Resource Saving Support (Gem Zen)

[vestal leaf]

And it was still free to playable

Even tho it required bullshit rng for it

[hard wave]

They give no gems at all????

[drifting dagger]

Did people here legit expected grusha and iono of al people to be spotloghts?

It's like coping for ash rerun

[sturdy plank]

i need their levels of copium

[vernal glade]

26k? Alright so back to 4 pities next month.

[lost bobcat]

That's a bad start for the new year
So... looks like they're bringing down the yearly average to 25k
How boring

[drifting dagger]

For example, if it was Katy or Brassius then I would have said the same, but jesus...

Grusha is popular, and he is liked a lot, and Iono...

Iono of all people was NEVER gonna be a spotlight.

[drifting dagger]

Not really, tbf... 26k is far from bad

[vernal glade]

Now if it was like, 18k, ya that’s, very bad.

[drifting dagger]

Yeah, 26k is solid

[crude glacier]

grusha a girl

[drifting dagger]

No, grusha is a guy.....

[crude glacier]

?

what

cap

[drifting dagger]

?

He's still a great character

[crude glacier]

no way

[vernal glade]

I should check February Gem count, this years.

[crude glacier]

its a man

[crude glacier]

thatll only be available in a month

so its waiting time

yet again

[junior trout]

always has been

[drifting dagger]

Being a man means nothing lol, look at N and Volo for example

[crude glacier]

this game is a waiting game

[drifting dagger]

Both are guys, and they are great chars

[crude glacier]

?

I never said I didnt like it because it was a man

I just thought it was a girl

[drifting dagger]

Ah my bad then

[crude glacier]

hm

it feels like haku

same feeling

[oak crest]

i legit thought he's a female

since I never played the mainline game after US/UM

[crisp oracle]

I thought Bede was a girl for the longest time

[oak crest]

i somehow still can see bede as a guy

maybe b/c how "aggressive" he looks

he has that imma fight u anytime face

[lost bobcat]

Oh well we can consider good a lot of things
But I'm looking foward to plan my spendings and seeing that the last two
Jan were above 30k just feels bad because Dena already lowered this year average monthly gem
If the average stays at 28k we have exactly 10 guaranteed pities at year (and for me means I can get all the new mfairs)

[drifting dagger]

Eh, I'm personally ok with 26k, it's legit what I expected, and last month was also pretty much ok

[crisp oracle]

If you lower your expectations you can’t be disappointed

[maiden kayak]

thats why yall should have saved before the gem count started going down

[oak crest]

skip month for me anw ||not including 1 of the selects||

[maiden kayak]

now it feels harder to save because of diminishing gem count

[oak crest]

Grusha got me interested initially, then when I saw his grid its a no

[crisp oracle]

Wait the kits are on PoMaTools?

[oak crest]

serebii

u can see what titles but not the layout

if u cant even find the title u want u don't even need the layout

[crisp oracle]

I knew that but I thought it was on PoMA tools

[oak crest]

[lost bobcat]

Yes and no, accepting one thing doesn't mean you're ok with it imo
Starting lower in jan compared to last year means Dena could be targeting 25k as average
24,4k i think it's my lowest acceptable point (yearly average, I don't care about single months)

[maiden kayak]

i can see rika being field

[crisp oracle]

Oh of course. But I’ve learned to not have it break my day

I’ve just learned to save harder

[maiden kayak]

aint no way closire is a sprint

[hard wave]

Whats wrong w it? Not interested in any of the new units personally, all ik is || he’s an ice zone support, and I have irida already ||

[oak crest]

||no mpr, same problem as irida||

[crisp oracle]

||Iono’s much better than Grusha by far if we’re looking at pure meta||

[oak crest]

im greedy yeah

[oak crest]

i dont like that char

insta skip

not even looking at the kit

[tardy jolt]

Personally any unit with a two turn move is a bore, add that avalanche is also a protect style move and I’m zzz

[crisp oracle]

As of now the only unit with avalanche is Wulfric

[lost bobcat]

Yeah, but is getting harder, even more when most of my pulls are pities
I reached 0 gems for the first time since day1 (actually 3k but still low)
That's why I care a lot abt average and I'm uncomfortable looking on how much they're pushing on lightspenders (units released few months ago and already in selects)

[tardy jolt]

Tbh, the 5/5 grids are good, but they are really pushing it this time, the rest of their grids look so mid

[tardy jolt]

Grusha’s buddy move is avalanche, which is

I’m saving for the .5 anniversary, just grabbing the usual selects, which are very good this time around, despite the horrible decision of shrinking them

Tbh the game is starting to feel very grabby

[oak crest]

it is, they also raised select prices too

☠️

[lilac crescent]

I'm at 27k now and Gloria's coming soon but the 4.5 anniversary is gonna come up soon in February...

[tardy jolt]

If you’re talking about the Cinderace alt, it’s in a select

[drifting dagger]

Save

[hard wave]

[drifting dagger]

Most likely cuz of mix existing

Take that into account

[sweet tide]

OVERALL TALLY FOR V2.40 (1 January - 30 January)
Gems = 29000
Strike Candy Coin = 10
Tech Candy Coin = 10
Support Candy Coin = 12
Sprint Candy Coin = 7
Field Candy Coin = 7
Move Candy Coin = 4
Strike Roll Cake Coin = 8
Tech Roll Cake Coin = 8
Support Roll Cake Coin = 8
Sprint Roll Cake Coin = 8
Field Roll Cake Coin = 8
5⭐ Power-up = 16
BP = +3100 (tally is at 1220, R10)

General Scout Tickets = 193
Kanto Tickets = 5
Johto Tickets = 0
Hoenn Tickets = 0
Sinnoh Tickets = 95
Unova Tickets = 5
Kalos Tickets = 5
Alola Tickets = 5
Galar Tickets = 5

Gem Count from 1 January 2024 - 30 January 2024
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/893411915638923264/1189243189299789945/V2400_Jan24_GC.jpeg?ex=659d7407&is=658aff07&hm=75aa2c7e387d34bc2b52b5d6be23b320d77f2ff1c1749c1c18c29d6d554a9ace&

Daily Gem Count Breakdown from 1 January 2024 - 30 January 2024
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/893411915638923264/1189243283164102737/V2400_Jan24_DGCB.jpeg?ex=659d741d&is=658aff1d&hm=77db9641cd49f6684adbffeda847d46128eaa2e93c5657bed9be096284e4e75b&

Daily Gem Count & Gems Left Till 30 January 2024
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/893411915638923264/1189243369231224893/V2400_Jan24_DGC.png?ex=659d7432&is=658aff32&hm=c32f844ae4795fb2c1b17644f7c5cc2895662095b79572bdec13a5f5375e3229&

@lofty relic

[drifting dagger]

Yeah, solid amount imo

Also

Is this the first round count we have?

[sweet tide]

V2.6 (March 2021) 27000

[lilac crescent]

That's alot ngl.

[drifting dagger]

Ah

Lmao

[drifting dagger]

26k is a solid count, but definitely not a lot lmao, a lot is like... 30k+

[lilac crescent]

I'd consider anything above 40k alot

[crisp oracle]

Thank you @sweet tide for the hard work

[lost bobcat]

And the average month was below 23k
That's why I was worried of having such a bad start

[lilac crescent]

@sweet tide How did you even get this?

[sweet tide]

get what

[lilac crescent]

This and everything below it.

[sweet tide]

datamine? pls refer to #datamines

[drifting dagger]

By checking the game files

[lilac crescent]

I see...

