Resource Saving Support (Gem Zen)

[hard wave]

We should get datamine this week so 2-3 days as well

[pure arrow]

Dangit I thought the ||UnoVA|| banner would only last 2 weeks but apparently it goes to mid-November

Oh well at least I’ll have Gakon’s eggmon stipulation to dissuade me

[crisp oracle]

Worry about school before PoMa. Even if you miss Calem he will rerun some-day.

And even if you take the imposed break and it lasts longer than two weeks you’ll come back with gems rather than come back empty

Yes

Always.

[feral vale]

Because we recommend preparing for the worst case scenario

That case scenario is you pull without pity, and you end up needing more because he didn’t come yet. That will happen, I assure you.

[winged fossil]

You’ll spend x amount and get nothing.

That’s what yolo does

[crisp oracle]

It’s a tough pill to swallow by missing your favourite unit by not having the gems. But it’s a tougher pill if you missed it, there is no more time, and have no gems from trying to get what you want.

[winged fossil]

At least if you skip that one you can get the next thing that comes along probably

And if you beat pity consider that just extra income for the month is how I see it.

[crisp oracle]

The mindset is to assume a pair will cost you exactly 36,600 gems, and to consider yourself lucky if you got what you wanted early. And with master fairs, reaching pity to get one copy is common.

But it’s your game, and don’t say we didn’t warn you

[tardy fiber]

Hope there's datamine tease or even datamine itself this reset

[crisp oracle]

SC Diantha rerun, end the waiting

[tardy fiber]

Ive been doing sync orb area once these few resets, making spaces for shiny Diglett eggmon later

[winged fossil]

happy pomaday hope datamine next reset

dang pomaday still on the 3packs

[tardy fiber]

Hopefully datamine next reset , man i thought eggmon event was next reset, turn out its in 2 resets

Not gonna collect extra eggs for more chance of shiny diglett, machop and sandshrew

[winged fossil]

my acerola can crit buff the team now...! ...through rng.

fr why isnt that focus group 100% if its stuck on sandstorm cast

[tardy fiber]

Im glad she can help with assisting the team more now

Sandstorm flag bearer

[winged fossil]

flag bearer was 1/5 at 100%, so why cant the crit buff be 100% instead of 50% dena

this is another tile that just feels like a slap in the face

[tardy fiber]

Well ssrcynthia also have ghost zone morale boost and pep talk at 50%

[winged fossil]

pairs getting mgr on terrain feels fucking weird

esp in aces case cause she got mpr 1/5, woulda been cool if the f2p option coulda been a double mpr one but, ig dena thought thatd be too strong for us mortals to handle without a master fair (or worse: variety 5way+) banner rate

[tardy fiber]

I just glad that we can 5/5 the 5* story pairs over time, so less temptation to candy em and better for me to candy bp master pairs instead as there's no way to make the 2 new bp master pairs yearly to 3/5 in a year

As there's only 1 free rainbow ticket so need to clear 50,000 bp points in a year to 3/5 them

And seeing that we get around 3k bp a month so a year only gives 36k bp or less

I guess i will have to use 1 support candy to both Dana and Registeel and then i can do the remaining with BP completion

[upbeat lotus]

its the standard now

[winged fossil]

Speaking of those pairs I used registeel for my first time in cs today. That was pretty fun using him on my steel team. Did colress solgaleo registeel to have fun with solga nuke

[tardy fiber]

Yep those type teamwork pairs are great especially in monotype team with the passives stacking

Even better if their partner has master passives for further boost

Evelyn, NcLeaf, AnniN

[winged fossil]

||Im a bit tempted to just pull till sshilbert but I’m waiting for datamine cause I need to see if any new fav jumpscare gonna happen while I’m safe for it. Even if next month is skip to poma day I might still skip the other two unoVA cause idk if I’m sure about 30k for one of them.||

||Would be an easier decision if I was 20k or less away, but n came home super early so I’m leaning toward just skipping to cruise in the safe zone.||

[tardy fiber]

Although i have 80k gems now, but i dont mind if next month is a skip like this month for me

[winged fossil]

Yeah someone like you needs all the skip months they can get. Considering your type of fav pool can mean most of a months units can be all favs.

[tardy fiber]

2 pities aint safe especially when my faves usually comes out as a set of 3, well anni has 4

[winged fossil]

I kinda want to see a new fav or a gloralt rerun next month, out of possible surprises. Gloralt looks fun to use, but I knew I couldn’t go for when she launched cause of timing and my saving goals. But now wouldn’t be a terrible time if she does end up on the fire hs banner, esp if sharing with someone else decent

If it’s a skip month tho I can feel 100% safe going into December probably even with the like 90%ish odds of ncerena rerun inbound

Keeping like 10% ish expectation of dena possibly flipping the script on me

[tardy fiber]

Oh right maybe sshilda wont be in fire HS banner as she just rerun this month, hurm ssmay/ssmorty and glorialt are possible choices

[winged fossil]

Maybe feels like understatement I doubt they’d rerun a pf within a couple weeks tops

I’m just unsure if it’s “too soon” for gloralt. But if it’s gloralt ss morty shared then it’ll be tempting hope it stays for dec datamine if so though. Praying hs is later in month

[tardy fiber]

Oh i forgot about ssred

He is also a fire pokefair

[winged fossil]

Yeah if red ends up on the banner I’ll prob skip no matter who they pair with lol I know we tend to get offered sskantrio freebies

So rather just be patient if he’s on a banner without a big fav, which I’m finally emptied my pf big fav rerun list fully so I don’t have to worry about that

Still plenty of lesser favs but I can be extra patient on lessers

And I know that some lessers I prob will just never get unless freebies

still felt weird skipping a lycanroc this anni. I think there’s maybe like three or four Pokémon not in game yet that I’d prob pull no matter trainer

Cramorant, Zeraora, and prob one or two others slipping my mind rn

Helps keep me saving, having some favs that aren’t on pasio yet.

[rare swan]

Likewise tbh

gotta keep that hope going

[tardy fiber]

fairy damage dealer fave please

Magearna, Enamorus, Iron Valiant, Scream Tail and probably Eternal Floette but that's too much copium

[tropic bolt]

After not being able to get both Leaf & Blue from their MFs, I want to double-down and save exclusively for Master Fairs that'll likely happen in late November/early December.

[uneven pewter]

Honestly a solid plan

While i disagree with you prioritizing red given the absurdity of blue in the master fair choices, point remains i hope that you’re able to succeed come December

[tardy fiber]

With 24k gems on average per month, perhaps saving for Master Fairs might be a good plan. Especially when there's MF like in every 3 / 4 months

[tropic bolt]

While I do agree with NC-Blue being absurd, I needed a good Ice-type Striker.

[uneven pewter]

I would debate that since bp candice exists but that’s splitting hairs

If your happy with your choice that’s what matters. But to avoid missing out further definitely focus on saving

There’s guaranteed to at least be two

Sadly the days of single master fairs seem to be behind us

Unfortunately

[dreamy onyx]

Anni and half anni will have 3 MF, the other 2 batches will have 2 but i fear they might increase to 3 soon so yeah saving asap is good strategy unless you got some great luck

[crisp oracle]

Oh Lost, aren't you the guy who makes the infographic for Absol?

[crisp grotto]

huge fan, personally

[crisp oracle]

Same

[tropic bolt]

Honestly, I feel like I might have guaranteed Blue had I skipped SS-Kris.
But I ended up sparking on her rerun.

Honestly, it's like a domino effect.

[crisp oracle]

Yeah, it is. You skip one thing, you get another

[tropic bolt]

If I had skipped SS-Giovanni's debut banner, I might have gotten SS-Kris on her debut.

