Resource Saving Support (Gem Zen)

[dreamy onyx]

Petey & pikachu
Player & alcremie
Riley & Lucario

Yeah riley is very good

[restive hull]

crap I missed all of them 😩

[dreamy onyx]

Next month

[restive hull]

unless they're...future events?

oh.

[dreamy onyx]

Yeah

[crisp grotto]

They're upcoming yea

[restive hull]

Damn alright 20 more gems to my pocket

[dreamy onyx]

Kinda wish they give riley free ex role too

[restive hull]

[drifting dagger]

Exactly what I thought too tbf

[crisp grotto]

I was gonna say the same

I don't see the average player caking him

[dreamy onyx]

They usually give us maxed free units why not now with cake

[restive hull]

give them the cake!!!

[crisp grotto]

Mhm

[dreamy onyx]

He’ll replace Bea for f2p with cake

[cunning swan]

Let him eat cake

[tardy fiber]

Last run up to anni also lowered due to victrier, there might be a trend here...run up to anni or half anni month no longer bring a lot of gems due to free team up pair they giving

Im fine if they lowered another run up month if that means rerunning jessie and james plus giving them grid

[dreamy onyx]

Rarest units

[drifting dagger]

At this point just replace them if you won't rerun them

Idk what the fuck they will do here

[tardy fiber]

They already replaced them with ariana and petrel

But those cost gems

[winged fossil]

idc that its not a free upgrade im doing it cause im a riley simp enjoying that free t0 fav once i grab it for sure

[tardy fiber]

My normal and fairy roster grows steadily by DeNa, many recent free or lodge pairs are either normal or fairy

[winged fossil]

one of like 5 trainers id simp for

[tardy fiber]

DeNa, when you will bump up f2p poison roster?

I like seeing Riley free, at least its a new character...not like victrier

And he have EX colors as well

[winged fossil]

im glad that its the dream pairing and its actually good

max countdown 3 sprint is enough to skip 2 entire cycles

honestly surprised they gave him MC3

didnt expect a free unit to ever get that much MC

havent decided if ill give him adrenaline or hs1, prob adrenaline as my default tho

[tardy fiber]

Hope run up to anni later also have a free pair as nice as Riley and Victrier, if its in this quality, i dont mind losing like 3k gems of the month, well like a multi price

[winged fossil]

yeah i like this trend of getting new 5*s to play with every anni if they keep it going

thats really nice since we arent getting new LegAdv units or whatever

[tardy fiber]

Ball Guy, Ariana, Proton, Petrel, Archer should be like those pairs and not locked behind variety

[winged fossil]

at least the admins were in a free ticket even if random unlike ball guy

who was basically a PF without the benefit of his fans getting a 5/5 grid

[tardy fiber]

I might grab Ariana if variety select happens, for ||silver's happy family||

[languid quail]

Just so I fully understand, the mixed banners carry over the scout points even after the main unit changes right?

[crisp grotto]

Yes

[winged fossil]

yep

[languid quail]

Noice

[tardy fiber]

Yep thats why i stopped after getting 1 mix red

[winged fossil]

thats their whole shtick

[languid quail]

That means I just don't bother with it too

[winged fossil]

im prob gonna be listening to a lot of lucario related songs and gladion related songs this month in celebration of the double favs this month, im already feeling for this half anni even if i suspect jumpscare next month probs

2 t0 trainer favs for me is way more than i expected from any month at this point, considering only like two of the five them overlapped in whatd be likely to show up together and its not those two together

(i swear to arceus if its koraidon and miraidon next month and i dont see enough time to get both bikes... miiight hear me punching a pillow next mine if this happens)

[tardy fiber]

At least they said there will be 6 month gap between mix character releases, if they spam a bunch of it like variety, i will be more pissed

[tardy fiber]

Rewatch pokemon Lucario movie before Riley release

Lucario and the mystery of mew

It also have nice regitrio cries

[winged fossil]

Oh my god yes I should do that later this month

[tardy fiber]

Un un un

[winged fossil]

I need to dig out my dvd of it and hook up one of the ps2s that’s just collecting dust

[tardy fiber]

I hope its not on half anni month, especially when they are still reluctant to release paldea spotlights and still no paldea region tag, might be sinnoh NC on anni especially now the mystery stones stuff even got arceus

[winged fossil]

Pc doesn’t have a dvd drive anymore these days and I had my other consoles that prob could play movies stolen a few years back so

[winged fossil]

Yeah. Hope it’s that so I can have an ez skip cause if it’s alola nc I might be fucked hahaha

Just not bikes or alola nc dena please you’re already milking me with ||ss gladion|| right before anni

It feels weird wanting a fullskip anni tbh

Cause those pairs tend to be good but my gem count just disagrees with it rn

Already bad enough that they’re gonna make me go into a month without a full pity already on hand unless I somehow don’t shaft. And I really don’t like exiting months below pity anymore

[tardy fiber]

Full skip anni is fun, well i did get kinda skip anni month before this with only scrosa as fave, and ash/sstred/ssacynthia are skip...a skip month where there's a lot of free gems in that month is great

[spring ginkgo]

I just got shafted and need some encouragement to save for half anni

[prime quarry]

Getting shafted is perhaps one of the best ways to learn the value in saving. You don't want it to happen again, so you need to save your gems to make sure it doesn't!

[tardy fiber]

True, i learnt when i almost missed zerena like i got her 3 days before her banner is gone. That event really woke me up and start saving

Although i did experienced some pities before zerena but never that i felt that i almost lost the fave pair

Embrace pity and be ready for it, if you're lucky, fine but grab the remaining and form a pity before trying a banner again

[grim plover]

expecting a pity also makes you feel less bad when you reach it

[crisp grotto]

Pity while receiving the unit is much better than 364 scout points and having to forego it because you ran out of gems

[tardy fiber]

Yep thats why i do bunch of calculations

And i usually minus EBE and Ultimate battles from those calculations

Like there's a chance of failing those contents

[oak crest]

Ngl the preset lucky skill will be nice for UB when they implement it, can actually switch to vigilance if your team needed a lil longer to down the stages

While you don't have to worry about having to switch back to your previous LS once you are done

[tardy fiber]

It will help a lot, gonna give my damage dealers cs2, ww3 and super powered 3

Oh right so more rng hell as we need to spend a bunch of deluxe cookies

[oak crest]

Depending on the amount of pre-sets we are allowed to have, will help in various situation as well

[winged fossil]

The biggest winners of that upcoming mechanic are LG players imo

For average player it’s mostly swapping between hs1/adrenaline/vigilance on utility units and swapping between cs2/ww3 or sp3/a utility thing like ppe2 or something like vigilance rarely on dps, like kippers said tho depends on how many slots and such

[drifting dagger]

Tbf, they spam the bad kind of variety.

The good ones, which are new chars are not spammed, so even if sad... we can save

And I hope they don't repeat the error where they put all the new chars on the same bannee

[tardy fiber]

Talking about variety, the recent eeveelutions variety is kinda bad. Its bad because they put selene and elio together with the old 3 eeveelutions, for eevee day this year, there will be like 7 units in it if the trend continues

Maybe 8

[crisp oracle]

If you keep pulling you'll likely get nothing for half anni

Good time to get pushed into the gem drought so you can save the next 20ish days

[drifting dagger]

Elio and Selene were in their own banner tho

Just the two of them

Or they had their own

But definitely not with the 2022 ones

[hard wave]

Yeah it was a triple with the 2022 ones and a double with the alola ones

[tardy fiber]

Oh so its the free eevee ticket got all?

