Pokémon (Not-So) Griefing Thread - Scarlet and Violet Released with 10 Million Copies in First 3 Days in Buggy States

[Catgirl Tyranid]

So what's the Nuzlocke rule about breeding? I ended up catching a Ditto, so not sure if it's cheating or not. Also am planning on getting a Sun Stone so I just need to retake the Bug-Catching Contest again and again until I do, but the only Bug I'm keeping is the Metapod.

Breeding would violate the spirit of a Nuzlocke even if it's not mentioned in the rules. If you can breed infinite cannon fodder you've removed the lose condition of running out of Pokemon.

As long a you're not keeping anything except your first catch on that route I don't see an issue with farming for a Sun stone. Is it not available anywhere else?

 

[Kari Kamiya]

As long a you're not keeping anything except your first catch on that route I don't see an issue with farming for a Sun stone. Is it not available anywhere else?

Only available at the Bug-Catching Contest.

Right now I'm farming Friendship so Iggly can evolve her next level up in time to get Rollout.

 

[Disc]

So what's the Nuzlocke rule about breeding? I ended up catching a Ditto, so not sure if it's cheating or not. Also am planning on getting a Sun Stone so I just need to retake the Bug-Catching Contest again and again until I do, but the only Bug I'm keeping is the Metapod.

Some people take a rule that an egg hatch can be done, but wherever it's born, it takes that route or city's spawn. That can be a good way to balance it.

 

[Hitman One]

So, after seeing what Feucoco turned into, I kind of shuffled this game off into the 'fuck that' catagory, but I'm kind of curious, and the wife loves the new mons.

So, what say you, farmers, is S/V worth the purchase?

On balance, yes, but only just. The core game itself is the best Pokemon game in years, the story isn't winning any awards but it's coherent and you actually care about the characters. I personally think firecroc is based but that's personal taste I guess.

Bad points: a technical shambles, barely fit for release that hasn't even been patched. I played it on a Switch Lite and I haven't endured a game this glitch filled and prone to crashing since I was using a shitty PC back in the dial-up days where even thinking about your video card was guaranteed to make the drivers shit themselves.

 

[Executive Petrel]

At least the graphics got improved in terms of Pokemon textures and updated flying type models to finally get rid of the annoying T-Pose Gen 6 introduced.

Legends Arceus was better in terms of Camera controls, landscape and visuals in battle but this is the step in the right direction. I hope Gamefreak will follow this path.

Best would be a cycle of Lets go games for the kids, continue with the main line games for casuals and more games like PLA as a gift to the autistics long term fans.

 

[6MillionCoofs]

is there an indication of when you've got to 30 or 60 KOs in a Mass Outbreak?

 

[Nick Gars]

is there an indication of when you've got to 30 or 60 KOs in a Mass Outbreak?

No, you just have to keep count. This definitely gets annoying when the Outbreak you're using is a group of aggressive Pokemon, makes it a real pain to keep count while trying to avoid one jumping up your ass and keeping your Pokemon from going back in the ball.




Article ( Pokémon Just Isn’t Better as an Open-World Game )

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Had this article pop up by some retard who obviously doesn't play the games. From everything I've heard, the fans fucking love the open world direction (I know I've always wanted the games to be like this since I was a kid). Thats one aspect of the game that's been receiving undeniable praise despite all the technical issues, the open world we got now is pretty much exactly what fans have been wanting for-fucking-ever. People's biggest complaints are the embarrassing state of the game and half the online features being busted or partially functional. This dude just wants to be a contrarian faggot because he can't be bothered to write an actual article of substance.

 

[negativlad]

is there an indication of when you've got to 30 or 60 KOs in a Mass Outbreak?

Around the time the pop up says “the outbreak is definitely thinning out…” is when you’re at or near 60. By the time it says “the original outbreak is almost gone!” you’ve definitely cleared 60 and there’s only a few respawns left.

Also, I forget where else you asked this, but 6- and 7-star raids on your map have a black icon no matter what type. It would be nice to filter for them on the raid search though.

 

[Focken Kiwi]

I decided to Masuda hunt the Charizard. Somewhere around the 110 eggs mark...

 

[Love Machine]

Will by gf with shiny pokemon

 

[6MillionCoofs]

Best would be a cycle of Lets go games for the kids, continue with the main line games for casuals and more games like PLA as a gift to the autistics long term fans.

That honestly seems like what they are going to do. There's got to be a reason why Goh in the anime - who was looking for Mew, obtainable via Let’s Go Pokeball - met a dude exactly like him looking for Celebi.

So it seems like they are probably going to do Lets Go, Legends and Mainlines honestly.

Around the time the pop up says “the outbreak is definitely thinning out…” is when you’re at or near 60. By the time it says “the original outbreak is almost gone!” you’ve definitely cleared 60 and there’s only a few respawns left.

Oh thanks. God I wish the pop ups weren’t so fast.

Also, I forget where else you asked this, but 6- and 7-star raids on your map have a black icon no matter what type. It would be nice to filter for them on the raid search though.

Thanks. Really bemussed 6-7 are the same colour. You’d think 7 would have a different colour.

Not being able to filter for specific Raids is a real annoyance.

 

[Disc]

I decided to Masuda hunt the Charizard. Somewhere around the 110 eggs mark...

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You know, I'll forgive them for focusing on Charizard if we get Paradox Venusaur and Blastoise. It just seems like those two lend themselves so easily to Past and Future theming respectively, or you could pull a reverse card on that. Either way, shit would be damn cool to see.

 

[negativlad]

You know, I'll forgive them for focusing on Charizard if we get Paradox Venusaur and Blastoise. It just seems like those two lend themselves so easily to Past and Future theming respectively, or you could pull a reverse card on that. Either way, shit would be damn cool to see.

It looks like they're hitting their biggest sellers first: Eevee and now Charizard. If we hadn't gotten a free Flying-Tera type Pikachu as a launch gift, I could almost guarantee the next event would be like, Light Ball Pikachu In A Hat or something like it. Probably Timid with perfect IVs and a really fucking stupid moveset like Surf, Fly, Charm, Volt Tackle.

 

[Strangolapreti]

Charizard is basically The pokemon's aecondary mascotte, pikachu is for the kids, charizard for the GAYmers

 

[Executive Petrel]

 

[Love Machine]

Dear Diary, more shinies. I dont remember if I have a red gyarados already.

 

[SteelPlatedHeart]

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Counterpoint: Larry.

I’ve gotten 7 shinies so far, including orange sushi and the whale. Definitely want to get the shiny of the pink sushi though.

 

[Nauseated Courgi]

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Funny how this meme only picks those two when there are plenty of Chad gym leaders in the modern gens (and also larry).

 

[ToroidalBoat]

The wild 'mon theme in Diamond and Pearl reminds me of the original Star Trek theme for some reason.

 

[Smug Chuckler]

Another shiny I found thanks to auto-battle, it's the retarded shrimp one, it looks like a turd with its color.