[sweet tide]

V2.16 (January 2022) 30860 + 2960BP
V2.28 (January 2023) 31170 + 3040BP
V2.40 (January 2024) 26000 + 3100BP

[drifting dagger]

I'm personally ok with 26k

[crisp oracle]

it isn't bad

last two months felt slow

[drifting dagger]

Uh

I felt like december was fast lmao

[summer goblet]

as long as you skip

its fine

my f2p gems will be safe

but my paid gems though

[sweet tide]

dec was draggy in btwn

but not as bad as oct/nov lol

[fallen path]

Oof 26k to ring off the new year

[drifting dagger]

Eh, oct/nov was also fine for what it had tbh

[sweet tide]

400 gems go into v2.41 btw cos of the cut off

[drifting dagger]

That is why someone from reddit said 26.4?

[sweet tide]

yup

grusha has 4 days of log in bonus in feb (v2.41)

[drifting dagger]

Oh

[lost bobcat]

https://tenor.com/view/april-fools-joke-dog-its-fine-this-is-not-gif-16757454

[drifting dagger]

So it clashes against palentines?

[sweet tide]

if u mean by double log in bonus then yes

iono and grusha's event log in bonus also clashes

[drifting dagger]

Tbf, it is actually fine.

You never need any unit, outside favs and all

[drifting dagger]

Well, that one sure, since it's in the same month lol

But yeah, you get me

[hard wave]

What would even be a bad gem count

[lost bobcat]

So if we get to 10k avrg you're still fine?

[hard wave]

Because it seems like 24k has been the minimal? For 2022-2023 atleast

[drifting dagger]

No? Lmao

Never hinted at that

[lost bobcat]

Btw I do understand the we don't need to pull
But there are different goals
And mine is screwed if we go below 28

[drifting dagger]

26k is still solid and fine.

10k is just straight up absurd

[unkempt vortex]

This is the year for sub 20k trust

[drifting dagger]

Nah, I legit doubt we are going under 20k

[lost bobcat]

Ye I don't think they're going below 25 avrg but we never know
Maybe they're holding something big for fifth anni which should be a great milestone

[drifting dagger]

Maybe tera?

Like

Gmax was around the same time, so

[lost bobcat]

Ye
Also they better push on Paldea now that we got last dlc before ppl lose interest/attachment
So hope we can get the Legendary adventure unit and some paldean genpool

[drifting dagger]

Legendary adventures are done so uh, idk

As for gen poll

They have to for tickets and the regional daily battle

[lost bobcat]

Hope it's before anni, got almost 6k genpool tickets to dump
Saving the regional ones for 2026

[fallen path]

More scout tickets to save for me

[sand crown]

26k should put me back in position for half anni so happy there at least

[drifting dagger]

If you want more, do lodge

[drifting dagger]

Uh, why... 2026...?

[fallen path]

Is this game even gonna be available in 2026

[drifting dagger]

With paldea and hisui in the mix, I think yeah lol

[fallen path]

I mean, it depends on the gem counts, game fatigue, etc

New playable content

That sorta thing

[sand crown]

Asking the real questions

Also, they can always go back to the well with other popular units as we know

[vestal leaf]

I think Poma is 100% not ending before 2026

[tawny cedar]

Should I save up Google rewards points for the master's day 1k deal
Theoretically in about a year I could have enough for a select

[tardy jolt]

The sad thing is that if they re run the Red and Cynthia event and kept the regular rewards, we’d be almost at 30k

[drifting dagger]

Also, I hope not, but 2025 should have gen10, so.......

[lost bobcat]

Bcs I wait to miss a good amount of genpool units
So I hope in 2024 genpool update to get them all with the general tickets
Then I give 2 years (or more) to use the others
The regional are ticky when you are missing only one unit so I wait for more

[drifting dagger]

Ah

I see your point lmao

[lost bobcat]

Darach eluded me for 2 years
Burning regional tickets

[drifting dagger]

I basically did the same for like

Colress and Melony

[maiden kayak]

lol this is exactly the reason why dena limiting gem pool units

[drifting dagger]

Also on why there are more limiteds

[maiden kayak]

yea

they know ppl are saving tix

[tardy jolt]

I mean, at this point I see them doing spotlights just because they release them with the paid version

[maiden kayak]

huh

they do but very rare

[drifting dagger]

The issue is, lots still skip that too

[fallen path]

Nah they release more variety to mess with the player base fomo

[drifting dagger]

Cuz they have this stupid it will end up in gen poll mindset

Like, who gives a shit if it does

You want a spotlight? PULL

[fallen path]

Variety units make em money

[drifting dagger]

No one gonna kill you

[fallen path]

And they get to be lazy bums and not do sync move animations

[drifting dagger]

The ones like ball guy or admins sure

Others... eh

[tardy jolt]

I mean, at least it’s still something

[maiden kayak]

but they definitely dont do often

[drifting dagger]

Eh, not really if lots skip it

[lost bobcat]

I wait a 2k select for fav
That's how I got Sonia

[maiden kayak]

each new unit requires casting

and casting aint cheap

[crude glacier]

alright guys, after seeing the gem count and the way its distributed, is it a solid month?

26K is average

slighly above

[drifting dagger]

Imo, yes

[crude glacier]

but is it a good month for january

[drifting dagger]

Nothing too bad

[fallen path]

Worse than last year, but similar to the last few months

[crude glacier]

I think the only annoying part is putting so many interesting units

[tardy jolt]

Lower than the past two by about 4k, but in line with the new trends

[crude glacier]

to kind of lure us

[hard wave]

I assume those who want to pull, but now they prob wont put more popular characters in gen pool

[maiden kayak]

that is honestly skill issue

[crude glacier]

new unit counts went down too right? its only 4 this month

[maiden kayak]

just dont give in to fomo

[drifting dagger]

My argument doesn't take popular or not in account btw, like...

Example

[hard wave]

And if someone isnt that popular but gets a limited unit, they atleast have a good kit usually

[maiden kayak]

jan units technically arent broken

[tardy jolt]

The new units are all mid, unless they are a fave you should not even consider them

[drifting dagger]

You like lenora? Pull her

[drifting dagger]

? Iono is FAR from mid lol

[crude glacier]

bro

gem save channel

[drifting dagger]

She's an incredible support

[crude glacier]

is blacephalon mid?

its another fire type

[drifting dagger]

It was an example

[hard wave]

Yeah ofc, I just mean she prob isnt super popular so not many people will pull

[maiden kayak]

they arent superbly broken

[drifting dagger]

The issue is, spotlights in general don't really get pulled

[maiden kayak]

and now that gems are coming leaser and lesser

its better to pirotise future units

[drifting dagger]

No matter how popular they are

[crude glacier]

exactly

[hard wave]

[crude glacier]

I'd say if you have sst red

[maiden kayak]

i can see a few ways a unit can powercreep iono for eg

[crude glacier]

you should save for 4.5 anni

[drifting dagger]

Eh, if it's a fav

Who cares if she gets powercrept

[crude glacier]

iono is pretty cute, but her pokemon is mid

[maiden kayak]

ya if its fav its diff

[drifting dagger]

Yeah

[maiden kayak]

but having fav must have standards

dont just pull without standards

thats just a gem sink

[drifting dagger]

Which is quite hard here apparently, I noticed it a lot recently in salt chat

[maiden kayak]

[lost bobcat]

Popularity and role is weird in PoMa
I mean we got amazing popular and stong genpiol units lately (Sonia, Courtney, Shauna)

[tardy jolt]

She’s a middling to good support in an over saturated type and with better (and cheaper) alternatives in the selects coming. If she’s not a fave, no reason to consider her

[drifting dagger]

Eh, I see what you mean, but I don't really agree

Sure, nc blue is better, but she's still very good

[hard wave]

Tbh, unless there’s something type based like rebuff or wtz support type doesnt matter

[hard wave]

True

[ashen thunder]

Support type matter

Their weakness

If support is ground weak

It means useless unit

With all the bulldoze and EQ in modern content

[hard wave]

[drifting dagger]

Yep

[crude glacier]

thats a nerf for the pikas

[drifting dagger]

Btw

||There are any new paid deals?||

[summer goblet]

Back on top again and now ready to save for 2 more months

[vestal leaf]

I think it's better put this way

Her uniqueness is her added DPS with her pretty insane buddy.