[crisp oracle]

Every pulling decision in this game cascades

[tropic bolt]

In which case I would have skipped her rerun.

And guaranteed NC-Blue.

So yeah, I regret ever pulling for SS-Giovanni.

[crisp oracle]

I don't regret pulling for much but if there is any decision I want back its yoloing for Maxie

I got him because that anni month had so many gems

[tardy fiber]

True especially recently where run up to anni, and anni gives the same amount of gems just like normal months

[tropic bolt]

I barely even use SS-Gio now anyway.

Ground is filled with Maxie.

Steel is filled with Solgaleo.

And Poison is whatever to me.

At least I have Looker now.

[vestal leaf]

Well tbh I don't see how SS Gio can be worse off than solgaleo, and his poison grid is very much fine

[uneven pewter]

This is why supports are king

Strikers age poorly

I struggle to use ss gio also especially since i have giovannidon

Which, as a pair is far superior in just about every way

[unkempt vortex]

Strikers only age if you let them

[uneven pewter]

To each their own

I’ll even admit, I try to find excuses to use all the Rockets

Including Jessi and James

[violet nebula]

Ahh

So you are the reason variety fairs exist 🤣

[crisp grotto]

I think that's a good thing though, appreciating the units I have kinda keeps me from FOMO-ing over new ones too. I've made it a mission to try and use all the 3/4* units in the game one way or another

[upbeat lotus]

Yes use all of them on LG

[crisp grotto]

That's a funny abbreviation for Champion Stadium

[upbeat lotus]

[crisp grotto]

[tardy fiber]

Im still coping for Jessie james rerun

No matter how bad they will be, it will be better than eggmons due to stats and having theme tags

[hard wave]

I want bugscy rerun

Why have the others ran like 3 times while he hasnt ran once

[ashen thunder]

No bugscy rerun

I want my veteran flex

[tardy fiber]

Jessie James rerun please, i only miss them

[feral vale]

[cunning swan]

owning jessie and james is the true flex

<does not have jessie and james

[ashen thunder]

True flex

Think spectier would join as well coz no rerun but he's recent

[timber wren]

updating my list

ive made a kalos addition to my list for the first time @rare swan

[rare swan]

THERE HE IS!!!!!!!!!!!

cami stop being endlessly based CHALLENGE

[timber wren]

ive really warmed up to him over the course of poma

[rare swan]

😌 he's just a silly little guy!

[timber wren]

he's getting an alt next update fr fr

[rare swan]

me before every datamine since March 2021 🙏

[crisp grotto]

if you guess it everytime you've got to be right eventually

[latent salmon]

kris at the top insta based

that tier list is a major W in general

[rare swan]

[hard wave]

He does need an alt photo

[lean mango]

Hm haven't really had the need to update my list for now until 2nd DLC comes out since there are like 2 characters that peaked my interest there

but anyways, Gem count 84k

[uneven pewter]

Hey now hold up

[pure arrow]

Yeah that’s unfair to Dr. Generic
blame everyone who pulled on the Eeveelution banner instead (seriously though don’t send the pitchforks to anyone it’s awful behavior and I shouldn’t have to tell anyone this)

[winged fossil]

Meanwhile me wanting funny curry bird that spits pikachus at people:

https://tenor.com/view/cramorant-pokemon-gif-24789499

Fr tho I’m convinced whoever at gamefreak came up with this thing had to be high, in a good way though.

[lost bobcat]

That and falinks

[winged fossil]

Cause cramorant design is pretty absurd

[lost bobcat]

I've a special gem backup for a possible scBea & Falinks

Just hope they won't drop too many at time
The galarian nc trio AND ball guy were a huge hit

[winged fossil]

https://tenor.com/view/zeraora-pokemon-fight-pikachu-gif-17243452

This gif is partially responsible for me liking zeraora so much

Doubt he’d be anything below mf tho but I’d be happy if he’s one of many 2% rates instead

Anyway I haven’t bothered putting in sync pair predictions this month. I have zero clue on what to predict for November so prob gonna skip the poll this time

November seems like such a wildcard month

which is why I have hopes for things like cramorant in the first place

I need to look at the National dex sometime and put together a list of wanted unreleased Pokémon sync pairs so I can stick to that alongside my trainer list. Since they don’t release my three trainers as often anymore

I also really need to find a fav in hoenn someday. Im so tired of the f2p hoenn pool being like everything to my name in the region

I’ve gotten favs in every other region except paldea so hoping if it’s something out of left field I see someone hoenn related one of these months

[crisp oracle]

Reminder with datamine near to wait a day or two before making a concrete pulling decision unless something is an absolute favourite to allow the new-content rush to calm down.

[vestal leaf]

I'm calling next reset anyway

[storm imp]

welp

i feel so bad

yeah i know why

This game likes to rob me

but from now on imma go f2p forever

[bleak falcon]

Pretty sure you’re supposed to spoiler summon talk in this channel

[lean mango]

Yea you're supposed to spoiler any current running banners

[storm imp]

what does that mean

oh

Like say before i do it

yeah i dont know

[lean mango]

|| this ||

[storm imp]

why

Lmao

i dont see why

[lean mango]

because this place is supposed to be free from any kind of pulling, especially in the discussion of current ones

[storm imp]

Oh my bad

i’ll keep that in mind

but yeah

should probably stay off the game for a while

[lean mango]

If you need to take a break off from this game then do it, and good luck on your f2p journey

[storm imp]

Yeah thanks

I guess you learn when you make mistakes

[lean mango]

mhm, you grow from them so you don't do em again

[unkempt vortex]

~~Yea take a break from this and join another gacha game ~~

[lean mango]

maybe not play too many gacha games

[feral vale]

Play no gacha games

[lean mango]

disappears

[tough oriole]

Most likely, that’s nearly 2 months away

Just don’t use gems anywhere else

[tardy fiber]

Hope datamine is this reset, it will be good to make the uncertainty feeling of datamine gone soon also kinda want to see how the monthly move coins income now that there's field and sprint coins

[tough oriole]

||It’s been 573 days since a Lillie alt ||

[sand crown]

This is wild

[unkempt vortex]

Good more jail time

[tardy fiber]

Ripe for Alola NC

[unkempt vortex]

That’s just another way of saying selene and elio

[tardy fiber]

How about three peoples, selene, elio, lillie

[cunning swan]

remember when we were complaining about too many Lillie alts

[rare swan]

feels like so long ago

[tardy fiber]

Villain lodge guest again next month please

[latent salmon]

wish granted

its rose

id say archie or maxie but they've already gotten enough reruns

[cunning swan]

Lusamine please.....

[rare swan]

this would be so fun though

we need more Lodge villains

[cunning swan]

i don't even have particular preferences but i just want non-limited lodge guests

[rare swan]

LODGE CYRUS!

[cunning swan]

putting him in lodge means he has to be available in that monthly pokefair banner and I don't think they want that yet

[latent salmon]

lodge rocket execs is real in our HEARTS okay

[pure arrow]

Lodge Guzma ‼️

[tardy fiber]

They can just import this as lodge doll

Easy work

[rare swan]

the reveal of Lodge Gio last datamine and IMMEDIATE memes that sprung up was incredible

[latent salmon]

oh god

lodge cyrus is REAL!!!

if lodge cyrus gift isnt murky drink im going to dena hq

[rare swan]

deluxe murky drink

[tardy fiber]

His gift will be sleep aid stuffs

[latent salmon]

acceptable

[tardy fiber]

Sleep mask 🕶️

Awesome sleep mask thats gold color

[pure arrow]

I did do my part there #poma-lounge message

[tough oriole]

We?

