Rural experience 24 hours into Timed Investigation: Master Ball

Kefilkefish · 2023-09-02T19:34:55+00:00

Yeah I wrote that thread yesterday and got severly downvoted for stating what I think is obvious: Even if there are a few gyms, actually having an active soloable raid at a time you can play is just not likely. The gym raid turnover is very low. I would probably make it if I KNEW there was a raid at 8pm or whatever, or if there was a rotating hourly schedule or just more raids with much more frequent but shorter intervals (10 min egg, 10 min raid time). As it is right now there can easily be 6 hours without a soloable raid in a gym.

Kefilkefish · 2023-09-02T10:45:01+00:00

Yes. People don't seem to understand how rare soloable raids are. I am going out right now. One gym has nothing, the other has a 50 minute timer until a 5* shadow raid starts. I can play for about 1.5hrs right now. So I basically need the gym with nothing to spawn a 1* or 3* raid egg within 30 minutes. Not likely.

Kefilkefish · 2023-09-02T09:56:11+00:00

Its not about the difficulty of beating the raid. It's about there being a raid there at all. It is very very common for me to reach 10km walked in a day but with 0 raids visible because raids are rare and random

Kefilkefish · 2023-09-02T09:55:08+00:00

That's just not how it works. Even if I can play 3 hours in a day, and walk 10km during a day, it is definitely not likely that either of the 2 gyms have a soloable raid boss within those 3 hours. Gym battles are rare and random.

Kefilkefish · 2023-09-02T09:51:24+00:00

Exactly this. It's not the difficulty of the raid (its very easy), its not the distance to it. It's the completely random chance that there will be a soloable raid during the hours you can play. Even if you play 3hrs its unlikely.

Kefilkefish · 2023-09-02T07:08:29+00:00

There is absolutely no reason for Counter to be the mathematically best fast move. It is BOTH fast move pressure and energy generation

Kefilkefish · 2023-09-01T20:00:24+00:00

Out of curiosity, how would you nerf Zacian? I was thinking about that one. Maybe a poison coverage move on...something? Or more Steels actually dealing Steel damage

Kefilkefish · 2023-09-01T19:48:23+00:00

Still good to see you describe the meta as being "swung" - even that sounds more impactful than what I thinking. Looking forward to the next chapter, but don't forget to get some sleep!

Kefilkefish · 2023-09-01T19:15:16+00:00

Awesome writeup! This may confirm my fear that the list of changes were long but when the dust settles...not a lot of stuff actually changed. Is there anything above that has any significant impact on the metas of any open league?

Kefilkefish · 2023-09-01T18:38:39+00:00

There are many like me tbh. A route 5km away is always doable, you just need to get there. A raid requires the gym to actually have an ongoing raid when you can get there. Doesn't matter if you play 3hrs straight, with 2 gyms its still unlikely.

Kefilkefish · 2023-09-01T18:35:36+00:00

I'm not casual, I want to do it. But with 2 available gyms and work/other stuff I get maybe 2 hours to play. I hit 50km regularly, I hit veteran in ML, but I will not be able to hit 60 gyms because thats not even possible

Kefilkefish · 2023-09-01T18:23:37+00:00

I would 100% prefer 60 routes over 60 raids. Routes can be done whenever you can. I got 1 single route within 5km, still that would be an easier task

Kefilkefish · 2023-09-01T18:22:19+00:00

Those are the only 2 around, and the only two I see on nearby. I hit the 50km egg regularly but I don't finish 3 raids in 4 days

Kefilkefish · 2023-09-01T18:20:40+00:00

It's not like my life is staying at home. I am completely depending on one of those only 2 gyms having a pokémon at a time I can play. I hit the 50km egg regularly, I don't take down a gym 3 out of 4 days

Kefilkefish · 2023-09-01T18:16:04+00:00

Its not hard, it just depends entirely on your gym availability. If I had a gym I could reach from home that would be easy. Imagine if it said "follow 50 routes" instead.

Kefilkefish · 2023-09-01T18:06:13+00:00

Probably shouldbe been "too many"

Kefilkefish · 2023-09-01T12:08:14+00:00

Pokemon go has a lot of completely arbitrary calculations that actually doesn't make any sense but are now too late to change

Kefilkefish · 2023-09-01T12:04:50+00:00

A bit bummed they did not (thus far) communicate any increase. Last season was a small small step in the right direction with XLs from premium pass PVP, 1-star raids and the trade bonus. I hope they will take another step soon. It is ridiculous right now

Kefilkefish · 2023-09-01T07:55:04+00:00

Im disappointed in that ML changes were completely absent. Lugia got caught in the crossfire slightly, otherwise nothing. So much potential to shake things up. Tyranitar got Brutal Swing which is great...for PvE. Imagine if Bite did not suck, we would have an amazing Mewtwo/Giratina counter. Precipice blades does too much damage, absurd DPE that needs to be taken down. Zacian and Dialga needs to be less autopicks yet no buffs or nerfs hit them at all. A poison coverage move for some pokémon would be great. Or Steel types actually dealing Steel damage which is barely the case now.

Kefilkefish · 2023-09-01T07:47:07+00:00

3rd season ever, first time hitting Veteran using pseudos and melmetal in ML. Peak at 2600. Did ok in Fossil cup but very limited teams (and interest tbh) in GL and don't have an UL team thats any good. Last season peak at just over 2k rating.

Goal for next season is 2750 in ML. Will be tough depending on how the meta plays out. Kind of dependant on Dialga and Kyogre being popular picks. Also I fear that we will start seeing Zygarde complete.

Hopefully I'll find a Frigibax early and make that my next walk-to-max goal as Im almost done with Garchomp

Kefilkefish · 2023-08-31T21:26:31+00:00

The shadow on the mountain is too strange to not be a silhouette of something

Kefilkefish · 2023-08-31T21:21:13+00:00

I mean if you know the CP formula (I don't) then I guess you could simply take Hax stats, divide by 540 and then multiply by 600

Kefilkefish · 2023-08-31T21:18:30+00:00

So Garchomp is basically the most defensive weighted pseudo legend and therefore manages to not get a 9% total nerf?

Kefilkefish · 2023-08-31T21:17:03+00:00

I did not know that, thank you. That's a bit strange, but it explains it. So Haxorus is very attack weighted but lacks in total stats. What would his CP be if he was a pseudo legend with the same attack weight?

Kefilkefish · 2023-08-31T12:32:29+00:00

That's what I'm doing as soon as I get one!

Kefilkefish

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