Resource Saving Support (Gem Zen)

[violet nebula]

Ahh another fairy strike... OK that's nice

[grim plover]

Well "another" yeah, that makes 2 of them

[violet nebula]

About time

[winged fossil]

reminder to look at pins when chatting here esp in relation to new pairs

[rare swan]

Guys we've told you a few times now, please don't discuss the new units in this thread

[maiden kayak]

lol skipping this month

reaching 500k

[summer goblet]

nice

[rare swan]

man fr

another dead month

[maiden kayak]

yea

[rare swan]

congrats on the 500k though, I'll be hitting around 260kish

[maiden kayak]

i cant believe i can finally have a break skip month

[dark oar]

hum

looks like skip everywhere.

everything is bait.

[rare swan]

if you're going to skip a month this is the one to do it (along with August, for obvs reasons)

[dark oar]

At the very least, skipping means you also play for all the freebies 😄

[rare swan]

we are getting some good free stuff this month

[maiden kayak]

the spotlight for this datamine is actually free riley lol

[dark oar]

looks like we're getting a bunch of freebies, enough to tide you into Anni 4.5

which is good

Free Riley is Free! with Dynamax function ❤️

[maiden kayak]

is it 4*?

[summer goblet]

I also can't believe Dena is gunning for me right now,

[lost bobcat]

Yeah! 4 free units and 100 scouts (with pokefairs?) Is def a good deal
Just hope they won't balance that on the monthly gem

[dark oar]

Consider your options. Save and Save :>

[rare swan]

no BV will make the gem count interesting

[summer goblet]

at least i be hitting a pity over 400k soon

so my 400k gem count will be safe for the month

[summer goblet]

not when a fav is on the line

[maiden kayak]

just need to wait for shelly in half anni variety scout

[summer goblet]

was going to be open to skipping mf when its not nc

[maiden kayak]

most likely will happen

[dark oar]

oh if you have a fave this month, and you can pity. Up to you 😄

[summer goblet]

yeah Gladion is not one of them

i have a plan

i been doing the 2 month skip cycle

[winged fossil]

I’m just crossing my fingers for only one fav for anni now. Cause I don’t trust recent gemcounts to give +62k gems or something like that by time those anni units leave

Basically considering myself to only have like 10k rn ||since I expect to be shafted this month||

[broken mulch]

Always expect to get shafted yeah

[cunning swan]

gem count please be good 😭

dena's killing me here.... two male protags and Gladion...

[winged fossil]

yeah i am hoping for a good gemcount so i dont have to worry about possibility of a pick and choose type of anni for me

those times are the worst for me lol

never like the thought of skipping a fav

[lost bobcat]

I'm more cautios, but have to skip stuff from this month and Gladion will be the first mf i'm skipping
But quality seem increasing, I like the new designs and the new content overall
4 free units will help a lot draining my lvlup mats

Any news for bonanza or rallies?

[winged fossil]

yeah i gotta double down on being one and done for feb, 100%. its a slim possibility but im not risking it.

koraidon possibility means i make sure i have a pity or more sitting around

my mind's simple as that rn

[winged fossil]

I don't see any Bonanza in the content schedule pastebin sadly

[compact pasture]

4? Who?

[tardy fiber]

Pokekid, riley, lodge wally, arcremie probably

[sturdy flower]

Pokekid, are you bad because you are a free unit, or are you a free unit because you are bad?

[dark oar]

It seems to have Static Shock 5 and Innate Inertia.

[tardy fiber]

Already sounds better than mcchu

[dark oar]

Paralyzed Opp Fail /\ 2

basically; Holiday Viola's skill o.o?

[tardy fiber]

Seeing annilillie and sslusamine pops out in ss gladion event, annisteven probably will pop out in hoenn nc event

[dark oar]

yeah the freebies look really good tbh

skip month for me ❤️

[tardy fiber]

Im happy that its another general pool lodge

Another easy set of move coins in the bag

Plus gauntlet too, more move coins

[dark oar]

oh right.

Riley seems to be really good Team Speed Support with access to Ramming Speed on grid
with Dynamax.
I'm not too sure if i'd want to EX Role him for his sync nuke (its only Brawn Sync 5 😦 )

[winged fossil]

im just bracing for anni jumpscare possibility, cause uhhh, my gemcount wasnt ready for what just happened

https://tenor.com/view/chuckles-im-in-danger-ralph-wiggum-the-simpsons-gif-14149962

i dont like the possibility of only 1 pity entering anni

[dark oar]

if none of the new banners this month is not your Fave, its a pretty good skip month. 😮

[winged fossil]

||this month has a MF mega fav. woulda been two if one wasnt free!||

as i said before though, ive been waiting for this day for almost 2.5 years now, so im not gonna deprive myself of that release from the wait.

[dark oar]

You've got the entire month + more before ||he|| dips. So you can just waait and skip for now until we see March's Datamine.

[winged fossil]

you dont understand, its literally in my top 5 trainers

i am NOT letting that slide away from my grasp

[dark oar]

I know, but save. 😦

[winged fossil]

if i didnt care so much about ||gladion and the aether family|| then id hold off till datamine. but im basically a fanboy when it comes to them, serena, N, and Riley.

i just let myself loose if its top 5 cause this is the exact type of thing i save for. main thing regarding anni im praying for is no bikes yet

that or for me to not be shafted, but we all know if i dont plan for the shaft, ill be shafted guaranteed

anyway, ill move back out of this chat for the night probs o7 gn zenners

[sturdy flower]

Riley being free is nice, he was towards the top of my want list

dude could be a pf and I'd go for it

[oak crest]

he's also the first free pair to receive EX role too

[vestal leaf]

Wait Riley has role?

Damn

[dark oar]

he does.

Strike EX Role

he only has 1 damage mod ;o

[tardy fiber]

Easier sync multiplier than victrier as victrier need enemies having 0 buffs

[oak crest]

Victrier is free EX tho since we get PU from logging in, not sure about Riley yet

[versed flame]

[oak crest]

oh wow

niceee

i'll take it

[tardy fiber]

This time i will wait for daily power ups because Riley aint one of my fave

[oak crest]

I always wait for em

no point spending my PU stash when they are given out free

[crisp grotto]

I'm going to end up forgetting to wait & EX him, then they'll just sit there forever

[tardy fiber]

Now that Riley is here, there's only Mira and Buck left out of sinnoh battle partners

[tardy fiber]

Just wait for the event to rerun, then we can convert em to 2

[vestal leaf]

At least haze is built in his kit and possible rotations

Plus zone is free extra multiplier

[tawny cedar]

Good month this time

All skips on main

||***2 masterfairs on alt ***||

||AND A PF||

Should I prioritise masterfair faves over pokefair faves

[upbeat lotus]

thats really up to you

[tardy fiber]

True but we were discussing that Riley brawn sync 5 sync multiplier is easier to setup than victrier unbuffed foe sync up 5

[tardy fiber]

In this case i will prioritise whoever thats less likely to rerun

[tawny cedar]

||Anni Lillie and lussamine?||

This is their second rerun

I won't be too bummed out about losing ||sssteven|| on alt cuz i got it on main

[tardy fiber]

Both of them lasts till 23 march, you can even see half anni stuffs if you're unsure

Well ||lussamine is 25th march||

[tawny cedar]

Hmm

Ig we wait for datamine

[sweet tide]

gem count is bad

rip

[winged fossil]

Oh no

How bad we talking

[sweet tide]

like

lowest in the past 1.5 yrs

hahahahaha

[rare swan]

oof

[grim plover]

[sweet tide]

july 2022 was the last time we got a gem count lower than what we have this mth

[rare swan]

what's the number looking like, at a rough estimate?