So rocket is still the worst

5 featured variety

[topaz compass]

The people that think it matters to differentiate are a little too into the "lore"

[lean mango]

damn then

[tardy fiber]

The different name helps, well ssacynthia and ssrcynthia sounds better than cynthia MF A and cynthia MF B

Cynthia MF Alt 1 and Alt 2

Also helps DeNa to milk more with same character Master Fairs

[vestal leaf]

^

[tardy fiber]

I still hope they rename Gloria alt and Leon alt, as they can rename the buddy moves so they can do it if they want too

[vestal leaf]

Same

How hard it is to name them "Challenger" and "Battle Tower"

[grim plover]

i hope they change it for alolan red & blue because they're "Battle Legends"

[lunar thistle]

Sinnoh Ch. F. MF Alt 1

Gloria is Galar MC. F. PF Alt 2

[tardy fiber]

Red
Red Alt 1
Red Alt 2
Red Alt 3
Red Alt 4
2 of these have same shirt

Blue have 3 same shirt alts

[stray steeple]

Where are the 4 yellow move candy coins from?

[tough oriole]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/893411915638923264/1201555295328026734/V2410_Feb24_GC.png?ex=65ca3e92&is=65b7c992&hm=4c35ae29d72854f47455af486064e3c2b2bc4f6bbf6456f844e6b0bec4458228&=&format=webp&quality=lossless

[untold tide]

errr

were bv gems

included

in that 22k count

...no, right? RIGHT?

[rare swan]

They were, you can see them in the list in the pins

[topaz compass]

This new mode seems like it rewards overpowering 30 units with varying roles

I like that

[zenith eagle]

Can i ask for scouting or gem spending advice here? Need some help planning/saving for the correct pairs.

[upbeat lotus]

yes, go ahead

[winged fossil]

||i might have to divert some non-gem resources into things earlier than i expected, im gonna become a rally addict and prob fall behind on saving cakes especially spending cakes to get more cakes... feels weird||

[topaz compass]

Spending cakes to earn more cakes is smart longterm

[tardy fiber]

Yeap thats not a bad move

[topaz compass]

I was hoarding mine but will spend them all now I think

[tardy fiber]

Also better to do rally today, the monthly item stock will reset tomorrow

[topaz compass]

It is possible to earn 12k+ points per rally in perfect conditions with dual roles compared to just 8k+ without dual roles. So those extra 4k points down the road every week is 3 extra cake coins. That's less than 2 months for an extra cake. It will snowball quickly in like 6 months

Yes 1 Rally per day until we run out is probably safest

Then down to 1 per week unless future rallies give extra

[winged fossil]

The most painful boost in that mode is sprint and tech

Had like three or four stages on my first run that were those together it was suffering

Makes me think I prob have to stomach doing that for anyone I go for in future that gets either till I have a wider roster for those stages

Thankfully Riley is gonna help a bit with that

||and gladion||

[tardy fiber]

Hoping that some field and sprint pairs will be 4* bp unit this year, that could help

[hard wave]

Wait, on the gem count breakdown it shows 280 gems for chase’s event but I only got 250? 200 from missions, 20 from story, 30 from the stage

Did I miss smth?

[sturdy flower]

is it really though, i think we will buy out cake coins and power ups every month

8k * 4 is 32k

34k necessary for all

you will get dual role once or twice

although behold, my field pairs

best i can do is give some unit ex role

[versed flame]

same victor is my only one XD ||time to cake nc nate||

[lilac crescent]

Same.

[topaz compass]

I didn't realize the shop only resets monthly when I said this....makes sense they limit us

That means I have to get all 20 today if it resets tomorriw

[sturdy flower]

yep, good luck

they should have released it like 3 days ago to give us more time, but still better than getting it tomorrow and no chance at the extra mats

[topaz compass]

Battle Rally boosted us from 36 cake coins per month to 56

[dark oar]

its great tbh

[tough oriole]

Closer to 60, if you consider weekly missions

It’s pretty neat (I say this as someone who has yet to use a single cake)

[dark oar]

I probably wouldn't go for the 5star power ups though ;_;

that's waaay too much planing/rng 😦

[tough oriole]

||That’ll change this month tho, Lillie is a mega fave|| ||even if her RolEX is mid||

[summer goblet]

Today is a busy day for players to do rallies for those who want the exchange vouchers for roll cake coins

[sturdy flower]

it sure is

my game started to lag real bad after doing i twice

[winged fossil]

||me on my way to rolex ChCalem unironically||

[tardy fiber]

I still got 1 more pass and i already exchanged 17/20, should i use it before reset? But my average score for rally is just merely 4.5k - 6k per run, then should i just save it for February conversion?

[hard wave]

Might as well do it now so u can get the other 3 and then leftover medals can be for next month ig

[tardy fiber]

I guess, but if 4.5k per run, i wont reach exchange cap for February anyway well might as well do now

Sad when most stages need field and sprint

And i just have 2 sprint plus ncrosa

Because she got caked

[winged fossil]

emptied the shop of PUs and cake coins for this month. ive been averaging like 6-7k per run even after spending 700-1k pts per run so im not worried about meeting cake quota next month

esp when my box is gonna improve regarding the mode on the 19th by a lot

any extra access to sprint or field makes a big difference is my impression from my 5 clears today

im really happy that theyre basically giving us a whole cake each datamine as long as we can keep up the pace on points

[tough oriole]

||I guess battle rally rewards us for making offmeta investments in faves ||

[dark oar]

Amen to that.

[hasty umbra]

I'll still never cake a support with tech rolex

[fallen path]

[tough oriole]

Friendly reminder to everyone that the monthly shop resets in 30 mins, so convert those and get those egg items now (if desired)

And the sinnoh va and influencer event i suppose

[lilac crescent]

So...

[slow hare]

Best I could do before reset cuz I was at work all day and all night 😭

I'm so mad, if it was a regular workday with the evening off I could have got the 20

Sigh

Half a cake isn't so bad right...? I haven't used a single cake yet

[rare swan]

It's better than 0! Don't stress too much

[sand crown]

I got 10 as well and am happy we at least got a chance for a bonus. We did good!

[weary spire]

Nice! Effort yielded results, can always be happy about that

At the end of the day, you've got 10 more roll cake coins to work with

I only just kinda processed Battle Rally as a thing recently, and went into it blind. But also didn't realise the exchange was resetting until mins afterwards
But honestly? I don't feel too bad. Now I've learned what the deal is, and it'll be easier to keep up with for future

And I will say, not to derail too much: this is a genuinely fun feature. So much more fun to me than grinding omega extended LG runs (which I have a lot of respect for), which just makes me more comfortable grinding at all

[rare swan]

100%, I'm really enjoying it

[weary spire]

[candid burrow]

Haven't even touched battle rally yet

[weary spire]

And honestly, I've been largely away from the community for some time... but were many asking for this specific type of thing? I feel like I don't recall too much of that. Whereas concepts for things v similar to LG were being thrown around for aages

More impressive to me that they gave me something I didn't really know I wanted

[hasty umbra]

might have been something out of the surveys they do from time to time, remember this place and reddit are just a fraction of the community, who knows what others want

[weary spire]

Ftr, I'm sure many would've been wanting something like this, just didn't see the concept spoken of nearly as much

Yeah, very good point

[weary spire]

I say if you can find it within yourself to give it a shot, it's worth a try! More cake candies from it is a big plus. Especially considering the format kinda encourages more EX roles, but doesn't seem to punish you a toon for lacking as many unless you're unlucky

[tardy fiber]

Sad, the game resets when im at stage 6. So i only managed to claim 17 cake coin tickets for January shop

I guess i just gonna save for now, as my faves cake upgrade will arrive kinda on late February...as i want to avoid claim wrong amount of coins

[versed flame]

i also only got 17, i could've rushed another run in the last forty minutes before reset but that sounded too tiring, decided to give it up for the sake of avoiding burnout on the mode

