Resource Saving Support (Gem Zen)

[tardy fiber]

Same 🤝

[vernal glade]

Because I skipped waiting for July.

[tardy fiber]

Kinda happy to get new furisode girl npc

Thanks to her, i will finally have 10 fairy pairs lol

[prime quarry]

I'm still missing one who is a small fav still waiting for his rerun

also missing Gio but that will continue to be the case

[tardy fiber]

I thought Gio is free

[prime quarry]

He is I haven't even invited him to my lodge

[tardy fiber]

His nidorino is kinda nice for future poison HS, well partly due to me not having much poison pairs

[rare swan]

He did help me duo Uxie with Ariana nice day out with the missus

[tardy fiber]

Gonna hope for nihilego, okidogi, munkidori, fezandipity to be poison to boost my faves roster

[oak crest]

u bothered to duo for LG

all my teams were triples

loool

[tardy fiber]

Mines all triple too

I just follow what DeNa laid out, a team allows three pairs for a reason

[oak crest]

i dont see the point of solos/duos since i can hit streak 10 np

anything more is just extra stuffs

[tardy fiber]

But i need to be able to do 20 streaks if needed because if they add more rewards

[oak crest]

still safe

i went to 50 streak this time so not really too worried if they upped it

altho this time round wasnt really restrictive

[winged fossil]

happy newyears eve / newyears, zen chat.

[versed flame]

to another year of saving and getting favs 🎊

[rare swan]

[tardy fiber]

Just my luck for having new year fave, i hope February is a skip... although if needed, Half anni MF faves will have a month banner duration so can get till late march

[oak crest]

others have a fave list, while I have a "dislike/hate list"

those chars are insta skip even if they are meta defining units

[rare swan]

Whatever helps you skip

[lunar thistle]

Why would it take a whole day

[broken mulch]

I got both lists

Love and hate lol

[maiden kayak]

not sure this trick might help, try greyscaling your phone so it would less likely to pull and get away from your phone in general

[vestal leaf]

• uninstall
• install
• tutorial
• end Ch 3
• level up to PR10
• restart

[lost bobcat]

Wow it takes a lot
Burning 20 days for that doesn't seem any worth, I'd rather find a weekend work and buy the 7k bundle

Also, from reddit

[vestal leaf]

That's just to scare people a bit

[oak crest]

dena did consider how desperate ppl might get for that 6k gems

[dark oar]

was it it really that hard to just translate the ones the JP folks are running?

[oak crest]

is there some jp event?

[dark oar]

yeah

you basically link your twitter account + PMEX JP account (iirc), and you just have to retweet/like posts with this hashtag https://twitter.com/hashtag/ポケマスEX振り返り?src=hashtag_click

using an external site, you get points for doing them + also logging ingame.

and you can buy stuff in the external site's shop

like gems, move candy coin and power up tickets.

[oak crest]

dang

[vestal leaf]

JP community doesn't need new blood

Eng one is weak af

That's why the JP event is more in line with advertising the best moments of the game while eng one is focused on enrollment of new players

[lost bobcat]

Imo they need to promote the game outside twitter to push more on Asia Latam and Eue
If they're aiming at lightspenders here we are 🇨🇿 bcs the start was good but most of the telegram group we had dropped the game within the first year bcs how damn greedy dena was (little no gems, high prices)

[broken mulch]

The heck are those

[lost bobcat]

Oh, Latin America n Eastern Europe

[broken mulch]

Ohh ok

[dark oar]

yeah the EN event has a banlist of countries that cannot apply for the new users.

[earnest frost]

So, a huge mistake I foolishly spent the last 6 days pulling on the Mix scout. There's 14 days of both of the streak bonuses left. What the fuck do I do....?

[rare swan]

wdym

[earnest frost]

I wasted all of those gems on that Mix scout when I should've waited on today's selects

Now I will have 14 days of gems with no idea what to do

[rare swan]

well there's not much you can do if the gems are already spent

if you don't want to continue on the mix, cut your losses and save your paids back up

[earnest frost]

The thing is, that's 5,400 down the drain

And considering I have 400 paid currently, I'm not gonna be able to do a select for 2 weeks

[rare swan]

I'm not sure what to tell you, if the gems are spent the gems are spent 😔

[earnest frost]

Yep, I'll have to suck it up

[maiden kayak]

14 days provided u dont daily at all

[tardy fiber]

There goes my 2 and a half months of sync orb bundle but at least its a guaranteed select

Now i need to prepare for half anni selects

[crude glacier]

Imagine being able to pull on selects

[tardy fiber]

Can, poma give free selects sometimes usually on run up to anni or anni/half anni

I pull for 4/5 N last time

Kinda nice, 100% paralysis bolt strike

[crisp oracle]

Gloria and Hilda

[vernal glade]

Does N count?

[lilac crescent]

Um... idk I guess?

[hasty umbra]

I mean, anyone counts, you really don't get to tell someone they can't say a specific character

[feral vale]

Uh huh

[lilac crescent]

Fair.

[winged fossil]

oops

wrong channel

i just noticed

SORRY

im just waking up

https://tenor.com/view/cat-dumb-i-cannot-brain-today-i-haz-the-dumb-gif-16243837

[winged fossil]

||Went Tech > Gloralt and Support > Brendan (Surprise ) for my selects this year. Didn't wanna have to go out of my way for Brendan in the future, and Gloralt interested me the most elsewhere.||

[hard wave]

|| id choose the same if I wasnt f2p ||

[winged fossil]

https://tenor.com/view/happy-new-year-new-year-nye-new-years-eve-new-years-day-gif-24514808

hope someday they release raikou to finish the dog trio

[lilac crescent]

How about I do it instead?

[crude glacier]

Raikou and SS Surge?

That seems fun

[tardy jolt]

SS Volkner or Champion Ethan

[bleak falcon]

SS Anabel

Pls DeNA

[crisp oracle]

SC Diantha rerun, I plead DeNa

End my suffering

[unkempt vortex]

there is no rerun only more suffering

[lilac crescent]

Anime ref.

[crisp oracle]

Final Gem Check in of 2023 for me. Very proud of my saving goals this year.

[summer goblet]

nice

good job

[summer goblet]

i goota admit

my gem count is huge

but my candy supplies is pretty low right now

and in desperate need to stick my units at 1/5 for now

at least until my candy supply is replenished

[slow hare]

Lol meanwhile there's me who never candies units

[hard wave]

27/51 of my limiteds are 1/5 and I have no plans to candy any of them except maybe 3

[fallen path]

tbh I plan on candying some of them, I just have choice paralysis

[winged fossil]

I have lets see… 19 1/5s and 24 higher. I plan to candy maybe like eight to ten of them eventually? Maybe more like five or six, depends on how I feel when I actually have more candy

[tardy fiber]

Thanks to the selects, the only faves left to 3/5 are:
4 pairs at 2/5, and 1 pair at 1/5

with this month's move coins, i can finish 2 out of the 4 pairs

Oh the 1/5 pair is registeel so it will take a while

[winged fossil]

current rerun wishlist: Paulo, SCZinnia, maybe Eusine on a multibanner. thats kinda about all id want atm... i think its small enough for me to skip paid orb bundles for a little while...
i feel like id want og Lysandre but hes old enough where i wont put it past dena to put him on a future freebie someday (or as the "bad"/outdated unit on a LG banner, if i ever get tempted by those again)

||they were pretty generous with the pools this newyears, so i got to knock out 2 that id prob not wanted to go out of my way for this year that i figured were unlikely to land on any free selects if we get them in future||

[tardy fiber]

They might pop in half anni selects and if you skip paid orb bundles now it might not be enough for half anni

As its timegated 20 days

[winged fossil]

yeah, im fine with that slight possibility though, TBH

cause only having like 2-3 wants of old units i think is small enough to fit in with most possible new favs for me

since, ive prob said this before, but in my case, most of my fav mons are already ingame

so its mostly just waiting for new Lillie/N/Serena for me

[hard wave]

SC Zinnia will prob be right after half anni tho

[winged fossil]

Yeah… I’m hoping half anni is somewhat quiet fav wise

[wind nymph]

Hi 🙂

[vernal glade]

Im hoping for an anniversary skip as well.