[hard wave]

Lysandre so ill have a reason to EX him next, and cuz im EXing him anyway

[rare swan]

that's the wrong Sabrina emote but it works for this chat

[cunning swan]

don't jumpscare me like this

[latent salmon]

dont worry its gonna be true in uhh

a few hours

truste

trust me

[lunar thistle]

My god I've got to pull to completion just once

[broken mulch]

What do you mean

[sturdy flower]

i trusted...

[tardy fiber]

[latent salmon]

im sorry

i failed you all

[sturdy flower]

i wonder if they just don't want to start a new event on Halloween

[latent salmon]

well

depending on your definition of a few hours

it could still be entirely plausible

[hard wave]

It’d start on the 30th tho

[tardy fiber]

Probably because the next reset still have Fighting Ground eggmon...fingers crossed next reset datamine

[hard wave]

Also unoVA started 31st

[sturdy flower]

that's why it was so spooky

[hard wave]

Can datamine even be after today? It’d be a 27th friday datamine and then 28-29th weekends, but we dont know any gems after the 29th

[timber wren]

they can do an update on monday an hour before the reset on the 30th but its pretty unlikely

[tardy fiber]

Oh another thing that i want to see next datamine, i wonder if eeveelutions variety banner will have new and rerun for eevee day, will be the first ever variety rerun so people can skip variety if they lack gems

[rare swan]

yeah i think tomorrow is a decent bet

[sturdy flower]

watch the rate turn into 0.2% too

[timber wren]

even so it's not reliable since the only variety units so far that could have a consistent rerun time are the eevees

[tardy fiber]

Probably higher if there's only 2 which are umbreon and espeon

I wonder if they revamp the event, they didn't give rachel eeveelutions event boost last time

Sad

[upbeat lotus]

Finger crossed for Penny & Sylveon next month

[tardy fiber]

Bp karen gets it

But not rachel

[sturdy flower]

the need to add Adaman and Irida

[tardy fiber]

Tina better have boost

[sturdy flower]

twice

[tawny cedar]

Where datamine

I'm dying to know whether I get to skip Morty or get him

[tardy fiber]

I hope instead of recycling existing characters...the next eevee variety banner will use new character...so Dexio Espeon and Sina Glaceon cmon DeNa

[hard wave]

Would that be our first 30th datamine or?

[rare swan]

no, we've had others

very rare though

[crisp oracle]

We had one a few months ago iirc

Either way whats usually the big november event

[hard wave]

The june datamine did take place right before the reset where we didnt know gems or content but that was the 29th

[rare swan]

SC in 2021, UnoVA/Varieteeves in 2022

since we just had the VA rerun it's a mystery other than the Fire HSE

[crisp oracle]

SC Pokewar rerun pls

I beg you DeNa

[hard wave]

What happened in 2020?

Oh wait

[tardy fiber]

Oh right, now that VA is gone. DeNa need to step up with the events

[hard wave]

that event right?

[crisp oracle]

||all my last saving decisions have been based on SC Diantha's rerun||

Pls come soon

[hard wave]

Would be nice, I have like 23 events im missing medals for 5 of them r seasonal so 18 ig

[upbeat lotus]

Hope: another batch of new SC
Reality: shit varieties

Altho they make me save gems

[hard wave]

I need a skip month so hopefully

[latent salmon]

shit varieties have event
skip = gem count constant
skip + event = gem count increase

shit variety = good for gem count, bad for players

[hard wave]

Tho so far ive only gone for sonia from SCs, || I would like diantha for keldeo but I prob wont use her due to rei and chop, so coping for free SC select eventually, and sc bros and hilda for rock/bug coverage, but would rather just get someone else rates arent worth it ||

[tardy fiber]

I grabbed pokewar SC + Rosa

Hope no SC filled with all faves will happen again

[hard wave]

I hope this batch is skippable for me too

[vestal leaf]

I got Sonia, Rosa and all 4 pokewars

They're probably one of the worst investments but the outfits are too good

[hard wave]

Why are they bad investments?

[tardy fiber]

Yep better than not new character variety, they also have new outfit and new pokemon center lines although same voicelines...also their EX have different color better than no color change at all

[timber wren]

in terms of kit longevity theyre a better investment than seasonals imo

but what matters the most here is if you like the character/outfit/etc

[vestal leaf]

Seasonals and by proxy variety and SC are the historically most shafted and/or worst aging units in the game with very very few exceptions that also get the worst kind of reruns in the game (and variety for now don't even get that)

Varieties are in general better on the kit side, but a sham in the trainer side

Even then, varieties aren't that insane kit wise either

Seasonals are more often than not eye candy while variety are basically Seasonals for meta pullers or whales

SCs are just seasonals with different names, with a sprinkle of variety in the fact very few of them are bad

[tardy fiber]

I was too busy with poma day and worried about datamine that i forgot that Clemont got a power boost

Progress before datamine:
81,890
3 pairs left to max theme skills
7 non eggmon pairs left to 5*

[winged fossil]

SC Lillie:
But yeah I get what you mean. Lillie’s prob an exception, being a decently fast setup (atleast at 3/5) one with very very good bulk

[tawny cedar]

I feel most seasonal supports age very well

Strikers fall off faster but some still hold good ground

[winged fossil]

She’s especially great in gauntlet with the bulk mixed with 60%flinch and healing

I think the main seasonal striker I’ve been really happy with is summer n. And summer Steven, as bad as he is, at least has the niche of moltres to help him

[tawny cedar]

My favourite seasonal striker is nyvolkner

[winged fossil]

In any other situation though I’d rather just use hala

[tawny cedar]

Bro hits hard

[vestal leaf]

I mean SC Lillie is by far not a bad unit

She's a great support with some very unique utility

[vestal leaf]

That's mostly because supports age better period

Many seasonal supports were okay at best at launch

And got only worse

[hard wave]

I only hv ny lisia and maybun for seasonals

|| firis palmarnie faitlin hjas and some others would be nice cuz I like their pkmn but eh too expensive ||

[vestal leaf]

I think only ny lisia and summer Liza have good chances of staying relevant for more than a year

Striker wise

[tawny cedar]

NY volkner is still relevant

[winged fossil]

Sburgh still feels more like a meme than a proper unit but even then I’ve had a good track record on getting use out of him especially on any unova ebe

[vestal leaf]

No he's not

[tawny cedar]

What if the rats were never born

[unkempt vortex]

Even without rats something would still be in their place

[vestal leaf]

NY volkner in general was already kinda underwhelming on launch

He can't offtype at all

And he got the short end of the stick

With a non extended electric terrain on sync

[tawny cedar]

But he is still solid in his niece

[vestal leaf]

Celesa already overshadowed him back then

[unkempt vortex]

What niche

[tawny cedar]

Excellent electric striker

[vestal leaf]

Yeah but we're not talking solid

95% of PoMa units

Are solid

Almost

Let's say 90%

Solid or more

[unkempt vortex]

Welcome to gacha games

[vestal leaf]

Not really

[tawny cedar]

In the case uh

Has every electric unit aside from fucking rats fallen off

[vestal leaf]

Many gachas powercreep scale so fast one or two year old units are usually utter garbage

[unkempt vortex]

Depends

[vestal leaf]

Ehhhh

Not really?

[unkempt vortex]

Celesa is still nuts

[vestal leaf]

Elesa, Celesa, clemont stay relevant because they synergize and add value in team building

[tawny cedar]

Celesa is nuts?