Which works mostly on type, which puts her in competition with NC blue and other electr enablers, which means her utility out of electr weak is basically sameish as penny with less perks for full team offtyping, meaning you could probably be using much better ontype supports or much better offtype enablers

Instead of her

She's still really good tho, just nothing crazy insane

Like, a big w if she's fave imo

[tardy jolt]

I pretty much agree, thanks for elaborating on my previous message

[tawny cedar]

Is it worth saving Google points for the master's day deals

The 3$ for 1k paids seems really nice to get once every 2-3 months

[tardy jolt]

Isn’t it better to go for the 3k bundle, at that point?

Idk how much that is in USD, but my deal is 3,99€ and it’d give you significantly more gems, on top of the (useless) sync orbs

[drifting dagger]

Imo, yes

But the issue is

When will the app give you surveys? Lmao

[tawny cedar]

true

if it aint enough ill just spend the points on coc

[lost bobcat]

The 3k daily deal is always the best

If you wanna spend something get that bundle
Anything else is just worse

I'm also using google points for that

[drifting dagger]

Oh ye

Forgot the 3k one LMAO

[shadow garden]

I have 40k gems (I don't pay). Should I go for rosa? I will definitely pull for sst red but I'm not sure if i'll go for rosa as well

Should I save for February and 4.5 anni?

[sand crown]

You only can guarantee one of those units with your current gem count. Be absolutely positive you’re willing to go up to pity

[shadow garden]

yeah

[sand crown]

We don’t know what’s coming then so it’s up to you. I’d go with mega faves only

[shadow garden]

maybe I'll wait for February datamine to come out first

[sand crown]

The half anni stuff won’t be known until end of February’s datamine so you will miss out on Rosa and Red should you not pull

[shadow garden]

but both of them are pretty decent

[sand crown]

Keep in mind we will be getting gems throughout that time. Might have enough for another pity

[shadow garden]

i can't make up my mind

[shadow garden]

agree

[sand crown]

My suggestion is watch videos and showcases and where do you have a bigger need. Very different roles they play

[shadow garden]

k

thank you

[sand crown]

Personally I think Red is easier to use and a better investment but yeah that all depends on you and your current roster

[tawny cedar]

the one with instant 1k and 20x 100?

i think i can get it but need to get lucky with surveys

need like 100 more before august or ones that give more points

[warm scarab]

Generally speaking for MF. If I plan to pull, is it good to daily until last day then pull?

[crude glacier]

watch out for dailies

they can accumulate very quickly

rosa for instance will be present for over a month

so just dailying everyday would be over 3K gems

what Im trying to say is, make sure you have enough gems by then if you're going to do it

[crude glacier]

for the mods: dont forget to update the pins with this

[lofty relic]

i don't have pin rights anymore sorry Tlim
but added to Summary!

[broken mulch]

Oh huh gems is a nice round number?

[crude glacier]

Sorry for bothering but, if you could, it'd be nice to have the 3rd image Tlim posted as well, since it shows how many gems we can get daily and till the end.
Thanks for everything btw, its super helpful

[lofty relic]

sure thing, thanks

[crude glacier]

thanks

[round mason]

26k cool.

[lost bobcat]

No, dailies on mfairs are a waste (don't look at ppl gettin in dailies they usually burn shittons of paids on multiple banners every day)
You can do few dailies to mathematically close the pity but that's all
Save paid gems for select scouts or mix, dailies are getting less valuable

[uneven pewter]

Man

If there’s proof on Ash never rerunning

There you have it

[hasty umbra]

good

[feral vale]

We kinda knew tbh

[hasty umbra]

RIP Team Rocket tho, even tho they suck

[rare swan]

[grim plover]

save so you can secure Liko in the next anime colab

[crisp oracle]

now bugscy has no excuse

[feral vale]

Yeah, he’s just in rerun hell

[uneven pewter]

It’s more about the lack of grids

And the pipedream of them getting some love to make then somewhat less then blasting off again tier

[hasty umbra]

https://tenor.com/view/team-rocket-blasting-off-again-pokémon-were-blasting-off-again-blasting-off-gif-15107382336512354561

[crisp oracle]

didn't they get EXs?

first EX without a grid

[uneven pewter]

They just need to rerun them on ash’s retirement anniversary

[broken mulch]

The truth we all knew but didn’t really believe in lol

Ash never rerunning

[untold tide]

Notably that means he's not getting an EXRole

[feral vale]

None of them have it.

[crisp oracle]

oh

I thought they did; I got baited by a fan edit

[feral vale]

You could also check the tracker

[crisp oracle]

you're right

speaking of the devil I need to update it

[timber wren]

ask me how i know

[robust plaza]

How you know?

[rare swan]

He carries

[grim plover]

on time for ash, too late for the anime mvps

[tardy fiber]

Sorry im late, thanks for the gem calcs Tlim after seeing this i can resist temptation||to get 2/5 wallace|| as 6 field coins for a month aint that bad, only need 3 months plus to form field candy

[oak crest]

huh, 7 of each cake coins

so it means we are getting 1 of each extra from an event or smth

[upbeat lotus]

I assume ||the special Iono's event||

Or ask Tlim

[exotic sparrow]

From NY login bonus

[upbeat lotus]

[dark oar]

yay. finally get Field and Sprint Candy on Jan 1st o/

[upbeat lotus]

Wait 1 on day 11 is truly moment

[dark oar]

ooof

[storm canyon]

how many gems are left this month?

[upbeat lotus]

Check the second pin

[summer goblet]

Speaking of which

Now that Clair arrives

Does God ever bleed?

Muhahahaha

[maiden kayak]

Fav list left
Malva
Gym Marnie
Prof Burnett( Poke radar outfit)
Alexa
Mars
Jupiter
Shelly
Dahalia
Klara
Geeta
Rika
Mela
Dendra
Raifort
Arezu
Mai
Carmine
Lacey
Briar

[wind nymph]

Hi, I managed to pull ||NC Rosa|| at 330 pity, I am unsure whether to pursue the dupe at 6600 more gems, or to save up for the upcoming sync pairs. I have 22k gems left, and am hoping to pick up ||SST Red||, but also understand the importance of saving a plentiful amount of gems for 4.5 anni, I was hoping for some advice whether to go to pity on ||NC Rosa|| or not

[prime quarry]

If you're looking to get ||SST Red|| and/or hold gems for the 4.5 anni, I wouldn't go for pity

[lost bobcat]

Those 6k can come in clutch
I would save

[winged fossil]

just saying but prob should be spoilering at minimal character names here that match current or upcoming banners. ||text|| > ||text||

to help reduce temptation from fellow zenners

[wind nymph]

There we go

[prime quarry]

Thanks for reminding me too Rhythm

[wind nymph]

Ty for the advice, I'll save

I think new characters will be more valuable than dupes

[prime quarry]

You can always candy for dupes, but you can't candy a new pair from 0

[storm canyon]

So... I'm just a couple thousand away (2-4k) from reaching pity if I were to pull for sst

Should I try to get him even with the missing gems for pity?

[winged fossil]

if you cant get pity then easy skip

[lost bobcat]

No guarantee = no pull
Also it's a mfair, 1% are hard to get

[winged fossil]

even if it was 10% id still not risk it, i know how flopsided rng can be

[lost bobcat]

Plus now we know mfairs are getting solid reruns there's no need to risk

[tardy fiber]

Save pity amount first before attempting anything , although MF rates are harsh as its 1%, other banners are also similar ...well there's not much difference between 1% and 2% featured rate, its between 99% of not getting the pair you want and 98%

[upbeat lotus]

I had to pity for 2% rate twice, so yeah the difference is not too significant

[tardy fiber]

You are luckier than me, i think its already 6 for me

[upbeat lotus]

[tardy fiber]

Or maybe because i attempt more banners

[lost bobcat]

Back to back 2pfairs n 3mfairs
Third anni just erased two years of savings

[tardy fiber]

So i got pity often

[lilac crescent]

I can't wait to save up for gems...

