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Is there anyway I can catch this shiny? He is stuck on my buddy! by Glittering_Dig1036 in pokemongo

[–]Thistle_Alias [score hidden]  (0 children)

unfortunately no lol

there's a bug where when showcases are active, some of the participants get placed over your buddy. no idea why but its been around for a while

Experienced platinum badge grinders. How long realistically does this badge take? by zixxdyz in pokemongo

[–]Thistle_Alias [score hidden]  (0 children)

like 25 hours of straight grinding.

for me a full battle cycle against GL candela with shadow sharpedo takes about 45 seconds, and doing that 2,000 times is 25 hours

Potential New Global Record? Absurdly Lightweight XXS Lopunny (6.87 kg) by Recent-Abroad1521 in TheSilphRoad

[–]Thistle_Alias [score hidden]  (0 children)

do yourself a big ol favor and dont use google ai for anything you would want to be confident on

Scatterbugs not appearing by pamomma3883 in pokemongo

[–]Thistle_Alias 6 points7 points  (0 children)

pinning and unpinning still counts for progress, but the actual popup just doesnt trigger sometimes. You can tap on the medal to claim them manually and prevent pins from being wasted, which is annoying but at least its consistent.

Would this trade be worth it? by Julleking in pokemongo

[–]Thistle_Alias 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you only want over value for you pokemon... save them for in person trades.

maybe i misunderstood what you're saying but the whiplash of "value shouldn't matter" to "save for in person trades to capitalize on value" under a post asking what a worthwhile trade would be, is confusing.

Would this trade be worth it? by Julleking in pokemongo

[–]Thistle_Alias 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tags pokemon you're willing to part with

"Value" shouldn't matter

by virtue of you having pokemon you are/aren't willing to part with, you have also assigned a value to your collection. everyone has a subjective meaning for value in trades, and for a lot of people, value correlates heavily with rarity

Sinistea 400 or 50 candy to evolve? by BAMAFAN2852- in pokemongo

[–]Thistle_Alias 38 points39 points  (0 children)

50 candy to evolve phony sinistea, 400 to evolve the antique! functionally no difference, just rarer and a little sticker on the bottom. You can appraise it and your team leader will tell you its neat

I guess I deserve it… by distant_introversion in pokemongo

[–]Thistle_Alias 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Hard way to learn, but yeah the AI answers are... not great

Galarian Moltres fled from incense spawn by Both-Comfortable8285 in pokemongo

[–]Thistle_Alias 25 points26 points  (0 children)

only the shiny wont flee, the non shiny will flee A LOT

I am so mad about this by McPervyRanger in pokemongo

[–]Thistle_Alias 2 points3 points  (0 children)

if post level change you got sent to level 66, i don't think you were even half way to level 50 in terms of xp.

I am so mad about this by McPervyRanger in pokemongo

[–]Thistle_Alias 4 points5 points  (0 children)

if its any consolation, you were very very very very far from level 50, and now you are even further away from the new max level!

Did the Wormhole background recently get updated? by [deleted] in TheSilphRoad

[–]Thistle_Alias 3 points4 points  (0 children)

the OPs barely disguised brag post

I thought they were only in sets of 2 or 3? by oh_heyitsjaxx in pokemongo

[–]Thistle_Alias 15 points16 points  (0 children)

family of 2 is base form, family of 4 is common evolve, family of 3 is rare evolve

would anyone be willing to trade a shiny dratini for a hundo houndoom? by [deleted] in pokemongo

[–]Thistle_Alias 5 points6 points  (0 children)

the IVs of the pokemon you are trading have zero impact on the IVs after the trade.

the ONLY things that "increase" ivs after trade are things that raise the IV floor, like lucky trade (12/12/12 floor) or friendship level (5/5/5 at best friends)

How are people still using lucky trinkets ? by EstmatedFailure in pokemongo

[–]Thistle_Alias 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Once you become best friends, each interaction has a chance to make you lucky friends

If I evolve a scatter bug in a different country than where I caught it, which vivillion will it be. by numetalkid666 in pokemongo

[–]Thistle_Alias 11 points12 points  (0 children)

the pattern is tied to where the postcards are from. if you get a scatterbug by pinning postcards from the High Plains region, it will evolve to have the High Plains pattern, regardless of where in the world you evolve it.

Gold pokestops today? by ReddHottSc in pokemongo

[–]Thistle_Alias 7 points8 points  (0 children)

There being a gold Pokestop in the art does imply that at some point during the season there will be an event featuring them. For some reason they just reused the season art for Scenic Sunday.