[hard wave]

Same

[rare swan]

I skipped the past two annis (I.e. all of 2023), I would like an anni fave please

[upbeat lotus]

Santa Wulfric happens first

[hard wave]

Hopefully its a fave anni for you and a skip anni for us

[rare swan]

[prime quarry]

Anni Sycamore and Anni Lysandre with matching outfits

[rare swan]

I would be......Broke™️

[winged fossil]

if it has to be an anni fav, dena:
koraidon or raikou or gladion alt maybe...?

waitnoifitskoraidonthenmiraidonwouldcomesametimepleasenotthat

[dark oar]

Summer Anabel for her Suicune o/

[winged fossil]

three suicunes?

before we even have raikou?

blasphemy.

[prime quarry]

inb4 we get Walking Wake before Raikou

[winged fossil]

honestly? i wouldnt be surprised. or we get...whatever that giraffe-lookin' raikou paradox was called

[prime quarry]

Raging Bolt?

[winged fossil]

all these paradox names make my head spin

yea

[prime quarry]

Or maybe Gouging Fire

[winged fossil]

th-thats a thing?
i havent looked up stuff from the 2nd part dlc or whatever yet

[prime quarry]

It's Entei's paradox version

[hasty umbra]

eww, don't manifest that thing into existence

wait, no, Walking Wake is fine

I had Raging Bolt in my mind, that's the abomination

[lilac crescent]

Giraffe lookin'

[prime quarry]

🦒 ⚡

My child

[hasty umbra]

ugly cousin of Aurorus

[lilac crescent]

True. I agree.

How can you make a Pokémon look badder than that.

[hasty umbra]

easy, look at Enamorus

[lilac crescent]

Hm... let look that up.

[prime quarry]

Bruxish.

[hasty umbra]

or any of the Galar fossils ngl, I hate them all

what could have been... but no, they had to go with the joke

[lilac crescent]

Any more?

[prime quarry]

Same tbh, I love the concept but damn do they look awful

[lost bobcat]

They're funny

[lilac crescent]

I think Bruxish looks interesting.

[lost bobcat]

How can you not love something that sleep like this #poma-lounge message
🗿

[lilac crescent]

I can't stop laughing when I look at that.

[lunar thistle]

I've gotta try to skip this month

It'll be difficult tho

[maiden kayak]

u can try to greyscale your phone

so temptation is much lesser

[lunar thistle]

That works?

[maiden kayak]

yup

there are scientific papers to prove that

greyscaling helps to reduce time spent on phone in general

basically because u will get bored by the severe lack of colpurs and everything is monotone

[wide yew]

I use my phone for work
A more functional advice maybe?

[maiden kayak]

use another device like ipad instead

imo phone should serve single purpose rather than multiple purpose

i think u can still greyscale your phone when it comes to messaging and taking calls

dont think it affects much really

[wide yew]

Graphic design stuff

[maiden kayak]

u use phone for that?

i thought yall use pc

[wide yew]

as if I can get another device in this economy

[maiden kayak]

for iphone

u can activate or deactivate it

via switch button

like when u are supposed to work but u feel the urge to play or watch youtube

greyscaling by a click of a switch is handy

and i dont get it , graphic design normally u would not use phone to design lol

never heard anyone can do graphic design by phone

[lunar thistle]

I should probably touch grass more

[maiden kayak]

jokes aside

its actually does work lol

[unkempt vortex]

as someone doing graphic design thats sounds very impracticle

[maiden kayak]

i mean literally

[maiden kayak]

thats why i said u can activate or deactive whenever u like

[fallen path]

Yeah don’t greyscale it please

[maiden kayak]

u can create a switch button

[fallen path]

It’s still annoying

[lunar thistle]

Like in general

Maybe do calligraphy

[unkempt vortex]

no i meant doing it on your phone not the grayscale thing

[maiden kayak]

oh u mean op mentioning graphic designing on phone

[wide yew]

Hey artists draw on phone and even flipnote sometimes what's the big deal

[fallen path]

True, I have procreate although that’s an iPad thing

[maiden kayak]

greyscaling definitely works but if not comfortable , warm light is a good substitute

[lunar thistle]

The problem is the big fat button called "pull"

[maiden kayak]

most of the time pull button is also because of the colours

if u greyscale it

everything looks monotone

theres no emphasis on visual weight on the button

since the button looks blended into the whole screen with other elements

[wide yew]

I just don't go there
There's 10 daily missions and only 1 makes me go to pair scout
And you need 7

[fallen path]

Honesty I just do other things

The easiest isn’t greyscaling a phone or whatever

It’s not playing the game lol

[maiden kayak]

yea but not all ppl can get away from that

thats why greyscaling can help discourage opening or playing the app longer

[fallen path]

I’ve always had a zen attitude with the game, but I know not everyone is like that

[lunar thistle]

I should probably be more zen in general

[fallen path]

It’s about needs and wants, I am hypocritical too, I have wants in life

Idk. For me it’s always been I know what I want or don’t want within a day of the datamine and analyzing everything

And I have temptations too, I am human lol

[wide yew]

For me I'm just very used to being broke that I know saving is the only way

[fallen path]

Yeah, I actually do treat my gems like a real life bank account (well I do have paid gems so it’s kinda like a real one lol)

[lunar thistle]

The weird thing is that I can save irl

[fallen path]

Not an aqua or chest amount of gems, but it’s comfy enough

[lunar thistle]

But not in-game

I find that my wants irl are much less than in-game

Which is probably intentional

[wide yew]

Some of it is also from a past mistake
My partner plays gachas with me and I used to get pissed whenever he ends up being luckier then I dumped everything in response

[fallen path]

I think it’s also easier for me to not think about the game since I play multiple mobile games

And one of them is a long term farm game so I basically have to be patient and manage resources

Which doesn’t hurt in pomas

[lunar thistle]

I should really think about what's important for me right now

And it's probably not PoMa

[rare swan]

It should never be PMEX, vs RL things

If you feel your spending is unhealthy, take a step back for a bit

[lost bobcat]

Skip that mission, you got other 9 to pick, at least you can now
I'm skipping bcs of Mix being always there
Working fine

[crisp oracle]

Welcome to 2024... what are your saving goals?

[unkempt vortex]

the goal is to not have one

[prime quarry]

Damn I'm still stuck in 2023

[crisp oracle]

just over an hour for ya]

[prime quarry]

Yep! Nearly there

[crisp oracle]

my saving goals ||after blowing some gems off as I normally do to scratch my itch early-year|| is to hit 200K gems

[gloomy holly]

||Always pull, never save||

[lilac crescent]

Gotta take that quote to heart.

[lean mango]

maybe not

[compact pasture]

||Should I get Rosanta?||

[lilac crescent]

Gotta love it.

[grim plover]

Well it's official ||I'm skipping grusha||

Hyper save mode

[lost bobcat]

Short answer is no
Welcome in the saving channel

[dark oar]

I have sinned. ;_;
I'm back to saving again. At least i didnt have to pity anyone.....

|| 32k to 17k || all for favourites.

[winged fossil]

im scared

villa is no longer an event based thing

that could mean less gems

[rare swan]

Yeah that's a legit worry

[cobalt frost]

im only hoping that the new event gives atleast SOME gems

and that the gems given for a new permanent battle villa is bigger than 2k

[crisp oracle]

What do they want from us FTPs? Us to crack and spend?

[dark oar]

the upcoming infinite battles one with roguelite settings? o-o?