[sweet tide]

22890

[rare swan]

[prime quarry]

[sweet tide]

well we betterpray for a rally

[timber wren]

is that good

[sweet tide]

so its 25k

otherwise..lmao

[lofty relic]

they added the pokéfairs to the free 100 pulls

and said

"less gems to compensate"

[sweet tide]

mind u its 22k cos we have BV

next mth onwards

we dont

so technically its 20k

lmfao

[violet nebula]

Damn

[prime quarry]

[winged fossil]

So basically it’s like oct23 from historical gem thing or whatever all over again. Suuuper weak gem month.

Got it…

[sweet tide]

nov was 23k yes

[violet nebula]

Right before 4.5 ani, excellent timing

[winged fossil]

[prime quarry]

They're just undercutting us now so they can overload us during the half anni, trust

[sweet tide]

jul 2022 was 21k

so this is in btwn

which is yikes

[winged fossil]

So I’m prob going into anni with slightly under pity

[sweet tide]

esp since there is a masterfair this mth

[winged fossil]

Cringe

[sweet tide]

no wonder the running time is so long

lol

[sturdy flower]

its jover

[vestal leaf]

Wouldn't the 3k we're most likely getting on Pokemon day also fix that

[dark oar]

Hum, i feel like we're gonna get 3k gems before the 4.5 anniversary D;

but yeah its rough.

[sturdy flower]

Gladio running that long smells like another MF or two next month

[vestal leaf]

Didn't we already have like 2-3 21-22k "early" gem counts that turned into 25-26k every time in last 6 months or something

[sweet tide]

well no bc the pokemon day 3k goes into next update

[upbeat lotus]

Stay strong, zenners

[sturdy flower]

biggest issue with these 100 rolls including Fair units is that you are very unlikely to get the things you actually want

[broken mulch]

YEP

[sweet tide]

its not early gem count cos im done with calcs lol

[maiden kayak]

this is why its abit too late to save now over last year

[past gate]

anni will be among us

[winged fossil]

*unlikely to get anything

[broken mulch]

I can see it… I CAN SEE IT!

[winged fossil]

FTFY

[broken mulch]

100 Bronze powerups

[sturdy flower]

i mean, i usually get like 2 Clemonts

[vestal leaf]

I meant "I counted basically everything, it's sub 22k"

I'm pretty sure it happened at least twice

In last 6-8 months

[sturdy flower]

wait, it's sub 22k including the villa?

[lunar thistle]

There are only 20k gems this month?

Cyka

[sweet tide]

if they added rallies then yes it will go up to 25/26k

[maiden kayak]

does this include new content gems?

[sweet tide]

but we dont know if they would do a rally for gladion so lol

new content has no gems i think

[maiden kayak]

wow rip

[sweet tide]

absol didnt post anything in quests

[rare swan]

maybe one for Pokemon Day

the Presents, etc

[sweet tide]

BV got nerfed off

[sturdy flower]

thats next datamine

[sweet tide]

but every wk u get 300 gems

for battle rally

[vestal leaf]

Also shouldn't Pokémon day fall under this count since it drops the day it's announced

[sturdy flower]

we can do battle rally 3 times the first time

thats 900 at least i guess?

[vestal leaf]

Also they mentioned new event logins dropping the item to challenge it

So I'd expect those logins to give gems too maybe

[sweet tide]

no

they dont

lol

[vestal leaf]

Mhhh

[sweet tide]

they nerfed run up to anni log in bonus too

[maiden kayak]

ppl on gem copium lol

[lunar thistle]

So apparently gem count this month is damned

[maiden kayak]

its aint gonna go up like before anymore

[winged fossil]

https://tenor.com/view/sing-sing2-jimmy-jimmy-crystal-buzzer-gif-25514735

[sweet tide]

it goes into next datamine thats how it is being treated accounting wise

cos we dont get it at reset

[sturdy flower]

not only it doesnt go up, it goes down

[sweet tide]

we get it at like whatever time the poke presents is

9pm jst or wtv

[lunar thistle]

Shit.

[winged fossil]

Me when even the anni bonus is nerfed

[sweet tide]

so basically the new battle rallymissions

u get 300 gems every wk

[vestal leaf]

I don't understand why rally and gem gift from present would be calculated differently in the count

[sweet tide]

so this mth we have 5 wks

thats 1500

next mth we have 4 wks

so thats a net loss of 800 lmao

[vestal leaf]

Pokémon day 3k is the same day it's announced tho?

[drifting dagger]

Always was

[vestal leaf]

It's literally gifted at the moment of the event

[sweet tide]

i didnt say it was accounted differently lol

[vestal leaf]

Why should it count as march?

That's what I'm asking

[winged fossil]

Because that’s how datamine counts always have been

[maiden kayak]

because datamine happens before that

[lunar thistle]

So gem count this month is approximately zero?

[sweet tide]

the pokemon presents gems are not given at reset.
its given on 27 feb [insert wtv time]
the count this month ends on 27 feb
so accounting wise, we put it into 28 feb

[rare swan]

what?

[broken mulch]

… huh

[lunar thistle]

From what I've heard it's barely above 15k

[vestal leaf]

The Anni 2 and nemona ones are?

[vestal leaf]

22.8k apparently

Lol

[winged fossil]

Tlim said just under 22

Iirc

[vestal leaf]

15k lmao

[lunar thistle]

Yeah that's very very bad

[drifting dagger]

15k is 2019 levels of counts lol

[unkempt vortex]

That’s good wdym

Sub 20k is real

[maiden kayak]

wait who counted 15k thats so off

[drifting dagger]

15k is impossible lmao

[sweet tide]

bruh we are talking about 2 different things here.
rally gems have a set date and are given at reset.
pokemon presents gems are not given at reset.

[maiden kayak]

but yea sub 20k is like 1-2 year anni

[sweet tide]

who said 15k

22890 is v2.41 gc

[drifting dagger]

If I remember

[rare swan]

literally no one idk what they're talking about

[drifting dagger]

2019 had 11k counts

[vestal leaf]

Pokémon presents are usually given at the time the event is held

Or am I wrong there

[sweet tide]

yes and its not at reset

[lunar thistle]

You guys should do very well at accounting

[maiden kayak]

which is after anni datamine

[sweet tide]

thats why i am not including it in v2.41

im including it in v2.42

[lunar thistle]

Even if there's nothing shady people will think there's money laudering going on

[sweet tide]

under the half anni datamine count

[lunar thistle]

Because of stuff like this

[broken mulch]

Cooking the books Pokemas style

[vestal leaf]

Ok then I think there's some inconsistency as there's been multiple situations where gem count was updated after datamine

[sweet tide]

if the gem count is updated after datamine

it will only be because of the twitter rallies

[drifting dagger]

Money laundering, what?-

[sweet tide]

because they are announced after im done with the calculations and within the same period

[vestal leaf]

