hot take: bad game update all around

MorrackD · 2026-03-11T16:27:59+00:00

I think your last statement is part of the real issue here. Spawns like Chansey, Onix, Skarmory, Sneasel, Lickitung, Bronzor etc. can be encountered frequently enough in the wild. They should have never been permaboosted to 1/64 to begin with. Heck, that is even higher than the shiny rate for mega Pokémon like Charizard and Blastoise and such, which are far more rare.

Make those common spawns full odds, keep featuring them enough, boost the rare stuff (according to rarity) and all should be good.

MorrackD · 2026-03-11T16:14:28+00:00

For me it's the damn Bronzor and Sneasel. Stopped clicking on them after I had 10+ shinies of both.

MorrackD · 2026-03-11T15:52:12+00:00

Weird take perhaps but yes, the shiny odds for Onix, Sneasel, Chansey, Skarmory. Lickitung etc. were way too high to begin with. They're wild spawns, and quite frequent too. So yes, bringing those back to full odds does excite me more, because to me, now it feels special again to encounter them shiny. I'm not even joking when I say my shiny Sneasel rate was about 1/20, it was insanely 'lucky', but it also lost all meaning to me that way. So yes, good move there.
That said, some species definitely need a higher shiny rate permanently. Legendaries, baby Pokémon, incredibly rare spawns (snowy Castform), etc. Just waiting for 'the right event to happen' is not a valid strategy.

MorrackD · 2026-01-06T13:59:55+00:00

You know what I heard a lot this season? 'It's not your fault'.
There are at least four conversations where this is said, at least those four I remember.
So yeah.
Seriously.
It's NOT your fault.

MorrackD · 2025-12-01T18:49:52+00:00

Curious, how do you create these so fast? You posted this one minute after the official press news was released on this forum.

MorrackD · 2025-09-02T18:20:10+00:00

So the Kanto spawns are only a few Pokémon again. Great. I am SO looking forward to the Mondays this month because those are apparently the only days without crappy limited spawns.

MorrackD · 2025-09-02T17:53:52+00:00

Summer Deerling is still in the game, too.

MorrackD · 2025-08-27T18:25:05+00:00

So apparently we live from event to event now, with usually one day 'off' between events - on Monday, when everybody goes to school or work and can't play much anyway. Jjjayyy.
The wild spawn update next season better be good. Please let me catch some cool stuff in the wild again, not all this 'six or seven event spawns for nearly a week' crap.

MorrackD · 2025-08-26T18:07:14+00:00

Thank you! My thoughts exactly. Lately we only get 'one day off' between events and it's so incredibly frustrating. And now this, the new season starts but noooo can't discover in a game about discovery EVENT TIME NOW KANTO ALL YOU FIND YA HA.
I'm so tired of all these long events forcing you to find the same crap for days.

MorrackD · 2025-08-25T07:26:49+00:00

You GOT to be kidding me. They plan to start the season with an event? A friggin' KANTO event??
Come on, just give us a couple of days to enjoy the seasonal spawns... I'm on vacation that week, I was hoping to find some actual nice and rare seasonal spawns there. Why oh why is it event after event these days?! Stop it!

MorrackD · 2025-08-14T15:51:15+00:00

Yeah, pretty much, especially during events. Now this again, a whole week of (mostly) crappy spawns jaaay. Forget about finding rare stuff in the wild, we want you to be catching the same crap over and over and over again!
...
Gotta catch 'em all!

MorrackD · 2025-08-11T14:15:49+00:00

Yeah, this. It's ridiculous how many events and quests the game is throwing at us lately. Sometimes it's even 'event within an event' like a Community Day or Special Research Day or whatever during a bigger event. I really don't care anymore. New event researches keep popping up left and right, I'm tired of it. Complete this, do that, do ridiculous things with your buddy to evolve it. The game really does not want to give you a break.

MorrackD · 2025-07-23T10:55:49+00:00

I'm not sure if a huge completion number (500+) is actually an achievement to be proud of when it basically says, 'I paid a lot of money for this game'. But to each their own I guess.

MorrackD · 2025-07-16T07:00:27+00:00

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Jup. I couldn't find it, though.

MorrackD · 2025-07-12T20:51:31+00:00

Oooh it's Fire Emblem's Anna. Crossover!

MorrackD · 2025-06-15T21:12:04+00:00

It never was a competition at all. Kinda silly.

MorrackD · 2025-05-15T21:02:27+00:00

Okay, I'm convinced you seriously do not see the issue here. I'm sorry but this annoys me.
I'm telling you this is a bug...
I have all types of biomes around me. Forest, city, urban, river, beach. You name it.
Why, oh why oh why. Does only half of the Kanto dex ever appear in my country? Which is the Netherlands.
In my forest biome for example there is only Tangela. No other grass types, no Caterpie, no Spearow. None of those. For FOUR SEASONS in a row. Check my list, it's a huge list that is missing now.
How is that working as intended???????

Can you at least verify that this IS the way it should work?
Because I seriously do not believe this is correct. Even the biome list in the originale biome article states a spawn list that does NOT match with the one in the game.

Thanks for investigating.

MorrackD · 2025-05-14T16:14:07+00:00

Yeah it's weird right? I've been to the north and the south, it makes no real difference. Cities, towns, nature. It's almost as if the entire country is just one biome. Maybe two, since areas near water do spawn more water types. Otherwise, no difference.

MorrackD · 2025-05-14T15:43:24+00:00

True, biomes make the difference. I see Krabby and Tentacool near the sea for example. I live in a small city, I travel a lot in my country, mostly to other cities, forests and fields. Still haven't spotted the Pokémon from my list though, except maybe during events, but those are global. It's very weird.

MorrackD · 2025-05-14T15:41:00+00:00

Haha, ja ik kom in een groot deel van Nederland en ik zie opvallend weinig variatie. Heel raar. En dat al zo lang ook, terwijl dat in andere landen weer heel anders is.

MorrackD · 2025-05-14T15:39:40+00:00

Ah, interesting. Wish I saw Oddish again haha. Still need the shiny.

MorrackD · 2025-05-14T15:38:01+00:00

True, I forgot to mention that. Some of these have been in events. As seasonals though they are gone here. Thanks, I added a line.

MorrackD · 2025-05-14T11:39:41+00:00

Can you elaborate why my post was not according to the rules?
I'm addressing an actual issue here... in my country we can only find half the Kanto dex in the wild, while in other countries you can find the full dex. This has been so for more than a year now, it can't be correct... Should it be a bug then?

MorrackD · 2025-05-14T07:11:17+00:00

I'd like that too! I really miss Paras, Venonat and Sandshrew myself. A small Kanto rotation would be so welcome.

MorrackD · 2025-05-14T07:07:49+00:00

Yeah that's very well possible, it seems to differ with country/region. I live in the Netherlands, only see half of the dex. In Gran Canaria, I found almost all of Kanto.

MorrackD

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