[tardy fiber]

Im lucky the master's 8 anniversary is full of non faves, i carried that month's gems for months ahead

But galar birbs and kanto birbs wiped out 2 and half pities each

Ironically both birbs trio costs the same

Well it can be 3 pities, so i am kinda lucky

[prime quarry]

I've had to pity at least 5 MFs, maybe more

[lost bobcat]

In total half of them (got all so far)
So yeah 1% is really bad
The only positive thing are the easy 5* units, usually I get the new genpool ones during those times

[tardy fiber]

I guess maybe i need to consider skipping some pokefair faves if needed, seeing some recent pokefairs appears in upcoming 5k select does stings a bit

5k paid is still cheaper than 36.6k free for me

Well thats if worse comes to worse, i still have 96k gems currently so im fine for now

[lost bobcat]

I'm revaluing my plans
As it was before those new pricy scouts #1010275375730925638 message

[tardy fiber]

I didn't expect that they put penny and elaine in select so soon, my mind is still fresh about them...i thought maybe they will pop in half anni, kinda stings if someone had to pity them before especially if they have access to paid gems

[lost bobcat]

Also if they keep lowering gems and putting those units on selects 2 months after release, I'll never pull pokefair ever again

[tardy fiber]

True

[lost bobcat]

The 3k bundle is able to sustain a full mix pity and multiple scouts

[tardy fiber]

Like we getting 9k paid in 2 months anyway

[lost bobcat]

Including 5k

[tardy fiber]

And iirc there will be another batch of selects in half anni or run up to half anni

Seasonal select but it doesn't include new year so ||i had to pull for wallace anyway||

Iirc its till xmas

[lost bobcat]

Last year half anni was low, like we had that random pokefair whatever

[tardy fiber]

But there's a free lodge select iirc

Seeing recent months are all non pokefair lodge guests, they might offer us free lodge fair select again but without changing the pool

For half anni

[lost bobcat]

But 4th anni was huge, lot of 3k selects
5 in total iirc, three seasonals and two other pokefairs

[tardy fiber]

I hope its champion select instead, i could pick free lance or diantha

[tardy fiber]

Yep also due to sc select first appearance

[lost bobcat]

Yep

[vernal glade]

Oh right, we got a free ticket during February of this year right?

[tardy fiber]

Hope variety select appear soon

[tardy fiber]

Yep free fair lodge guest select

I pick Cynthia iirc

Or N

4/5 N probably

Cynthia from free fair during ash introduction

[lost bobcat]

Imagine if they're adding so many genpool pairs in Lodge only to not give us new units in that free select

Last 6 lodge units are f2p, wonder what's their plan

[vernal glade]

I wonder what ticket they doing this time in February next year.

[tardy fiber]

They will continue till after half anni

[tardy fiber]

I hope its free champion select, well if its another lodge fair...4/5 gloria here i come

Oh right that is kinda not bad, haymaker and defense crush 9

[lost bobcat]

Quite huge

[tardy fiber]

True, hope its free lodge select

Hurm pomatools not yet updated with latest pairs, i want to fiddle with grids

[maiden kayak]

do we get more support coins than usual for this month?

[tardy fiber]

Yep so probably due to cs

[maiden kayak]

how many

[tardy fiber]

11 but actually 13

[maiden kayak]

13 due to volkner?

[tardy fiber]

As tlim doesnt include stone shop and lodge volkner

[maiden kayak]

oh ya

stone shop also have

[tardy fiber]

Although field and sprint only have 1 extra as volkner doesn't give it

I can make 1 strike, 1 support, 1 sprint, 1 field candy next month

[storm canyon]

The thing is, sst red is the "best" unit in the game but I honestly don't really need him in my roster

The real question is if 4.5 Anni can even compete with sst's level in the meta

[winged fossil]

no unit is the "best" at absolutely everything.

[winged fossil]

also reminder again , had to remind someone else earlier if ya dont mind for us fellow zenners sake @storm canyon

[storm canyon]

Ah, you mean for the people who don't want to see datamine?

[vernal glade]

Yes

[prime quarry]

Moreso for people who are trying to save by dodging sight of the new or returning pairs

[storm canyon]

Ngl I should do that

[lilac crescent]

Btw, when y'all say Resource Saving Support. Does that include or exclude items like etc.

[storm canyon]

Includes iirc

[rare swan]

we mainly focus on gems but saving of all resources is welcome

[lilac crescent]

[lilac crescent]

What does iirc mean?

[lost bobcat]

Includes, even way to farm or tricks to save

[lilac crescent]

Wow.

[lost bobcat]

If I remember correctly

[lilac crescent]

Ah. Ok.

[drifting dagger]

See? I have told this various times to various peoples...

And sometimes I kept getting shat on, welp, I'm laughing now

[upbeat lotus]

hi laughing now

[crisp grotto]

[shadow garden]

nah just wait for the datamine of feb

[drifting dagger]

That means nothing much.

If ash was gonna rerun, he was gonna rerun this week, he isn't returning at this point

[unkempt apex]

Ash will rerun in feb/march after everyone spent their gems on Red, Cynthia, Iono, Grusha, etc. this month lol

[shadow garden]

maybe he's rerunning in feb

[shadow garden]

that is what i think

[mossy hawk]

That's some copium

[drifting dagger]

He's not returning at this point

Expecting ash to rerun is just copium now

[shadow garden]

hope not

[drifting dagger]

• theme got deleted

• ran longer than the others

• couldn't select him in this year tshirt stuff

• his medal section is straight up gone if you never got his medal

So yeah, he isn't returning at this point

[shadow garden]

but yeh

it's tru though

[idle shard]

I have a slight dilemma on who I should pull
||Would Grusha be good enough as a general tank for future Paldea EBE? He can buff team def and sp. def by +4 but needs to hit 50% to get +6 in both
NY Wallace is a good fire damage dealer, but I already have Anni N and SS Hilda and fire HSE has already passed||

[rare swan]

this isn't really the thread to ask, i'd take it to #poma-questions if you want to talk kits

[shadow garden]

have u done the ultimate battle yet?

[idle shard]

Apologies, thought this was an appropriate channel because it was about spending gems

[idle shard]

No because I don’t have the units to clear Anabel’s stage

[versed flame]

ah conversely, the channel is meant to encourage you to save gems

[shadow garden]

oops sorry

[warm scarab]

So we need like 100k for half Anni to be safe for all 3 right? I only have 25k now. Even if I save 2 months straight I'm at like 75k. So I'm guessing ||pulling ssa Cynthia or anything|| will lower my chances massively to get all 3 in half Anni.

[idle shard]

I am aware of that, I was seeing if anyone would have any reasons to not pull outside of the usual “fav > meta”

[shadow garden]

I have 40k and I'm pulling red to 2/5 and then use candy

[versed flame]

IG people don't really talk about kits/utility here in general

[shadow garden]

cause red is a top tier utility and i think 4.5 anni won't be as good as red

[upbeat lotus]

please spoil talk about upcoming and current banners here

[winged fossil]

Especially in context of pulling

[tardy fiber]

Well the first half anni pair will release on 28th February and the MF banner usually lasts for a month, so you can count March's gems too so can save 3 months straight if needed

[sand crown]

Yeah I think people are in denial. That boy ain’t coming back

The theme being removed before he even left was a big red flag

[vestal leaf]

https://tenor.com/view/joker-dance-good-day-joker-movie-gif-14868786

Me when journey ash is no more

[high star]

Man I could only save one pity in time for rosa and that's only cuz of the 3.5k we got for chrismus

Now SSA and SST are around the corner and I'm a sitting duck😭

[crisp oracle]

First off spoiler new unit names. Not my rule but it's a server rule.