Okay, sorry if it took a while but I wasn't understanding that

[sweet tide]

for example, the iono one

[drifting dagger]

Money laundering is far from putting out paid banners and all

[rare swan]

appreciate your work tlim

[vestal leaf]

Got it

[sweet tide]

iono rally was announced on 10th jan, gems given on 22nd jan

[winged fossil]

Don’t think rallies are usually even known till they happen

[sweet tide]

i cant count the 3k gems for feb cos its given in the same time frame as v2.40

[vestal leaf]

I wasn't trying to shittalk anyone or your work I just couldn't understand the way those two were treated

[sweet tide]

pokemon presents gems are always accounted for in the anni months

twitter rally gems will be accounted for according to the date they are given out

if they are given out on the next update then it will go into the count for the next update

if its this current update (ie iono) then i will edit the gem count for this update

[lunar thistle]

Ok well that's clearer at least

[broken mulch]

No no we’re making fun about how gems are being counted by people in this server lol

[sweet tide]

otherwise the gem count doesnt change

[drifting dagger]

Oh lol

[sweet tide]

(unless i made a calculation error)

[lunar thistle]

Though wouldn't it make more sense to put an addendum

Like "oh at this point we know x no of gems are given out, but two weeks later there are extra gems"

[drifting dagger]

Ah tlim

[lunar thistle]

"So we put the extra gems in a seperate category"

[sweet tide]

?

[lunar thistle]

"So people won't get confused"

[drifting dagger]

So you will count the presents one for the february-march update then?

[sweet tide]

isnt there a gem breakdown for that lmao

[drifting dagger]

If it happens

[sweet tide]

usually poke presents gems for pokemon day goes into march

[lunar thistle]

I think simpler would just to count those gems neither as Feb nor Mar

And just put it as "extra"

[sweet tide]

august pokemon presents will depend on the date

[drifting dagger]

And tbf

August is never guaranteed to have it

[sweet tide]

then u have 3k in limbo and not accounted for lol

[lunar thistle]

Then just do like

• February: xxxx gems
• Rally (Pokemon Day): xxx gems
• Mar: xxxx gems

And then continue listing

[sweet tide]

what listing are u talking about

[drifting dagger]

Also, idk if yall think the same, but

[lunar thistle]

In historical gem counts

[sweet tide]

thats not done by me

lol

[rare swan]

we have a gem breakdown

[sweet tide]

so i have no control over that soz

[drifting dagger]

Imo, gem counts are fine, BUT what makes them bad is the numbers of limited

If we had various spotlights

[sweet tide]

anw there is a daily gem breakdown and everything

[drifting dagger]

Then 23k would personally be good

[sweet tide]

its literally there

for u to see

i've broken down every single thing lol

[drifting dagger]

But 23k with many limiteds is not so good

[lunar thistle]

I mean there doesn't seem to be a lot of limiteds

[sweet tide]

so if u refer to that when u are unclear of the gem counts, i think it would be fine

[lunar thistle]

Garm Greed Noct Deo-S/A/D/N

And double Nebby + Mag

[winged fossil]

If you pretend variety and seasonal don’t exist it’s 2 limiteds

[lunar thistle]

That doesn't seem like a lot

Oh and The Third Pikachu

[drifting dagger]

Eh, I still count them

Also

Could it be low this month cuz of the 2 freebies we get?

[grim plover]

trust the 6k gems twitter rally

[sweet tide]

23k is ridiculous

for a month with a masterfair

and a month that is run up to anni

[lunar thistle]

Actually how does the 100freepulls work

[sweet tide]

one ticket gives u 10 pulls

[drifting dagger]

Remember the free 10 multis?

[lunar thistle]

Do you only have a chance to get Iona and Bulurola

[sweet tide]

u have 10 tickets

[drifting dagger]

That's how it works

[winged fossil]

It’s technically 3/4 freebies depending if you count Wally

[lunar thistle]

And no other Poke Fair

[unkempt vortex]

What

[lunar thistle]

No actually

I was on mental health break then

[drifting dagger]

Oh yeah wally

[unkempt vortex]

Where did you get that from

[winged fossil]

We don’t know exact details we just know about 11 old pfs so far from pastebin

We will see when it comes

[sweet tide]

where is the iono banner im so confused

i dont see anything for it

[winged fossil]

They’re talking abt the images

[lunar thistle]

We don't know which 11?

[sweet tide]

yeah the iono banner image

[rare swan]

most of us are, we can't confirm what its for

[sweet tide]

why is it there lmao

[drifting dagger]

The ticket one

[hard wave]

Up to lysandre

But idk

[winged fossil]

The pastebin has it we don’t know if there’s more than them or not

[sweet tide]

oh thats the ticket scout banner...

[winged fossil]

Go find the scout pastebin if u wanna see it for yourself eon

I’m going to sleep gn

[lunar thistle]

How sure are we that the new gamemode has no gems btw

Or is that counted alr

[trim heron]

It's not counted so far

[lunar thistle]

Also maybe we get some new permanent gems

Like we got a bit of gems when we first finished Battle Villa didn't we

[trim heron]

The pastebin hasn't mentioned anything about the new gamemode content

[lunar thistle]

Okay gut

[cobalt frost]

okay do we think the 22k is accurate or should it be a bit higher

but we dont know exactly by how much yet or something

[trim heron]

It's the one we currently know

[lunar thistle]

I think (read: I hope) it's grossly underestimate

Also just so I get it clear the free 100 pulls is essentially free mix scout?

[vestal leaf]

It's very accurate but depending on how you see the month you could count a possible rally or the Pokémon day 3k as this month, making it less shit but making march less full too, your call

[vestal leaf]

Only pokefairs

We'll see the rates only when it drops

[lunar thistle]

Well the good thing is I won't be pulling "a battle villa monster and the first viable fairy type striker"

If it's only Pokefairs

[drifting dagger]

Oh ye, I can see the doomposting soon lmao @vestal leaf

[broken mulch]

Who’s the battle Villa monster?

[drifting dagger]

The usual eos soon bullshit and all

[pure arrow]

Summer Lyra

[lunar thistle]

Twitter!

[drifting dagger]

Nah

This server too

[lunar thistle]

I mean this server becomes Twitter

[cobalt frost]

the game at least still has a year in it in the worst possible situation i feel

[lunar thistle]

The game has much more than one year

[cobalt frost]

thats why i said at least

[lunar thistle]

I think it has at least five more years tbf

It avoided collapse on its first year

So that's wheely good

[vestal leaf]

Personally think we're fine til 6th anni

As of now

Easily

Too hard to say more

[cobalt frost]

yeah 7th anni is where it kinda is like ???

idk

[vestal leaf]

7th depends on what they're gonna do after 5th Anni

[lunar thistle]

Oh my god I just realised that is not appropriate in English

[vestal leaf]

Because I don't think hisui an Paldea will cover enough on their own

[broken mulch]

Bring on the the spinoffs I say

[lunar thistle]

Paldea still has quite a few Pokemon to go

[lunar thistle]

Shiny Celebi and...Shiny Celebi

Wigglytuff and Wigglytuff

Grovyle and Grovyle

[cobalt frost]

i mean by 6th anni we'll have the highly likely 2024 game to use aswell

[upbeat lotus]

a collab with PoGO would be funny

[lunar thistle]

Primal Dialga and Dusknoir

[drifting dagger]

Ah ye

[cobalt frost]

i dont really WANT a new mainline game this year but you know its happening

[drifting dagger]

What if count is low cuz february is shorter?