[cobalt frost]

like if you do it once and get 5k gems or something and it never refreshes i can tolerate that a bit better

[crisp oracle]

Still 5K once over 2K over and over again is not a fair trade lol

[cobalt frost]

absolutely not but im pleading for them to atleast do that

although i imagine its just gonna be 2k as usual

they COULD extend it up to 50 or something and include the rotating characters maybe???

[midnight thorn]

fwiw last time villa rewards were adjusted they got moved throughout the game, we'll see how they handle it

[cobalt frost]

im curious to atleast see how they handle it

this is gonna be a permanent icon on the menu completely unchanging with no reason to go back once your done

i think they'd probably make changes to the mode itself

[unkempt vortex]

They won’t

It’s dena

[lost bobcat]

I'm totally swapping tactic bcs

• wasn't able to keep up with my past LG strikes bcs of less time
• I feel we'll sink more as avrg gems
• ssRoxie made me realize I still have favs around other than Bea n Falinks

So with fewer gems x months and feeling less pressure on powerful units I'll hybernate once again
Stacking the 3k bundle for selects, and waiting for mix to reach the third pool update before investing on it
My only temptation now is to burn my 5k scout tickets bcs I want to EX more units but need to resist till next anni for the genpool update

[high star]

ummmmmm

yes.

[tawny cedar]

Save above 50k

[high star]

in the span of like 2 months(i think) i managed to save up a pity for nc rosa, and then decided to go back to being an idiot and did one multi each one sst and ssa

[tawny cedar]

Today I slightly fucked

Up*

Dopamine is one hell of a drug

[oak crest]

No goals

[high star]

mfw gambling addiction

[tawny cedar]

Somehow got away with only having to ||expend 3k for my fave but then the dopamine along with the voices in my head told me to keep rolling||

||so I used 18k instead of stopping at 3k||

I will now end the month with 24k instead of 39k

Big sad

[high star]

i ended the month/year with an amount too small to even remember

[tawny cedar]

I had 15k before this reset hit

[lilac crescent]

To get atleast 60k by the end of the year if I don’t blow my gems on SST Red, which I will do.

[high star]

i still need to log in for the new year reset

[tawny cedar]

My new goal is to reach 50k without leading into temptation

[tawny cedar]

I'm expecting these next few months to be a bit dry of faves so I think i can do it

(unless they throw in ncbede rerun)

[high star]

maybe i can try to save up 2 pities before my birthday(mid june)

and then do some bday spending

idk

[lilac crescent]

I just realized that the giveaway is starting.

[vernal glade]

My goal is to skip January. February coming up next month. Which is a good month for me to save gems.

[high star]

10 ppl are gonna get 60k overnight

crazy

[lilac crescent]

It's gotta be me.

I generally need it for scouts.

[vernal glade]

I don’t care what I get. I’ll take any amount.

[high star]

same(if i don't somehow luck into the 60k i will fight dena)

[lean mango]

just expect to not get it

[high star]

i am

not

[lean mango]

This will be the third time I get 300 gems from the giveaway

[tawny cedar]

10 iPad babies who only played the game cuz they heard Ash is in it will get the 60k,flex it in our faces,then uninstall the game cuz it takes up too much storage and they can't install Subway surfers*

[lean mango]

[vernal glade]

I don’t have any memories on past new year giveaway gems I gotten.

[tawny cedar]

We all get 300

[upbeat lotus]

sounds like me

[oak crest]

its always 300 unless ur lucky

[lean mango]

I should probably do a gem count before the year ends

gem count, nearly 2 pities but good enough to end the year with

[vernal glade]

For now, I’m in saving mode. I’m preparing my gems.

[lean mango]

the rest of the update is a skip thankfully

[vernal glade]

January becoming a skip. Next pity here I come.

New goal: save until October.

[lean mango]

maybe I'll finally get back to the #100klife lfg??

[vernal glade]

And if October a skip, I’m saving more.

[lilac crescent]

Yay. I just need 3k more.

[tawny cedar]

I should make a new fave list

Decided to purge through last night

A lot of phantom faves

A shocking amount

I keep adding new units as faves with justification of them being new i think

Really need to change that

[vernal glade]

I need a new list also. It’s now empty.

[tawny cedar]

Congrats

I am still stuck in rerun hell

Wallace may also be joining the rerun hell list this year

But i need to assess myself whether he is a phantom fave or not

[lean mango]

it's best to not go for reruns anymore unless you truly want them

[tawny cedar]

I do love his outfit but I also feel my brain is just trying to make me fomo

I think i can remove Jessie and James from my fave list

They won't get alts anyways

[lean mango]

constantly going for reruns can just leave you unprepared for future units which keeps your list too big

[tawny cedar]

Ik

Now I gotta assess wallace

Do i really like this clown or is my stupid brain trying to fomo like always

[lean mango]

I always have the test of "would it be worth it to lose a pity to x unit"

[tawny cedar]

That's smart

But my brain loves assuming I'll get it in 6-7 and can easily leave

That is not the case

Even though the last 2 months have been very generous to me in terms of luck i have hit bad ends before

[lean mango]

then I think you need to get rid of that mindset of assuming you'd get it early to truly think clearly when it comes to pulling

[sweet tide]

Did not expect to see more gems getting nerfed on the first day of 2024 but ok go off dena

[rare swan]

with any luck they will be redistributed to the new event

but yeah

we'll need to wait for in-game confirmation obvs but it does not sound good

[sweet tide]

They prob wont

Cos they said rewards are to strengthen ur pairs

[rare swan]

[sweet tide]

Maybe first clear gems

[rare swan]

[sweet tide]

But definitely not a steady 2k stream

[rare swan]

losing BV is a big freaking blow

it gave the best rewards out of any event

i really hope we haven't lost all the gems there, surely dena doesn't think we won't notice

[sweet tide]

They r nerfing eveything they can but oh well

[vernal glade]

BV is indeed a major loss.

[winged fossil]

theyre making autoing gauntlets almost mandatory at this rate

[vernal glade]

At least we got blissey back thankfully.

I mean, bonanza.

[tawny cedar]

How do I formulate a fave list again

I forgot how to

[broken mulch]

That is crazy subjective my friend LMAO

[tardy fiber]

76,750 gems left, now patiently waiting for datamine

As there's 20k gems left this datamine, i can grow to 96k

[cobalt frost]

got what i wanted this update too, not spending anymore now

february really only has 2 chances to entice me with its pokefairs as palentines is probably a near immediate skip

mallow/appletun was literally the only one that ever interested me

[tardy fiber]

I need to prepare in case manaphy or magearna appears on Palentine

They are kinda have heart motive

[timber swift]

Brothers I am about to spam my diamonds on Wallace or Signa Suit Cynthia

https://tenor.com/view/send-help-help-help-me-help-me-im-poor-bad-situation-gif-15097358

[lean mango]

is it really worth it?

or are you willing to spend a pity on either?

[oak crest]

also remember for Wallace - he is a field unit, it will take a much longer time to boost him to 3/5 with candies as well

not recommended unless he is a fave

[mossy hawk]

His 3/5 is not needed anyway

[tardy fiber]

Thank you DeNa for giving niche type npc pairs, now my fairy pairs finally become more than 9

[mossy hawk]

Catherine's sync can pack a punch

[tardy fiber]

Hopefully they can get EX in the future

[zenith eagle]

If I'm starting at 0 right now. How much will I able to save until half-anni? And when is it?

March right?

[rare swan]

Feb 28th officially, the pairs drop early March

You can make some calcs from the data in the pins but we obviously don't know Feb's gem count

[zenith eagle]

So anywhere from 40-60k then

Alright

[tardy fiber]

Also if its MF, the banner usually stays for a month...so you can calculate the whole month of march gems as well

[crisp grotto]

Society if DeNa would give EXs to the freebies

[sly breach]

Why save when am on the verge of pitying another unit

[gloomy holly]

Is that EX?