[dark oar]

I'd like a Battle Rally Lite. No rewards or anything. I just wanna play it D;

[versed flame]

making it limited makes it feel more exciting i think

like comparing daily wordle to unlimited wordle, those kind of daily puzzles lose momentum when you're given free access

[tardy fiber]

It is really great but still not sure it's worth losing villa, villa has 2k gems while this mode only have 1.2k gems but gets 20 cake coins

[upbeat lotus]

i would take Rally over Villa tbh

its a fun gamemode with a whole cake + 20 monthly

[tardy fiber]

Oh right, no bonanza too this month, not sure why it disappears...seeing today's event tab looks empty

Also palentine starts late this year

[rare swan]

Agreed, BR is actually fun while BV was a chore

[tardy fiber]

Chase arrival with only time trial event but no pair specific event

I agree that BR is fun, but does 20 cake coins and 20 PU worth losing 800 gems plus need to have good luck and no skill issue to claim all 40 items

Skill issue people like me only gets around 4.5k points average per run

Need 24000 to claim all cake coins per month

And for now it will be 1 pass weekly

So need 6k per run to get all cake coins

Still haven't count PUs

[broken mulch]

10k to get all powerups

So 34k

[tardy fiber]

So need 8500 points per run

If plus apple cup, need 9k

I will be more happier if they add more passes, hope its not gem or paywall to get more than 4 per month

[dark oar]

you need 8.5k to get all the good stuff? D;

[tardy fiber]

Yep for cake coins plus PU

Every run

Well 8.5k if your team can clear UB without apple cup

[dark oar]

i managed to hit 8k with just nothing to get the the apple cup

or rather uh didnt take it from any of my runs

hm i think i'll just work on the 6k/7k for now

[tardy fiber]

Need nice RNG too like i got bunch of field and sprint and that cuts my points

[dark oar]

that too.

[tardy fiber]

Need pray hard for this to appear in every run

[dark oar]

I'll need a lil bit more leeway of roster bedspacers that has 2 roles per sync pair that can run without having to use TMs as well.

20% is quite real though. i ran 5 times, and only 1 of them was that one. rofl.

[tardy fiber]

Same 🤝

[compact pasture]

What is this area?

[rare swan]

Battle Rally

That stage is basically a free 600 points, it's Bonanza levels of difficult

[winged fossil]

ill prob purely do the coins anytime we dont have extra event tickets, based on those numbers vanter did. prob will just consider the PUs a bonus that i ignore most months in the future.

im just glad to get +20 PU ontop of the full cake from day 1 of the mode, really needed a batch of raw for if a given month in future has multiple favs without it being case like riley where the EX is freely granted

Having an emergency reserve for exing favs (or rarely non favs to help with certain types of hard content) is just nice to me. But my top priority from the mode is securing the extra cake every month

[compact pasture]

How

[winged fossil]

I barely emptied the shop. Took averaging like as close to 700ish per stage due to Rolexs since I was spending somewhere between 700 to 1k score per run on boosts and binoculars (binoculars not recommended but it’s personal pref with my box)

[versed flame]

i could've done it if i had time i think, took 3 runs to get 17 coin vouchers

[winged fossil]

Tldr of my strat was aim for +400% stats +300% or more moves depending on the ub I was gunning for

Overspending can easily mess you over for a months shop

So getting a feel for what boost reqs your box needs to reliably score high on most of the ubs is important

I’ll prob be able to lower my boosts slightly during march if I had to guess although only by a relatively small margin

Have to wait for at least one more “UB answering” fav to release to feel comfortable going much lower since I skipped ones like leaf

Cause I’m still not going out of my way for a non fav for such things

Last run of the day also cut it extremely close, budget clearing argenta does NOT go well if you don’t own modern grass units like at all

(especially when it rolls field/tech, so I had to do it supportless for my score goal)

[crisp grotto]

They're very manageable in the Battle Rally, you just need to figure your away around the boosts/shop items. The actual UBs, yeah, they remain end-game content

[winged fossil]

Yeah. I mostly had overspent my units a bit prematurely and there wasn’t much I could do other than just gamble on a very weird team working (which it barely did with my boosts, since half my move damage boosts I couldn’t activate without a support)
Def was a lesson for myself in playing out a bad rng run

I will say though keeping in mind niche f2p units like gordie can save your ass sometimes tho, when in context of that mode. And it’ll only get easier with time as we will prob get more rebuff sources f2p at some point in the future

Rebuff seems to be a mechanic they love asking for in a ub stage

[crisp grotto]

Mhm, especially when we start getting more accessible Sprint/Field units, they're quite the bottleneck if you get unlucky with the role bonuses

Looking forward to Riley

[winged fossil]

Riley alone is a godsend, I am doubling my sprint pairs for the mode this month so I can be a lot more flexible on that side with ditching a sprint or field pair if they don’t match the next stage

Until we get more accessible ones it’ll be harder to justify a premature abandonment of someone in either role.

[oak crest]

Getting as archer back then was garbage for me, but with the new mode he becomes useful as a filler now for bonus

Guess he will be lifted from lv 1 npc hell soon

[winged fossil]

Praying for bp units this year being field/sprint based

[oak crest]

I'm hoping for some of the existing units I have to get field role

[winged fossil]

Cause this mode makes it clear as day how badly we need them. Since you can get a run that literally uses one of the roles for basically every stage

[oak crest]

Since I alrd have a field cake sitting there

I kinda got lucky on field role

Since victor was my only field role but the given boost was galar

So I can use him both as a team stat booster and pts booster

[crisp grotto]

That would be nice too, yea

I wonder when we get our first Sprint/Field

[winged fossil]

My first clear made me realize I had to not be stingy on my cakes for a while if I want to pick up the pace. in three diff stages as someone who hasn’t touched a single banner except Wallace for either role… PAINFUL

[oak crest]

So he was basically in my team for all 10 battles

Since field was the main focus on that reset

Like 7/10 battles had field as booster

Or 8

Cant rmb

[winged fossil]

That’s nice

At least you got a boost that made it easy to work in

[oak crest]

Every run will have a role that is the main focus, with striker/tech/supp being the easier ones ofc

[winged fossil]

I remember my first clear was a sinnoh run. I just leaned on Cyrus and Lucian till I understood what was going on.

[oak crest]

My first run was a nightmare

[winged fossil]

Just used a classic villa team to learn the ropes

[oak crest]

I didn't make use of the boosts

My 7th-9th battles were hell

It's like playing a +500 str or more hse stage

☠️

Only difference is u can spam turn denial

[winged fossil]

Yikes I haven’t gone above 420 on one before iirc. Was just flannerys. Beyond that I haven’t touched beyond like 300ish iirc?

[oak crest]

I also wasted my op pairs on the easier battles

Lmao

Mine was at like 450 str highest I think

I give them a comparison to +500 was bc their sync could easily wipe my team

☠️

Battle 9 was the one

I ended up using sslyra with elio

[winged fossil]

I still have to plan out my gauntlet streak super soon a bit so I can get some more cookies in prep for the flood of hs1 adrenaline1 that I’m gonna want

[oak crest]

Both spamming turn denials

[winged fossil]

Really praying the lucky skill slots and the grid energy isn’t gonna take forever to grind out like a candy does that’d be torture

Anyway gn ima sleep

[oak crest]

Gn

[tardy fiber]

Gladion field role cmon DeNa

[zenith eagle]

Made it through Iono banner. It's gonna be a long wait for half anni datamine.