I doubt it tbf

[sturdy flower]

i just want a possible remake to be NOT made by Illca

[cobalt frost]

depending on what it is there could definitely be material to work with for masters
if its a new legends game or something

[vestal leaf]

Was never an issue before

[cobalt frost]

and we've barely touched swsh dlc, pla, sv, and just havent touch sv dlc

[drifting dagger]

Ah

[drifting dagger]

The issue is, ilca can actually make good games, they just fumbled on pokemon

[vestal leaf]

My theory is that they're either

• better be dropping a bomb in march
• doing reverse 2023 with early year with low economy, latter parts with real good counts

[drifting dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/volo-pokemon-hisui-legends-arceus-ginkgo-gif-14127291317977605109

[tardy jolt]

They are probably just trying to increase their margins tbh

[drifting dagger]

As in

More content?

[sturdy flower]

Upset the players and make some of them quit or something, idk thats what they usually mean with increasing margins in gacha

[tardy jolt]

Less gems, more emphasis on bundles and more banners > more money

[vestal leaf]

Ehhhh if that was the case they'd be giving more deals and paid stuff

Instead of fairs in the 100 pulls

And a relatively tame bait

[cobalt frost]

also like
theres only 2 decent bundles

[vestal leaf]

This bait is really really mediocre

[cobalt frost]

that are repeatable atleast

[lunar thistle]

I think they have a somewhat good profit margin already don't they

[tardy jolt]

We just saw them increase the cost of selects and cut on the number of units per multi, although the ones available are better, they are clearly incentivizing more and more the use of paid gems, alongside the new Spotlights, Mix and Variety banners, I don’t think it’s a debate

[sturdy flower]

you should have seen what MHUR did, removed 365 free rolls a year THAT'S increasing their margins alright

[lunar thistle]

Not like they need to make people buy more

(Ahem Pokemon Go)

[vestal leaf]

The cost of selects was justified lol

And the paid incentivization has been going for more than a year

It's not a "now" thing

[cobalt frost]

yeah it was just "pick any pokefair ever" like of course its gonna be more than 3k

[tardy jolt]

Yeah, now they are cutting the free gems, they are just doing it in phases ofc

[lunar thistle]

First of all, what do you mean it's not a debate are you part of DeNA's marketing team

[vestal leaf]

The only way to understand the reasoning is seeing it through

[vestal leaf]

Depends, last year count wasn't bad per se

9 pities in a year is a lot

[tardy jolt]

Please don’t ping, thank you

[lunar thistle]

Second of all I don't think DeNA is stupid enough to watch its gacha go into P2Wstate where no one likes it

[vestal leaf]

2022 was alien as an economy year

[lunar thistle]

sighhhhhh

[vestal leaf]

See 2019 and 2021

Lol

[lunar thistle]

They almost killed their game two times I don't think they'll wanna try to do it a third time

Just sayin'...

[compact pasture]

Which ones?

[tawny cedar]

What's the chance of pokefairs from our free pulls

[lunar thistle]

I on't think we know yet

[vestal leaf]

We can't know

Til it releases

[tardy jolt]

They are just doing what they think it’s best for the company, they don’t have perfect information on the customer base, could be bad, could be good in the long term. For me, seeing recent pokefairs in a select a month after they drop is great, since I buy the bundle every 20 days, it just means that I’ll be probably pulling on even less fairs

[rare swan]

wrong reply, oop

[lunar thistle]

Oh I wasn't aware you had perfect information on DeNA

[tawny cedar]

I need to get more surveys on GPR so I can start doing selects again

[drifting dagger]

The selects price increased for a good reason tho lol

They had all fair limiteds of each role in it, excluding masterfairs and seasonala

My bad might have pinged, sorry

[lunar thistle]

Nah haven't

[hard wave]

Uh dont u still only get to select 1?

[cobalt frost]

yeah but you get to pick between like
20-30 units

[drifting dagger]

Yes

[broken mulch]

Oh right I should check when’s the likeliest day for March datamine haha

[hard wave]

Still only get to pick one

[drifting dagger]

But you have all limiteds of each role to select from

[hard wave]

Idk it doesnt rlly make sense when u just have more options instead of actually getting more

[drifting dagger]

They will never let you select more than one lol

[cobalt frost]

with regular selects it is possible for you to just already have everything you want though

[tardy jolt]

I mean, that’s discretionary, as I said, for me it was great, it’s just a matter of valuing your paid gems and using them conscientiously. Unfortunately there are more and more incentives to use paid gems, so even with parsimony, you can end up overstretched. Just putting it out there because I think that before paid gems and the ways in which to spend them were fairly straightforward, now management is even more important, especially since free gems are diminishing and for me it means that being more strict on pulls is even more important

[drifting dagger]

Ye

[hard wave]

Then u would skip it? Dont ppl already have someone they plan to select?

So all the other options dont matter

[drifting dagger]

Eh, imo it depends on if you wanna get a shortcut to what you want, or if you are willing to wait.

If you want the shortcut of course you'll go paid, otherwhise wait.

And this is why I'm perfectly ok and fine with the paid mf cake banner

And I hate the fact that weeks ago, someone unironically said that whales don't need and deserve this lol

[cobalt frost]

wha
they soend real money they could be spending on food or something
on funny pokemon trainer game with cheryl in it

they deserve this lol

[drifting dagger]

Yeah, ALSO

[tardy jolt]

Whales keep the game alive, so lol, please make stuff that appeals to whales more
My only point is that they are trying to increase their margins, which to me means that as savers, we need to be even more strict, the incentive to use paid resources was a cue to this and now the cut in gems is showing it more

[drifting dagger]

They didn't had any incentives related to masterfairs, so

[drifting dagger]

I always suggest peoples to save in salt chat, yet I rarely get listened

[cobalt frost]

they have the cake scouts now but like
cmon

[drifting dagger]

Yeah

[rare swan]

I have nothing but respect for whales

[drifting dagger]

Saying whales don't need stuff is bullshit

[rare swan]

they're the reason the game still exists

[cobalt frost]

is anyone even whales gonna be spending 36.6k paid gems

for one unit lol

[vestal leaf]

Whales didn't complain because the game was very badly managed paid wise

[rare swan]

people in this server have done it

[vestal leaf]

Like

Once we got better smaller deals

It was obvious they were getting something too

[drifting dagger]

sloth?

[cobalt frost]

i am worried

[vestal leaf]

Not only him

[rare swan]

amongst others

[lunar thistle]

I may be a converted saver soon

[vestal leaf]

Some people in #1010275375730925638 have like 100k free and 30k paids

[lunar thistle]

Depends on how Feburary goes

[rare swan]

love you linking the chat we're in

[drifting dagger]

Yeah

[cobalt frost]

if i were to make a better paid incentive for master fairs
i think id add the 3 daily thing from seasonals

instead of just one

[vestal leaf]

Yeah I legit just got out from my job, I thought this was lounge lol

[rare swan]

dw i don't throw stones

[vestal leaf]

That's a bit much imo, I'd make the pity 350 or the daily 100 paids

Having 3 dailies for month+ is huge

[tardy fiber]

Do we got gem calcs already?