[vestal leaf]

Don't remember lemme check

Yep

Here's 20/20 exless

[rare swan]

Kalos keeps winning

(and stealing all the good fairies )

[tardy fiber]

Valerie gaming

Hope there's another free npc on palentine

I like npc pairs, finally can dump my 3* move candies

[untold tide]

Please colress alt on half anni yes it's hopium I know

[tawny cedar]

Started working on making my fave list again

Not going very great

I've got seven future faves that are Pokemon alone

I haven't even counted reruns on trainers yet

[sturdy flower]

BV will stop giving us gems... that will be sad

quite hard for the new event to match it

[feral vale]

Really will depend on how everything is executed.

[tardy fiber]

I hope that they said BV is a permanent content means its like CS, it is available anytime and the reward refresh in certain period, in this case monthly

So no need to worry to clear it in 2 weeks

Can clear it in a month

[fallen path]

Maybe we’ll get rewards one more time when it’s permanent

[crisp oracle]

Hopefully they put the gems one rerunning mission with 2,000 gems that just says "beat hall 30" like the old LA missions

[winged fossil]

It’s dena… they took away those. You really think they wouldn’t take away villa gems…

[crisp oracle]

Gotta have some hope

[prime quarry]

Just noticed that I hit my first ever free pity stash!!

[sturdy flower]

bonanza...

i miss you...

[crisp oracle]

[hasty umbra]

first?

I'm too afraid to even consider if I want to know more

[rare swan]

If it's the first after a while then it is even more impressive

[junior trout]

||Got nate today and the rest of the month is a complete skip for me. For once I can actually rack up a good number of gems and hopefully prep for 4.5 anni if any more favs happen to arise. Its really such a huge weight off my shoulders ||

[prime quarry]

It's my very first! All the other pities I've done for pairs have been... Supplemented and I've never had more than like 15k free gems at any given time before

[crisp oracle]

||Good news for my savings goals: took me 15K gems to get NC Rosa and SSTR and now I can comfortably wait for datamine with two new master fairs||

It's good to be rewarded for saving with good luck!

[lilac crescent]

Sure is.

[hasty umbra]

I see, congrats on the milestone then!

[prime quarry]

thanks!

[versed flame]

i dont need ||sst red||. cool unit but surely theyll release a similarly broken pair with a character im more invested in around half anni or anni, especially since im a legends arceus enjoyer

^^ reminder to myself

[rare swan]

Saving for 4.5 anni is a great goal, it'll be here before we know it

[versed flame]

need to not fall into hubris of ||getting this months target in one multi.|| saving mode hibernation time once again

[timber swift]

I went for Cynthia but alas, we failed. Now I have 280 gems and I am disgusted with myself

[winged fossil]

this is why we dont even consider it without a pity

also friendly reminder generally recommended to spoiler unit names that are running in a month, ESPECIALLY in subject of pulling

for sake of fellow zenners

[rare swan]

It would be nice if that were spoilered, yes

but in a way it's a good warning about pulling when you don't have a pity

[summer goblet]

sadly, not too many players have an inch of willpower to save a pity

[cunning swan]

the first pity is always the hardest

[summer goblet]

and all they can do is cry in pity

[lunar thistle]

Yoloing is high risk high reward

[summer goblet]

once in a while, I would laugh at their misery

[lunar thistle]

There are certainly benefits for it

[rare swan]

there's no need to be an asshole about it

[summer goblet]

90% of gamblers quit before they hit big lol

[winged fossil]

usually rewardless though

[rare swan]

saving is very difficult when people are being tempted with constant meta banners

[summer goblet]

it's discord, everyone is an asshole

to an extend

plus i only do it people i generally dislike

[tardy fiber]

Same reason as me, waiting for my actual electric faves to bolster my roster... zeraora, xurkitree, raikou, miraidon, raging bolt, sandy shocks

[lunar thistle]

I mean according to probability there's a high chance you'll win with enough tries

So like

[tardy fiber]

Thundurus

[lunar thistle]

It isn't necessarily an evil fully

[winged fossil]

always plan for the worst around here

[tardy fiber]

True

[lunar thistle]

It's a game, not trading stocks

The worst that can happen is you don't get what you want

[winged fossil]

and thats what zenners try to avoid

[summer goblet]

if only i can translate that to stock picking skills

[winged fossil]

[rare swan]

important to remember

[lunar thistle]

As opposed to losing your life savings

[summer goblet]

i would be fairly rich

[lunar thistle]

And there's no "pity" in "investment" anyway

[tardy fiber]

So people that yolo should not whine, you attempted it with fully known what to expect so don't hope for people's sympathy or dragging others to follow your footsteps

[lunar thistle]

Yoloers go in to Yolo with the full expectation that you don't get the unit

Actually an interesting point is why is there a gem saving and not a yolo thread

[summer goblet]

its human nature to complain

[cunning swan]

yolo thread is poma lounge dw

[rare swan]

that's #salt-channel

[tardy fiber]

They should enjoy general pools, they probably got those a bunch more than limited pairs

Appreciate the general pool pairs

Utilise it to their full potential

All hail Ramos

I gonna use my 5* ramos in grass hse

[lunar thistle]

People should really not demonetise yoloers

It's just a counterpart

[rare swan]

We don't have to be sympathetic to those who YOLO or pull without a pity, but there's also no need to kick them while they're down

[summer goblet]

unless its a person you kinda hate

and have beef with

[rare swan]

then take it out of here

[tardy fiber]

True, i agree...no need to lower other people's when they are feeling misery

[lunar thistle]

What if a person you kinda hate yolos and then if they don't get it they spend until they get it

Can I kick those people when they're down

[rare swan]

not in here you can't

[summer goblet]

luckily

[rare swan]

we want to keep this thread (and server) a positive place for all

[summer goblet]

there are no people in this thread i dislike

[tardy fiber]

I just gonna say you deserve it in my heart, no need to wrote and let them know, they deserve it

You making a bad day, worse

[summer goblet]

all of them are in pocecord generelly

[lunar thistle]

(Using their parents' money no less)

Aaaanyways

[summer goblet]

so you ban anyone who are assholes, got it

[rare swan]

that's what Rule 1 is for

[tardy fiber]

Well thats their problem even if they use their parents money...they getting scold or leave the game due to their repercussions are all due to their actions...doesnt concern me and my family

[rare swan]

naturally people get into debates and get angry at each other but overall yes, if someone is being vehemently nasty to other users we will moderate

we want y'all to have fun here 😌

[stable minnow]

Hey guys I’m saving my field candy for whenever i get Wallace

[tardy fiber]

Plenty people leave poma especially if things didn't go what they wanted or the dev doesnt give what they expected, we can just give motivation

[stable minnow]

Does that count

I’m trying

[rare swan]

Santos.....are you lost????

[tardy fiber]

Im doing the same santos

[rare swan]

Santos.....SAVING?

[stable minnow]

Had me thinking I was in the wrong channel for a sec

[tardy fiber]

Too risky to try for 2/5 wallace when half anni is around the corner

[rare swan]

i'm not convinced you're in the right one

[stable minnow]

[lunar thistle]

Anywag

[dire meteor]

[tardy fiber]

Plus we kinda get 4- 5 yellow candies on average monthly

[lunar thistle]

Any good games you guys are playing

[stable minnow]

[lunar thistle]

I need to take my mind off PoMa

[tawny cedar]

TF2

[rare swan]

Yes, Pokemon Masters EX™️, by DeNA

[stable minnow]

That’s a topic for a different channel

[tardy fiber]

Honkai star rail

[dire meteor]

I love candy coin system
Makes me able to save

[tardy fiber]

True

[dire meteor]

[tardy fiber]

Tough luck for other gacha games when you wanted dupes

[tawny cedar]

The only time I ever get the temptation to pull for dupes is if i want to 5/5 a fave

[tardy fiber]

Especially to unlock their full power

[tawny cedar]

Otherwise waiting 3-4 months is easy

[tardy fiber]

Candies are so good

[rare swan]

If it's true that we could be losing the 2k/month BV gems, saving will become even more critical

as will being selective with your pulls

[tardy fiber]

I kinda worry about the new game mode especially seeing it have different difficulties and it replaces BV

BV is easy, thats a good part plus give plenty gems

What if my roster can only do easy difficulty

So the gems getting cut?

