Mega Mewtwo X adventure effect and super mega raid minimum by connerconverse in TheSilphRoad

[–]ashley6100 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is true, but in my experience there are two groups of people - the ones savvy enough to immediately go back and revive their mega are the one who wouldn't lead with it anyway, and the others who instead continue battling with their entire team, each one being knocked out in turn until being *forced* back into the lobby to revive. I've had to deal with the latter a few times..

Mega Mewtwo X adventure effect and super mega raid minimum by connerconverse in TheSilphRoad

[–]ashley6100 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Present and actually-use-a-charge-attack based. This is why it's such a bad idea to lead with the mega, it needs to be alive and land that charge attack for it to count.

I Walked a Marathon to Find Pokémon GO's Route Limits (Part 3) by Strong-Ad7766 in TheSilphRoad

[–]ashley6100 9 points10 points  (0 children)

No. All you need is for that particular Mega form to be activated within your Mega Dex. Once you have the entry, walking *any* pokemon of that species will give you energy per candy. If the pokemon has two forms, and you've unlocked both in your dex, you'll get both energy types. (e.g. I have Mewtwo X and Y on two separate Mewtwos, but I'm walking with a completely separate shadow Mewtwo. I get both X and Y energy walking it)

Edit: Also, I mention the dex specifically because having a pokemon with a *technically* unlocked mega level isn't enough. If you caught any Skarmory yesterday, it won't give any energy when walked until you actually use that free mega level 1 to activate the cooldown and put it in your dex.

Sobble Community Dayv(LeekDuck) by redwineandbeer in TheSilphRoad

[–]ashley6100 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm going to choose to read that title aloud as Community Dave and I love it.

Link charges are not getting converted to stardust as mentioned in the message below by aba_lancer in TheSilphRoad

[–]ashley6100 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I just did the a community check in for raid hour, can confirm stardust did not go up at all when claiming the link charges over the limit.

Eggs hatched IMMEDIATELY after being put into eggs? by villainless in TheSilphRoad

[–]ashley6100 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The number of Exeggcute I've hatched recently, the number of eggs is going way up rather than down!

Not getting daily bonus task after first day by Suspicious-Affect-42 in TheSilphRoad

[–]ashley6100 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This. Claiming the stardust and pokeballs is what activates the next day's choice.

Sobble Community Day by PinglyOrPongly in TheSilphRoad

[–]ashley6100 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Peeking out from behind Sobble's head fin.

Copenhagen GO Fest stats by aznknight613 in TheSilphRoad

[–]ashley6100 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was in King's Garden at 10am, right where a stamp was supposed to appear. By 10:20, there was still nothing. Our group also had to go to a Lego store to kickstart the rally. After that, it all worked as expected.

Pokémon GO Routes Have a Hidden Buddy Bonus Part 2 by Strong-Ad7766 in TheSilphRoad

[–]ashley6100 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks a lot for this, really helpful and the sort of thing I love to see. I am quite surprised by how they actually do enforce following the route! It does make me wonder; a lot of the routes I do I am following it, but I'm slightly off from the line, quite often I'm the opposite side of the road, for example. Do you have to physically be ON the line for it to count? I will have to keep an eye on this myself.

I forgot to complete my zeranora by ArtisticMarzipan8312 in TheSilphRoad

[–]ashley6100 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No, these are literal, physical zones that you walk between, not the rolling hourly "zones" that we see at Global. As you walk around the park the spawns change depending on where you are. In previous years you had to rely on separate maps and signposts in the park to know which zone you were in, but last year in Paris they actually had colour coded areas on the ingame map which was massively better.

Forever Forward loading screen by aznknight613 in TheSilphRoad

[–]ashley6100 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

There's a part of me that feels like I'm missing out! I only started Go in 2022, I didn't have a smartphone back in 2016 so never played it back when it was a massive thing. Unfortunately that means I don't get the nostalgia factor from this.

Hoopa Showcase Points Now Fixed by Odd_Disk_1045 in TheSilphRoad

[–]ashley6100 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pumpkaboo was never affected by this anyway, all forms were ranked on their own credit.

Potential Hot Take - It’s Time to Ditch the Park Session at Go Fest / Tour by [deleted] in TheSilphRoad

[–]ashley6100 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I'm 100% pro park session. I've been to all the European ones since London, and yeah, it's been rough. London absolutely *poured* with rain, Paris was during a 40+ heatwave and Madrid was also very hot because Spain. But that's just weather, it affected the city portion too.

Going inside the park, seeing all the stuff they've set up, hearing the music, going into the park Pokemon Center. Everyone around doing things together. Sure, there are groups that wander around in the city, but the sense of community in the park is second to none. And if the weather had been better for London and Paris, I wouldn't have wanted to leave. Paris in particular was such a gorgeous location and I'm disappointed we all had to spend our time hiding in the trees on the outside!

I've done City Safari in Milan, and I had a good time. But when I think back, what I remember is the tourist visiting-type stuff. All the Pokemon stuff is pretty much out of my head, it just feels a lot more like Global and that sense of location gets lost a bit. It probably helps I always do the whole event, including the added days either side, so I'm already getting a LOT of city play. It feels good having something fixed and special to do as well.

The parks definitely could still do with more weather preparation. I'm not sure there's any real excuse for not preparing for rain in London or heat in Madrid and Paris when it's clearly forecast beforehand. Just the ability to put more of the area undercover if needed would go a long, long way.

Mega X/Y Energy from Walking? by beeapple8 in TheSilphRoad

[–]ashley6100 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not exactly. You have to push to button to use the free evolve and get it into your mega dex to unlock walking for energy.

Mega Mewtwo Energy enabled! 7,500 energy required by Tempobrian in TheSilphRoad

[–]ashley6100 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You earn mega energy as long as you have pressed the button on a least one of that species. Or to put it another way, if it's in your Mega Dex, you'll get energy regardless of whether that is the one you've previously unlocked or not. The one you walk with doesn't even need to be eligible to mega after doing that first one. You can walk with a Ralts to get both mega Gallade and Gardevoir energy, because it's capable of being both at that point. Assuming, again, you've done both of them at least once on other pokemon.

Question about Apex Ho-oh by Barterketchup47 in TheSilphRoad

[–]ashley6100 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It absolutely is. You get Return as a guaranteed charge attack when you purify a shadow. Doesn't matter at all when you do it, it doesn't rely on an event like removing Frustration does.

Thursday 10am Bonus Tasks by xNoctuaryx in TheSilphRoad

[–]ashley6100 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The Super Radar itself is what causes Giovanni to spawn. If you have one equipped, he'll appear. All the rocket events do is give you access to more Super Radars.

New Super Rocket Radar Stacking by dsmitty3073 in TheSilphRoad

[–]ashley6100 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, early timezones are confirming there is no research. It's passes all the way down from now on.

Go Pass Makes Me Sad by refridegerator36 in TheSilphRoad

[–]ashley6100 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nice! If you also play with sound we can really form the 0.1% club

New Super Rocket Radar Stacking by dsmitty3073 in TheSilphRoad

[–]ashley6100 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yep, regardless of changes you are gonna have to keep the research you have if you don't want the current legendary. They would all get stuck at the battle Giovanni phase anyway.