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On September 06 2016 20:39 mordek wrote:Wow that's a lot of candy. Yesterday I was excited to hatch my third 10k egg and popped my second Electabuzz 
san francisco (and i assume all big cities) really are imba. cant walk two feet without pokemon popping up; lures everywhere; pokestops everywhere. i had to constantly throw away stuff from my inventory (which is at 600 already) because of the constant pokestops. walking along the embarcadero changes biomes multiple times so you get a huge variety of pokemon.
and then i had to return to suburbia, where pidgeys and ratattas are all i see, but only on the nearby list.
but, then again, living in SF sucks balls....
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On September 07 2016 02:30 dAPhREAk wrote:Show nested quote +On September 06 2016 20:39 mordek wrote:Wow that's a lot of candy. Yesterday I was excited to hatch my third 10k egg and popped my second Electabuzz san francisco (and i assume all big cities) really are imba. cant walk two feet without pokemon popping up; lures everywhere; pokestops everywhere. i had to constantly throw away stuff from my inventory (which is at 600 already) because of the constant pokestops. walking along the embarcadero changes biomes multiple times so you get a huge variety of pokemon. and then i had to return to suburbia, where pidgeys and ratattas are all i see, but only on the nearby list. but, then again, living in SF sucks balls....
I'm moving from canada to Mountain View in a couple weeks, I don't have a car though so I'm concerned I won't have access to any good pokemon spots. If you're close to me maybe you can show me around 
Edit: Btw why do feel living in SF sucks?
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On September 07 2016 02:52 Assault_1 wrote:Show nested quote +On September 07 2016 02:30 dAPhREAk wrote:On September 06 2016 20:39 mordek wrote:Wow that's a lot of candy. Yesterday I was excited to hatch my third 10k egg and popped my second Electabuzz san francisco (and i assume all big cities) really are imba. cant walk two feet without pokemon popping up; lures everywhere; pokestops everywhere. i had to constantly throw away stuff from my inventory (which is at 600 already) because of the constant pokestops. walking along the embarcadero changes biomes multiple times so you get a huge variety of pokemon. and then i had to return to suburbia, where pidgeys and ratattas are all i see, but only on the nearby list. but, then again, living in SF sucks balls.... I'm moving from canada to Mountain View in a couple weeks, I don't have a car though so I'm concerned I won't have access to any good pokemon spots. If you're close to me maybe you can show me around Edit: Btw why do feel living in SF sucks?
From my short experience in SF, Bart Train+Bus+Bike should get you around quite well in SF and around the whole bay.
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On September 07 2016 02:52 Assault_1 wrote:Show nested quote +On September 07 2016 02:30 dAPhREAk wrote:On September 06 2016 20:39 mordek wrote:Wow that's a lot of candy. Yesterday I was excited to hatch my third 10k egg and popped my second Electabuzz san francisco (and i assume all big cities) really are imba. cant walk two feet without pokemon popping up; lures everywhere; pokestops everywhere. i had to constantly throw away stuff from my inventory (which is at 600 already) because of the constant pokestops. walking along the embarcadero changes biomes multiple times so you get a huge variety of pokemon. and then i had to return to suburbia, where pidgeys and ratattas are all i see, but only on the nearby list. but, then again, living in SF sucks balls.... I'm moving from canada to Mountain View in a couple weeks, I don't have a car though so I'm concerned I won't have access to any good pokemon spots. If you're close to me maybe you can show me around Edit: Btw why do feel living in SF sucks?
i dont like big cities. lived in SF for awhile and it was good when i was a student and didnt have a car, but i especially dislike the crowds, the traffic, the high price (SF has separate taxes for SF health care, etc. on top of our high state tax), the smell, the dirtiness, the concrete jungle, the bums, the drug dealers, the rude people, the lines for everything, etc.
mountain view has a train right into SF (Caltrain), so you will be perfectly fine. nice city. what brings you there?
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On September 07 2016 02:30 dAPhREAk wrote:Show nested quote +On September 06 2016 20:39 mordek wrote:Wow that's a lot of candy. Yesterday I was excited to hatch my third 10k egg and popped my second Electabuzz san francisco (and i assume all big cities) really are imba. cant walk two feet without pokemon popping up; lures everywhere; pokestops everywhere. i had to constantly throw away stuff from my inventory (which is at 600 already) because of the constant pokestops. walking along the embarcadero changes biomes multiple times so you get a huge variety of pokemon. and then i had to return to suburbia, where pidgeys and ratattas are all i see, but only on the nearby list. but, then again, living in SF sucks balls....
You wanna see imba, head to Disneyland.