[rare swan]

You got that pity ready though

[topaz compass]

I got 18 coins yesterday in 3 runs. Had to do mostly 2nd difficulty on 3rd run since I ran out of time

Going forward we won't have just 1 weekday to complete obviously

[timber wren]

yeah it was a bit of a gauntlet yesterday

[crisp grotto]

I find it funny they debuted it yesterday and not this reset

[timber wren]

a little treat for tryhards

[zenith eagle]

Yessir!!

I was too busy to finish all runs, got 5 coin vouchers and a power up though

So excited to be able to EXR more pairs frequently

[sand crown]

I always put “more challenging content” in those surveys but I am a D1 player

I did not think they would outright kill villa and its gems but I am okay with getting more cake coins for our troubles (and there are gems associated with rally too even if it isn’t 2k)

[timber wren]

the cake coin voucher nearly doubled our cake income overnight

[sand crown]

Yeah. Not to mention I like the new mode. Not as restrictive as extreme battles, but does make you strategize even if a little bit

[tardy fiber]

Good because 3 of my faves gets cake coin this month

Luckily my faves are still spared from support getting tech cake treatment

[sand crown]

||I have one saved just for Necrozma. Been waiting on this||

[tardy fiber]

Ncblue support + strike and ncrosa support + sprint

[tardy fiber]

||I will use mine on sssteven first, necrozma will have to wait for second cake||

Well because he is 4 units in 1

Cannot wait for swappable lucky skills, i can interchange sssteven's based on situations

[sand crown]

Same. I can finally give some tanks stuff other than vigilance

[vestal leaf]

Can't wait to have HS1 on most of my supports for stuff like funny csmm clears and vigilance on my striker for safe UBs

[tardy fiber]

Gonna put cs2 + sp3 + ww3 on most of my damage dealers

[grim plover]

im just gonna give everyone HS1 for cs and Vigilance for UBs

[vestal leaf]

I don't think extra 10% for more deluxe use is worth as of niw

Now

[topaz compass]

Keep in mind like half the runs should get a lucky event on average. So as we get more EX role that could be 2400 points alone

But yeah if your starting bonus is useless and shop always seen to push more of the same, some runs are impossible to hit that

Plus almost half the months will have 5 runs possible based on how days on calendar fall

[vestal leaf]

• half the runs

• did 4 runs, 0 lucky stages

Yeah checks out

[mossy hawk]

Is the chance known?

[topaz compass]

I thought it was 20% chance per floor. Is it 20% per run?

[tardy fiber]

Did 5 runs and only get 1 lucky stage

[mossy hawk]

Imagine 20% per Area

[vestal leaf]

20% per stage seems impossible lol

Too generous

[tardy fiber]

[topaz compass]

I figured it capped at 1 but yeah must have been per run

[grim plover]

yeah i did 3 runs and only 1 lucky stage, it should be 20% per rally

[topaz compass]

The datamine info was kind of ambiguous

[timber wren]

four runs and no lucky stage for me but thats anecdotal

[vestal leaf]

Wonder if we can make a poll

To see the REAL %

[tawny cedar]

how many reruns is TOO many reruns?even for an alt?

[tardy fiber]

Redlax, but i think thats og red alt so he doesn't count i guess

[tawny cedar]

no i meant reruns to get

alt as in an alt account

[sturdy flower]

she appears but it's field sprint after you already used up all your field pairs 🙂

is there even any field/sprint pair to begin with

[grim plover]

i now think hoenn is the most likely region for half anni due to SS Steven rerun

[tough oriole]

Can we please just have a diverse anni like 2nd anniversary again

Monoregion is unexciting for people who aren’t big fans of that region and too costly for big fans of the region

[fallen path]

[lilac crescent]

I'm sorry, what were y'all talking about again? My brain flushed.

[hard wave]

We are also getting a ton of alola stuff so NC Alola is possible but yeah diversity would be nice

[warm scarab]

Wallace Ludicolo

[summer goblet]

I feel i am going to burn out on pokemon masters as soon as LG arrives

Where i will attempt another ultra cookie grinding every day

But at least it’s easy to breeze through 18 wins a day

[fallen path]

tbh I didn't even farm cookies the last couple LG. The burnout would be real if I ever took LG seriously

[grim plover]

i actually use that burnout to not get tempted to pull

that makes me do the daily mission and not touch the game anymore

[hard wave]

I do like 10 a day by resetting, which is kind of boring so I skip some days if I dont feel like it

I have a lot of cookies anyway, but what’s worrying is the extra LS slots

[summer goblet]

well if there is one thing for sure, this lg will be a lot easier

but still, with so much things to do for pokemon masters

its going to be a huge load

[tardy fiber]

My tryhard LG is trying to do more than 10 fave teams run. If im lazy, i just do the minimum 10.

So the more faves i have, the more team i will do

[topaz compass]

Does doing a single 100+ streak count as farming

I have like 1500+ of all regular 3* cookies. And I've never used deluxe cookies got the 3star of those at like 600 each.

I will probably use everything though when they let us add multiple to switch between

[fallen path]

I mean you get enough from a 100 win streak

Funnily enough I’m more interested in rerolling skills for CS and BR than LG

[summer goblet]

it sure is and i do plan on a 120 win streak in one go

like on the last day

[topaz compass]

My best was last rotation like 111. This upcoming looks easy too so maybe I can get close to 120

[summer goblet]

good luck

i am going write it all down

[fallen path]

I can’t imagine doing 120 in one day, what if life gets busy lol

[hasty umbra]

I can't start to comprehend why someone would voluntarily burn themselves out like that

but you do you I guess

[summer goblet]

i want more ultra cookies

those stuff are not dime and a dozen

the lucky skill change will def will encourage players to use ultra cookies to get more powerful and specialize passive for certain situations

[hasty umbra]

I mean sure, but doing that many in a single day just because makes no sense

[summer goblet]

maybe

[hasty umbra]

the thing is around for like 2 weeks or so

[winged fossil]

so how bad is Petey, im not expecting much out of a sudden Pikachu npc pair

cause i just realized we get that this reset

[summer goblet]

i need more ultra cookies

[tardy fiber]

Pretty good, seems like there's more use than mcchu

Especially the paralyze opp fail-2 or something grid

[winged fossil]

entering anni with something like this shouldnt be too bad candywise. and im gonna have any cake formable too, prob choice of 2-3 cakes when anni arrives. pretty good i feel.

[tough oriole]

If they ever rerun Electric HS, Petey will be pretty handy

Also looks good for all the LGs that want Para, and Latias

[winged fossil]

thats good to hear

[tough oriole]

He’ll probably be a lot better than Eve for 3v3 since he has a 3 bar move

If I had a nickel for every accessible Tech Electric Rat in the last 2 months that had Discharge and debuffs (including Hem In), I’d have two nickels…

[winged fossil]

https://tenor.com/view/i-have-two-nickels-nickels-doofenshmirtz-phineas-and-ferb-dr-doofenshmirtz-gif-26627596

[tardy fiber]

Same playstyle like lodge volkner for me, both spam discharge but volkner has unfurtuitous 9 while petey got paralyze less likely to fail

[tardy fiber]

Hurm i checked alcremie event shop and there's 4 4* support move candies in it, i will just use 2 and save the remaining 2 because 4* support candies are kinda valuable and we only need 3/5 to unlock whole grid anyway

Gonna use it on lodge wally

[tough oriole]

Resource saving ftw

[tardy fiber]

True its different case if its custom alcremie candy, but general support goes to the bank

[tough oriole]

I usually use lodge stones to unlock 3/5 on lodge trainers, but i don’t have that many new faves to use certs on

[tardy fiber]

Oh i still use it for certificates, im still in level cap 200 hopium as absol said in the past that 151-200 still use certs in the game files

As some pairs like lusamine got a whopping +28 spatk from 140-150, 151-200 will give her +140

Oh right we got Petey today, time to burn my 3* candies

[hard wave]

