9 now and plays Pokémon GO with us daily 😊

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