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On September 07 2016 02:57 Miragee wrote:Show nested quote +On September 07 2016 02:52 Assault_1 wrote:On September 07 2016 02:30 dAPhREAk wrote:On September 06 2016 20:39 mordek wrote:Wow that's a lot of candy. Yesterday I was excited to hatch my third 10k egg and popped my second Electabuzz san francisco (and i assume all big cities) really are imba. cant walk two feet without pokemon popping up; lures everywhere; pokestops everywhere. i had to constantly throw away stuff from my inventory (which is at 600 already) because of the constant pokestops. walking along the embarcadero changes biomes multiple times so you get a huge variety of pokemon. and then i had to return to suburbia, where pidgeys and ratattas are all i see, but only on the nearby list. but, then again, living in SF sucks balls.... I'm moving from canada to Mountain View in a couple weeks, I don't have a car though so I'm concerned I won't have access to any good pokemon spots. If you're close to me maybe you can show me around Edit: Btw why do feel living in SF sucks? From my short experience in SF, Bart Train+Bus+Bike should get you around quite well in SF and around the whole bay.
this is correct for the city and county of SF, as well as berkeley/oakland/etc. BART doesnt go all the way down to mountain view though (yet).
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On September 07 2016 03:00 dAPhREAk wrote:Show nested quote +On September 07 2016 02:52 Assault_1 wrote:On September 07 2016 02:30 dAPhREAk wrote:On September 06 2016 20:39 mordek wrote:Wow that's a lot of candy. Yesterday I was excited to hatch my third 10k egg and popped my second Electabuzz san francisco (and i assume all big cities) really are imba. cant walk two feet without pokemon popping up; lures everywhere; pokestops everywhere. i had to constantly throw away stuff from my inventory (which is at 600 already) because of the constant pokestops. walking along the embarcadero changes biomes multiple times so you get a huge variety of pokemon. and then i had to return to suburbia, where pidgeys and ratattas are all i see, but only on the nearby list. but, then again, living in SF sucks balls.... I'm moving from canada to Mountain View in a couple weeks, I don't have a car though so I'm concerned I won't have access to any good pokemon spots. If you're close to me maybe you can show me around Edit: Btw why do feel living in SF sucks? i dont like big cities. lived in SF for awhile and it was good when i was a student and didnt have a car, but i especially dislike the crowds, the traffic, the high price (SF has separate taxes for SF health care, etc. on top of our high state tax), the smell, the dirtiness, the concrete jungle, the bums, the drug dealers, the rude people, the lines for everything, etc. mountain view has a train right into SF (Caltrain), so you will be perfectly fine. nice city. what brings you there?
Cool okay, I'll know a lot better once I get there. I'm moving cuz I got a job offer at a large tech company down there, really looking forward to it In terms of issues with SF, what you described is generally the same with any major city, I'm not too concerned with it
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While in SF try walking down the Embarcadero. I spent a day walking from the Caltrain station all the way to Golden Gate. Easily 100+ Pokestops on the way. Lots of people playing PokemonGo with charging cables hanging out of their pockets. 
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On September 07 2016 03:01 Terranasaur wrote:Show nested quote +On September 07 2016 02:30 dAPhREAk wrote:On September 06 2016 20:39 mordek wrote:Wow that's a lot of candy. Yesterday I was excited to hatch my third 10k egg and popped my second Electabuzz san francisco (and i assume all big cities) really are imba. cant walk two feet without pokemon popping up; lures everywhere; pokestops everywhere. i had to constantly throw away stuff from my inventory (which is at 600 already) because of the constant pokestops. walking along the embarcadero changes biomes multiple times so you get a huge variety of pokemon. and then i had to return to suburbia, where pidgeys and ratattas are all i see, but only on the nearby list. but, then again, living in SF sucks balls.... You wanna see imba, head to Disneyland.
I was there last month. It was crazy. Even Downtown Disney must have 20 stops for just a 5 minute walk. And their different lands count as different biomes, too. Caught a lot of water pokemons on the artificial ponds and rivers they had.