Also ||if you haven't pulled yet, you're going to have to make a decision on which unit you want more and you can't really split gems either on the three banners.||

[crisp grotto]

It's double ||, so ||spoiler||

[high star]

[hard wave]

No space between the |

[high star]

||hi guys||

Ah there we go

So yeah I managed to get 2/5 ||nc rosa|| so it's a matter of weighing the value of ||sst|| vs ||ssa||

[unkempt vortex]

Or ya know/spoiler

[hard wave]

||test||

[uneven bone]

Part of me REALLY wants to yolo for ||Rosa,|| but I’m gonna try my best to save

[tawny cedar]

Will nyclair only last for 18 days?

[exotic sparrow]

Yes

You can check https://discord.com/channels/583120259708616715/1012256199128915968 for the dates

[tardy fiber]

Oh Clair and Wallace released on the same day i thought seasonal usually had some gap between pairs

[crisp oracle]

Dawn and Lisia released on the same day last year

[tardy fiber]

So only special for New Year i guess

Well because there's only one day of new year...while other festive season is in a certain period of time

Hurm ||after nywallace, Alder is the only champion that hasn't yet pair with any of my faves (legendary, mythical, UB, paradox) oh there's nemona too i guess||

[sweet tide]

hi just some calc errors
tech coins 8 -> 9
5* power up 15 -> 16
general scout tickets 159 -> 163
sinnoh scout ticket 105 -> 95

[crisp oracle]

Lets go more tech coins

[tardy fiber]

Hoping to get lucian from 1 of those sinnoh ticket pulls

I got 3 unused tech candies, hope tech faves arrive anytime soon

[hard wave]

Id like lucian or volkner, I have 3/5 lucian and 4/5 volkner

Mostly volkner since I need the luxray frame

[dark oar]

Must keep on saving.

[upbeat lotus]

Meanwhile i kept getting Volkner'd, even after the pool update this year

Thankfully 3/5 Bertha, Lucian and Aaron came from normal pulls

[tardy fiber]

Kinda why i keep on pulling region tickets, there's still a pair that i not yet 3/5 and later when the pool gets updated, it will be even harder to get that pair

[hard wave]

Spotlights are weird, for post 3rd anni spotlights I have;
5/5 looker, gordie, hugh, and shauna
4/5 courtney, colress
3/5 melony
1/5 olympia

But at the same time, I still have 1/5 grimsley

Idr when I got him but it was prob around 2.5 anni? I started during pt 2 of sinnoh VA so I mightve gotten him from a free multi or something

But I got his SS like maybe 3rd anni and he’s alr 5/5+

[tardy fiber]

Still 0/5 melony, drasna, lenora

[hard wave]

same but ryuki instead of melony

[tardy fiber]

Oh ryuki too

So 4 0/5

[upbeat lotus]

I got 1/5 Lenora recently, and 1/5 Olympia 2 months ago

Now im just missing Drasna and Ryuki

[hard wave]

I got melony during august and was saving tons of scout tickets, ended up getting 2 more from them but she’s still 3/5

Olympia I got in november, but havent been able to get the other 3 new spotlights

[tardy fiber]

But luckily they all aint fave so i wont get them via paid select, but sometimes it does stings when clearing certain time limited contents and the f2p way to clear it requires general pool pairs that i didnt have

[upbeat lotus]

Gordie was very funny to me. I had him at 0/5 before the pool update, and 5/5 after including dupes from paid 100 spotlight pulls back then

[hard wave]

I went from 0/5 shauna to 6/5 after pool update gordie I maxed this month I think?

5/8 of my kalos pulls were shauna, 2 serena, and 1 clemont which was nice since serena was 3/5 so I got the delphox frame

But my first shauna was from gen tickets

[vernal glade]

I went from 0 melony to 5/5

[lilac crescent]

I kinda glad Ash isn't reruning.

[unkempt vortex]

Wdym he’s never rerunning

[lilac crescent]

There was just something about him that annoyed me so much.

I didn't say never.

But they are refunding the 3rd anniversary duo except Ash.

[lost bobcat]

[lilac crescent]

Datamine.

[fallen path]

Refunding is certainly one way of saying it

[fallen path]

It’s never

[lilac crescent]

Kinda glad.

[fallen path]

It’s good to finally be put to rest, wrt to Ash/Jessie/James

[lilac crescent]

I miss the Team Rocket trio man.

They made me laugh so hard at times.

[grim plover]

They couldn't even maintain his song for one more day 💀

[fallen path]

License restrictions

[uneven pewter]

I never doubted lethal

[drifting dagger]

Same

Yet, we still got laughed at sometimes

[gloomy holly]

Someone debated that Ash not rerunning is fake news

Saying that it's Absol-utely's fault

[unkempt vortex]

Ah yes because absol determines who reruns

[lost bobcat]

We don't know but highly doubt is abt licensing since they already collaborate w TPC
More a marketable choice
After all team rocket and evBugsy doesn't belong to that category and never reran

More than 3yo and 2yo respectively

We may send massove feedbacks for Jessie/James grids
They have to rerun them at that point

[hasty umbra]

the copium doesn't run out for some people huh

[hard wave]

Jessie/James are the same as Ash I think, Bugscy is a weird case

[hasty umbra]

ngl, they might have forgotten he exists

[vernal glade]

Ya, maybe they did forget his scyther existed

[hasty umbra]

or maybe not since he got the EX at least, but maybe they don't remember he was an event like CGio and co.

it's that or they really hate his guts

[fallen path]

MFW I missed that event by 2 weeks and it hasn’t rerun since

[hard wave]

He’ll rerun for 4.5 anni

[crisp grotto]

[fallen path]

Bugsy and scyther have a higher chance of getting an EX role cake than rerunning

[lilac crescent]

Wait, why couldn't they keep the song again?

[uneven pewter]

That’s some good tasting copium. The fact the Nintendo Ninjas haven’t gotten to Absolutely should be testimony that they don’t have any leverage over him in the first place since nothing he is doing is illegal so long as it’s not like the server breach leaks from 3 years ago

[tough oriole]

Absol isn’t the only dataminer anyway

By saying that, it implies that the server dataminers were also collaborating to bring this misinformation

[fallen path]

It’s also not bad for business

There’s probably a large portion that aren’t on this discord or the subreddit

[mint mauve]

got about 15.8k now, another 26.5k next montth for about 43k by end of next; worth going for SSA cynthia?

[lost bobcat]

They're canon in the games, It's a mixed stuff

[lost bobcat]

This is a resource saving channel
#poma-questions is more appropriate

[uneven pewter]

He’s the most visible and Nintendo always goes for the cut the head off the biggest snake the rest will scurry tactic

[mint mauve]

O I was asking cuz idk if I shud save the gems for half anni or get her thts y

[uneven pewter]

|| She’s still a solid support even after two years. Can’t have too many tbh ||

[mint mauve]

Does she hold up to modern supports dyt? ;0 I'm mostly getting her to help out some of my Fighting type faves

i j reposted in poma qs mb ☠️ ig this is more of a is X char worth it than a shud i save gems

[uneven pewter]

[feral vale]

Can I ask to remove this image, please? We don’t need the silent flex here.

[lilac crescent]

Ayo. Penny's theme is the bomb!

I don't why I'm only hearing this now but it jams.

[mint mauve]

I wasn't tryna flex I was asking for advice 😭 sorry if it came off like that

[tardy fiber]

Hurm, ||sstred and ssacynthia|| rerunning without their event, iirc there's no ash appearance in it that might cause licensing issues...therefore it probably means more than 26k gems on January is too much for DeNa as they also cut 500 gems and switch it to be scout tix

Well at least more than a half of pity of gems monthly is still good in my book, also seems like move coins are also in good amount on January ...i like that we can maxed out our fave character slowly in PoMa, like in other gacha games ive played there's no way to gain dupes without pulling the banner for extra copies...move candies are such a thoughtful existence, thanks DeNa

[lilac crescent]

Short version?

