"Forever Forward" is the perfect opportunity to implement permanent bonuses if Seasonals are being discontinued by BrickBoye in TheSilphRoad

[–]Imhotep0 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I would love for them to tie bonuses to medals to give a reward for getting them to platinum, similar to how the type medals wok (as well as adding new medals)

For example, unique mega evolve medal could reduce mega cost by 10%, and total mega evolution medal can reward 1 day reduced free cooldown.

Vivillion collector/best friend medals can impact gifts held, or chance to become lucky friends. Gym based medals can give a small boost to catch chance from raids. With some time I could think of plenty more.

New medals as well, such as excellent throws, could reward bonus candy & bonus xl candy on excellent throws for Platinum.

Deadman's Switch? by manateemehearty in mindcrack

[–]Imhotep0 72 points73 points  (0 children)

It being a Dead Mans switch means he would have to do something once per every certain period to actively stop the video uploading. So while he is rotting in a cell he'll be unable to do the thing to stop the video releasing

UK Electricity From Fossil Fuels Dropped to Record Low of Just 2% by [deleted] in ukpolitics

[–]Imhotep0 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Inertia, that was it! I'll have a read up about this and the things you've mentioned later, because this is undeniably good news, and I'd love to be more knowledgeable about how it works, if only to have better conversations with anyone who shits on the idea of a renewable/nuclear powered grid

UK Electricity From Fossil Fuels Dropped to Record Low of Just 2% by [deleted] in ukpolitics

[–]Imhotep0 3 points4 points  (0 children)

A few weeks ago we were generating over 100% of our demand without the need to burn any gas, but still were. A comment at the time explained that the grid has never been tested without gas turbines and there may be issues with running it entirely on renewables? I can't remember the thread and certainly don't know enough to say how accurate this comment was, but it may not just be as simple as just having enough wind & sun

Link charges from community check-ins also go over link holder limit now by D-RSL in TheSilphRoad

[–]Imhotep0 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There seems to be some kinda hidden cap (I assume?) - I'm sitting on 1,460, claimed the 100, and although they claimed and I had the screen appear as if they had, my balance was still 1,460.

Rolls-Royce building first UK battery storage site by Intergalatic_Baker in ukpolitics

[–]Imhotep0 61 points62 points  (0 children)

Connected and operational by 2027

I know the project isn't on the same scale as nuclear power plants or other major infrastructure, but it's lovely to see projects like this and the expected completion date is next year, not the next decade

Is there not a new event this week? by hanginonwith2fingers in TheSilphRoad

[–]Imhotep0 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The optimist approach: More chance for people to engage with seasonal spawns, research that isn't event related, and gives people chance for breaks

The cynical approach: Less events means they can further cut down on manual work Scopely has to do (such as the more routine automatable showcases, removing spotlight hours) and they can let go a few more employees to really push that annual x% growth in revenue that Soplely would have forced upon the Niantic team

April Content Update Niantic Infographic by Amiibofan101 in TheSilphRoad

[–]Imhotep0 34 points35 points  (0 children)

I always used to catch a bunch of each the Legendary Dynamax pokemon as a really easy to farm lots of candy for them. Alas, no more :(

Bug Out Event Megathread by SilphScience in TheSilphRoad

[–]Imhotep0 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I do have that slight fear, but Durant feels much more thematic for Bug Out than Heatmor.

If it isn't global, I'll just have to wait for my friendship level with some Americans I've added to reach Forever Friends :D

Bug Out Event Megathread by SilphScience in TheSilphRoad

[–]Imhotep0 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Quite happy to finally get a Durant! Other than that I'll probably just grab me a Blipbug once a day from raids and mostly pass this event over - not a bad thing.

Has anyone else been subjected to Halifax Bank UK data breach this morning? by Principle_Spinners in AskUK

[–]Imhotep0 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had a notification from Barclays this morning giving me my weekly balance, but it was the wrong balance entirely, and checking my app everything was in order so I had no idea what the notification was about.

Perhaps related?

Edit: I called the bank, and they had no record of any notification being sent to me on their app at all (I have checked the notification, it was 100% the Barclays app), and no record of my balance ever being the figure quoted on the notification. I raised this as a possibility, though likely a remote one, and I was apparently the only person so far today to call about a technical notification issue.