On September 07 2016 03:29 Assault_1 wrote:Show nested quote +On September 07 2016 03:00 dAPhREAk wrote:On September 07 2016 02:52 Assault_1 wrote:On September 07 2016 02:30 dAPhREAk wrote:On September 06 2016 20:39 mordek wrote:Wow that's a lot of candy. Yesterday I was excited to hatch my third 10k egg and popped my second Electabuzz san francisco (and i assume all big cities) really are imba. cant walk two feet without pokemon popping up; lures everywhere; pokestops everywhere. i had to constantly throw away stuff from my inventory (which is at 600 already) because of the constant pokestops. walking along the embarcadero changes biomes multiple times so you get a huge variety of pokemon. and then i had to return to suburbia, where pidgeys and ratattas are all i see, but only on the nearby list. but, then again, living in SF sucks balls.... I'm moving from canada to Mountain View in a couple weeks, I don't have a car though so I'm concerned I won't have access to any good pokemon spots. If you're close to me maybe you can show me around Edit: Btw why do feel living in SF sucks? i dont like big cities. lived in SF for awhile and it was good when i was a student and didnt have a car, but i especially dislike the crowds, the traffic, the high price (SF has separate taxes for SF health care, etc. on top of our high state tax), the smell, the dirtiness, the concrete jungle, the bums, the drug dealers, the rude people, the lines for everything, etc. mountain view has a train right into SF (Caltrain), so you will be perfectly fine. nice city. what brings you there? Cool okay, I'll know a lot better once I get there. I'm moving cuz I got a job offer at a large tech company down there, really looking forward to it In terms of issues with SF, what you described is generally the same with any major city, I'm not too concerned with it
Ah, good ol' San Jose, where the median house price is $1M+.
Mountain View. Google? Or maybe Niantic? haha
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I must be really lucky considering I'm in the midwest and not in a major city because there's a small touristy "village" by a lake and its easily 30 pokestops within a half mile radius with 4-7 gyms depending if you expand about the radius a mile. You can usually see 3-4 water pokemon a run through but you just don't see the rarity of pokemon you hear about in the city.
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That village probably had some hardcore Ingress players then
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I live in a supposed big city in France, and if I don't especially go to one of the only 3 park of the city, then I can catch like 10 pokémon a day because I don't have the pokéballs (and I won't meet many more anyway).
Also, I don't know if it's psychological or just RNG, but now that I just hit lvl 18, many more won't stay put in their balls and sometime flee. Even lvl 17 it was very fine (especially compared to what I sometime read here).
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On September 07 2016 15:48 AbouSV wrote:
I live in a supposed big city in France, and if I don't especially go to one of the only 3 park of the city, then I can catch like 10 pokémon a day because I don't have the pokéballs (and I won't meet many more anyway).
Also, I don't know if it's psychological or just RNG, but now that I just hit lvl 18, many more won't stay put in their balls and sometime flee. Even lvl 17 it was very fine (especially compared to what I sometime read here).
This game punishes you for leveling up. Every pokemon's catch rate goes down and flee rate goes up the higher their CP is. And as you level, the pokemons CP ceiling is raised.
Its probably the worst designed leveling system in history
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Flee rate is static and does not change with CP.
CP ceiling going up together with player level makes perfect sense.
CP affecting catch rates is the source of Pokemon escaping your balls more often. Is it unreasonable that a CP 2000 Dragonite is harder to catch than a CP 50 Dragonite? You get access to better balls at higher levels too. If you really want to catch every Pidgey, start using great balls if the circle is orange.
The only thing I have an issue with is the XP required. 10 mil total for lvl 40 would have been more acceptable.
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I know that, but I have had several one <200CP (pidgey or similar, nothing fancy) getting out of a great superball throw with a candy.
I know I can have bad luck in games, but so far it was ok-ish. It just seems to be a big gap between 17 and 18.
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On September 07 2016 18:52 AbouSV wrote:
I know that, but I have had several one <200CP (pidgey or similar, nothing fancy) getting out of a great superball throw with a candy.
I know I can have bad luck in games, but so far it was ok-ish. It just seems to be a big gap between 17 and 18.
You should not be using great balls on such low CP pokemon (especially ones easy to find with normal flee rate, for Abra use your best ball) because the added chance isn't enough to compensate the rarity of the great ball compared to pokeball.
The capture rates are perfectly fine even lvl 20+, but pidgeys and the likes are harder to capture because 200 CP for a pidgey is very high (for this species).
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I don't remember what CP he was, but the circle was plain green.
I decided to use a superball because I usually stand at a ratio of 1-4 / 1-5 between regular and super ball and the last green trash fleed after escaping from 4 regular balls anyway so I just say 'oh, wth, at least I'll catch it'. Nop!
And I can't afford not to catch pidgeys, since I already stopped zubats and rattatas because at least half of them flee after several escapes (so they're just wast of balls), and that's all I see. Also, I usually have less than 20 balls total because of the rarity of pokestop if you don't go in one of the few good places in the city.
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Are you throwing curve balls and landing the nice/great hits? It doesn't solve the problem, but it does make a difference.
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Curve ball is ugly as **** and afaik there isn't proof it helps with the capture rate?
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Most of the time I don't curve, but I almost always have 'great' throws (I haven't got any excellent in while though, have they become more difficult to get?)
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