the gym next to me is close to leveling up and i want to leave a pokemon. however, the guards are 1200 cp, and my highest is like 600. if i fight and lose, how many battles will it take to level up the prestige by about 200?

edit: its zero XP if you lose... =(

Risen

United States7927 Posts

July 13 2016 18:53 GMT

#342

Just got the game last night and the first pokemon I catch is a Dragonite lol. I've never seen one with such low strength starting when looking online, either. CP48

DarkPlasmaBall

United States44271 Posts

July 13 2016 19:22 GMT

#343

Still pretty awesome to find a dragonite though! :D

Goolpsy

Denmark301 Posts

July 13 2016 19:36 GMT

#344

Seems to me this game might not be very new player friendly? If since Gym pokemons will have astronomical strength compared to you if you join late

Rehio

United States1718 Posts

July 13 2016 19:39 GMT

#345

On July 14 2016 04:36 Goolpsy wrote:
Seems to me this game might not be very new player friendly? If since Gym pokemons will have astronomical strength compared to you if you join late

It's incredibly new player friendly, as the attacker's advantage anyone has going against a gym is massive.

RCMDVA

United States708 Posts

July 13 2016 19:40 GMT

#346

I live in a section of my county that is "historic" with a bunch of old buildings, churches, ect. I've got pokestops and gyms all around me.

I wish I hadn't found this. I've told a couple folks its "so I can explain it to my 3-year old".

DarkPlasmaBall

United States44271 Posts

July 13 2016 20:02 GMT

#347

On July 14 2016 04:36 Goolpsy wrote:
Seems to me this game might not be very new player friendly? If since Gym pokemons will have astronomical strength compared to you if you join late

After around level 20 or so, levelling up slows down enough that newer players can catch up pretty quickly. Plus the fact that gyms might only have 1-3 Pokemon defending against all 6 attacking...

andrewlt

United States7702 Posts

July 13 2016 20:43 GMT

#348

On July 14 2016 04:40 RCMDVA wrote:
I live in a section of my county that is "historic" with a bunch of old buildings, churches, ect. I've got pokestops and gyms all around me.

I wish I hadn't found this. I've told a couple folks its "so I can explain it to my 3-year old".

It seems every church is a pokestop. I live in an LA suburb and didn't realize how many different churches of different religions there are in my area. It's not a "historic" area at all.

dAPhREAk

Nauru12397 Posts

July 13 2016 21:10 GMT

#349

On July 14 2016 04:36 Goolpsy wrote:
Seems to me this game might not be very new player friendly? If since Gym pokemons will have astronomical strength compared to you if you join late

gyms play an infinitesimal part in the game, honestly. the XP earned from gyms doesnt really add that much value compared to just running around. when i am around lvl 20, i am going to kick the little punk kids of of my neighborhood though. i see them sitting on the park benches at night.

edit: by the way, the gym at my work, which was defended by two 1200+ cp characters was just taken over by another team. two of the three current defenders are below 500, and the highest is 1050. so, attacker's advantage.

Chairman Ray

United States11903 Posts

July 13 2016 21:22 GMT

#350

Low players can still contribute at gyms, because all you need to lower the pretige of a gym is to take down a single pokemon, which isn't too hard with 6. In all high level gyms that I've seen, the first few pokemon are quite low since it's very difficult to raise the level of a gym with only high level pokemon.

dAPhREAk

Nauru12397 Posts

July 13 2016 21:27 GMT

#351

do the gym pokemon heal between battles? or do they have one life against all six contenders?

scott31337

United States2979 Posts

July 13 2016 21:41 GMT

#352

On July 13 2016 21:50 Beany wrote:
If only...
i'm still lvl 7.

And i'm risking my life by 'playin' while driving to work and back through the city. If i don't i won't have any time at all

Pokémon Go User Playing While Driving Successfully Catches A Tree

Source

Advantageous

China1350 Posts

July 13 2016 22:03 GMT

#353

Found a 654 Ponyta, I am amazed that such high level beginning evolution exist.

Kuroeeah

11696 Posts

July 13 2016 22:15 GMT

#354

Am I missing something about this game? I get the appeal of running around like a lunatic in search of finding pokemon and taking over Gyms but this game just strikes me as missed potential. Aside from catching the Pokemon element, this game hardly resembles the source material and misses the mark on almost everything that makes Pokemon cool.

DarkPlasmaBall

United States44271 Posts

July 13 2016 22:17 GMT

#355

On July 14 2016 05:43 andrewlt wrote:

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It seems every church is a pokestop.

Yup! Despite being an atheist, I've been to church about 300 times this week :D

DarkPlasmaBall

United States44271 Posts

July 13 2016 22:19 GMT

#356

On July 14 2016 06:10 dAPhREAk wrote:

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Keep in mind that the Pokemon used to defeat gym trainers can be much stronger than the ones left behind after taking over the gym. There's no way of knowing if those 500 level Pokemon were used in the fight at all (it could have been 1500 level Pokemon to quickly wreck the 1200 level defenders, and then the new gym trainers could have left behind weaker Pokemon).

Hider

Denmark9376 Posts

July 13 2016 22:36 GMT

#357

Literraly have no idea what the supposed fun in this game is. Walk around, throw a dumb ball on a pokemon in a boring minigame. I don't even think the 12 year old me (who was a big pokeman fan) would be enjoying that.

-NegativeZero-

United States2141 Posts

July 13 2016 23:10 GMT

#358

the fun part of the game really is the social and pseudo-geocaching part, if this were a standard cell phone game it would suck balls, but i'm still finding myself enjoying it.

aRyuujin

United States5049 Posts

July 13 2016 23:46 GMT

#359

i thought this was so dumb until i started playing it, its value is as a medium to interact with people. If you've played the geocaching game or ingress it is just like a pokemon skin