[vestal leaf]

They don't need a catered team building

To work

[tawny cedar]

I thought she was just basic oomni debuffer

[vestal leaf]

Celesa is silly

[unkempt vortex]

Did I hear dummy max move with terrain after

[vestal leaf]

Flinch, Omni debuff, guaranteed para, max move + terrain, adds bulk/utility to team

1/5

[tawny cedar]

Dang

[vestal leaf]

If exed 1/5 also nukes REALLY hard

[unkempt vortex]

Me who has 2/5

[tawny cedar]

Unfortunately I don't like elesa a lot

So I'll stick to 2-3 fave reruns I have left

[hard wave]

I hope we get another manual ET setter, tapus r nice but its only 3/5 sync

[unkempt vortex]

You mean SST red

[vestal leaf]

Electric keeps getting busted shit

Even the worst electr of the last year, nemona, was still really good

Because rats force competition to be somehow near them or at least offer what they lack

[unkempt vortex]

Now if they could just give something to like fairy

[vestal leaf]

Anyway, going back to the original discussion

Most Seasonals are fine

But I think around 30-40% of them are seriously undertuned even on release

So they really age badly

[tawny cedar]

My standard for seasonals are just work well in 2.5k csmm

[vestal leaf]

I mean...

[unkempt vortex]

You can make year 1 units work with that with the right team

[vestal leaf]

Thesere are old AF units and freebies

[tawny cedar]

Damn

[vestal leaf]

They still clear unova on first try

Csmm is only remotely challenging with Kalos, with how supports are getting more and more busted, clearing 2.5k gets easier and easier

[crisp grotto]

Eternally coping for CSMM update

[tawny cedar]

I realise we don't have much content in the endgame

It's just a cycle of csmm,lg,high score now

[vestal leaf]

This game barely has content compared to 99% of gachas

I dig it

[tawny cedar]

This is why I am never able to play genshin

[vestal leaf]

Because most gachas force you to spend hour/s on them daily or to shop heavily to keep up

[tawny cedar]

I love the fact there is a lot of content

[vestal leaf]

PoMa is chill

Dead but chill

I'd rather farm in an mmo than genshjn

Because MMOs live basically forever

[unkempt vortex]

Gachas don’t force you to play

[vestal leaf]

Genshin could die any year

[unkempt vortex]

You just get rewarded for playing

[tawny cedar]

The only gacha games I really play are battle cats and Poma

[vestal leaf]

Well except the playing part is usually incredibly repetitive and tedious screen tapping

I don't call that "playing"

[tawny cedar]

Battle Cats is funny gacha game

Getting to play with eva units and Hatsune miku is funny

[hard wave]

maybe

[unkempt vortex]

So do you not consider poma as playing

[vestal leaf]

Well the point is, in poma there's way more variables than most gachas

300+ units, 95% of which usable easily

A pretty wide variety of stages with possible interactions with each team

Plus, again

10 minutes per day

Aren't an hour if not more

[unkempt vortex]

If we’re going by what you pointed out I’d say poma is only average if that’s what you measure by

[vestal leaf]

Idk, of the 7-8 gacha I've played it's the only one that required less than 3 hours per week of time investment

That alone is a thing that offsets most of its flaws in my book

[lost bobcat]

One thing I really appreciate in Poma is that you can manage your time as you want without losing too much
If you're in hurry few mins is all you need in one day
The last qol on daily mission is also good

I recently dropped one game bcs of how heavy-grinding focused it was, like full of micromanagement activities with stupid delays of 5-10 mins
And ofc if you skip the grinding you fall behind
Poma is really chill, no pvp no urge to anything
Yet is challenging in his own way

[tardy fiber]

I left mcoc due to that, its because theres pvp arena and guild wars, when those plus the regular adventure quest together, it becomes a chore because you need to login the game every few hours and do them again

Its a hassle when you're busy working and your guildmates ask you to move in guild war

[winged fossil]

hoping datamine brings an easy decision for me rather than giving me conflicting feelings. although i should be safe no matter what atm.

at almost 80k gems rn so just going ahead and setting my nickname to 80k on here

im gonna be hella confused if ncerena expectation gets replaced by literally any of the 3anni units. especially if somehow ash of all things ends up rerunning, which i heavily doubt will ever rerun due to licensing.

[vernal glade]

I’m hoping for a skip month for me.

[feral vale]

I hit the 30k mark! Hopefully I stay at pity next month

[crisp oracle]

How does it feel to be back in zen mode?

[feral vale]

Very good.

[crisp oracle]

Same. I've noticed that once you start saving it feels so much better to save than spend

||also SC Diantha rerun, pls||

[broken mulch]

HUZZAH A SKIP

[crisp oracle]

Well... no SC Diantha rerun

[broken mulch]

My gems are safe from at least 1 banner haha

[crisp oracle]

She'll rerun 2023 2024? Pls

[hard wave]

Hdyk?

[crisp oracle]

it's looking less likely

and if they pull this paid banner stuff I will be mildly infuriated

[hard wave]

We dont know what type of alt it is yet and they could still rerun it anyway

[crisp oracle]

but I still have a little bit of hope

[pure arrow]

No Bianca or Guzma, skipppppppp

Ooh joy!

[crisp oracle]

No Zinnia

[pure arrow]

Even harder skip

[vernal glade]

Im waiting datamine before I can declare November a skip for me.

[pure arrow]

I declare victory on this day!
watch as Hoenn admins get a Variety

[crisp oracle]

||Hoping for SSA rerun soon, she's really the only one of the 3rd anni I want||

[tardy fiber]

Pog now its confirmed that the datamine is today

[vernal glade]

Hope for a good gem count

[fallen path]

ok, 24k gems

[crisp oracle]

i'm hoping 25K

[winged fossil]

99% a skip for me atleast with the first one, neat

[vernal glade]

Ya im skipping the first one.

[winged fossil]

||twitter replies are predicting toxtricity. so id be safe if theyre right||

[fallen path]

yeah i don't got interest in that one lol

[vernal glade]

||Same, i don’t have any interest with that Pokémon, as long as there’s no zoroarks my gems safe.||

[winged fossil]

whoever spikemuxx is must be a fan of him considering the tags

[crisp oracle]

This upcoming Datamine will be the 49th Datamine for the 50th Month of Pokemon Masters.

[winged fossil]

huh, thats an interesting statistic

[lunar thistle]

Pull to pity

[winged fossil]

people usually seem to call that a spark, or something along those lines

[tardy fiber]

24k is the cut-off point to make me happy, any less than that will make me cry

[lunar thistle]

I sometimes call it "push rxn to completion"

But even less people know what I'm talking about

[tardy fiber]

Oh why not just pull to pity

[tardy fiber]

Like this

[lunar thistle]

I usually don't call it that

But anyway

I'm at 3k gems for the first time in a long time

Let's see if we can hit five digits

[crisp oracle]

It's gonna be a few months

do you have a list of set favourite characters/pokemon?

[winged fossil]

tossed a specific guess or two into lounge for the lulz.