[summer goblet]

that's like every server, so its the mods discretion on how to abuse it

[rare swan]

[tardy fiber]

I just pulled select scouts i spent lavishly Tai...there goes my 80+ day of orbs bundle

Still better than 3 pities i guess

But 15k paid does stings

[rare swan]

15k paids is rough but if you got units you wanted, it's fine plus you're supporting the game

[lunar thistle]

Oh that term is banned here

Good

[rare swan]

@lunar thistle FYI we filter that last thing you said, yeah

for good reason

[tardy fiber]

True i guess especially seeing recent pairs in there, so unless its MF or collab pairs, might can just wait for select scouts on anniv to get them cheaper if needed

[cunning swan]

santos in gem zen chat

[rare swan]

he's lost, don't worry

[cunning swan]

2024 is proving to be a miracle

[rare swan]

i sent him in the right direction

[tardy fiber]

Santos can be here, didnt he want to save field candy instead of pulling for dupes...thats a great zen move

[crisp grotto]

Ask him if he even has another Field unit outside of E-Victor

[tardy fiber]

I thought ||he pulled nywallace||

[rare swan]

not yet i don't think

[tardy fiber]

Hard to form field/sprint candy...i start to consider yellow candy as sprint/field as they formed quite fast as well, around 4/5 months

Like this month there's 6 yellow coins

6 because tlim doesn't include lodge and stones shop

[tawny cedar]

After how many no of reruns and new faves in a list do you guys think it becomes too much

[tardy fiber]

Hard to answer that, like i joined this game late like a year late and during that time, i need to chase N, Gloria, Lysandre for reruns and i cleared em all...so i think clear your rerun list first before adding more new faves because if not later both categories will become bigger and bigger as the newly added faves that you didn't manage to get will become new rerun units

If you are lacking gems might can also consider filter same type faves and grab those that can help cover your lacking type coverage first

[tawny cedar]

I'm not really lacking in type coverage except rock and fairy

Rock isn't really too much of a problem because I can just 3/5 my rose or cblue

Fairy is a problem

But I don't have any fairy faves

This is what the fave list currently looks like

Too many faves ik.but I'm having a hard time cancelling any of em cuz they are all pity worthy to me

[maiden kayak]

adding more salt and pepper? nice

[tardy fiber]

If your fave trainers are those, you shouldn't have that rerun category that are not trainers that you put in your fave list... having a fave trainer list, means you are getting them and not others, as trainers can easily be 3 or more versions of themselves especially if they are popular

[hard wave]

|| I thought you wanted ssac not sstr? ||

[compact pasture]

+anni

[jade lava]

Poma's 4.5 Year Anniversary events happen <t:1709100000:R>, <t:1709100000:f>
Poma's 5th Anniversary events start <t:1724824800:R>, <t:1724824800>

[tardy jolt]

Damn, two months means that we can probably expect only 46k if we’re lucky. Better save up

[lilac crescent]

How many gems do we get tomorrow?

[upbeat lotus]

[lilac crescent]

Ah. Ok.

[tawny cedar]

Most of the non trainer reruns are there cuz I like the outfit

Should I cut it down further?

[crisp oracle]

||With less gems coming to us; I've developed a ridiculous plan to keep my gem count in check||

This month is Jan: ||Jan is the month where I pull on Master Fairs: why? I get my spending itch out of the way early and I can get MFs I was on the fence about earlier||

Then I prep for each anniversary and ALWAYS have a pity ready for SC Diantha

There is actually a voice in my head that always dictates the actions I take in this game: with my obession with sports, I named him "The Chairman" who has to individually approve each spending decision I make. With him in charge of my spending for the last three months I have not been allowed to spend 25 gems on PM Day Happy Scout.

[tawny cedar]

The voices in my head make up reasons to pull random characters

"yeah!this guy has got Pikachu!you obviously like him!that's a good enough reason to splurge!give into your intrusive thoughts and pull on this pair who isn't even on your fave list!"

They are especially active after gambling dopamine activated

[grim plover]

ok now i have to save for adamans rerun + 4.5 anni

i have to pray for a feb skip month

[lilac crescent]

Atleast the Pikachu units are good.

[lean mango]

but that shouldn't be your only reason?

[lean mango]

and just because a cool outfit shouldn't make the unit part of your list, it just adds more clutter

Anyways, Gem count

tryin to get back into the game than before so I got a lot of the gems I didn't bother to collect

[tardy fiber]

Depends if you feel that your fave list is too big, check how many of your fave trainer category that you already got first as there's like 5 blue or something and morty also has a bunch. I dont mind the pokemon list much, i only worry if they actually appear as even if they appear, they will go to rerun list if you dont manage to get them...the current rerun list is the one that you need to slim it down because its not the trainer you like and also the pokemon you like, so will you be happy if you get them? Are you willing to spend 36.6k for them? Are you happy just by having them although they are no longer meta or strong? All of those things need to be considered before actually putting them in rerun list because sometimes while chasing rerun, those pairs started to become outdated as new pairs that can do better stuffs than them will appear so if you truly want them after considering all of those factors, only then put into rerun list

[winged fossil]

at this point, if people have a big fav list like this and have seasonals on their rerun list, it should prob be select-only type of list for the seasonals IMO at best

cause 0.25% or something and getting worse every year, youre prob pitying for a seasonal if its not the one for that year

||i forgot to check event shop for unit specific oops. guess im stuck with unusable orbs in my inventory cause i already gridded the unit||

[tardy fiber]

Yep need to consider more for seasonal their kit will get outdated over time as they wont get 5/5 grid treatment or power boost plus their rerun banner will also worsen so might cost you a pity

[winged fossil]

yeah seasonals tend to be the fastest to be crept on average from what ive seen, and even if you see someone before pity, its probably not the one you wanted for rerun banners.

so for those especially its either swallow the 36.6k pricetag or paid a select someday

dont think we've seen any free handouts for seasonals either, so unlike stuff like og N theres prob not gonna be that to look forward to either

[tardy fiber]

To avoid this, i don't claim exclusive sync orbs anymore, especially due to im already swimming in those normal orbs 🏊

[winged fossil]

fair, i might just skip this event's orbs due to it, although im not certain if 108k orbs is enough to not run into another orb shortage on stuff like hse and lg (and the upcoming roguelike mode if that uses our grids, which it prob does id bet)

i am 100% gonna be addicted to the new gamemode if its any good cause i simp for roguelike games

thats like one of the top 3 genres i buy on steam

3d platformers and roguelikes are easily up there, idk what the third one is exactly. apparently i played alot of survival this year but thats just cause terraria is GOATed for someone like me xD

so kinda throws off my top genres when i dont play it much outside of that one

[broken mulch]

Once you get to a certain point you never have to buy event orbs anymore haha

[pure arrow]

yo you’re also a Terraria player?