[dark oar]

huhuhu.....

[upbeat lotus]

22890 next month

[dark oar]

a grim reminder that you dont need paid gems.

[upbeat lotus]

[lean mango]

3k away from finally getting my 100k

[tardy fiber]

Wow, hope there's pokemon presents gems to boost it up

[upbeat lotus]

according to tlim presents gems are counted for March

so yeah this month count is underwhelming unless we got another gems rally like Iono's

[tardy fiber]

I might get by as i have around 106k gems currently plus only 1 fave on February, even if there's 3 MF faves on March...they probably lasts till April

[lunar thistle]

Wait hangonhangonhangon

What's a battle rally pass

[tardy fiber]

Used to enter the new game mode

[lunar thistle]

Is that paid

[vestal leaf]

That's pretty much guaranteed

[tardy fiber]

Nope they give us 3 free on February while future passes will be given via missions iirc

Based on in game dev letter

[lunar thistle]

Because it sure sounds like a Nameless Honour type of thing

[tardy fiber]

Well our BP is nameless honour

You can pay for faster BP clears

That said, i can 2/5 registeel on February

[sweet tide]

absol told me there isnt any gems from battle rally

so 22890 is the final count

pray for gladion twitter rally

[upbeat lotus]

just before half anni? doubt it

[sturdy plank]

https://tenor.com/view/michael-scott-buckle-up-theoffice-gif-21623658

[feral vale]

Saving for datamine then ig

[tardy fiber]

We got low gem count on run up before this was also due to victrier...this time its riley + alcremie+ pikachu kid gem tax

[grim plover]

Ok now looking at ||chase and Victor's || kit im not interested anymore

Only ||gladion is gonna take my gems||

[grim plover]

Well Riley is PF level so at least he let's you resist the urge to pull

[tardy fiber]

Thats why less gems

Riley funds

Oops tax

[vestal leaf]

Riley alt soon then

[grim plover]

Summer Riley

[tardy fiber]

Inb4 there's Mira pair up on run up to anniv, and another less gems run up

Oh buck claydol too

[fallen path]

I’ll just pretend Riley and Lucario ate the other gems for making it free

[cobalt frost]

see, the problem is
i dont care for riley

[fallen path]

I can’t help you with that, mate

[lilac crescent]

Riley... I don't remember much of him.

Who is he again?

[lilac crescent]

Nope. Doesn't ring a bell.

[unkempt vortex]

He’s a battle partner or something in sinnoh

At least people recognize him more than argenta

[upbeat lotus]

one of the stat trainers, you first encountered him in Iron Island

he also gives the player a Riolu egg iirc

[lilac crescent]

Oh! Now, I remember.

Wait, what if we get a Riolu egg?

[unkempt vortex]

Well it would just sit until eos

Mc doesn’t do anything with the stuff they get

[feral vale]

Where I got my Lucario in DP/Platinum :)

[upbeat lotus]

thats how i became an aura trainer

too

[tawny cedar]

Should I skip reruns on my alt if i already got it on my main

[topaz compass]

You should delete your alt

[tawny cedar]

Why tho

[topaz compass]

Takes away all feelings of accomplishment if you just pick half on 1 and other half on another. But I guess it let's you experience having each one

[tawny cedar]

I just like to play with more characters man

[upbeat lotus]

having an alt is nothing wrong

[dark cliff]

Well they gave Victor a meme Pokémon, just not wooolo

[dreamy onyx]

we're getting 3 free units this month 4 if you count lodge
they want us to spend

[topaz compass]

I couldn't imagine doing events twice everyday

[tawny cedar]

Anyways my question was it I'm only going for a unit on alt cuz I like using it while I already have it on my main is it worth getting over a subfave or not

[pure arrow]

Riley, Petey, Lodge Wally and who else?

[tawny cedar]

I play the same 5 games shit gets boring real fast

[dreamy onyx]

alcremie

[dark cliff]

First male Palentines and he’s given the squirrel.

[stable grotto]

Are my eyes correct, or did I see the gem count is 23,000?

[fallen path]

Wait is alcremie an egg event

[stable grotto]

For a run up with a MF

[stable grotto]

No

It’s not an eggmon

[fallen path]

[topaz compass]

Hopefully 3k in twitter rally. Separate from the pokemon presents

[dreamy onyx]

it's sync pair event just like riley and petey

[stable grotto]

It’s like Torchic

[pure arrow]

Oh right, about the Alcremie, can you only choose one of the 6? If so, are there any differences between their kits?

[tawny cedar]

So uh what do I do with this

[stable grotto]

Where it’s player teaming up with a separate pokemon

[tawny cedar]

Depending on the answer I keep a couple of faves or cut off a lot

[mossy hawk]

That's a highly subjective question

[lilac crescent]

What's the point of an alt anyways?

[ashen thunder]

Just want to confirm
Free Riley is 5/5 right?
Not 1/5 or smth 👀

[stable grotto]

Yes

You get 5/5 and EX for free

[ashen thunder]

Thank goodness

[stable grotto]

It just takes 10 days to get the EX

[ashen thunder]

Rolex I still have to use cake right?

[stable grotto]

Login powerups

Yeah

[tawny cedar]

I get to play wit nywallace

And units i normally can't get

[stable grotto]

But his cake is really good, and I would honestly recommend it

[ashen thunder]

Well I have strike cake unused so it's good

[tawny cedar]

What's his cake?

[stable grotto]

His nuke is already really good for a sprint, and strike makes it AoE

[pure arrow]

I still have to strike cake NY Wallace

[stable grotto]

Same.

[tawny cedar]

OOO strike

[lilac crescent]

I don't have any cakes.

[stable grotto]

I have too many strike cakes I need to use

[tawny cedar]

I'll have 2 strike cakes this month

[stable grotto]

Curse you hoenn for making me use 3 strike cakes already

[tawny cedar]

It's kinda funny that 3 days after i cake petrel they announce sssteven support cake

[ashen thunder]

Only strike cake unit I have is penny and she's 1/5 so riley can take it comfortably

I'll get second cake in 3 weeks I think

[pure arrow]

oh yeah, speaking of Hoenn RolEXes how are you feeling about SS Steven?

[lilac crescent]

The moment I got a cake, I immediately used it on Paulo.

[stable grotto]

Hella good

[pure arrow]

same

[stable grotto]

Steven literally couldn’t lose with cakes

[pure arrow]

he has all the roles finally

[stable grotto]

Whatever he got would be perfect

[tawny cedar]

I am financially unstable in support cakes after caking petrel

[stable grotto]

I wanted field more, but support is 100% welcome

And I saved one so now is the perfect time

[lilac crescent]

I want a permanent Field role in the general pool.

[pure arrow]

I’m waiting until half-anni to decide whether to cake him or not, especially with the Hoenn focus implying Hoenn NCs soon

[tawny cedar]

Where my support cake went(def better than sssteven cake )

[stable grotto]

Based

[pure arrow]

faves over meta, true

[lilac crescent]

He's not even 6☆...

[tawny cedar]

I dropped all my pups on sawyer earlier

Need a week or 2 for petrel

[lilac crescent]

Ah shucks.

[dark cliff]

Riley is going to be fighting or steel?

[upbeat lotus]

Fighting

[lilac crescent]

He's also a free Sprint unit.