I want to 5/5 all my 4*s so im slowly working towards it but I make sure to have atleast 2 candies

Strike im done with and I just have lodge volkner left for techs, from units I own

For lodge units I go from 3/5 to 5/5 with lodge stones and BP units ill have to use a mix of candies and bp tickets

I have 2 reserved for wally as well so ill see next datamine if I save the candies or 5/5 a bp unit, I only have all the support left besides clemont, for 4*s im missing just tina lodge adaman/gloria/steven and bugscy

[tardy fiber]

I only 5/5 4* strike pairs, i did try for tech but suddenly there's a lot of em being added

[hard wave]

I have a tech candy in reserve rn, but only have lodge volkner left which ill get to with lodge stones and then save the tech candy for when I get steven/new techs

[tardy fiber]

I have 39 4* strike candies, 14 4* tech candies and 9 4* support candies

Need to save some for anni

As there's like 4 new 4* bp pairs + 1 lodge

[oak crest]

Idk, for me potion slaves are better for me

Mcchu is potion slave so I alrd considered it better

☠️

[broken mulch]

I need sprint units more than I need healers lol

[oak crest]

I'm lacking in both sprint and fields

Esp field

Only got victor and his horse

Sprint at least I got ncrosa and ssac with archer

Archer suddenly became useful to me in just 1 update

Ironic when he was utterly useless to me prior

[hard wave]

Im being careful with BPs because of that but lodge units its fine since I have like 5 left and I can use stones

[rare swan]

[oak crest]

Dena sure had a weird way of turning units that are collecting dust into useful boosters

[fallen path]

BR is a completely different kind of team crafting from those said units collecting dust, but also enjoyable

[broken mulch]

Temptation to feed supports tech and striker cakes rising lol

But I won’t

[fallen path]

I tend to not hoard the candies and cakes as much as the gems. I think the rate we get cakes is pretty good

[oak crest]

Same

[fallen path]

Value wise you want more sprint/field anyways for versatility

[oak crest]

Also if u use role cakes to help curb your pulling temptation I would say go ahead

[hard wave]

Candies feel slow but cakes are quite fast

Prob helps having only a certain amount being able to use them

[fallen path]

Sure, but I’m not someone who hoards 400 candy coins

[oak crest]

400

[hard wave]

And ofc most dont have every cakeable unit

[oak crest]

Lol

I can't do that lmao

[fallen path]

It’s an exaggeration but there have been people who have a lot of coins

[hard wave]

Most ive had was 4 support candies I think

[oak crest]

Normally when I have enough to form 1 candy I exchange right away

[hard wave]

Im just saving them for anni rn, I have a few options but outside of 1 im not completely sure

[oak crest]

I do stack my candies but not that much

They end up getting used sooner or later

[fallen path]

I don’t spend till I have two candy at least. Don’t mind saving but I won’t hoard a group of 8 support candy for example

[hard wave]

I havent recently, im at 1 sprint field and general and have 2 tech, almost 4 support and 2 strike

[oak crest]

Only never hit 0 before except for gen candy

[fallen path]

At the end of the day it’s still a game and I wanna have some fun

[oak crest]

Ye

Altho I shun units that ain't good at base I still make the units I went for 3/5 right away

Even if they are alrd fantastic at base

[fallen path]

A year of BR means we get 12 cakes, add in 365-366 days of those ticket things and a cake coin. It’s fine

[hard wave]

Nvm, 24 strike coins and 73 supp coins should have 2 strike for anni atleast

[oak crest]

We get like 3.5 of each type of role cakes from the daily BP stage

A year

[hard wave]

Yikes, ss steven isnt getting supp cake coin gifts

[broken mulch]

I did stack up like 4 support candies once because I had no idea where to use them lol

[oak crest]

Lol?

[hard wave]

That kind of sucks sets the precedent that when PFs get their EXR they wont have the gifts either

[oak crest]

I thought pokefair banners will give those if u scouted him from a multi

[hard wave]

And idk if they’ll do it for reruns of those who released in sept+

[oak crest]

So reruns don't get em

Oof

[hard wave]

Idk, we have to see once someone who had it on release gets it ig

Bit of fomo tho tbh

[fallen path]

I mean, dena want some value for people trying to summon the first time through

It’s still a gacha game you know

[hard wave]

I mean, they still could but ig PFs up to nemona wont have it when they rerun? Idk

Guess ill keep coping until they rerun paulo or smth

[tardy fiber]

BR helps to avoid MF cake paid gems banner

[dark oar]

There we go..ive cleared all of the sync pair stories and battle villa

[sly breach]

Same, Yeh sounds about right

[lunar thistle]

I'm almost at 15k gems for the first time ever

And assuming we get 3k and I don't crack

My first pity ever this month

Maybeeee

[rare swan]

you can do it!!

[lunar thistle]

It's gonna be difficult though

As people have pointed out thirteen banners this month

[rare swan]

doesn't matter if none of them are faves

[lunar thistle]

See the problem is

Latios

That's one of the only hurdles I have to cross

Well along with YOLOing SS Steven

[rare swan]

Remember to spoiler any pulling, particularly if you're going to YOLO

[versed flame]

not guaranteed to get them if you YOLO, you might just end up spending the gems for nothing

[rare swan]

mhm - we can't stop you YOLOing but it's a terrible idea

[versed flame]

plus half anni very very soon

[lunar thistle]

I know but those are the main hurdles this month

||Garm and Greed|| aren't too big of problems

[tardy fiber]

I did the permanent villa slowly, 3 halls daily...my last villa journey so im taking my time

[topaz compass]

I have a spreadsheet for LG and now BR planning

[tardy jolt]

Kinda sad to see it go, even if it was repetitive at this point and I’m gonna miss the easy cookies, I’ll have to grind gauntlet now 🫠

[topaz compass]

I completed every single BV with Johtrio ever since they released

I'm glad it isn't required anymore lol

[vestal leaf]

Wow that's one shit trio to bv with

I applaud the dedication

[topaz compass]

Lugia and suicune have infinite mp refresh it made sense to me

[lilac crescent]

MP Refresh 9?

[vestal leaf]

Yeah it's just pretty slow

Compared to other teams

[lost bobcat]

Fastest villa is probably adaman+ssAcerola
mRed for extra
I usually used the kanto rats+scLillie

But doesn't matter much unless you need to grind stuff

I do miss coop tho

Was a nice source of cookies

[vestal leaf]

I used dojo Gloria -> ss Steven + lear -> sslana + sskris -> NC bede

The latest version would kill all stages except 3v9 from 15 onward before syncing once, even with -2 cd entry

[lunar thistle]

Do you think we'll get another 3000 gems from the compensation

Or (more likely) not

[vestal leaf]

When did we get 3k

For a compensation

Because I genuinely think it hasn't happened in eons

[lunar thistle]

A man can dream can't he

[lost bobcat]

They stopped apologems for a while except huge bugs

Diid we get something for Rei?

[lunar thistle]

I mean the Rally one is kiiiinda huge

[vestal leaf]

And when it happens it's 3-600

[lost bobcat]

That was a long lasting and unsettling bug

[crisp grotto]

We barely get gem compensations now to begin with, I can't even recall the last 3k

[vestal leaf]

Is it? Plus it's extremely specific and uncommon

[crisp grotto]

No

[vestal leaf]

I remember when first year every minor compensation was 1-3k

But since Anni 2 it's been like

300 gems once per year

[lunar thistle]

Well 300 is 300

Hopefully we get something

[unkempt vortex]

It’ll be nothing

Or something like exp books or skip tickets

[lost bobcat]

I don't believe in apologems anymore
I think it was 2y ago or more, there was a server outrage during sunday... and I clear CS at sundays...