[tardy fiber]

Short: No sstred and ssacynthia event because probably too many free gems. Move candies are good so no need to pull dupes

Most other gacha games doesn't have move candies system, so if you want to unlock extra stuff for your characters you sometimes need to pull them 6 times

Like in genshin or hsr

Tower of god new world need 20 times

[upbeat lotus]

the banners start on first day of 2024, so it makes sense not to rerun their event

[tardy fiber]

Sad, i would love extra gems and 🥹

Oh is there any EBE on January?

Hurm no EBE as well

[upbeat lotus]

you really want to suffer from EBE at the new year?

[tardy fiber]

More gems is good ...also iirc sstred and ssacynthia ebe are pretty tame as boost for electric and fighting, not just the region boost

[fallen path]

I mean, the gems ain’t bad

|| no break after your LG win streak ||

[tardy fiber]

But there's sinnoh cs 15k, i guess thats one of the hard stuff of the month

I wonder if i can beat steel weak bertha

That rhyperior has as much hp like a raid boss

[upbeat lotus]

||WDYM i literally have 2 days break 😭 ||

[tardy fiber]

What else is an honourable mention, fire weak aaron heracross with endure...also his iconic vespiqueen heal

I just noticed we got consistent 4 yellow coins every month now, thats a huge increase...used to take a year to form yellow candy...6 coins if count stones shop and lodge guest

[oak crest]

Tbh I only stopped when everything in the pool is 3/5 or higher

[tardy fiber]

Yep thats the best way

Because it will be harder when the pool gets bigger

[lilac crescent]

Hm?

[lost bobcat]

Actually it's harder if you keep pulling for just one unit every genpool update

[rare swan]

I need a Galar VA rerun

My Gordie is 1/5

[lilac crescent]

Same.

[tardy fiber]

My melony is 0/5 at least give me 1 copy

[hard wave]

I just want everyone 3/5, grimsley and everyone since olympia/drasna left

Also 5/5 volkner and may (4/5 for both) but thats because of their lodge frame

Drasna ryuki and lenora are 0/5 tho, grimsley and olympia 1/5

[tardy fiber]

Got shiny sobble

Its a strike, i thought the shiny is support

Oh all 3 roles can be shiny

[dark oar]

i'm just missing these two :<

[tardy fiber]

I kinda want ryuki as alola dragon is kinda rare, well there's pallow but she's limited...lenora i think i could get by for missions just by using cheren if need normal unova

General pool
2/5 olympia
2/5 lucian
0/5 melony
0/5 lenora
0/5 drasna
0/5 ryuki

I dont mind others thats already 3/5 but not yet 5/5...3/5 already unlocked all stuff for them

[hard wave]

I only care about 5/5 if they are in lodge, otherwise 3/5 is fine

[drowsy dagger]

I want to save gems, but the Neo Champion Nate Extreme Battles keeps beating my butt to the point I wasted 9k for no Nate

Do I have to skip Extreme Battles for the sake of my sanity?

[dark oar]

You can check the clear teams down in #1009557516369281075 if you cant run with your roster, youll have to skip. If you have a decent roster though, maybe you could. But ask there.

[lost bobcat]

You already burned 9k
Don't waste more for like 300 gems

[drowsy dagger]

I know...

Gah... I also burned 3k on Rosa, too... T_T

I should skip them...

I'm already struggling at the battles with Hilbert, Champion Iris, and Skyla

[rare swan]

Please spoiler talk of pulling here

Even though it looks like you've learned a rough lesson....

[dark oar]

Why not post your roster in #1009557516369281075 maybe youve got something that can help you clear those battles o.o

[drowsy dagger]

I already learned my lesson and I still succumbed to my temptations... T_T

Sorry, I'm just still salty for losing 1 hour straight

[lost bobcat]

First you should learn how to save
Understand that some fights require that specific unit and it's never worth
Tossing 1/3 of pity for nothing hope will teach something
Units will rerun eventually, there's no hurry and in most cases EBE can be done with other units

[rare swan]

Never pull to beat specific content, it doesn't end well

[lost bobcat]

Just look around and ask help in the right channel

[drowsy dagger]

Yeah. Lesson learned

[lost bobcat]

Ppl will try their best to help you succeed. If not, it's just 300 gems

[drowsy dagger]

I need breakfast. I wasted 1 hour for that EBE

[dark oar]

Go eat maybe youll get some energy back to form out a plan for the ebe o/

[drowsy dagger]

Might as well skip those EBE if I can't do them all. I already have a few days left for them

[rare swan]

I'm not even bothering with them

My Unova roster is way too shit

[hasty umbra]

Zeen in shambles

[drowsy dagger]

Yeah. I'll do Part 1s and stop there

[prime quarry]

Aurochs may be able to help? I know he does F2P clears of most of them and if not I'm willing to give it a try

[rare swan]

Nah, it's fine

I don't exactly need the gems

[upbeat lotus]

Aurochs has been disappearing tho

[rare swan]

Maybe I'll attempt P1, meh

[prime quarry]

You can do it! I believe in you

[fallen path]

[lilac crescent]

EBE be harder than the UBE sometimes.

[drowsy dagger]

It tends to be harder if you're challenging an EBE that has a banner you're not interested in

[lilac crescent]

I know right.

One time I tried to beat Hugh on Part 2 during the Veevee on Pasio event and I kept losing.

So I tried to pull Penny to make it easier, I didn't get her.

And I beat it days later which really made me mad at myself.

[drowsy dagger]

I only did it because I was interested in Penny and got her

But that's enough stories

I just want to save up on gems again

[lilac crescent]

Her theme is amazingly-perfect.

[winged fossil]

never pull for just an ebe 3k+ gems for like 300-600 gem reward never worth

[lilac crescent]

I know...

[tardy fiber]

36.6k gems spent to get 300/600 gems

Well at least there's no EBE this upcoming month so you can save easily, yes?

Thats 26k gems added to savings

[tawny cedar]

I'm going to be 6k off nyclair

Oh the misery

Sycamore taking 18k wasn't very nice

[sly breach]

What savings
https://tenor.com/view/sweating-nervous-wreck-gif-24688521

[lilac crescent]

True!

[summer goblet]

Wallace is very tempting but I am going to say no and move forward

For Jan

This is the year i can finally make a breakthrough past 400k for the first time ever

[lilac crescent]

I can skip Wallace. I'll be honest, I never played any of the Hoenn games but the ORAS demo.

[tardy fiber]

3 dry resets before big gems

[rare swan]

At least they are BEEEEEG gems

[lilac crescent]

TRUUUE!

[summer goblet]

This may be the year that I may surpass aqua

But we shall see

One step at a time

[lilac crescent]

No matter how long it takes

[tardy fiber]

Hope there's faves alder alt in the future, he is the only champion that doesn't pair with any of my faves...slither wing/iron moth alder please DeNa

[maiden kayak]

damn

||nc rosa is so tempting||

even tho its only 3 days left

[tawny cedar]

Quick question

||Does clair leave on the 18th reset of jan||

Or the 19th

||Depending on answer I can either pity her or skip her||

[maiden kayak]

not sure

u arew supposed to spoiler it

[tawny cedar]

O

[rare swan]

If you hover over the timestamp in #1012256199128915968 it'll tell you

Or press it if you're on mobile

[hard wave]

Reset on the 19th, in my timezone atleast

[maiden kayak]

the new update makes it very not user friendly for mobile

[tawny cedar]

Jan 19th

PHEW

[stable grotto]

@sweet tide time to update the gem count

[sweet tide]

didnt add last yr so wont be adding this yr too

[dark oar]

lottery gems huh

[tawny cedar]

Time for 5 iPad kids to win 60k

Who wil promptly delete the game a week later out of boredom

[tardy fiber]

Time for reroll account to get the 60k gems i can see it happening as ||there's sstred and ssacynthia during that period ||

[untold tide]

[tardy fiber]

Anyway at least 27300 gems for me guys

[broken mulch]

60k gems plz so I can save further

[dark oar]

oh yeah i should be almost there for 3k interactions

[tardy fiber]

Its the last one iirc, no more surprise gems in lodge after this

[summer goblet]

if i somehow got 60k gems

i will make a vow to skip all banners till Sep

[lilac crescent]

Till September?