[tardy fiber]

Seeing Piers outfit color, it might be Xurkitree so im in danger

[winged fossil]

||if it is a rockstar based SC btw, what yall think might be other possible trainers/pokes?||

[vernal glade]

||Roxie||

[winged fossil]

||since usually we get a set of like 4 for SCs||

[tardy fiber]

Roxie

[winged fossil]

well thatd raise chance of a skip month

[upbeat lotus]

||ryuki playable||

[tardy fiber]

Sc Marnie

[upbeat lotus]

||He will be variety||

[crisp oracle]

||maybe a new set of 3 eevee?||

[tardy fiber]

SC making a comeback on November because there's no more VA to steal its spot

[vernal glade]

||Well we do need an espeon playable still.||

[winged fossil]

i imagine this being the tease lowered my trio of trainers to like.. 3-5% for new alt tops

[tardy fiber]

I kinda like the tease, well because Piers have 0 alt. Its nice to see those without alt finally getting one

[winged fossil]

and most of that chance is purely from possibility of new eeveelution

i could totally see a variety Serena

[tardy fiber]

Not like i will pull, but its nice to see some characters finally getting an alt

Even the recent Fall is nice as first alt for Phoebe and Roxanne

[winged fossil]

alot of first alts this year. would of never predicted liza and tate of all things to get alts.

[lunar thistle]

Latios and Latias

That's like all

[crisp oracle]

ah

then you should really only pull them if your hoping to get up to five digits

[tardy fiber]

I do predict them getting it but i thought they will have pokemon that are in pairs, like illumise, volbeat or something... nothing pairs celesteela and jirachi

[lunar thistle]

But like

I have itchy finger

[winged fossil]

if your fav list is that small then how are you not in like 5-6 digits ? are you new to the game?

[lunar thistle]

And that I'm new yeah

[winged fossil]

ah

well most content can be done with f2p pairs

[lunar thistle]

I joined like Adaman

[winged fossil]

minimize time on shop screen if you got a trigger finger

[crisp oracle]

well rerolling on him makes sense

[tardy fiber]

Itchy finger probably the reason, adaman already released for quite a while

[lunar thistle]

Somehow I managed to You Only Live Twice a lot of stuff

Like two legendary birbs

But that's probably very much not sustainable

[crisp oracle]

...well, and that's because your favourites list isn't concrete enough

minimize how much time you spend on the screen

and the daily scout isn't even nessecary for missions anymore

[winged fossil]

yeah uh, dont yolo pull if you want to not miss favs

especially now that we're not seeing much 30k+ months, even anni was pretty dry

[tardy fiber]

Be like chest, only have 1 fave and she's free for now so he managed to collect over 1 mil gems

[crisp oracle]

oh my

um

that might be a little too much

[winged fossil]

thats a long list.

[tardy fiber]

Oh this list seems nice, not as much

[crisp oracle]

wait I thought chest was a guy

[lunar thistle]

Oh uh ignore Chandelure

[crisp oracle]

well, I stand corrected

[lunar thistle]

I hate that Pokemon now

[tardy fiber]

Oh i need to edit

[winged fossil]

narrow to like... 5 or so probs if you can manage to

[tardy fiber]

Oh wait claire is a she

[lunar thistle]

I actl have like most of these

[tardy fiber]

So my sentence is correct

[lunar thistle]

Sneasel Leafeon Glaceon Absol Suicune

[crisp oracle]

10s enough especially if you're focusing on the Pokemon rather than the trainer as the pokemon often won't get 5 alts

[crisp oracle]

ah i misread

it's a bit easier to create a favourites list if you use characters

[lunar thistle]

I don't like any of the characters

Particularly much I mean

[tardy fiber]

But Clair having most of the pokemon same like lance doesn't help, well hope DeNa can just give her a Regidrago or something for alt

[lunar thistle]

I was raised on PMD

[crisp oracle]

then i'd say narrow that list down to your 10 favourite pokemon, because good lord that is too much

[winged fossil]

[lunar thistle]

I mean I have like most of the Pokemon already

[winged fossil]

narrow it to at max like 10 pokes youre missing, maybe less.

and stick to it

[lunar thistle]

How's this

[crisp oracle]

that looks better

now stick to only pulling those

and stay off the shop

AND THE MOST IMPORTANT RULE: ONLY PULL WHEN YOU HAVE A PITY

[compact pasture]

Did we miss a datamine?

[crisp oracle]

i'd assume the first month didn't have much of a datamine

[winged fossil]

and punish yourself for breaking your own rule, like some people here use "EX x unliked thing" or "20/20 x eggs" / etc as their self imposed punishments that i heard about

when ya got a trigger finger, having a punishment in mind for breaking your rule can help

[crisp oracle]

i have to ex cheren

[lunar thistle]

What if I get one of those electric shock things

[crisp oracle]

well, um

[winged fossil]

i wouldnt advise a physical one

[tardy fiber]

7 pokefairs 4 master fairs 4 spotlights 2 seasonals 1 sc 1 story pair from this picture

[crisp oracle]

I don't recommend physical punishment

[winged fossil]

its a bit...extreme

[crisp oracle]

perhaps exing cheren is a better choice

[rare swan]

it's not that deep

[crisp oracle]

and nate

and maybe some other really eh ex pairs

[lunar thistle]

I mean I've been planning to get one of those for other purposes too

Such as hooking it up to Osu so it shocks me whenever I break combo

[crisp oracle]

prob not good idea to dive into other purposes but don't use it for PoMa punishment

[tardy fiber]

Im waiting for DeNa to allow us to put Heart icon on MCs so that i can finally EX non faves ...this way i can just filter my faves by heart icons but sad that they didnt do it yet

[winged fossil]

personally, ive not needing a punishment for myself, but if i were to, id prob use an extreme like having to candy summer steven or worse, summer lyra

[crisp oracle]

[lunar thistle]

I should probably limit my time on PoMa in general

Only doing the stuff that I need to do

And instead using the time to rage at randoms in other games

[crisp oracle]

that's a solid way to save
the longer you linger on the game, the more time your brain thinks of pulling

[tardy fiber]

Is hisuian lilligant also in your list or just normal lilligant? Well because hisuian might be easier to appear as its connected to a specific hisui warden

[winged fossil]

oh cool, steam halloween sale.

[lunar thistle]

Hisuian Lilligant is ew to me

Fuckin

Long legs

[tardy fiber]

It looks like tsareena to me

And the legs are purple too

[hard wave]

I kind of like hisuian lilligant (not enough to pull), tsareena is better tho imo

[lunar thistle]

50k is pity right

[tardy fiber]

36.6k

36.4k if you have paid gems

[lunar thistle]

I think I'll aim for 50k first

Because it's nice and round

[winged fossil]

if you want a round number, 40ks fine. 50k would be good too tho cause if you go to 50k, then almost guaranteed that +1 month is 2 pities

damnit pizza tower isnt on sale. prob skipping the halloween sale in favor of winter sale in a couple months.

[vernal glade]

I should make to my next pity next month.

[winged fossil]

if NCerena somehow isnt present in the mine nor any new/rerun pairs i might want, ||i might end up sending it on either unoVA or NCalem, dunno yet tho.||

[latent salmon]

mmmm i think im good this month if piers is the icon

[winged fossil]

yeah im most likely good for the month, just waiting to see pomaday rerun and HS banner

[tardy fiber]

We don't know about the others yet

[latent salmon]

i mean, i should be in the clear regardless of the icon

[winged fossil]

cause those are the most likely things that id be paying attention to

[latent salmon]

far too early for a new silver alt or a proton alt (bold of me to assume he's ever getting an alt)

[winged fossil]

i dont think a new serena alt would be happening when we just got ss serena rerun and are about to get ncerena rerun probs

[tardy fiber]

Yep probably hard for a variety base character to get an alt, its still not clear if they even rerun yet

Hope eeveelutions variety will finally rerunning

[vernal glade]

Im skipping that.

[tardy fiber]

So people can skip varieties if they are short on gems

As they do rerun

[winged fossil]

you mean a free skip set?