Last time I remember good apologems, then meh

[lunar thistle]

Again, a man can dream

And anyway even if we don't get apologems we're virtually guaranteed 3k more during Pokemon Day

[topaz compass]

Wouldn't that count toward March gem count

[winged fossil]

Do I smell apologems or possibly something like an extra ticket?

[feral vale]

I sure hope its apologems

[hard wave]

An extra ticket of the skip variety

[winged fossil]

https://tenor.com/view/the-office-steve-carell-no-please-no-god-no-gif-5938426

[unkempt vortex]

Here’s 50 skip tickets

[tawny cedar]

Is either list too big?(slight leniance on alt list as it's mainly for me to get sub faves or shiny new units to play with)

[warm scarab]

The dedication

[tawny cedar]

My main might be fine if i just save efficiently

My alt tho

[dark oar]

Id limit it to 5 trainers you really really want and 5 pokemon you really want o.o

[winged fossil]

Right now I’ve got N, Serena, Lillie, Gladion, and Riley as my “t0” favs, idk if I should add a trainer (lusamine or Gloria) or keep it as just those five

[upbeat lotus]

Its entirely up to you, but you should try to limit the list as small as possible

[tough oriole]

Having a slightly bigger list can be fine if there are a lot of less alt likely characters compared to a small list of super popular ones

[upbeat lotus]

Less pairs to pull = easier to achieve saving goals

[prime quarry]

See also: my original list as what not to do

[tough oriole]

||Atp i feel like you’re just challenging me to look for stuff

Challenge accepted||

That is a lot of faves

[hasty umbra]

Richu moment

[prime quarry]

it doesn't help that many of them are quite popular too

I did refine my list down a bit and it has helped with saving

[tough oriole]

Still seems a little hard but i feel like a lot of people here are slightly less popular

[prime quarry]

I think I'm somewhat safe for now since they seem to be giving more alts to characters without any, which in my yellow tier is only Akari, Irida, and Courtney right now, though the next NC event could change that as could them bringing in Lacey or Arezu

[tardy fiber]

My fave list is one of the biggest here

Although chezei seems bigger if each of the characters get an alt

[lilac crescent]

A favorite list... I never really got into it before.

[prime quarry]

If every character on that list gets an alt soon I'm screwed

[tardy fiber]

Sad that Gladion stole the chance of Premier Ball Guy alt with Magearna

Or luxury ball guy

[tough oriole]

Magearna still has another forme, and 2 cool shiny versions

[tardy fiber]

There's also amoongus paradox i guess for ball guy, oh hisuian electrode as well for alt

[untold tide]

Woohoo apologems

Can't believe the way to get out of 22k gems

Is apologems

...surely they'll give apologems right

[tawny cedar]

Is that a better fave list

I shifted 4 pokes and 1 trainer to alt side

Idk if that is enough cut

[topaz compass]

I'm expecting Cake coins or 5* power ups that people would have missed due to bug

If they give extra passes that helps only people that don't score well

[tardy fiber]

Yep probably passes

[topaz compass]

Vantner what fave you missing

[crisp grotto]

I hope it's passes, gives me some feathers

[tawny cedar]

Do you guys think the cut is enough

[upbeat lotus]

being enough is subjective, but remember not to add too many targets to the list

[tawny cedar]

4 reruns+6 Pokemon sounds doable to me

No trainer fave in my list gets a heap of alts but blue/morty

[tardy fiber]

Magearna

[tardy fiber]

Not sure about morty but there's still sun and moon blue yet to release

[sturdy flower]

Morty didn't get an alt for almost as long as Lillie

[tardy jolt]

New Banner type, Battle Legends

[tardy fiber]

Seeing Falkner, it wont be that long till Trainer Files : Morty with Gengar

[sturdy flower]

trainer files might as well not exist

these just dont count as alts to me

[sturdy plank]

oh damn now that i think of it

[topaz compass]

You aren't missing it if it isn't available yet **taps on forehead

[tardy fiber]

It is not in my team roster so doesn't that mean missing?

[topaz compass]

It's a future paradox

[tardy fiber]

Still missing

When i get him, it will be 74/74

[crisp oracle]

lads; i have the new gem saving command

from the depths of the lg document

+nospend

[topaz compass]

156k nice! I'm at 110k myself. Happy to know I can guarantee all MF that may come for 4.5

[winged fossil]

there totally should be a small chance that it displays this from anni raihan vs terrakion instead

[lilac crescent]

Looking for that x3.

[broken mulch]

What is that

[lean mango]

Gem count, here we go 100k now

[tardy fiber]

This is also a skip month for you right? Cris will beat my gems again

[lean mango]

Mhm skip month for me!

wait Chezei?

[tardy fiber]

Oops cris

Let me edit

Chezei is a whale

[prime quarry]

I haven't whaled that hard recently! Plus I'm almost at a free gem pity!

[tardy fiber]

Dont tell me you getting ||valkner||

[prime quarry]

[tardy fiber]

You are one of the people i know that actually has a lot of variety pairs

[prime quarry]

Not a fave, not gonna do ||any more than dailies||

[tardy fiber]

[prime quarry]

The only variety pairs I actually pulled for were the original eeveelutions, Ball Guy, and Mallow. The rest have been dailies

[tardy fiber]

Save the paid gems

New mix pair is on the horizon

[prime quarry]

I'll probably be around pity again ||for the fourth time|| when they show up

[tardy fiber]

I collect the ||mix pair although they arent fave, trying to collect em paywall pairs ||

[lean mango]

Waiting for Geeta

[tardy fiber]

With glimmora

[prime quarry]

[lean mango]

Yeeee

Glimmora my beloved

[prime quarry]

Paldea NC event with Geeta introduction

[lean mango]

Geeta feels like a anni kinda unit to drop

[tough oriole]

||I guess for your purposes it’s nice to have a few extra move levels, since there are so many of your faves in Mix Pool||

[tardy fiber]

Im hoping for another poison fave to appear, thankfully ||magearna already covers fairy||

[prime quarry]

I would expect anni, but I think this anni will be Volo unless they surprise me and do that for half anni

[lean mango]

Nihilego hopium

[tardy fiber]

Yep although i just gonna get a copy of mix pair, but getting other limiteds is a nice surprise

Eventhough if the next mix pair is a fave, i still wont exceed getting 1/5

The pity points is valuable as it carries over

[tough oriole]

That makes sense

[tough oriole]

🤝 so I can skip ||unless it’s Lillie||

[lilac crescent]

Skipping this month will be breeze ||unless if it's a unit I want||

[topaz compass]

If the March MFs are one of the top 2 expected options I will be bored

Would be interesting if they throw out true anniversary category outfits again with random regions

[winged fossil]

im hoping for return to form of 2nd anni type of things but im more realistically expecting a NC as theyve been doing past few anni/half anni events

unless its bikes ive got a decently low chance of actually matching the new anni pairs considering what theyre baiting with. kinda a 50/50 at best i think in my case of not skipping anni

im leaning toward expecting maybe 30/70 fav/skip since theres maybe 2-3 things that i might consider getting with my lower gemcount expected

[tardy fiber]

They might bring back anni alts if the remaining region's popular characters doesnt fit trio MF ...for those like there's only 2 protags that are popular, they will release the region's NC at month that is not anni like kalos NC and unova NC

[tough oriole]

The only region’s NCs who I’m likely to pull multiple of are Alola’s, but I would not like that with my current gem state

I’m hoping that Lillie being in the artwork for Gladion’s event means that she’s not getting an alt

[tardy fiber]

Alola might be another duo MF seeing gladion got his MF this time, probably selene and elio

[tough oriole]

What the heck am I saying, hoping that Lillie isn’t getting an alt
I’ve messed up

[tardy fiber]

Johto seems can fit three

Ethan, lyra, kris

Or kick someone for silver

[tough oriole]

Johtrio again as MF would feel weird

[tardy fiber]

Hoenn trio

[tough oriole]

Who could they even give, anyway

[tardy fiber]

Brendan, May, Wally

[tough oriole]

Actually I think that’s a possibility

Has shiny jirachi ever been distributed in Main series? That’d be Wally’s most likely option if yes

[winged fossil]

no lillie/gladion? skip for me unless Zeraora if so id bet

[tardy fiber]

Hope so, i rather see shiny jirachi than third rayquazza

Shiny deoxys

[winged fossil]

if its hoenn NC, its like 99% skip for me... i forget if sinnoh has had a NC yet, dont think so... but also likely skip unless Arceus, i feel...

feel like id most likely fall for an Arceus

[tardy fiber]

I will bit primals 🎣

[crisp oracle]

weren't you at a pity about a month or so ago

[prime quarry]

I was

[tardy fiber]

Dont worry, if its a fave and you got enough saved, just get it

[winged fossil]

since when was this an emote?