[shadow garden]

it's impossible

[lost bobcat]

Not before looking for this discord to rub on out faces their 60k and showing how to yolo with some margin

[shadow garden]

Copium

[broken mulch]

Uh

[broken mulch]

Why the double ping

[shadow garden]

Uh

[winged fossil]

if i get anything higher than 300 id be really happy but not expecting

if i did hit the jackpot id still save it for favs no matter what

just means id slightly lower my bar of pull vs skip for a bit if i had the extra funding, but it wouldnt be by much

im happy the selects come a day earlier than the newyear content tbh

one less day to wait for the pool reveal

[violet nebula]

Yipee

[untold tide]

With 60k that's an extra pity and a 2/3 of a pity

[shadow garden]

yipee

[grim plover]

||SSA Cynthia is tempting me now since i love sprint+support combo. But i already have NC Blue ||

[cunning swan]

There have only been two support + sprint combos and it's not worth pulling just for that

[lilac crescent]

Now I have to save up my daily tickets just for SST Red.

I was already gonna do Paulo with the support.

[sly breach]

60k copeium

[cunning swan]

60k prayer circle for Volo funds

[crude glacier]

Is the gem giveaway included in the gem count this month?

Because if not then I don’t need to remove 300 gems from my non completion of the ube battle

There’s that log in bonus but I don’t think that’s it so

Confirming

[crisp grotto]

Nah it's not

[crisp grotto]

^

[crude glacier]

Alrighty

Let’s hope for 60K

[crisp grotto]

About to write an inquiry to DeNa explaining why I am the most worthy recipient of 60k gems fr

[crude glacier]

You said it

60K gems cheaper than a flight to Tokyo

Boutta knock on their door

Nvm, that was 10 years ago

inflation hitting hard with these ticket prices

Cheapest one I could find was over 1.2K dollars

In a year

[lilac crescent]

I hope the person with the least gems get 60k

[grim plover]

well i ||like both cynthia and lucario, but they're skippeable for me|| but ill wait to feb datamine. If there's nothing i want in feb i could consider to ||pull for her or grusha||

[hasty umbra]

that'd be every single yolo puller out there

[unkempt vortex]

Watch it go to a whale

[violet nebula]

Pretty much

[dark oar]

Or an inactive acc ;-;

[grim plover]

or to a player that yolos the 60k and doesnt get anything

[dark oar]

Just save for faves .-.

[lilac crescent]

That'd be wild.

[crisp oracle]

You have to log in to enter

[lilac crescent]

No, what if someone logged in just to troll?

[crisp oracle]

Well they will sit with 60K gems if they win

[pure arrow]

what if Chest won it to make up for ||pulling for NY Clair||

[violet nebula]

He could 5/5 Clair and still summon almost everything else that comes for years😅

[hasty umbra]

tbh someone with a big stash of gems already getting those 60k would be as lame as a whale or someone that yolo pulls all the time and will waste them

but we are at the mercy of the RNG gods

[lilac crescent]

Rng?

[unkempt vortex]

Random number generator

[lilac crescent]

Oh ok

[lost bobcat]

Dena launched the refer program, giving 300 gems if you bring new players (up to 6k)
Imagine alt accounts getting those

[lilac crescent]

I can only imagine the worst.

[versed flame]

oh huh i didn't even make the connection between the giveaway lotto and the referral

[lunar thistle]

Wait but so you can do like 20 rerolls

[vestal leaf]

You can

It just takes almost a whole day

Of just doing that

[summer goblet]

I will say this

No one in this sub will be able to surpass Chest ever

His gem count is too much

Neither Aqua or I can do it

[lilac crescent]

Who's gem count?

[gloomy holly]

Errodu

[gloomy holly]

That's in terms of what? Non-paid gems? Paid gems? Both?

[summer goblet]

Non paid of course

He has 1 mil f2p gems

[gloomy holly]

Hmmmm yeah, years of not spending gems

[summer goblet]

More than any of us combine

Seriously

If you combine Aqua 500k gems and my 400k gems together

[gloomy holly]

Errodu is the hero we all strive to be, but couldn't even do it

[summer goblet]

We would not surpass Chest

[summer goblet]

Prettiest much

[lilac crescent]

What?!

[summer goblet]

Yes its true

He never pulls for anyone in years

[lilac crescent]

Oh my god...

[summer goblet]

Last time is like Maybun and zacian

He is a god amongst savers

[lilac crescent]

Even I can't save that much.

[summer goblet]

Me neither

And same with Aqua

[lilac crescent]

I'm just in shock right now.

[fallen path]

Tbh I think chest is the only one who can save that much

I woulda quit before saving 1 mil gems

[summer goblet]

I do it if someone pays me

[lilac crescent]

Really?

[summer goblet]

Yep with real money

My starting price will be $100k lol

[fallen path]

[summer goblet]

Yeah

So not gonna happen

[fallen path]

Mind I still think saving 400k gems is insane

[lilac crescent]

Naw...

[summer goblet]

Or if my favourite hockey team win the stanely cup

Which is also not possible

Hahahaha

[lilac crescent]

[fallen path]

The Leafs aren’t winning shit, man

[summer goblet]

Wow

You knew

[lilac crescent]

Which Leaf?

[fallen path]

Only a leaf fan would say that

[summer goblet]

Toronto Maple Leafs

A hockey team

[summer goblet]

Seriously

[fallen path]

Or Oilers

[lilac crescent]

I don't really watch hockey

[summer goblet]

Fair

[fallen path]

Or any Canadian team really

[summer goblet]

Nah Oliers will be the one

And maybe Habs

[summer goblet]

Rip Vancover I guess

[crisp oracle]

well see you in 50 years when the leafs win the cup and there are sygna suit of suits

[summer goblet]

Yep see you later in 50 years

Maybe we will get together when that happens

Hahaha

[crisp oracle]

they actually made it past the first round... then leafs fans chanted "we want florida"

when you chant "we want someone" it's a death sentence

[summer goblet]

Yep

I facepalm

[unkempt vortex]

Bigger death sentence

[fallen path]

I just learn there’s lots of Canadians in gem zen

[unkempt vortex]

They mentioned Florida

[summer goblet]

Should of went with Boston instead

At least the Fans will stay quiet

[unkempt vortex]

Imagine wanting the worst state in America

[summer goblet]

Yep

[crisp oracle]

I just want hockey back in Atlanta

anyways back to gems

[summer goblet]

Sorry that the Jets took your Atlanta team

But we need more Canadian teams to root for

[crisp oracle]

me with a boston and a colorado jersey in my closet because the jerseys are comfortable as just sweaters lmao

I probably would support Boston or Pittsburgh given a choice

[vestal leaf]

No shit

Nobody doesn't play the game as much as him

[vestal leaf]

1 mil 400k by now

If not 1.5

[crisp oracle]

I think he's gonna drop at least two pities on clair

[summer goblet]

I play everyday as well

[vestal leaf]

No, I mean that he literally just logs, does basic stuff and doesn't do much more

Playing 4 years every day and scouting 3-4 times sounds like a waste of time to me

Also, there was a JP player with 1.3mil gems like 6 months ago

[unkempt vortex]

What’s the point of having all those gems when the game is gonna eos at some point

[sly breach]

Spend it on EOS banner

[hard wave]

He has tons of candies as well so

[dreamy onyx]

from day 1 dena gave us ~1.31m f2p gems, might be a few thousands different for each player tho because of the sync pair stories, bonus gems from new year...

