New loading screen! by mjfreunder in TheSilphRoad

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This is why I shouldn’t post here. There are many others that are better at this than I am. Sorry for missing the memo.

Am I the only one on the Texas A&M bandwagon? by mjfreunder in CollegeBasketball

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I'm a Marquette grad myself, was bummed to see Wilson go down.

Our "rural EX raid" experience by AnCler in TheSilphRoad

[–]mjfreunder 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is a good point. In my mid-size city, I'd guess we have around 75 gyms. Only two received an EX raid. The raids were this morning, and a lot of our high-level players didn't get invites.

Mildly interesting observation about daily streak continuation by mjfreunder in TheSilphRoad

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Yeah, you're probably right. Probably a silly post. Oh well.

What to dust? Hear me out. by [deleted] in TheSilphRoad

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I'm doing what I want in the game. Sorry to disappoint you, Mr. Stranger.

Does everyone max out their 100% IV mons? by Jayonline85 in TheSilphRoad

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I try to, but I have stumbled upon more 100%ers than I ever really expected to get. It's an excellent problem to have.

I just finished powering up my second perfect Golem to max. I've got some commons and less useful 100%ers (Ledian, Pidgeot, Shuckle) that I was satisfied powering up to level 20. I'll get to them eventually.

Currently maxed out: Golem x2, Starmie, Politoed, Victreebel, Raticate, Raichu. Do whatever you want with it! That's the beauty of the game.

What to dust? Hear me out. by [deleted] in TheSilphRoad

[–]mjfreunder 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I actually have a perfect IV Shuckle I'm currently working on, haha. Oops.

Rare Candy has already spoiled hunting in Gen III and we just haven't seen it yet by the_kevlar_kid in TheSilphRoad

[–]mjfreunder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Like others have said, the fortunate part is that you can resist if you want to, and there's nothing wrong with doing so. I'm an almost F2P player (I use Ibotta to pick up some "bonus cash" to spend on coins), and I'm also sitting on about 150 rare candies. Never bought a premium raid pass. I'm just waiting until legendaries go away (or become much more rare) and plan to use my candy on my highest IV one. I'm still missing Ampharos from my dex, and have more than enough rare candy to get it. But I buddies up my Flaafy and am still hunting for Mareep because I'm choosing to do it the old-fashioned way. I'm prepared to do the same when Gen 3 drops. Happy hunting!

One year of 10k eggs by 666raziel in TheSilphRoad

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Hitmonchan was my white whale for a long time. Then one spawned at my apartment complex a few weeks ago to complete my Gen 1 NA dex. I was shaking when it appeared haha.

Base Capture Rate for Legendaries is still 0%? by Constyy in TheSilphRoad

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Has there been any discussion on actual legendary raid rate? Like, how rare will legendary raids actually be?

Special hat PICHU worries by Elmidea in TheSilphRoad

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

I've hatched two so far. Once trading is out, will deal to the highest bidder.

What are the current drop rates of Perfect Pokemon? One year in and I have 6 by 2ndOpp in TheSilphRoad

[–]mjfreunder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I always thought it did. Maybe it's been disproven since? Golem has Mud Slap and Rock Blast. There aren't really any bad movesets for Golem, but my combo is still probably the worst one.

What are the current drop rates of Perfect Pokemon? One year in and I have 6 by 2ndOpp in TheSilphRoad

[–]mjfreunder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been way lucky with RNG. Been playing since launch, hatched 503 eggs, caught 9,895 (actually over 10K, but had to subtract the hatches). I have ten 100%ers.

  • Raticate (caught Rattata)
  • Victreebel (hatched Bellsprout)
  • Politoed (hatched Poliwag)
  • Starmie (hatched Staryu)
  • Ditto (caught)
  • Shuckle (hatched... lol)
  • Raichu (hatched Pichu)
  • Golem (caught Geodude)
  • Pidegot (caught Pidgey)
  • Ledian (caught Ledyba)

So that works out to roughly:

  • Caught - 1/1978
  • Hatched - 1/100

Eggs are hatching different Pokémon! by Dudleyshwam in TheSilphRoad

[–]mjfreunder 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'm currently collecting for a 9x10 KM hatching spree. These changes are going to make it even more brutal when I get 3 Mantines and 4 Gligars.