[tough oriole]

🤝

[crisp oracle]

once you get two pities you lose any desire to pull

if you play another gacha; you lose desire to pull anything period

[tardy fiber]

I currently at 3 pities now, i think so due to 110k

[tough oriole]

#pm-bulletin-board message

[prime quarry]

Dammit you got there first

[tardy fiber]

SsDawn cake role when Chezei?

[winged fossil]

i was close to this feeling. then i ended up going for more than i originally bargained for during fire HSE month.

[tardy fiber]

Give her tech

[winged fossil]

still no regret in it, just feel like if i didnt end up grabbing Vilda my gems would be looking better atm

[prime quarry]

I am so excited for her to get a rolex please Sprint would be excellent for her

[tardy fiber]

If ssdawn gets sprint cake, we can remove all of the sync countdown reduction half hp grid

[winged fossil]

at same time though, then i wouldnt have 4 copies of gilbert. so it balances out with how nice that grid is

[crisp oracle]

strike

[crisp grotto]

Funny you should say that

[prime quarry]

Hey it's also the only one that would make sense

[prime quarry]

I'll be the only one in the world to do it but I'll do it!

[crisp grotto]

There's always tech

[winged fossil]

im hoping for more sprint/field cakes the most atm cause of Rally. especially a tank

ill be chilling when i find a field tank fav

[prime quarry]

I'd still give her tech rolex too tbh better healing totally

[tardy fiber]

My gilbert is still 3/5, candies are too scarce for me to start doing 4-5/5 although i kinda consider doing old pairs like Gloria, N, Lysander in the future as they kinda lack power sobs

[winged fossil]

im still avoiding 4-5 copy grids a bit longer, but someday i might consider 5/5

[crisp oracle]

I want SS Diantha to get field

[winged fossil]

but its hard to justify with solgaleo existing

[crisp oracle]

if she gets field I might toss the kitchen sink at her

[winged fossil]

plus, leaving the option open of shared banners with favs im missing is quite nice, regarding those expanded grids

cause if i have a unit thats capped gridwise on the banner, im MUCH more hesitant to rerun chase if i care about anything on the banner

[topaz compass]

Is it the 19th yet

[topaz compass]

Do you think the thing she needs most is just more rock zone then?

[rare swan]

she's a v similar unit to SSTR, take away their WTZ and they fold

so her getting field would be v helpful for her longevity

[topaz compass]

True I guess 100% uptime guarantee is good

Does Dena give a unit what it needs though

[mossy hawk]

Sometimes

SSTR, Zerena, LuSSamine, SSteven all got the best ex role

[sturdy flower]

supp + sprint is op op combo

Rosa has that too

[compact pasture]

Why?

[topaz compass]

Because supports often sync first anyway so sprint makes 2nd sync come sooner

Especially longer fights where you use the support tank's sync first

[drifting oriole]

Same. Field should be the best. But i'll be happy with Support as well.

[topaz compass]

If neither of those 2 I cry

[feral vale]

I will say Tech EXR on a Support is the worst combo that could be done.
Strike EXR on a Support is the closest.

[compact pasture]

Unless rebuff on sync

[lilac crescent]

What about Strike and Sprint.

Strike and Tech.

Strike and Support
Strike and Field
Strike and Strike

[compact pasture]

Arguably strike and strike is redundant

[hard wave]

Imo not rlly, it can be worse than tech

Hsycamore moment

Others it atleast has a use but sprint/field would still be better

[tough oriole]

Strike EXR is funny for Iono and Penny for nukes but no one’s using that apart from memes

[compact pasture]

Penny has rebuff on sync at 5/5, iirc

[lilac crescent]

For fun.

[hard wave]

Blue can too I think and has rebuff on sync at base, not 5/5 but yeah its just for memes

Hsycsmore gets no benefit I think, he doesnt have rebuff on sync and his damage/sync is low, like most supports

Atleast tech gives defensive stats

[tardy fiber]

Waiting for sprint + field pairs, i can see the bike lizards get it as they are bikes = sprint and they have terrain/weather = field

[tough oriole]

Even then it’s pointless because Penny isn’t good for UB and most sides have no stat drop mitigation so her SpDef debuffs literally destroys them

CBlue is at least good for UB but it’s pointless cuz electric types are OP, but Penny has no use for extra rebuff on sides, and her 5/5 tiles are expensive

[vestal leaf]

Tech helps LA solos at least

Striker is just garbo

[tough oriole]

Strike is marginally better for UBs in some cases I suppose, but only if they have certain passives

But then again, tech gives defence stats

[compact pasture]

What does UB mean?

[upbeat lotus]

Ultimate Battle

[compact pasture]

Is there an electric-weak UB?

[feral vale]

Nope.

[upbeat lotus]

we have got Water, Fire, Rock weaknesses so far. ||Grass, Fighting and Ground weaknesses are coming soon||

[sturdy flower]

||AND it's REGIGIGAS WITH A STEEL CHAIR||

[vernal glade]

Reminder to get your daily gems now. An hour before the servers pulled offline.

[grim plover]

true

i also need to do the lodge

[tough oriole]

Ooh i forgot that monthly shop reset, so many free candy coins!

[fallen path]

Thanks for reminder

[sturdy plank]

30k more..

hey atleast free 300 gem after maintenance

[rare swan]

you're doing great!

This is the hardest part!

[tardy fiber]

We get free 300 gems after maintenance? ... maintenance gatekeeping me from forming rainbow bp ticket

Well need wait longer to 2/5 registeel

[summer goblet]

DENA you sick Company

You made me missed my 100 gems

For the first time in 4 years

[tardy fiber]

Now that gems will haunt you just like sinnoh region tickets haunting me because i missed one day of sinnoh VA fight

[summer goblet]

Yep

I hate deba

Dena

I cannot log in

And now i hate myself

[fallen path]

You’ll be fine

[rare swan]

It's 100 gems, you'll be fine

[summer goblet]

I need those gems badly

Looks like i am going to skip a banner or 2 this year

If my non mf is here

I just skip it until i repay my sins

And no maybun as well

[fallen path]

Don’t you have 500k

[summer goblet]

Did anyone of you knew about it

I mean i take the L for not paying attention today

And my mom borrowed my phone the whole day

[summer goblet]

No

[hard wave]

It was announced 2 weeks ago

[summer goblet]

Shit

I must have not read it carefully

After today

[fallen path]

We are getting compensated after this

[summer goblet]

I will vow to collect my dallies as soon as pos

[hasty umbra]

friendly reminder to not give in to FOMO...