[lunar thistle]

I'm just trying to skip everything

But nnnnnnngh

[latent salmon]

||v!kris|| rerun is going to be a big weight off my shoulders no matter what i do

skip? at least ill know rerun will happen. pull? favemax is possible finally

[tardy fiber]

Varieties is hard for those that collect pairs based on region, like rocket variety poof 5 kanto and 3 kanto birbs MF too so 8 kanto on anniv yeah boiii

[latent salmon]

rocket was uhh

johto though

right

[winged fossil]

rockets present in both kanto and johto

[tardy fiber]

Oh so not much kanto

[hard wave]

Still giovanni ig

[latent salmon]

yes but the execs are johto.

wait is gioDON'T kant

kanti

kanto

[tardy fiber]

Yep giodon is kanto

[hard wave]

Yes

[tardy fiber]

So 4 kanto 4 johto perfectly balanced

[latent salmon]

pain for kanto and johto fans

[tardy fiber]

2 sinnoh

[winged fossil]

thankfully im not a regionmax or typemax player

[tardy fiber]

Legendary, mythical, UB max

[vernal glade]

Same, im not a region or type max also. ||Fox tho….||

[tardy fiber]

I gonna add paradox too because koraidon and miraidon are paradoxes

[latent salmon]

personally i just grab faves and run

[tardy fiber]

I gonna become so poor when paldea comes in droves but at least, i will finally have pairs to chase on reruns

[winged fossil]

if they do paldea MF duo of those two then thats prob -2 pity in december... thatd prob be whatd keep me from touching the current banners any further

[tardy fiber]

I hope its only Volo MF because it will only be 1 pair so easier to chase

[winged fossil]

imagine if volo gets variety'd

[latent salmon]

hopefully no nc in December... none of the regions left are completely safe for me other than sinnoh

[vernal glade]

I only have 1 hisui to chase and it isn’t even obtainable, yet. So I’m safe for a long while.

[tardy fiber]

If he comes with Giratina or Arceus, that will be the first variety pair i will pull the free rocket admin doesn't count as i didn't pull Archer, dena shove him to me

[winged fossil]

arceus is basically guaranteed MF material

[tardy fiber]

Unreleased pokemons on hisui that i need watch out are (exclude different form) : arceus, manaphy, phione, thundurus, enamorus, heatran, azelf, uxie

[sturdy flower]

the icon sure gives me hope of skip month before the next MF

[tardy fiber]

Im still not free, he wears black and white outfit and xurkitree is black and white

[unkempt vortex]

That doesn’t mean anything

[tardy fiber]

Well unless we already can see the datamine there's still chance

Also the other characters are still not shown still have chance to be legendary, mythical, UB, paradox

So still cannot fully say im skipping

[sturdy flower]

wonder if we will get the mysterious stone™️ reveal right away

or they make us wait another month

[tardy fiber]

I hope so

I already have 30+

Not sure why, it likes me

Got 1/2 stones everyday

[latent salmon]

you're taking away all my stones

i barely get any stones

[tardy fiber]

Im hoarding it, for my 71 faves

[hard wave]

I hope we get answers

Also the battle content and profile feature thing

[tardy fiber]

Sad that lodge missions stop giving gems once you level 100 your 20th lodge guest

Well at least i still got some interactions to do to get 1000 gems for 3k interactions

[hard wave]

If this month is smb I hv, I can finish it

19/22 atm

[tardy fiber]

Extra 1k gems for you

[vernal glade]

Oh wait I can get 300 this reset. But ya I’m capped on the lodge gems missions.

[tardy fiber]

I still have 3k interactions left

[vernal glade]

Well, time for me to come back here once in the middle of the datamine.

[tardy fiber]

Lodge gladion lets go

Free lodge guest

[broken mulch]

Woo hoo free stuff

[winged fossil]

lodge gladion hype

another fav coming to lodge

whats this?

is it just a new paid gem deal thing or

yay new qol for doing lv150s

i dont have to hear the voiceline like ten times over just to 150 someone

[tardy fiber]

But they do give different voiceline when finally unlock level 150 ... although others are the same for 141-149

[round mason]

qol is nice

[tardy fiber]

No faves for now

[round mason]

||1 fav.||

[vernal glade]

Still no favs, minus lodge fav.

[winged fossil]

uhoh.

i...might have a new fav...idk yet

||just guessing from artwork cause lowkey kinda... like penny a bit from what ive seen of her...||

[tardy fiber]

Grimsley buff, the power boost grid becomes way better

Okay seems like 0 fave...onwards to 100k+ gems

[round mason]

||ok so only 1 fave this month for me
good enough i suppose||

[tardy fiber]

Oh right still waiting who Gladion lodge will pair with

[vernal glade]

Predicting, 1st evolution.

[winged fossil]

what date is eevee day anyway

[tardy fiber]

Type:Null? Thats a fave

[vernal glade]

||Even tho if there’s Eevee, I’m still skipping Eevee.||

[tardy fiber]

Seems like there's NPC pair

The poke kid

Oh might be a variety just like Ball Guy, not sure it hasn't been specified

[round mason]

maybe a free pair?

[tardy fiber]

Hope so

[winged fossil]

it looks like egg eevees. if so pog

[tardy fiber]

Time to dump 3* move candies

[winged fossil]

more free stuff if so

cause i def dont see a 8-9 way gacha

[vernal glade]

The only things can remember that’s first stage gladion uses is Zorua, type null, and zubat.

[tardy fiber]

I will cry if i get 0 shiny again... there's 8 outcomes

[round mason]

zubat 🛐

[vernal glade]

If he gets Zorua….

[winged fossil]

Lodge Gladion & his Midnight Lycanroc is possible

[maiden kayak]

skipping month

[tardy fiber]

Valerie EX

[maiden kayak]

none of the units interest me one bit

[round mason]

i won

[tardy fiber]

Many girls this month though...elaine, penny, ss roxie

[winged fossil]

esp if no new poke model for his pair

who the hell asked for EX valerie?

[tardy fiber]

Kalos stan

[winged fossil]

literally who wanted that dena

[vernal glade]

Or sylveon fans.

[round mason]

me.

[tardy fiber]

Lol selene elio eeveelutions

[winged fossil]

i guess its good for like, the single to double digit people who use her unironically. but man, kinda disappointed in the pomaday ex

[tardy fiber]

Espeon umbreon

And a random red venusaur

[winged fossil]

||i think thats diancie diantha rerun for whoever was wanting it||

[tardy fiber]

I know there's someone here wanted scdiantha not sure about ssdiantha

[vernal glade]

||I see an Eevee, but I’m not going for it.||

[unkempt vortex]

No way

[winged fossil]

||NCerena rerun is real. time to finish my rerun list||

[unkempt vortex]

Elio and selene shafted

[round mason]

elio and selene alts found dead in a ditch

[tardy fiber]

Skip month, too many eevees

[vernal glade]

A skip month for me, good.

[winged fossil]

oh, and first variety rerun. people can not fomo varieties.

[tardy fiber]

Gonna hope lodge gladion is type:null cmon DeNa

[vernal glade]

Ya, hope so as well.

[winged fossil]

feel like absol woulda posted a type null model by now if that was it.

[tardy fiber]

Well i guess i can have fun with lodge gladion and Eve

[unkempt vortex]

Watch the male let’s go mc be variety

Or just never get released

[gray sail]

Nope, not tempting enough. Skip month.

[round mason]

skip for me mostly

[tardy fiber]

They are not ready to release another OP pikachu

Also i like that they changed all buddy move names

Resonating noble roar Ss N

[latent salmon]

wait they did?

lfg

[winged fossil]

wait what

[tardy fiber]

Yep in game mail

[round mason]

huh

[broken mulch]

Yeah there’s 2 news

1 for the update and the other for the b move renames

[round mason]

cool ig

[latent salmon]

this is big hype

[winged fossil]

on one hand its harder to identify them as b moves, on the other hand they just got 10x cooler

[latent salmon]

🅱️ is no more

[vernal glade]

Back to gem zen.

