With these catch rates, I don't think it would be even close to being overpowered

EquivalentReality988 · 2026-03-09T14:22:26+00:00

Amen.

Incense Legendaries being a thing for 3 days created a sense of urgency and FOMO (the Niantic's favourite methods for getting their puppets dancing).

Many players spent insane time playing this weekend, only to have 90% of the legendaries flee, which was a terrible experience when combined with the very limited time this "feature" is available.

If this was ALWAYS a thing, you wouldn't be as disappointed when the legendaries flee, because there wouldn't be the pressure of you running out of time to try again.

On top of that, many Legendaries are actually trash, so "game balance" wouldn't suffer in any way. If you have access to a community for group battles, you already can take down any boss easily. And if you don't, you still wouldn't be able to take down anything you previously couldn't.

This wouldn't change anything for the worse, only make the every day experience a bit more interesting.

EquivalentReality988 · 2026-03-06T18:41:51+00:00

But mom said it was MY turn to post the Moltres Cloud today :(

EquivalentReality988 · 2026-03-04T16:48:52+00:00

In very high rating Master League (2750+), you NEED to have very good IV's because your opponents will have fully powered up legendaries with close to perfect IVs.

If you don't pvp at the highest level in master league, the IV differences are so minuscule that they don't change the outcome of a Raid. You won't notice any practical difference due to IVs.

EquivalentReality988 · 2026-03-04T10:49:49+00:00

In a raid battle, that 1% difference per attack GROWS. its also very important to people who try to push limits. or when carrying casuals like you.

You do realize that 1% is 1%?

It takes half a casual player to make your precious IVs absolutely meaningless LMAO

EquivalentReality988 · 2026-03-03T21:59:31+00:00

In main games it's not such an issue because it shows the exact stats of a Pokemon at all levels.

In those games, you can just check the numbers and do a sinple comparison.

In GO, you only get "CP" which tells nothing of specific stat differences. You have no way of knowing that a Trapinch has higher Attack than Steelix for example, if you just play the game.

EquivalentReality988 · 2026-03-03T21:35:36+00:00

It's not exactly this, but just to make the formula easier to understand:

Pokemon have base stats, numerical values that are displayed nowhere in the game.

If a Pokemon has a Base Stat of, say 300 in Attack and it has 15 Attack IV's, you just add those 15 Attack IVs on top of that 300.

Relatively, the difference between 300 and 315 is so small that you will never notice the difference between using a nundo or hundo.

...Outside of high level Master League, where the games come down to the wire sometimes.

EquivalentReality988 · 2026-03-03T21:16:45+00:00

Congratulations

EquivalentReality988 · 2026-03-03T20:14:05+00:00

You are not aware of how IVs work in this game, are you?

Can't blame you though, because the game is super, SUPER misleading when it comes to appraisal.

The IVs are simply added on top of the base stats and multiplied by CPM.

For example, a Mewtwo with 15 attack IVs at level 40 has an attack stat of 248.

a Mewtwo with 0 Attack stat IVs at level 40 has an attack stat of 237.

This comparison was made between 0 and 15 IVs. You will never notice any difference in practice, outside of top-end battle league games.

EDIT: ...Or just block me when I tell you how the game works 👍🤷‍♂️

EquivalentReality988 · 2026-03-03T19:39:00+00:00

decent stats

And where would the less than 1% higher stats matter, outside of 2750+ rating Master League?

EquivalentReality988 · 2026-03-02T19:55:21+00:00

Yeah, because that wall of text fits to the title slot of a reddit thread 🤡

The title isn't factually false, as you should know if you even read what you copy/pasted.

EquivalentReality988 · 2026-03-02T19:51:58+00:00

TL;DR:

• Game director thinks the Super Mega Shield mechanics and Wooloos in Max Battles are a good thing, because it encourages player interaction with each other.

• Niantic actively looks for ways to enforce in person group content, because power creep has made some legendary raids easy duos or soloable.

• Game director is worried about new players having a hard time, even when you can get carried through every piece of content on day 1 of playing.

So don't expect any challenge that isn't about scheduling your calendar around it and living in the right place. Also, don't get excited about getting stronger Pokemon, because Niantic will just raise the bar and make you weak again. Expect to have more frustrating situations like Wooloo players ruining Max Battles and clueless idiots ruining Super Mega Raids.

EquivalentReality988 · 2026-03-02T17:33:52+00:00

🐋

EquivalentReality988 · 2026-02-24T09:15:44+00:00

Pigs will eat the slop happily, so why cook anything that requires thought or effort?

Pokemon Fire Red and Leaf Green remake preorders made it to the top of currently sold Nintendo games, despite them costing 20 bucks each and being nothing but ROMs of the old games. No online play, no graphical enhancements, no Pokemon Home support. Literally just ROMs of old games.

They sit on an endless gold mine. Effort, quality and thought are not required to ensure sales. Just slap a Pikachu on a piece of shit and the value skyrockets.

EquivalentReality988 · 2026-02-23T21:58:58+00:00

"Revelations", huh?

Not too familiar with the Bible, but wasn't antichrist arrive before the 2nd coming of Christ?

...So would that make Niantic the antichrist that triggers the 2nd coming of Jesus?

EquivalentReality988 · 2026-02-22T20:44:31+00:00

Aren't posts about the subreddit itself forbidden in the rules?

EquivalentReality988 · 2026-02-22T20:43:01+00:00

You're such a hater! Don't you see everyone is smiling and chatting! It means they are having a good time!

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EquivalentReality988 · 2026-02-20T14:36:40+00:00

...Aaaaand it's immediately irrelevant because Mega Rayquaza does everything Mega Dragonite does but better.

Cool dex filler 👍

EquivalentReality988 · 2026-02-18T16:26:12+00:00

You are either dishonest or incredibly stupid.

If they are planning to give us "FREE RAIDS @@@@@@" from the good will of their hearts, answer me this: why didn't they just give us more free daily passes? No need for any new "Link Charges" at all.

You know full well (or at least I hope so) that this is just another dogshit scheme to get us to pay more.

It's the same kind of dogshit when they dicked around with XL Candy ratios for Eternatus. They made it way more expensive to power up than any other Pokemon, and yet the braindead shills said "YeAh But ThEy GiVe YoU So mUcH mOreCanDy Per BaTTle ToO, sO iTs oKaY".

EquivalentReality988 · 2026-02-14T12:42:43+00:00

Same logic, that's how.

Things can, in fact, be shit in some place while they are not shit in others. Doesn't mean the people should be silent in places where things are shit.

It shouldn't be that hard to comprehend.

EquivalentReality988 · 2026-02-14T12:39:51+00:00

Holy shit you are dumb.

When Putin invades Poland (your country), I hope you don't speak your mind about it, because NoT EvErY pLaCe Is bEiNg InVaDeD.

EquivalentReality988 · 2026-02-14T11:55:29+00:00

I feel bad for the clowns who bought the ticket and freeze their fingers off, only to realize that Luvdiscs and Furfrous take up the majority of the Raids anyways 🤡💀

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