Latest News Updates & Free-for-All

[inkstone]

Hello trainers! I come bearing some news. :)

• A new update is rolling out for PokeGo. The release notes say that this update will reduce the loading time on Android (thank god!) and fix the Go Plus connectivity issues. Reports are also saying that sound no longer stops when you launch the game. Hopefully this means we can continue listening to podcasts uninterrupted now! The good folks at The Silph Road are currently doing a data mine of the latest update, so hopefully we'll find out if there are any other hidden changes soon. (source)


• Nests have indeed migrated once again. In the last post, people asked what a nest was and I realized, wow! We never explained that properly, did we? So here we go. Nests are basically locations where a certain type of pokemon spawns in increased numbers. The most obvious manifestation of a nest is one where a specific type of pokemon will spawn in a cluster of 2-3 at the same time. But it can be something more subtle where a specific type of pokemon spawns regularly throughout the day at the same location. I have a spot like this outside my neighborhood, for example. Nests are not the same thing as biomes and early in the game, people got them confused. But half a year out, they're pretty clearly delineated. Want to find out if there are nests near you? Check out The Silph Road's nest atlas! This is user generated though, so all caveats apply.


• In a blast from the past: Remember last summer when certain jurisdictions wanted to pass an ordinance requiring that augmented reality games obtain a permit to function in certain parks? They're still at it. Wow. (source)

Any news from your neck of the woods? How's your game playing going, trainers?

Comments

[jack]

Ah! Thanks for the silph road link. I've seen user-submitted maps before, but they'd always looked a bit out of date. Something with reports from since the last migration is really helpful, even if it's not certain. Almost more helpful than a real-time map.

[jack]

I found grimer! Just sitting around on the road. Now I only have chansey (and regionals) as species completely unfound. But I need to evolve muk, dragonite, machamp and kabutops.

[malnpudl]

Chansey is so hard to come by, isn't it? I've never even seen one in the wild; do you know if it ever happens? I've hatched two, but they're the only ones I've seen.

[jack]

It sounds like, it does spawn wild, and it does hatch from eggs, but both are really rare: that's my impression from googling around, I don't have any first-hand knowledge. I don't think there's anything I can do but wait. Or buy incubators.

[malnpudl]

I think incubators are the one thing that's absolutely worth shelling out cash for. It's a big return, at least potentially, for very little money. (And I have very little money, so I thought long and hard about this.)

[inkstone]

NGL, I stocked up on incubators during the holiday event when they were having those giftboxes in the shop. Best investment!

[inkstone]

I saw one in the parking lot of a racetrack once. It ran away from me. I'm still salty about this.

[malnpudl]

I can appreciate that!

[lireavue]

I actually had one pop in the wild in the first WEEK of playing. ...and it ran away from me because I was so low level I didn't even have great balls yet.

Since then, I think I've had one? more wild spawn, but I've never heard of anyone getting a 10k with one in until now. (I know I caught one because it's sitting firmly in my stable so I can prove I have it. >.>)

[korafox]

I saw one on the sightings once, but didn't have time to go looking for it. ;__;