[hard wave]

I mean they still have a special name and the looks different

[tardy fiber]

Also Giodon and kanto birbs MF doesnt have B on their B move name

[grand bramble]

My god... This is an absolute worst

[latent salmon]

its so joever its not Shattering Triple Axel

[round mason]

what did gladion get for lodge btw

[grand bramble]

But still... atleast Ryuki can get out from NPC prison

[tardy fiber]

Still waiting for it

[winged fossil]

bruh. ||Gladion and Golbat, Support (No Role EX)||

just saw that in datamine channel

[latent salmon]

gladion join the golbat gang

[round mason]

a win for me

i love the crobat line

[winged fossil]

that was prob the one i didnt want him to get. but ill still be grinding him anyway.

[tardy fiber]

[round mason]

tf are those things for

[latent salmon]

we dk

[winged fossil]

do we know if ||eve|| is a free pair yet?

[fallen path]

according to pastebin, one of 'em looks to be free

[winged fossil]

cause its looking free to me

[fallen path]

do we have to spoiler the name too

lol

[tardy fiber]

Steel 3* gear

[winged fossil]

dunno if its part of a banner so, yeah

[pure arrow]

"Thieving Night Slash", not that bad actually

[fallen path]

i mean

looks like it's story

so free

[tardy fiber]

Whats this? I saw a fave

[winged fossil]

looking at twitter and... what the fuck is a mix scout

[tardy fiber]

Red Venusaur scout

[fallen path]

we'll know when we know

[winged fossil]

so confused on how itll differ from the others. is it gonna be as cringe as variety

[fallen path]

it's very eevee themed

[winged fossil]

🥚

[tardy fiber]

Im happy, its a skip month for now

[vernal glade]

Now to wait for the next datamine. So happy this is a skip month.

[winged fossil]

lol my friends reaction to this was "choose your fighter"

really happy that we're getting like 10 new f2p units out of this (8 eggs, 1 lodge, 1 npc(?))

[fallen path]

yeah, the npc is prob free

so that's 10

[round mason]

||took them long enough to make a scout that carries pity over||

[winged fossil]

oh, mix banner is new banner type that shares pity.

[fallen path]

even got a spotlight from this

[winged fossil]

thats cool.

[tardy fiber]

This is good, more eggmons is nice especially when im almost complete 5* all of my non eggmon pairs, time to move to shiny eggmons

Oh right there's 2 new pairs to 5*, eve and lodge gladion

[hard wave]

Eve would hv free PUs tho right?

[winged fossil]

usually pairs like that do yeah

altho not guaranteed

[vernal glade]

Time to save my interactions now I guess. Anyway, gonna grab my gems.

[tardy fiber]

I wont grab Eve copies, this is my chance to dump 3* move candies

Not like they have any other uses

[winged fossil]

yeah, 3* candies are so plentiful that it lets veterans just skip a step of new event pairs

[fallen path]

paid only. too good to be true lol

[winged fossil]

isnt guaranteed to be, but prob is. but then the question is, does that mean its a paid only unit type...?

[fallen path]

yeah, idk about the precedent of having units only behind paid gems

[tardy fiber]

I will skip mix red, in case a mix fave happens in the future

[winged fossil]

i hope its just a case of like how we have paid MF banners, hope that just means those paid banners become mix banners

[fallen path]

so here's the thing, how many of us are willing to only drop paid gems if its a fav?

[tardy fiber]

I will

[broken mulch]

Was excited for mix scouts but they’re paid only

[tardy fiber]

If it doesn't cost much

[fallen path]

cuz that's a slippery slope

[broken mulch]

Lame

[winged fossil]

depends on cost.

if its a full pity then hell no

[fallen path]

is hundreds of dollars worth it for a virtual thing

[tardy fiber]

Yep

[grand bramble]

That's good!! They increase the points in CS starting November

[tardy fiber]

If its like select scout with total of 3k or 5k or tiered cost of 7.5k or 10k, im willing

As long as its not full pity paid

[fallen path]

i fear it might be like a master fair paid gem only thing

[pure arrow]

Hoping there's new parameters that Zinnia can actually use for Flying damage
2.5K with her Dragon Ascent is alreadyv

[round mason]

paid only lol
fair enough

[tardy fiber]

Because even by buying 20 day orb deal, i will get 9k paid in 2 months so i can spend some paid gems especially when selects only happens 3 times a year

But if its costs 36.4k paid, thats shit

[grand bramble]

I don't think they said anything about parameter... Anyways... I wonder what the rewards are

[fallen path]

oh they are gonna extract those paid gems from ya lol

[winged fossil]

wouldnt it be 36.6k paid, do those even have dailies? the mf ones

[fallen path]

as i said, slippery slope with having units exclusively paywalled

[tardy fiber]

Cake banner doesnt have dailies

[pure arrow]

If they don't even add new parameters then I'm just gonna use Summer Liza smh
not willingly though; I like her, don't get me wrong, but being forced to use her instead of a top fave is a tad demoralizing

[grand bramble]

Mix scout is for paid only... But what's the benefit??

[unkempt vortex]

Scout points carry

That’s it

[grand bramble]

Oh

If the banner ends... The scout point will carry to the next one

[unkempt vortex]

Can’t wait for everyone to fall for it

[grand bramble]

why lol

[tardy fiber]

But i not gonna pull on this mix red, i might pull in the future if there's legendary, mythical, UB in it

[round mason]

my only is problem with mix is
its paid.

[pure arrow]

Paid gems only, that's a massive yikes actually

[grand bramble]

Ahhh I see

[fallen path]

i hope your wallet can afford it, mate

[unkempt vortex]

Go broke for gacha

[tardy fiber]

Do we know the cost yet like how many gems per pull?

[pure arrow]

I think I might just take a Variety Zinnia over this

[round mason]

spending money to get 1 character huh
where have i seen it before

[fallen path]

we'll know on halloween

[unkempt vortex]

The png always worth

Trust

[fallen path]

but i am assuming 3k paid for 11x scout

but there's a limit to scouting, so who really knows

[tardy fiber]

Well i can afford 71 faves before and still have 81k gems now, also November looks like a skip so i can reach 100k+ for December

There's this too

Number of times per day

Seems to limit daily pulls

[fallen path]

i mean, you have to make your individual choice with how much you are willing to spend, vantner

but as i said, i don't like scouts available only for paid gems

[tardy fiber]

Yep i limit spending orb bundle every 20 days

Way cheaper than most others out there

And i formed 9k paid gems every 2 months

So 54k paid gems a year

[fallen path]

if you get 2 favs back to back from those scouts you can't afford the guarantee

but tbh, i don't see your favs being in these scouts

[tardy fiber]

They doesn't even appear on variety

[fallen path]

that's a good thing

[tardy fiber]

Yep surprisingly its 2 consecutive skip months

For legendary, mythical, UB, paradox collector

Only that anabel entei is sus for now

[hard wave]

I hope its a good gem count

[grand bramble]

Oh... I just realised... We didnt get Gladion new outfit

Usually... When this sync pair will come as lodge pair... they will have a banner

[tardy fiber]

Is there a Gio banner this month?