[winged fossil]

Yup. Usually play death or eternity modes the most

[tardy fiber]

For upcoming game mode, im interested for this part the most...its the closest system like artifact or relic effect in poma, although it can only be used in the new game mode but it can give birth to guides like vampire Lysandre using the lifesteal item for this game mode or something...well it can boost faves, or other example like using OG clair while using item that give rain effect at start...cannot wait to see interesting stuffs from it

[hard wave]

Im at like 200k and im going to stop grabbing them, all my units are alr fully gridded

[tardy fiber]

The other thing that they said that certain roles give bonus points and even cake roles give points give advantage to people that have a bunch of pairs so it doesn't interest me much as whales benefit from it the most...but beneficial items is nice

[versed flame]

victor as the only free field pair and i think zero free sprint pairs? 😅

but it's just bonus points anyway so hopefully it's not too big of a deal

[tardy fiber]

I got a free sprint pair because i got archer from the free ticket

[versed flame]

you can argue that field/sprint give you extra CSMM points because free params XD

haha I also got Archer, but yeah it's not guaranteed

[tardy fiber]

Archer bros 🤝

Still waiting for a truly sprint fave pair to appear...well i guess ncrosa counts as half of sprint as i gave her the cake

[versed flame]

i have my sprint fave already (rei), no field pairs interest me yet

||unless you count NC Nate but i haven't even caked him lol||

[tardy fiber]

Truthfully i like the original 3 roles more than the new ones, like their place in the game is still ambiguous. Would love it more if field and sprint EX effect refreshes with every sync and not just one

[lost bobcat]

More roles were needed (and I think we got those too late)
Techs were taking too much space, not to mention their release amount was crazy
The new roles may feel a but off bcs the old ones are broken af, give them time to powercreep or get new mechanics

And it's all good for us, we're getting more candy coins

[tardy fiber]

Kinda true like recent sprint pairs kinda deal good damage, nemona got short end of the stick as DeNa doesn't know if they should give good sync damage to sprint back then

Well lucas spectrier too but he is free so wont mind much

[hard wave]

Techs are like… what? Field effects, sync accel, debuffs, status/interference?

[tardy fiber]

Yep, but now i think techs mainly focus on debuffs

Oh and high single target sync nuke

[warm scarab]

Has anyone looked into how much it would cost Poce to keep up his pulls every month like the way he does?

[crisp oracle]

He gets like 40K from the game a month for being a partner

Plus he’s a giga whale I think, he maxed his card live on the SS Mina stream

It’s easier to check back on his streams, see how many gems he spends, and convert it to IRL currency from one month, then calculate the cost

But I think he said ||he spent $800 CAD on SS Lysandre alone. Yikes.||

[warm scarab]

I trust he is from Shanghai then 😂

[hard wave]

[tough oriole]

He’s from Canada, I think British Columbia

[warm scarab]

Yea I mean his parents

[sand crown]

That pays nearly all of my bills for a month

[rare swan]

The Team Flare entry fee!

[lilac crescent]

How do you spend so much on a gacha game. Honestly... I've only spent about $20 USD on PMEX.

[warm scarab]

Why not ask - How much are they worth to spend that much on a gacha.

[dark oar]

Your friend is giving this game a fighting life 😮

[rare swan]

That's Poce lmao

[prime quarry]

I wish I could spend that much on Masters

It takes me a few months to hit $800

[fallen path]

That $800 is going for rent and food lol

Not Masters

I have spent around $300 CAD on the game and that's been since 2nd anni till now (and I never spent before the 3k paid gem bundle appeared)

[crisp oracle]

Save with us

[prime quarry]

I am! at least my free gems

[lilac crescent]

Oh naw...

I thought this was supposed to be the saving thread but now we’re just sharing our bad spendings.

[crisp grotto]

I don't think so, people are sharing their spending in comparison to heavy spending. It's a resource saving thread, discussion on how to moderate spending should be fine.

[fallen path]

tbf, this is about using actual money

Pokemon Masters is still a gambling simulator with Pokemon elements in the gacha format

awareness of spending real money (or how to spend if you aren't F2P) is good advice in itself, as well as the dangers of spending a lot of money on pixels since we do not own any content of the game. It can eos at any moment

[crisp grotto]

[hasty umbra]

this is always something that baffles me greatly when I see people spend so much on mobile games in general, it'll go poof when EoS happens, granted it's a bit like spending to go watch a movie or whatever, it's intangible and only for entertainment, but the amounts... that's quite a difference to note

[lilac crescent]

This reading is melting my brain.

[rare swan]

We don't know how much disposable income people have at their fingertips, so

Some of y'all could be secret millionaires

[lilac crescent]

I wish.

[lost bobcat]

Bruh you shared your spending first after ppl were talking about Poce
Btw spening more than you doesn't mean it's a bad spending
Idk where you saw someone telling bad tips abt managing paid gems

[rare swan]

Hence why we dont offer advice about buying paid gems, just the most efficient ways to spend them

And if people wanna spend some change on their silly little phone games that bring them joy, who cares

[lost bobcat]

Are those that keep the game running, I'm thankful to them

[rare swan]

Exactly

thank you whales

[upbeat lotus]

Def not me

[lilac crescent]

Well, according to my calculations.

[upbeat lotus]

[crisp grotto]

It's me, I'm the secret billionaire. Don't be jealous

[upbeat lotus]

I dont care about others spending, they are making the game living longer

[upbeat lotus]

Buy me a villa thanks

🏃‍♂️

[gloomy holly]

Imagine spending in a gacha game

[lilac crescent]

Imagine not spending in a gacha game.

[upbeat lotus]

Imagine judging on how people spending

[lilac crescent]

(Shots fired.)

[hasty umbra]

as long as it is disposable income and not you putting your financial security or anyone under your care in danger, then who cares

[rare swan]

Fr

[fallen path]

I don’t count another persons bank account. There are people with much more money than me and people with nothing. If someone wants to spend on a gacha then be my guest honesty

[hasty umbra]

it's still outrageous to me to think about it but people are still free to do whatever they want

[gloomy holly]

||You mean like that one kid that spent over $20k on Fortnite stuff?||

[rare swan]

I'll never understand people who judge others for something as harmless as dropping some coin on a silly phone game

Sorry they can afford it? damn

[fallen path]

They keep the game alive, but as usual. Spend within your means

[rare swan]

No spenders, no game y'all

[fallen path]

Irl resource saving support

[lilac crescent]

Fair point.

[gloomy holly]

Every gacha company tryna be Mr. Krabs

[hasty umbra]

billionaires can be gamers too

[rare swan]

Can some billionaires whale on PMEX please that would be great

[lilac crescent]

Ye.

[upbeat lotus]

"Stop spending"
"Okay"

[fallen path]

Don’t even need to billionaires

[hasty umbra]

Tai on the way to ask a billionaire for bribes to DeNA for more Kalos pairs

[fallen path]

Professional athletes who are nerds

Spend on the game please

[hard wave]

Im only a millionaire unfortunately || if you count poma coins ||

[lost bobcat]

Btw 40k from partnership sound quite low considering how much he's spending
It's a only-single-pulls pity

But I guess they have other partners, JP community probably

[warm scarab]

To be honest. Poce deserves a perm increased pull rate the way he spends

[lost bobcat]

Would be hilarious

[lilac crescent]

Who is Poce again?

[lost bobcat]

This unit is bad: pulls 5/5

[warm scarab]

Imagine 4% on PF perm 😂

[rare swan]

Fr but like. As long as no one is judging each other it's all good

[lost bobcat]

A youtuber, partner witht poma that does mostly poma content

[rare swan]

Let the whales whale and the F2Ps F2P, there's plenty of reasons why people might not wanna spend

[hard wave]

There’s a dif between not pulling a unit and saying its bad vs maxing out a unit and saying its bad

[lilac crescent]

I mean. Half the banners are mainly F2P.

Well, until now.

[lost bobcat]

At least he knows by experience

[tardy fiber]

I only spend around 46 usd a year for masters

Im an anchovy

I gonna send feedback to DeNa, why most NPC pairs are kalos...give other regions some stuffs too

[lost bobcat]

They got great trainer classes
I 'd like to see the Kalos tourists

[dark oar]

i was f2p since into the third anniversary. and has been charging before the Holiday 2023. I've dropped around ||640 USD|| already .-./

[upbeat lotus]

Kalos veterans are banger

Fr gen 6 including ORAS have many of my favorite NPC trainer classes

[dark oar]

they dont have voices yet 😦

[rare swan]

One of my favourite tongue-in-cheek moments in XY was Gamefreak adding a bunch of tourists they were a v fun trainer class

[tardy fiber]

I need to make some corrections, i spent 58 usd a year

For poma

I forgot that daily orb bundle is every 20 days instead of a month

So thats around 54k paid gems a year

[tawny cedar]

If I like a character purely out of nostalgia is it a true fave or a phantom?