Right?

[stable grotto]

Yes

[dark oar]

His max countdown is 6 right? Or was it 3?

[crisp grotto]

3

6 would be a little insane

[sweet tide]

OVERALL TALLY FOR V2.41 (31 January - 27 February)
Gems = 22890
Strike Candy Coin = 10
Tech Candy Coin = 11
Support Candy Coin = 11
Sprint Candy Coin = 5
Field Candy Coin = 4
Move Candy Coin = 4
Strike Roll Cake Coin = 6
Tech Roll Cake Coin = 6
Support Roll Cake Coin = 6
Sprint Roll Cake Coin = 5
Field Roll Cake Coin = 5
5⭐ Power-up = 14
BP = +2810 (tally is at 4030, R10)

General Scout Tickets = 59
Kanto Tickets = 0
Johto Tickets = 35
Hoenn Tickets = 5
Sinnoh Tickets = 5
Unova Tickets = 5
Kalos Tickets = 5
Alola Tickets = 3
Galar Tickets = 0

Gem Count from 31 January 2024 - 27 February 2024
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/893411915638923264/1201555295328026734/V2410_Feb24_GC.png?ex=65ca3e92&is=65b7c992&hm=4c35ae29d72854f47455af486064e3c2b2bc4f6bbf6456f844e6b0bec4458228&

Daily Gem Count Breakdown from 31 January 2024 - 27 February 2024
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/893411915638923264/1201555383685234810/V2410_Feb24_DGCB.png?ex=65ca3ea7&is=65b7c9a7&hm=a4117f4bc6892d8205512e7c1c1bdfeeff4dab2e2f1878f2280c545c4b271f79&

Daily Gem Count & Gems Left Till 27 February 2024
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/893411915638923264/1201555449267359744/V2410_Feb24_DGC.png?ex=65ca3eb6&is=65b7c9b6&hm=2d60bc212e0ea7d24f9e7107ff1ff69461ff464dbc0e4715b44b6418638baa43&

@timber wren

[dark oar]

Dreaded 22k it is

[timber wren]

ty as always tlim

[crisp grotto]

Ty tlim

[dark oar]

Ah wells the free units are great minus lodge wally.

[crisp grotto]

Time to cope on social rallies

[upbeat lotus]

great work as usual, ty tlim

[dark oar]

Dont have any info on the alcremias though ;-;

[sweet tide]

alcremie is a sync pair up event

except u only get 1/5 lol

[dark oar]

5star ... What role?

[exotic sparrow]

It's 4★ support

[fallen path]

Ah the dreaded 4 star support candy

[dark oar]

Guess we're waiting for grids huh

Ive got uh

9 4star support candies iirc

[lunar thistle]

Holy

Riley has Max Countdown 3??

[dark oar]

Yep

[dreamy onyx]

not 23k this is disgusting tbh

[lunar thistle]

That's massive

It's like budget Redchu now

[dark oar]

He's got ramming speed and brawn sync 5 iirc

[lunar thistle]

Lodge Wally seems...bad

[dreamy onyx]

riley is great, like victor, i think we can treat them as new free legendary because we don't have those anymore, f2p 5* units

[lunar thistle]

It probably can find a niche on toxic stall, but

[fallen path]

And has a EX role which is nice

[drifting dagger]

So, riley is that good?

[dark oar]

Fighting type. Pretty solid imo

[lunar thistle]

Noctowl seems...

[dreamy onyx]

will he be better than bea tho

[lunar thistle]

...what even is it

[drifting dagger]

Variety

So lol

Not a new char like ball guy or admins, so idc

[upbeat lotus]

its better putting upcoming gacha pairs in spoiler tag here

[lost bobcat]

He's ok, got good stats for a 4* supp, generalist support with evasion and healings

[lunar thistle]

||Well Greedent seems interesting||

[dreamy onyx]

they're pushing out so many normal type recently

[crisp grotto]

Normal HSE next

[drifting dagger]

Tbf, can we blame them?

The type was in quite a weird spot

[fallen path]

I mean we are missing the strongest normal type known as Bidoof

[lunar thistle]

||I wonder if Garm will still be outclassed by Sneasel tbh||

[lost bobcat]

Thanks! Hope we'll get some sort of rally like what happened in january

[lunar thistle]

||Well Chase doesn't seem that good though 1. its Kanto Analysis does buff rats and 2. it probably solos Tornadus||

[drifting dagger]

But yeah, I do think the count is low this month due to...

3 free units and the pokemon day 3k

[lost bobcat]

4 including the creamie

[vernal glade]

Wait, we have two other free units?

[sullen hedge]

Riley is free, I'm safe this month too

[fallen path]

Rally 3k gems Hopium

[lost bobcat]

Also super sus they're sticking to f2p lodges for a while

[fallen path]

Nah who am I kidding we’ll get gold power up lol

[drifting dagger]

O right

[vernal glade]

Oh right I forgot

[drifting dagger]

Nah, I'm personally ok with it

Especially after two months in a row were mfs last year

[vernal glade]

Same here. Means more rewards for free

[drifting dagger]

Last month we had a gem rally, so it's realistic to expect it

[lost bobcat]

Ye that pissed off many!

[fallen path]

We learn to not get our hopes up

[crisp grotto]

I think it's pretty fair to expect a present for Pokemon Day

[drifting dagger]

Ye

[vernal glade]

I’m already declaring February a safe month for me to save.

[drifting dagger]

Also, Iono brought a 3k gems this month, so I don't see why expecting it again is not realistic

[drifting dagger]

Same

[dreamy onyx]

so 2MF next patch or 3MF, i think they're spreading out the MF like they did with Rosa and Nate
i don't mind ||Gladion|| if next patch only have 2

[lunar thistle]

I'm reconsidering pulling for ||Magearna||

That outfit looks horrible

[crisp grotto]

Yeah, same. I think it's pretty likely seeing as he debuts in the latter half of the month and runs throughout April

[lunar thistle]

||I don't think I'm able to pass up on NDM though...||

[zenith eagle]

It's nice that ||SS Gladion stays late into March. I'll have time to see what's coming for half anni then decide whether or not to go for him||

[hard wave]

300 gems from battle rally?

How do we get them

[drifting dagger]

I think from doing it

Lol

[hard wave]

Oh we just have to complete it

[tawny cedar]

even after checking kits this month is an ez skip for my main acc

[hard wave]

I was confused because tlim said it doesnt give gems ig its just a 1 time thing

[tawny cedar]

think ill get 2 mfs during anni

i have to wait till 25th to 3/5 ncblue

[drifting dagger]

Nah, I think every week gives us 300

Which is... ok to me

[fallen path]

Battle rally has 500 less gems in total than villa looking at the breakdown

[hard wave]

Oh nice

But yeah rip 500 gems

[sturdy flower]

Does it have anything else to compensate?

Villa also had some coins

[drifting dagger]

I think the shop has them

[dark cliff]

Did we get Galactic Admins?

[topaz compass]

Seems like if I want to continue hoarding candy my best gladion team is ss wally and sylveon. 3/5 gladion shouldn't need above 1/5 teammates for 3k CS

[drifting dagger]

No

Anyway, as I asked in lounge before

When villa was first released, how much it gave?

[pure arrow]

Does the Rally have other rewards (move candy/role cake coins) to offset this?