[round mason]

i domt think

[tardy fiber]

But there's Gio lodge

Im happy for lodge gladion, more poison for my preparation of poison HS

[dark cliff]

☠️ DeNA making it real hard to not spend gems this patch

[violet nebula]

DEnA not giving gems anymore❤️‍🔥

[dark cliff]

Also Pokémon company should hire whoever it is that designs the SS outfits in this game for the main lines

Cause Neo champions look boss

And SS Alola folks do too

[dark cliff]

Yeah… ☠️☠️

[unkempt vortex]

Sub 20k gem month is real trust

[tardy fiber]

Oh the mix scout lineup will change every six months

Better people just wait for the sixth month and select which of the pairs they wanted in it by that time

[round mason]

eggmons look great
I GET TO HAVE GRASSY TERRAIN AUGHHHH

[tardy fiber]

I gonna focus on grabbing shiny sandshrew, diglett and machop first

[grand bramble]

hang on....variety red cannot be obtain with free gems?

(stupid question)

[rare swan]

correct

paid gems only as far as we can see

[grand bramble]

.............

WHAT!!!!

HOW DID THEY

i mean......argghhhh

[upbeat lotus]

Battle Pass in poma fr fr

[grand bramble]

ur kidding me

im done fr

[grand bramble]

i...dont want to hear this lol

[vernal glade]

Oh no. ||I won’t be able to pull a Mix N in the future.||

[grand bramble]

dont worry.....Mix scout sucks......for now

[vernal glade]

I agree.

[tardy fiber]

They are in theme orbs area?

[vernal glade]

Well im saving staminas so I can’t check where else they drop.

[tardy fiber]

Okie i already checked, they are in all training areas except sync orbs and evo stones

[grim plover]

Wtf is this paid only banner

I'm done, not gonna buy gems for this

[cunning swan]

rip, i can never be "novemberninth has all Kantrio EX" anymore

mix scout kills my collection

[tardy fiber]

I just gonna keep buying 20 day orb bundle, but gonna skip this mix scout for now because MixRed aint a fave

Oh i will spend 1k paid gems this month, gonna buy the 2 egg passes for eevee eggmons... probably worth it as each one of em have zones/terrains/weathers

[tardy jolt]

Very much a zzzz datamine, on we go saving for December and the inevitable MFs

[winged fossil]

... ||-3k gems just now, when was about to go -36k... ok, im being rewarded big time for my recent saving||

gonna be skipping all the new stuff btw, after looking at pair summary

the new units just dont interest me enough kitwise out of ones i woulda been interested in

[tardy fiber]

The eevee eggmons are nice

First wish eggmon

Fairy wish, dark wish

Ice wish

[winged fossil]

i have a dark zone now. and will have two with the eggmons hopefully. which is nice.

[tardy fiber]

Now i just hope that November has lots of gems, because i rarely have a skip month so might as well skip in big gems month

[winged fossil]

||gonna have plenty of fun with the frogs, ontop of the eevee eggmons and such||
...also happy that og leaf is getting crit buffs.

that factor was a big part of why she wasnt getting too much use for me, not having any crit at all.

[tardy fiber]

Oh right you need another frog

Ncserena rerun

[winged fossil]

yeah, ended up ||grabbing calem tonight|| since it was a fullskip month excluding ncerena, so i was fine with rewarding my excessive savings

picked that one out of my two currently-running options

now that i know im going into this skip month with over 2 pities, i feel 100% safe for anything december can throw at me even including if ncerena shafts me

gonna be close to 3 pity by time ncerena drops

who knows, maybe ill reach 100k by end of the year if i get lucky on her and skip december too

||really freaking happy that the last 3 MFs havent been shafts, leaving in the 4 digits each. its a nice change of pace for my peace of mind being able to keep emptying my lists and hopefully keep that rerun list empty||

||ofc im expecting the -36.6k any time i touch a banner.||

[tardy fiber]

Oh the mix pickup banner pity only 300 points and 10 pulls cost 1000 paid gems

At least they made it cheaper than normal banner

[winged fossil]

so thats what, 10k if the point scaling is the same per unit seen?

its still cringe that it sounds like theyre introducing paid-only units

[oak crest]

Still cost 10k paid for guaranteed spark though...

[tardy fiber]

Yep but still better than cake banner, i thought it will be 36k paid gems like it

[oak crest]

Unless 1 multi gives < 30 pts

Personally I will say wait til the banner drops before giving judgement though, don't know if they hidden any nasty surprises

[tardy fiber]

Although its still a skip for me this time but if they put my faves behind it well i did spend 10k paid gems before for sc pokewar tiered select

[oak crest]

Inb4 0.4 rates

[tardy fiber]

Better just grab in the sixth month, as it will change lineup every six month as this month is mixred, next month probably mixred+someone, then month after mixred+someone+someone2

Based on the wordings its like that

After sixth month it will have new lineup

[oak crest]

Well if I ever pull

I will only pull if my faves is in it

[tardy fiber]

Yep

Same

For now no fave

[oak crest]

Not gonna stack points pulling on the previous pair that I have 0 interest in

[spring ginkgo]

||i have 10 k gems now and i need a game plan to get the units in following priority NC Selene or NC Elio (FUTURE) diantha and diancie ss morty and nc serena. Need teams for ebe and practically anyway to save up. Its probably unrealistic to hit pity for all but just a large enuf sum to have a very decent chance||

[tardy fiber]

Thats a lot of pair

[oak crest]

That's potentially 3 mf pairs right there

Since NC are all mf

[tardy fiber]

ssdiantha, ssmorty are in this month iirc

[spring ginkgo]

December is coming

[tardy fiber]

Kalos VA rerun + ssmorty in fire hs banner

[oak crest]

Next month is almost certain that it will be a new region NC event

[spring ginkgo]

And im actually fine if i dont get NC serena

Wait do i spoiler datamine units?

Or like future banners?

[oak crest]

Datamine units yea

[tardy fiber]

Future banners doesn't need spoiler

It probably wont happen

Like Ive been waiting years for Oak alt

[oak crest]

[tardy fiber]

But if you ask about pulling units this month, might be better in #poma-questions ...mostly the answers here are save or skip

[oak crest]

I'm kinda glad cerena is getting support for ex role

Might have went for her if it was striker

[tardy fiber]

Oh really? To compensate for nccalem cake role

[oak crest]

Support ain't really good with striker or tech roles tbh

Unless they have decent offensive stats (which majority don't)

[winged fossil]

Decided to grab this thing for the first time tonight.

Figured should start piling for new years a bit early

[oak crest]

or pile up for next anni selects

At the rate they are going

[winged fossil]

Yeah depends on what new years has

[oak crest]

Next anni prob have even more selects too

[tardy fiber]

Good move, new year selects usually costs 5k paid

[oak crest]

I won't be surprised if next anni has variety select tho

[tardy fiber]

Yep, they already taken the first step with eeveelutions variety rerun

[oak crest]

By then we would have a considerable amount of variety banner units too

[tardy fiber]

I might grab if cheap, but probably those original pairs like ball guy and rocket admin

I dont want lazy same shirt different pokemons varieties unless faves

[oak crest]

[tardy fiber]

Although i not gonna candy em

But if variety lodge guest ever happens, it will be them

[winged fossil]

I’m just glad that I can feel this safe where I can just do whatever and be fine. Wonder what the gem count will be like. Either way I’m glad we are getting good number of free things this month, especially the fact these eggs are getting zones

https://tenor.com/view/espeon-pokemon-cute-happy-im-glad-youre-here-gif-17818426

[oak crest]

Oh yeah the zones are a nice addition

[winged fossil]

Playable espeon without having to pay gems is a nice bonus for me

Especially when it means dodging variety

[tardy fiber]

Eve is nice too, her gameplay is like oak with swift unfurtuitous