I like red cuz I used to play frlg a lot and he brings nostalgia but don't know any other defining characteristics about him

[rare swan]

i also used to play frlg a lot

red ain't a fave

nostalgia can be deceiving

[tawny cedar]

That's bring another possible phantom fave

Ncbede

Do not care about his character,i actually hate him

Only care about garticuno who is my top 15 fave pokemon

But in my fave list Ive only chosen top 7 and garticuno isn't a part of that

Is it a phantom

[rare swan]

this game is way more focused on the trainers than the mons, i would not go anywhere near a trainer you dislike

[tawny cedar]

Ok last question

When does good fashion become a phantom fave

Because that comprises half my rerun list

And i suspect one or two or phantom faves whose outfits just bedazzled me in the moment

But idk

[grim plover]

i'd go for Trainer > Pokemon >= Kit > Outfit.

So i wouldn't pull for a trainer i dislike even if they have a good outfit, or have a fav pokemon because another trainer can have that pokemon.

[uneven bone]

I have exactly 3K. I’m tempted lmao

[rare swan]

close the game

3k will result in nothing but disappointment

[uneven bone]

And knowing my luck, that’s exactly what’ll happen

[rare swan]

if you're used to multying the second you get 3k, i get that it's hard

[tawny cedar]

Well it's not about dislike

I'm just neutral on them

Fall allister,summer steven and alillie

[rare swan]

but if you can avoid temptation and let your balance grow, you'll have a much better experience

[tawny cedar]

All wit excellent outfits

I kinda like steven

[uneven bone]

Too true.

[tawny cedar]

I don't really feel anything about Lillie or allister

[rare swan]

"kinda like" should cancel him from your list immediately

same with Lillie and Allister

[tawny cedar]

It's more his outfits

Oh

So outfit alone is phantom?

[rare swan]

they sound like characters you'd end up regretting, bc you're not overly interested other than the outfit

which you won't even see in the battle

[tawny cedar]

What about outfit+pokemon

[rare swan]

since i know you're trying to cut your list down, i'd cull anyone who wasn't a winner in trainer + pokemon + outfit

you want the trifecta

[tawny cedar]

Hmm

[grim plover]

well if you have a lot of gems you can be more flexible. But if it's not a fav make sure you will use them

[rare swan]

see where that has you end up

iirc you don't have a pity, so

good to be picky

[tawny cedar]

Ok that's summer steven,fall allister and alillie out

[rare swan]

remember this is just reruns as well

not even accounting for new pairs

[tawny cedar]

That leaves nywallace,asteven and scjasmine for reruns

[rare swan]

3 is much easier to work with

[tawny cedar]

Nywallace shouldn't be a problem because i have 1 year for him

Asteven will take 1.5 yrs

Scjasmine idk

[rare swan]

another user is waiting for an SC from that batch and they haven't rerun (on a free scout) in a while

so she could be unpredictable

[tawny cedar]

Thank God I got guzma last scout

That's atleast 1 less worry

[rare swan]

[uneven bone]

My main issue is that DeNA loves to go for the FOMO approach

[rare swan]

all gacha do

it's why you need to become deaf to the hype (i know it's easier said than done )

[uneven bone]

And I’m pretty sure I have nearly every gen pool unit maxed out

[rare swan]

what about saving for 4.5 anni, as a goal?

we tend to get Big Stupid pairs then, so

[tardy fiber]

You are lucky...i still have 4 0/5 general pool pairs

[rare swan]

would be way more worth it than anything this month or the next

[tawny cedar]

Im missing hugh and olypmia

[grim plover]

adaman rerun pls

[tardy fiber]

0/5 melony, drasna, ryuki, lenora

[tawny cedar]

Oh yeah lenora

Forgot she got added

[uneven bone]

||I don’t care much for SST Red, but NC!Rosa is where I’ve been spending gems||

[rare swan]

(just make sure you spoiler if you're talking about pulling on an available banner)

[uneven bone]

Oh, my bad!

[rare swan]

all g

[tawny cedar]

I somehow got all my fomo pairs this month except ||nywallace||

Man is big trouble

[rare swan]

||how far into the scout are you?||

[tawny cedar]

The fear of waiting a whopping 1 year for him Is a little tempting on me

[grim plover]

||he destroyed my gems||

so im in extreme saving now

skipping feb if possible

[uneven bone]

||203 pity on the standard banner, 36 on the paid only||

[tawny cedar]

I have 3k rn

[rare swan]

it's a good time to start hunkering down, considering 4.5 is close

[grim plover]

yeah

[tawny cedar]

Yeah

[rare swan]

||have you had a look in the pins here to see if you'll get the gems you need to pity her before she leaves? she's still around a while yet||

[grim plover]

i have 1 pity now so i only need one more to be safe for 4.5

[rare swan]

||since you're actively pulling on a banner my advice changes a bit, ahaha||

[grim plover]

i've never pulled 3 anni pairs, 2 max

[tawny cedar]

I hope we get shiny primal groudon or shit DM/DW for 4.5

[uneven bone]

||oh no, I haven’t||

[rare swan]

i haven't pulled an anni pair since 3rd anni the 2023 birdies were so boring to me

[grim plover]

it's either that with hoen nc or volo

[tawny cedar]

Hmm

Only thing that can tempt me from hoenn is a shiny flygon

[rare swan]

||it's worth doing the calcs to check, since you've already committed a decent amount of gems the best thing to do would be to see if you'll have enough for pity before she leaves and if so, keep going||

[tawny cedar]

I forgot who volo was

[tardy fiber]

I hope not many faves on February and march...having less than 100k gems made me feel uneasy

[rare swan]

I have a few faves who would suit Palentines very well, so I'm a little nervous about next month

[tawny cedar]

Palentines lance/ethan/sycamore/lysandre/morty would kill me on the spot

[rare swan]

alas, no boys allowed

[grim plover]

oh true palentine. At least im safe for that because it's always females

[tawny cedar]

I have no girl faves

So Feb skip

[grim plover]

inb4 first white day's pairs

[tardy fiber]

The past MF faves trio are not so kind, both trio costs me 2 and a half pities each....well could be worse, but 90.8k does stings

[tawny cedar]

White day sycamore/lysandre

[uneven bone]

||I just checked the pin, I should be fine? I just bought a 3K bundle to see how I go on the paid banner, but in ten resets I’ll be back to 3K because I got the streak bundle a while back||

[rare swan]

tbh they knocked it out of the park with W Sycamore, they could easily put some popular boys/men in nice outfits for white day

but we will see....

[tawny cedar]

Inb4 they do white day raihan

[uneven bone]

White Day Kukui, make it happen DeNA

[grim plover]

well they've gradually adding relevance to white day so it's not impossible

[tardy fiber]

I hope its white day, i think they should start to alternate between white day and palentine

[rare swan]

||just make sure every single gem, paid and free, is going into the banner with the most scout points - you don't want to end up missing her because you split gems between two banners||

[grim plover]

2022 was an event, 2023 was a boys only rerun banner

[rare swan]

yeah it's like they're building up

testing the waters

[uneven bone]

||Duly noted. And if I somehow get her before pity, I’ll put my efforts into Red||

[crisp oracle]

Red will likely last until datamine

[rare swan]

||I'd probably start saving after that, but they're your gems and you can use them as you want and obviously don't use the paids on the free banner if you'll earn enough frees to pity her!||

[uneven bone]

||of course lmao||

[tardy fiber]

Oh right we keep worrying about half anni but april is scary too as it usually has special costume event... 4 limited to get in a month is harsh especially when all of the sc are your faves

SC right after half anni

[rare swan]

every month has the potential to be dangerous

nothing like a surprise fave!