[fallen path]

No idea I just glanced at the summaries

It’ll be in the pastebin but I ain’t got time for that rn lol

[drifting dagger]

I think stuff like that is in shop?

Welp, not what I expected, BUT ||roll cake voucher seems solid||

[pure arrow]

Is the exchange rate 1 voucher per coin or 5 vouchers per coin?

[fallen path]

Don’t think we need to spoiler the shops but that’s pretty good rewards

But maybe I’ll need to farm the cookies more in LG

[pure arrow]

oof same

not an issue for the Latios gauntlets but otherwise

[fallen path]

Making me engage more in LG

[drifting dagger]

What are feathers used for btw?

Never used them lol

[crisp grotto]

Skill gear

You use feathers to roll random passives on a piece of gear

[fallen path]

Don’t worry I haven’t used the feathers either lol

Too lazy to rng the skill gears

[hasty umbra]

well, that gear is not a particular requirement for anything other than try-harding, which most players don't do

[sturdy flower]

Next next LG we might actually already have lucky cookie slots (hopefully they dont wall them behind upgrade items that are hard to get...)

[fallen path]

If I am close to a HS event I would consider

[unkempt vortex]

They definitely will

I’m also expecting for the additional grid energy thing

If they pull a feh they’ll put the item behind a paywall

[drifting dagger]

Grid energy I doubt they will

If anything

I expect the extra energy to be based on the number of dupes you have

[lost bobcat]

No free ever pin this month, so ig there's no pattern for it

[drifting dagger]

Anyway, if someone remembers how much gems they gave with og villa, let me know

Need to know for something

[fallen path]

2000

[onyx hornet]

it seems it was 1800 gems per villa run but it was resetting right away without waiting, so 3600 per month in 2 villa runs

[topaz compass]

Yeah they promised the gems would go elsewhere to make up for the change. Obviously they lied as we continue to trend down

[sturdy flower]

they promised 5/5 will be an alternative and not straight up powercreep, and here we are

[lilac crescent]

What's higher than master?

[bleak falcon]

Wdym

[lilac crescent]

Like what rank is higher than a Master?

An expert?

An pro?

[junior trout]

[bleak falcon]

In what context?

I’m not really sure what the question has to do with this channel anyway

[drifting dagger]

I meant originally

[drifting dagger]

? It was never promised lol

It was just an expectation by the community

[bleak falcon]

Plus we’re still getting the usual 2k from BV this month as part of its move to permanency, afaik

So the lower gem income isn’t because BV is leaving

[drifting dagger]

If anything

I think we will see the effects of that next month

I'm hopeful for a rally like the iono one, since it will bring the count to 26k, and pokemon day free 3k too, which would make it 29k

But imo, rally we need to wait and see

Also, I would be kind of sad if we actually see the effects of villa going away next month, since it's supposed to be the .5 anni.

Sure, I'm happy with the game and all, but that would bring my mood down a lot

[unkempt vortex]

That’s a lot of copium

[drifting dagger]

I'm not coping, just having a realistix expectation based on last month

If it happens or not is a different story

[lilac crescent]

It doesn't, I was just wondering.

[drifting dagger]

....? Then why was it here?

[bleak falcon]

That would be a topic for #poma-lounge or something then

Not here

[drifting dagger]

But yeah cobalt, sorry if my reply to your message was long lol

[bleak falcon]

No worries

[drifting dagger]

Mmh

I just hope my prediction turns true, if not, well, can't do anything about it

[topaz compass]

They literally claimed in the dev letter it would be reallocated

[drifting dagger]

They did not

Lol

[vestal leaf]

Yeah it was a shared expectation

Since last time something like this happened

[drifting dagger]

First announcement of the new mode

[vestal leaf]

They gave us more logins

Etc

[drifting dagger]

Was it instantly or no?

I forgot

Also, finally found how much gems bv used to give at the start, and well, it was actually 1500

[topaz compass]

@drifting dagger I was talking about the original change for BV from 3600 to 2k

[drifting dagger]

?

3600?

[topaz compass]

BV originally was 1800 twice as often

[drifting dagger]

No

It was 1.5k lol

I checked last hour

[topaz compass]

Whatever it was it was 2x as often and more total

[onyx tinsel]

Do you all have faith in a rally or two to help the gem count

[unkempt vortex]

No

[lilac crescent]

Maybe

[winged fossil]

Doubting, im betting if we did get a rally it’d fall under next months count from timing

Too close to anni for them to do much else from my pov, they gotta hype it up rather than hype up something competing against it for attention lol

[tough oriole]

Yeah it’ll probably be for half anni/Pokémon Day

If there is one

[lilac crescent]

We're only like...

31 days away from half Anniversary. ||I just realized how far that is.||

[rare swan]

It is less than a month away

February is a very good month to be skipping if you're interested in half anni and don't have a pity yet

[broken mulch]

Only unit I want from this month is less than a week away from datamine so I can hold off until more info pops up

[rare swan]

That's the spirit

[lilac crescent]

Now let's keep that up...

[rare swan]

All of this month is a skip for me, it was a disappointing datamine (pair wise)

Really hoping something I like drops for half anni

[fallen path]

More time to save for you tho

[rare swan]

True

[prime quarry]

Volo and Cyllene to go alongside Sinnoh NC trust

[rare swan]

Maaaan I hope so

[fallen path]

Volo

[feral vale]

Volo

[lilac crescent]

If we get Volo... I'd be scared.

[prime quarry]

I'm kinda hoping it won't be Sinnoh NC next because I'm gonna need like three pities for that and I only have one

[rare swan]

Volo and Cyllene my insta-pull beloveds

[lean mango]

Melli on my Hisui list

~~so you'll know that it'll be a while ~~

[grim plover]

it's voloversary & arceus

[prime quarry]

NC Rei with Arceus so true

[tardy fiber]

Seeing new MF like 1-2 weeks before half anni, i wonder if i can hopium its half anni pokefairs like during annimay, anniskyla, anniraihan time

[grim plover]

never ever

i think we never have gotten less master fairs than the previous year in the same month.

[tardy fiber]

Also where alola pride, why there's 2 alola spirits and both are sygna suits

Manifesting alola pride NC Selene

[grim plover]

thats the anni unit

[tardy fiber]

Selene zeraora

And elio xurkitree

[grim plover]

[tardy fiber]

Im happy that my faves finally cover fairy types, now only left poison

[lilac crescent]

We haven't even gotten a SS for Elio or Selene.

[tardy fiber]

They can be like galar NC

None of em have sygna suits

But got NC alts

Calem as well

[lilac crescent]

That would make sense.