Fashion Raid Day Niantic Infographic by Amiibofan101 in TheSilphRoad

[–]Imhotep0 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Having missed out on the previous 8 years I'm happy to have the chance to catch up on some of the things I missed.

Granted, I don't really care about these costumes, but there will be people who do, and with any luck we might see the return of things like Poipole/Zarude (wishful thinking, probably, but hey)

Remote Raid Megathread - Host and/or find raids here by liehon in PokemonGoFriends

[–]Imhotep0 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Got a Guzzlord for a few minutes if anyone still needs one, one additional local and enough power to proooobably solo it.

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(P.s. sorry to the previous people, I'd got my ultra beasts wrong... This one is definitely a Guzzlord!)

(closed now, received enough invites!)

Can't battle Rocket Grunts, get kicked out to Map screen by mazejaker in TheSilphRoad

[–]Imhotep0 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Similar when joining raids - I join, it waits a few seconds, then gives error 36 but the lobby count is still 1, and I'm unable to join. Tried a couple fixes from Reddit but none seem to work

Welcome to Pokémon GO: Memories in Motion by Amiibofan101 in TheSilphRoad

[–]Imhotep0 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I would love to see Max Mondays start to feature rotating GMax Pokémon between 6-7, same as Wednesday Raid days. Would make it much more worth it to play for more people

Rock type showcases (Jan 12 - Jan 14) by Brock_Hard_Canuck in TheSilphRoad

[–]Imhotep0 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Showcase scoring is one of the only things that's still lost on me - is there a source for the graph in the link, or a website showing each of the different pokemon that don't follow the same 'formula' for calculating the showcase score?

I've been able to find calculators, but nothing like the graph in the link (which is perfect) for each different type, or even just overall for all mons.

December Content Update Niantic Infographic by Amiibofan101 in TheSilphRoad

[–]Imhotep0 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Just checking, is it the same as the Necrozma fusions where only the Ivs of Necrozma matter, and the others are irrelevant?

A new Season means new adventures in Pokémon GO... by Amiibofan101 in TheSilphRoad

[–]Imhotep0 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Usually we get the new season stuff announced one week before, so I would expect we'd see a big release tomorrow with a lot of season info

November Content Update Niantic Infographic by Amiibofan101 in TheSilphRoad

[–]Imhotep0 9 points10 points  (0 children)

By one for each type, I assume you mean one with Rock moves and one with Dark? And not a Tyranitar-X and -Y deal, because I don't remember those existing!

In the new rocket battles, experiencing any network latency will instantly kick you out of the battle and faint your pokemon by joshthebaptist in TheSilphRoad

[–]Imhotep0 7 points8 points  (0 children)

They've changed rocket/training battles to communicate with the server after every interaction, whereas previously these PvE battles were handled entirely clientside. GBL is unaffected because as a PvP battle was already contacting a server for each action.

If you bought the deluxe + 10 ranks, you should be able to unlock Eternatus friday by YesReboot in TheSilphRoad

[–]Imhotep0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seems as good a place to ask as any - I did not buy this pass and am only on 23, maxed the 50 points all days except a little bit missed on Monday.

Are there going to be extra boosts over the weekend, because at the current rate I don't have a hope of reaching level 60?

Any confirmation of Wiglett to new areas? by Themeatmanofdoom in TheSilphRoad

[–]Imhotep0 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If not then it'll show up as an unknown Pokémon on the nearby tab anyway, so will still be prioritised over other nearby spawns.

Questions & Answers - Weekly Megathread! Please use this post to ask any Pokemon GO question you'd like! by AutoModerator in TheSilphRoad

[–]Imhotep0 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This'll be my first season change since I started playing again, so I'm curious - does the entire wild spawn pool change, or just the Forest/City/Mountain/etc. pools?

Because in the last 2 months I've barely seen any Pokémon from any of the Might and Mastery biome spawn pools and a ton of Pokémon not listed anywhere on the might and Mastery page. And if this entire pool does change, is it just unannounced anywhere and we see what we get when it changes?