[tardy fiber]

I still got 0 Palentine fave, i kinda hate if i get one next month

For now
New year - 1
Palentine - 0
Spring - 0
Summer - 2
Fall - 1
Xmas - 1

[rare swan]

they don't tend to use legendaries, etc for pals so I think you're fine

it'll be a pair of cute regular pokemon, as always

[tardy fiber]

Magearna and Manaphy kinda related to heart

[rare swan]

Magearna is 100% going to NC Lillie, you're safe there

Manaphy.... still feel like they'll save it for something bigger

[tawny cedar]

Fave list done

Completely clean of phantom faves and hopefully in 1 year,reruns

[crisp grotto]

I thought a certain water specialist gym leader/Champion from Hoenn would steal it. Yet here we are

[tardy fiber]

It gonna go to silver, because he feels weird at first that what Eusine give to him is a pokemon egg...the only different shape egg in pokemon world is a manaphy egg

[rare swan]

tbh I like that Pals focuses on cute normal pokemon, we can't have legendaries all the time

we're gunna run out!

[tardy fiber]

Nihilego is cute, palentine Lillie

[crisp oracle]

I am proud to say my rerun list is one shorter

||I got a little too lucky on SSTR||

[rare swan]

she is 100% getting an alt this year

[crisp oracle]

and I EX'ed him Tai

[rare swan]

i still think it's gunna be NC

she's Big Stupid Masterfair levels of popular, they won't waste her on something mid

[tardy fiber]

Nice rerun list improvements

I kinda hate Lillie existence here, because of her, there's no selene alt sad to see female protag being treated like this

[crisp oracle]

I'm in utter shock that we haven't seen a Lillie or Cynthia alt in a good bit

[tardy fiber]

Doesnt concern about elio much, well male protag always get treated like this

[crisp oracle]

Lillie is the new Nate fr

[tardy fiber]

Lillie magearna, selene zeraora, elio melmetal

[grim plover]

idt its because of her

i mean lyra exists but kris still got her MF

[tawny cedar]

If Selene gets shiny zeraora I'm gonna have to stop saving

[tardy fiber]

Well both lyra and kris got MF and both are female protags....lillie is just a side character but because she's popular, selene got shoved away

[grim plover]

and marnie is the lillie of galar but that doesnt stop gloria from getting tons of alts

[tardy fiber]

That just means both gloria and marnie are popular

Lillie is too popular that she even pop up in kanto VA and remove leaf from it

[vestal leaf]

Marnie fans aren't as obsessive

Lillie fandom is wild in jp

[versed flame]

since i hit most of my previous tierlist's goals i thought i might make one in this style too! does this need cutting down

most dangerous thing in the waters upcoming is the possibility of hisui overload, unova will probably get a break because it just had NC

[tardy fiber]

It looks nice, you focus on characters you like and categorize them...the rerun list is also not big

Oh right maybe hisui alts will be appearing soon, as the mysterious stones chapter seems to be hisui related

Someone must have the origin palkia and dialga

[versed flame]

curious also if they'll release the minor characters for hisui, since they didn't give it a separate theme skill

eg the wardens

its possible as pokefairs maybe? probably not spotlight

sinnoh is already pretty loaded though

[tardy fiber]

Well no problem i guess as seeing variety is also an option now

[versed flame]

ah right 😅 Variety Wardens Bin

[tardy fiber]

Even bp master pairs are on the table seeing that we will run out of chatelaines soon

They can just make bug teamwork lian kleavor

[versed flame]

true 🤔 the good timeline

[tardy fiber]

Although i have small hope for hisui tag to appear, but seeing rei and akari didn't get it diminished my hope

[versed flame]

hisui tag would mess up irida and adaman's master passives wouldnt it

[tardy fiber]

Could just make the passive work for 2 regions

Also can pave way for the eventual sinnoh NC pairs

[versed flame]

true (ah i forgot to add barry to the list he belongs in the third category)

[tardy fiber]

Nc barry heatran

[versed flame]

all psychic lake trio

[upbeat lotus]

kinda fit for NC Sinnoh

🏃‍♂️

[tardy fiber]

We are still missing uxie, azelf, heatran, manaphy, phione, arceus

True if they ramp up mysterious stones story on February, i can see sinnoh NC happening on half anni with the MF is a mix between sinnoh and hisui characters

And real anni later release paldea MF

[versed flame]

and arceus itself gets powercrept by motorcycle lizards

[tardy fiber]

Well if it got gladion ginmick but with actual good stats, it will be a long time for it to get powercrept

[versed flame]

true. especially if they give field or something similar

[tardy fiber]

Especially now with 15k cs where most people took standard damage reduction params so making it better to clear ontype

[versed flame]

like hilbert with the rebuff (for limited types)

[tardy fiber]

I think it will be rebuff, 18 field zones feels chaotic

But rebuff is not a problem as sc steven is exactly that

[versed flame]

zones are also more conflicting and less versatile

[tardy fiber]

True especially when its separate between weather, terrain and zone

Like hail and ice zone...ice zone boost ice damage but hail doesn't but they are hail specific grids that boost damage

[high star]

When is 4.5 anni again?

[tawny cedar]

March

[vestal leaf]

• anni

Wasn't there a command

[prime quarry]

+anni

[jade lava]

Poma's 4.5 Year Anniversary events happen <t:1709100000:R>, <t:1709100000:f>
Poma's 5th Anniversary events start <t:1724824800:R>, <t:1724824800>

[vestal leaf]

Ah, together

Thnx

[prime quarry]

[high star]

||Got ssa in 2 multis|| so now I'm gonna save as much as I can for sst and/or 4.5 anni

[crisp oracle]

congrats! but pls spoil pull results

[high star]

will do next time

[feral vale]

You can edit your message now, you know.

Because people will see it, and it’s better to spoil that existing message.

[high star]

alrighty

[tawny cedar]

Does gather up dream duo only have 400 gems if i cleared it last year

[rare swan]

yes

[tawny cedar]

Damn

Quite the gem drop

[tawny cedar]

Updated my favelist to add one extra rerun

I forgot about vlance

And i need him for lancemax

So now it's 4 reruns

But there is breathing room for all of em

A good amount of it

[pure arrow]

the Dream Duo situation was accounted for already in the gem count for this month, right?

[crisp grotto]

Yes

[dark cliff]

Ah dang, Rosa is definitely bait if 4.5 anniversary is coming

[tawny cedar]

I am going to have to never use my candies on any non meta pair ever to reach my Candying goals

[lost bobcat]

That's a lot of stuff, are you sure you can manage it?

(Considering new pairs and so)

[grim plover]

i need to do this

lots of techs i want to candy

[tawny cedar]

Maybe

It depends

If my faves get a ton of alts I won't 5/5 anyone who isn't in the max list or a serious fave

[tardy fiber]

I just skip 5/5 even if its fave, a limited fave getting 5/5 means another limited fave stuck at 1/5

[sand crown]

I’ve held true to 3/5. Vast majority of these 5/5’s peak there

And many are perfectly fine at 1/5

[vernal glade]

Same. Some my favs stuck at 1/5.

[winged fossil]

ive still got a sizable fav candy list remaining... ones not marked are 1/5
Strike: Anniversary2021 Lillie (2/5), LuSSamine -Lower Fav Gap- ChMarnie, ChRed -Freebie Dupe - N & Zekrom
Tech (probably my smallest role RN that has big favs): SSN (2/5), GlorAlt2, PSerena (2/5, only if I want her 3/5 tiles in future else she stays here)
Support: ChCalem, -Fav Gap- ||SSACynthia mostly for crit focus if Koraidon somehow doesn't selfcrit, Fighting tends to be self sufficient on crit tho tbh||