[prime quarry]

Tbh I'm expecting another trio NC for this half anni, which makes me think it's either Hoenn with May, Brendan, and Wally or Sinnoh with Dawn, Lucas, and Barry

[rare swan]

I would be genuinely stunned if half anni doesn't come with at least one MF

[prime quarry]

Gonna be hard for my gems either way

[tardy fiber]

Oh wally also make sense especially when he got lodge alt on February

[hard wave]

Unova pride moment

[grim plover]

pls not hoenn im not ready

[hard wave]

It should be 2 since we are getting gladion and he lasts until april anyway

[prime quarry]

Same

[rare swan]

Yup

[prime quarry]

inb4 NC Rei and Akari

[tardy fiber]

I dont mind for unova duplicate flag bearer because one is anniversary alt while the other one is NC...but gladion and lusamine are both sygna suits and both got spirits

[hard wave]

Wait unova has pride but not spirit nvm

[grim plover]

i dont see them as NCs or SSs, for me they're just MFs

[hard wave]

can N be downgraded to spirit? He doesnt help physical units

[hard wave]

Basically the same thing anyway

[tardy fiber]

Flag bearer boosts both physical and special iirc

So anniN does help a bit

[hard wave]

Yeah but kitwise idt he does anything for physical units

Ig its just the first one to get a MF in a region is flag bearer, except hoenn

[tardy fiber]

There's blue flare pep rally speed always nice

But i kinda like this event, i like that they reintroduced old alts in new events. It enriched poma lore more

Put annisteven in hoenn NC lets goo

[prime quarry]

Steven has his Ray and Sandslash in the VA, it would be cool to see him with all his alts in the NC somehow

[tardy fiber]

Yep i like this juicy lore stuffs especially when i treat PoMa like continuation of main game events

[prime quarry]

[winged fossil]

Wdym downgrade? From my perspective that’s an upgrade

Spirit/pride is higher damage% overall since most teams don’t mix damage anymore

[tardy fiber]

Yep its an upgrade, spirit/pride got 20% damage increase and 20% damage reduction while flag bearer only 10% damage increase but 20% damage reduction...type teamwork only 10% for both damage and damage reduction

[hard wave]

I didnt realize its a higher percentage, makes sense since u have the tradeoff of boosting both

[winged fossil]

The main downside of it is it only protects from its half of the damage. Spirit doesn’t reduce physical and vice versa

[hard wave]

True

[winged fossil]

I like flag bearer on supports more and spirit/pride on dps more, since overlap of same passive of the three in same region doesn’t effect the team anyway

And supports the role more likely to be used with the opposite dmg type usually

[tardy fiber]

Cannot wait for anni, 2 more free support faves for me, i kinda like type teamworks as well because i favor monotype teams to do cs clears

I calculated and i can use February's rainbow ticket on registeel

[dark oar]

All these freebies are really good.

except lodge wally but yeah xD

[unkempt vortex]

Lodge wally is free coins

[dark oar]

looks like if we get Pokemon Present Day gems, that's 3k gems + 22/23k gems for next month

currently i've got 27k gems + 8k gems.

[unkempt vortex]

They could’ve made it a pf lodge

[dark oar]

so at the end of Feb, i'll be at hum. 27k + 3k + 23ishk gems

52k/53k nonpaid gems.

and around 11k paid gems o-o/

[dark oar]

well at least now, outside of Sinnoh and Paldea, everyone has 3 sync pairs per region

[crisp oracle]

||My Jan Spending window is done, I have spent one pity to get three master fairs.|| Time to hunker down and wait for Anni

[drifting dagger]

I do

If it happens? Good.

If not? Well, can't do jackshit about it sadly.

I do agree count is sad this month, but constantly being negative and saying expecting a rally is coping?

Just let me hope

this is directed at the doomposters btw

[lost bobcat]

Run up half anni rally

[candid burrow]

Damn almost 8k less than feb last year

[drifting dagger]

Maybe with gladion?

[winged fossil]

He is too close to anni from my perspective

I just don’t realistically see them tweeting about him rather than anni if it’s a rally

If there’s a runup rally my guess is more so related to Riley

Cause he’s basically our runup unit

Seems like they’re starting to give us these event 5* units as a runup celebration reward

I’d be happy to be surprised with a gladion celebration I just don’t think it’d be for him with the timing sadly

Still hoping for something at least even if not expecting it to arrive before cutoff

[drifting dagger]

Yeah I agree

But also, idk how likely this is, but I think count is lower because of the 3 free units we get this month

[tardy fiber]

Low gems is kinda far from the game's doom, the game's doom is near when they start to give like 3 or 4 pities amount of gems per month. Thats how it went with last game that i played that experienced EOS, they even release a banner that have all units that ever existed in the game as well and the currency to pull it can be obtained for free just by grinding the final before eos event content

They becoming too generous especially on the last 3 months before EOS

Plus they close the paid currency option at shop either so people can no longer buy paid currency

[drifting dagger]

Which game?

[tardy fiber]

Digimon rearise

[lost bobcat]

Jan was also bad but rallies made it better (still lower than past year)
Maybe they're shifting on more rallies bcs ppl have to share (free ads)

[tardy fiber]

I want more community activities like recent iono co-op where we all work together to clear the goals

[lost bobcat]

Yep, I like stickers

And they better share Akari&Rei art, damn!!!

The official ones are so good why we can't have them

[tardy fiber]

Maybe they will put it in lodge later

[drifting dagger]

Eh, 26k is fine imo

But 22.8k almost 23k? Yeah, it's sad....

As I said yesterday, I'm not even angry.

I just can't bring myself to care so much on a bad count

[crisp grotto]

I don't really worry too much about gem counts either, but I would be disappointed with 23k. I'll personally be completely fine if we get the 3k on Pokemon Day, which is fair to expect imo

[drifting dagger]

Yeah, basically how I also feel

Literally spot on lol

[restive hull]

restarting my save count at 600 gems.. not even sure which character to save up for.

[prime quarry]

Well, the beauty of saving is that you don't need to have a specific character in mind in order to save! You can just save in case someone you do want pops up

[restive hull]

how much gems do we need for one pity again?

[upbeat lotus]

+pity

[jade lava]

Pulls to reach 400+/400 scout points:
12 multis + 4 paid singles (36.4k)
12 multis + 2 singles (36.4k (paid single + nonpaid single) to 36.6k gems (nonpaid singles))
13 multis (39k gems)
134 singles (40k (including daily paid single) or 40.2k gems (nonpaid single))

You can calculate how many gems you need until pity using /pity in #bot-zone.

[vestal leaf]

Personally as long as with rally/gifts we hit 24k per month I'm refraining from dooming

But I don't condone Anni 4 behaviour either

[drifting dagger]

Yeah

I will get worried once really really bad shit happens

[crisp grotto]

Agreed with both things there

[winged fossil]

great time to save cause annis coming up soon.

[drifting dagger]

Also

I legit doubt we will get back to 2019 gem counts

It's impossible, since they were vwry low

[zenith eagle]

I will not ||scout for SS Gladion until knowing half anni pairs||. I will not. I will not.

[restive hull]

depends on Anni units tbh. if not my type I'll likely skip. this half-anni gonna be a guaranteed skip cause of my gem count lol

[winged fossil]

still a good time to save either way. 2-3 months to save for the units considering how long these would stay for

worst case you keep saving till a fav shows up if not during anni

[vestal leaf]

2019-20-early 21

Not just 19

We had 2 years of pretty shit count

[restive hull]

ultimate worst case: saving up to 5/5 a specific character ☠️

[vestal leaf]

Maxie and Archie dropping same month, month with a count of 18k

Lmao

[dreamy onyx]

They give us 3 free units this month so low gem count is understandable but still sucks, and I don’t want this trend to continue

[restive hull]

...3 what? on what events?

[upbeat lotus]

sync pair up events

[crisp grotto]

Setting aside the gem count, I am really glad about Riley tho, looks like a great kit to get for free