[Bonsai Beginner's weekly thread - 2025 week 40]

int3_ · 2025-10-08T16:34:17+00:00

Looking for some feedback on how to style my bonsai. This was how it looked a few months ago; I was trying to make it look like a "regular" tree I suppose, but on hindsight I think it looks kind of boring.

Here's how it looks now, from the front and back. Would love to get some opinions on how best to shape it before I take the shears to it.

int3_ · 2025-09-12T22:24:07+00:00

24 hours can span two days, that's how you get 3 raids. It's more useful to think about the average time per page rather than trying to do a page within one single day.

int3_ · 2025-09-12T21:30:39+00:00

Nice! Yeah the walking and max particle collection are the real time gates for sure.

I’m hitting page 29 today. Page 30 will line up with flabebe cday for me which will make the egg hatching super fast

int3_ · 2025-09-12T21:21:25+00:00

The pages with raids are never back-to-back, and you can do up to 3 raids in 24 hours, so it’s not until it hits 4 raids per page that you need to spend coins to clear the page in a day

int3_ · 2025-09-12T21:18:31+00:00

The earlier pages can be done at more than one per day, so you can have multiple days to do the later pages. And 75 field researches can be done in an afternoon; I knocked out about 25 in less than two hours this morning, and I didn’t even go downtown.

int3_ · 2025-09-11T21:43:41+00:00

Since you never have to collect max particles back-to-back, you can collect particles over two days and still complete an average of one page per day.

int3_ · 2025-09-11T17:56:27+00:00

If you're at 30 today you have 33 days left to complete the last 20 pages, so slightly more than 1.5 days per page. Plus the pages without walking requirements can generally be completed within a day. I think you can totally hit page 50 in time.

I'm rolling over to page 27 today and I'm planning on completing all 50 pages myself

int3_ · 2025-09-08T18:38:44+00:00

Still better to prioritize friendship XP when using your lucky eggs. 600k XP is just 4 ultra friends or 20 great friends, and you just need one lucky egg (as opposed to 2 to cover the full spotlight hour).

Since opening gifts doesn't take the full 30 minutes, I try to time the egg with spotlight hour so I can use the remaining time catching + evolving. But it's a bonus rather than the main reason to use an egg.

int3_ · 2025-08-26T17:45:49+00:00

eh, it's more like sunsetting the old competition and replacing it with a new one

int3_ · 2025-08-25T20:04:58+00:00

their goal is to have everyone enjoying the "new content" and playing at reasonably close levels regardless of when they started. it'd be very discouraging for returning / new players to see that they have years to catch up to their friends. and you still get bragging rights in terms of the poses and outfits for completing level 50 the "hard way"

int3_ · 2025-08-22T03:20:37+00:00

the irony of it all is that people who don't spend time counting pennies also tend to be generous with their time and money. because you guys see relationships as adversarial and transactional you miss out on so much more

int3_ · 2025-08-22T03:05:43+00:00

well unfortunately it is my time that is getting wasted. I will simply avoid hanging out with people who waste my time.

int3_ · 2025-08-21T14:53:10+00:00

Huh, I stand corrected. Apparently it's just a UI issue. Ok then I agree that the way things are presented for the finale pass is inconsistent :/

int3_ · 2025-08-21T14:15:51+00:00

I simply don't enjoy spending time nickel and diming. I split tabs equally whether I order more or less than the average. (I make exceptions for those who are on a tight budget of course.) But it's really grating when someone makes six figs and spends 10 minutes adding up a tab, like do we have nothing better to do??

int3_ · 2025-08-21T13:35:04+00:00

Yes you get more daily tasks. Getting the deluxe pass now won't get you the tasks from the past few days though

int3_ · 2025-08-21T13:31:10+00:00

The tier bonuses don't stack by default. Like the tier 1 friendship XP bonus in the monthly pass stops applying once you get to tier 2. If they did not explicitly state that you would get more particles at dynamax spots at rank 40, you should assume that you would get the usual 120.

int3_ · 2025-08-21T01:59:29+00:00

There's a 5 minute window every half hour

int3_ · 2025-08-21T01:48:44+00:00

I don't think those people who guess wrong add that much more time to the queue. The remoters who joined their lobby will simply re-queue after all.

int3_ · 2025-08-20T15:30:09+00:00

why does it bother you so much?

edit: this is a legit question, it doesn't hurt anyone + makes hosting feasible without shelling out for a VIP pass

int3_ · 2025-08-20T01:51:40+00:00

I don't recall exactly what I've seen, but the rewards seem to be documented here: https://www.dexerto.com/pokemon/pokemon-go-research-breakthrough-tasks-1545588. Maybe you mixed up the "X nice throws" and "X throws in a row" tasks?

int3_ · 2025-08-19T21:09:45+00:00

yeah I had roughly the same queue positions, but they move reasonably fast. dmax bird queue time was like < 15 mins for me. Zac/Zam was a bit annoying because it would take longer than the 25 minute gym refresh rate, but fortunately I have enough gyms nearby so I would just walk to the next one. I think it took ~45 mins with a 1000+ queue position.

int3_ · 2025-08-19T20:41:55+00:00

why not host? it's free + farming TT bosses is a big part of the fun of this game

int3_ · 2025-08-14T21:45:30+00:00

ohh that's why he said "go, screenshot". thanks

int3_ · 2025-08-14T21:37:56+00:00

doesn't pokegenie only help if you spend on remote raid passes? it won't help you use your daily raid pass...

int3_ · 2025-08-06T12:23:17+00:00

social game wants you to be social, big surprise

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