[warm scarab]

Is that all? 1.3mil

[dreamy onyx]

yeah, i'm not keeping track of the gem count but i'm keeping track of all my pulls and remaining gems, i haven't missed any events or dailies, it's around that amount

[tardy fiber]

I just gonna grab any faves, usually when my savings reach 100k+ gems thats because im either lucky or my faves didn't release for months

I rather see them in my roster although i still put limit to have at least a pity before attempting to get any faves

[winged fossil]

Just checking but is this month your first time having a seasonal fav? Or was one of the previous seasonals (not sc) a fav too? I forget if any of the others had fit your criteria

Either way hope ya don’t get shafted on it since we’re getting close to halfversary

I know those have a tendency to drop your favs

[tardy fiber]

First new year fave

I got hleon for xmas, and twins for summer

Oh also iris for fall

Also finally another champion fave...now missing fave alder and fave nemona for champions

Oh wait, lance too he's johto champion isnt it?

[winged fossil]

Ah, interesting

[hard wave]

I think so, but all his units are kanto

[tardy fiber]

Hopefully one of his alt will get Giovanni or Grimsley treatment...having alts of different regions

Missing palentine fave after this

Not gonna bank on spring, it kinda already deleted by DeNa

Urgh turns out the selects will be on 11 pm in my timezone

I just gonna prioritise sshilda/sslana/eusine/ssacerola for dupes and non alt pairs that will probably be lodge guests in the future

[winged fossil]

They’re 10am in my timezone

So I’ll be asleep when they drop

My sleep schedules been fucked for years haha

Any time I try to fix it my body defaults back to the bad schedule

[vestal leaf]

It's like 350-400k per year

Now

It's not bad at all

Year 1 was awful tho

Like 250k tops

[tardy fiber]

Oh right now forming yellow move candy is way faster, we can form 3 each year...big props to DeNa

[slow hare]

Why are yellow candy coins almost as easy to get as Field and Sprint tho xD

Don't get me wrong I want more yellow coins but it's ridiculous we still haven't got enough coins for a field/sprint candy! It's been 4 months!

[upbeat lotus]

i already have a full sprint candy, purely from events

[slow hare]

And we have 5 Sprint units and 6 Field ones already in the last 4 months

[upbeat lotus]

I have 15 Field coins tho

[slow hare]

At least they haven't had the audacity to release Field / Sprint MFs yet

[upbeat lotus]

actually its only 19, since ||i pulled on Rosa's banner||. And 14 Field coins

[slow hare]

What the heck did I miss? I have 18

I guess we'll finally have a candy by the end of this month, 5 months after release of the categories

[pure arrow]

the field coins are a minor pain point for me; got Akari 2/5 in October and was waiting to candy her to 3/5 before I get another field but now ||there’s NY Wallace, who is a field that I will be going for||

[slow hare]

I think it's just about decided that the highest value use of yellow is going to be potential Field/Sprint MFs

Which is good for me cuz I've never used a yellow candy ever so I have plenty in reserve
Hooray for saving!

[upbeat lotus]

im not too sure. ||Rosa's banner was the only one i pulled||

[slow hare]

It's all good I'm not gonna worry about it

[hard wave]

Really? Im at 18 for sprint and 16 for field || only sprint/field coins I got were 2 field from hviola’s I think ||

[upbeat lotus]

[hard wave]

I think rewards were changed with CCalem’s rerun, so extra sprint coins could only come from kalos/unova NCs and voland

[feral vale]

I have a full 20 sprint coins.

[hard wave]

[grim plover]

i have 19 sprint coins and ||i only got a sprint coint from nates banner||

[tardy fiber]

I can finally give another fave a cake this reset but DeNa makes another EX role fave next month

DeNa should give each guests lodge milestones reward till level 200...and make 100-200 gives 2 sprint and 2 field coins

With 25 lodge guests currently, we can get 50 sprint and field coins

[lilac crescent]

My god. I rarely have enough daily tickets for cake coins.

[hard wave]

I think we should have 125 rn

Yeah august 28th is the first day so 125

[lilac crescent]

I'mma go wild when Red comes out.

[rare swan]

but you won't be posting about it here, of course

[lilac crescent]

Obviously not. I'm not that wild to do that.

Of course not.

[rare swan]

[lilac crescent]

[crisp oracle]

||my only goal is to hang on until datamine||

[lost bobcat]

Doubt they'll do something like that
But just in case all my Lodge guests are 300+

[tardy fiber]

I still need to level 200 calem, almost finish with sycamore but he becomes a prick these two days when he left without being able to give him gifts

[oak crest]

tai will strongly disagree on the prick part

[tardy fiber]

I got silver and Giovanni to level 200 easier than him

[rare swan]

If he's being rude he's being rude!

Calem was not nice to me he's lucky he's a fave

[oak crest]

[lilac crescent]

What's your favorite protagonist in general Pokémon? (Don't say Ash or Red)

[crisp grotto]

Ash and Red

[oak crest]

nobody

[lilac crescent]

Nice.

[crisp grotto]

[lilac crescent]

Nice pfp.

[cinder topaz]

Oh goodness. How will I save
spoilers:
||When there are a ton of cool things coming again||

[cunning swan]

there are always "cool things" coming, it's up to you to pick and choose and be strict with yourself

[cinder topaz]

Alright

[tough oriole]

I dislike all of them
I have bias towards Elio since he was my first ||(and uses Primarina)||l, but that’s it

[tardy fiber]

Alain, the mega evolution charizard guy

[lilac crescent]

Bro's not even a mc

[tardy fiber]

He is , pokemon series xy mega evolution episodes

[lilac crescent]

Ok what's your most hated protagonist then?

[tardy fiber]

Liko

[lilac crescent]

Never watched those.

[lilac crescent]

Damn.

[tardy fiber]

Alain and Steven both fighting primal Groudon and kyogre will always be one of my favourite scenes

He also beat Ash in kalos league finals

Ash deserves a beating

[lilac crescent]

True.

I hate Ash tbh

[rare swan]

Y'all maybe keep this on topic

[oak crest]

if Leon didn't give him a big handicap Leon would have whooped his team as well

[rare swan]

#pokemon-general for main series chat

[tardy fiber]

Does the selects appear in 9 hours?

[rare swan]

Yes

[tardy fiber]

I hope im not asleep this is even later than nemona pokemon presents banner release

[oak crest]

its gonna be like 11pm for me lol

[tardy fiber]

Same timezone

[oak crest]

i probably still be awake playing other games

[lilac crescent]

It's 1 AM for me.

[tardy fiber]

Well at least this reset is kinda nice, didn't know that the login gives 500 gems

[rare swan]

It's nice to have something happening right at NY for JP I suppose

[tardy fiber]

I got slim hope that the selects will have more featured pairs in it than the ones they revealed

[lilac crescent]

I completely forgot everything within the other banners but Cynthia and Red.

[rare swan]

5k for 15 pairs makes me think they'll have a lot to choose from

Considering that used to buy you x25

[tardy fiber]

I hope so, i gonna prioritise getting fave dupes before base pairs that have lodge guest potential

[lilac crescent]

Lodge's kinda boring ngl. The only reason why I do it is to get units I don't use.

[tardy fiber]

Still need to 3/5:
Strike - eusine 2/5, sslana 2/5, sshilda 2/5
Tech - 0
Support - ssacerola 1/5

[tardy fiber]

I did it for gems

[rare swan]

I'm only missing one Lodge unit but he's not a fave and I keep wanting something else when they give him out for free

[tardy fiber]

Hope for a free champion select again, i want free lance or diantha

[vernal glade]

I’m only missing the hisui duos.