[hard wave]

Maint ends after reset

[summer goblet]

Yeah 300

Give us more

[fallen path]

No idea if you’re actually serious but I’m enjoying this lol

I missed my dailies like twice in the past 3 weeks

[summer goblet]

I never missed mined

Until today

I was consistant af

For the past 4 years

[fallen path]

Time to start a new streak

For the next 4 years

[summer goblet]

Yeah

Yeah fuck dena

Hate myself and maybe my family right now

[fallen path]

Bruh

[hard wave]

Its… just 100 gems

[hasty umbra]

as much as I'm in for validating people's feelings, this is a bit too much, you'll live

[fallen path]

Jsyk, your mom is more important than Pokémon Masters

[summer goblet]

Depends on who lives longer

The game or my mon

[hasty umbra]

that's not a funny joke in the slightest

[summer goblet]

Still, I love my mom

[fallen path]

I don’t even know if you’re trolling or serious anymore..

[winged fossil]

i forgor bout the maintenance, but i THINK i did my daily stuff last night before i slept anyway, since i know i did cs last night in middle of the night

[summer goblet]

Ok a little harsh on my mom

But def i love my game more than my dad

That’s for sure

[fallen path]

..on that very note, let’s use the time away from the game to enjoy other facets of life lol

[feral vale]

I be writing rn :)

[summer goblet]

Aside from losing 2 of my sports team losing

And suffering from toothace

There is nothing in life worth living aside from pokemon masters

Rn

[fallen path]

Dw, you still have 1967 Stanley Cup highlights

[rare swan]

There were a few reminders

In game, and in #game-announcements

But seriously, 100 gems for someone with your balance is nothing

[feral vale]

I only have like….48k I believe?

[sturdy plank]

even yesterday https://twitter.com/PokemonMasters/status/1754414673238036864?t=HdjNnA_B-WeWMlubOMc8DA&s=19

Pokémon Masters EX (@PokemonMasters) on X

⚠️ Maintenance Notification ⚠️

Maintenance is scheduled for February 5 from 6:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. PST.

Please note that you will not be able to play the game during maintenance.

Thank you for your patience.

#PokemonMasters

Twitter · Feb 5, 2024, 8:00 AM

[summer goblet]

Please no

Its kinda pathetic

[summer goblet]

Yeah, i hate myself for that

For my punishment

I will skip my favs for an entire year

Starting today

Or load up 36k paid gems

Either one will work

[rare swan]

Bro that's completely unnecessary it's just a maintenance period and 100 gems

[sturdy plank]

dena offers you a maintenance, completely missing the 100 gems
while having a chance to have a compensation of 300 gems

[crisp oracle]

So I forgot maintenance

Goodbye 100 gems

You’ll be sorely missed

[timber wren]

i know you’re upset at missing your dailies but this sort of joke is not acceptable, please avoid in the future

[tough oriole]

That is literally illogical and defeats the entire purpose of zenning

[winged fossil]

[tough oriole]

You mean ApoloAir? Maybe Apolo if lucky

[upbeat lotus]

||the purpose of zenning is training your mind to master Zen Headbutt||

[torpid prawn]

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[crisp oracle]

i will zen headbutt my pulling addiction

[prime quarry]

[crisp oracle]

school does a good job at that

[tough oriole]

Tai sees the true meaning of Zen here

[hard wave]

Has to be constantly trained because you hit so hard you get amnesia

Oops

[tough oriole]

?

[upbeat lotus]

[hard wave]

Yes, accidentally clicked send

[sturdy plank]

nah this is the apolo we get

my bad for pinging

[tough oriole]

Dw

[fallen path]

Everyone pinging these days in here

[tough oriole]

But unironically that wasn’t too bad, since newbies would be getting bonus stamina and could possibly run out

That wasn’t in place of any other reward iirc

[hard wave]

Oh yeah that reminds me this month is going to drain our stamina

[tough oriole]

Not necessarily, we’re just going back to frequent events for a couple weeks

But yeah, riley will be a lot of stamina

[rare swan]

W VIOLA MENTIONED

[hard wave]

2 seasonal events, no seasonals? You’re screwed, if you have seasonals you’re less screwed
2 pair up events, starting the same day as other events one of them being the pal rerun

[rare swan]

[hard wave]

Alcremie is also a pair up event

[tough oriole]

Oh yeah fair

I mean oh yeah special event

Not a fair unit

[hard wave]

Also it was hard to manage the 4 from last anni with the extra stamina

[upbeat lotus]

smh just get one copy of Alcremie and use your own resources

easy solution

[hard wave]

Id only I had the resources

[tough oriole]

4* candies are a lot more valuable than 3* ones since they actually add pairs regularly

[fallen path]

But don’t we have 4* candies up the wazoo

Even the support ones I’m in double digits

[hard wave]

Strike ones yes

[tough oriole]

Only?

I have like 50 of some roles’ 3 star candy but only like 10 4 star candy for some role

[hard wave]

Im trying to 5/5 all my 4*s and im too deep to stop I just make sure to have 2 spare and use lodge stones for 4/5 and 5/5

[fallen path]

I don’t remember the exact number and it’s not like I can check now

Oh idc about 5/5 everything

[tough oriole]

Anni itself drains like 8 supp candies alone and i don’t even have all my supports 5/5ed

[fallen path]

It doesn’t matter that much

[summer goblet]

my personal punishment

for skipping that day

[hard wave]

3/5 is priority, im going to worry about BP units later

[tough oriole]

There is no reason to punish yourself for missing one day, that’s already punishment enough

[summer goblet]

this is how i keep reminding myself

[fallen path]

It’s a game tho

It’s not the end of the world

[summer goblet]

no its not

but i can learn a very painful lessons

its like world leaders puninshing their subordinates for their failures

[hard wave]

maybe the maintenance was just so we can touch grass

[summer goblet]

and ceos

suspension without pay for a week

[rare swan]

This is a dumb mobile phone game

Please stop talking like this

[summer goblet]

the best mobile game ever

[sturdy plank]

you could always just 6ex useless units for punishment

[rare swan]

It goes against the purpose of this channel

[summer goblet]

anyway, its my gems and since this server encourages saving

[rare swan]

You should never be genuinely punishing yourself for missing a few gems

[summer goblet]

i do it how ever i see fit

[sturdy plank]

yeah and there might be free 300 gems

[hard wave]

Yeah but those decisions can affect the lives of millions and this is a mobile phone game, you have like one of the highest gem counts so missing 1 day barely matters

[rare swan]

And if you want to do it in this server you follow the rules and don't make people uncomfortable with these ridiculous "punishments" that go against the spirit of this channel

It's 100 gems in a phone game.

[winged fossil]

...yeah, that was getting to the point of very uncomfortable for me too... no offence but when i witness things like what it sounded like, all it makes me do is reach for discord's block button

[summer goblet]

i am not even insulting people and how am i making people uncomfortable

[junior trout]

truly losing a 30th of a multi will not kill you

[fallen path]

You can do whatever you want it doesn’t affect the rest of us

[stable grotto]

That multi probably would have been 11 anyways so why does it even matter in the end 🤷‍♂️

[fallen path]

But you should learn about how there are billions of different things out there more important than missing out on 0.00000001% of your lifetime gems

[junior trout]

the best way to think about it tbh

[stable grotto]

That’s always the way I keep away from my temptations, is just think of the worst possible outcome

From experience, I can say it does happen.

[hard wave]

https://tenor.com/view/glacia-pokemon-masters-summon-gif-22797143

[fallen path]

The worst possible outcome is eos

Be happy dena make this game and not applibot

[winged fossil]

from my perspective it just looked like someone trying to get attention over missing like what, a few cents worth of value at best. life > daily on random game that will eventually not even exist someday. (edit part:) if you get to a point of legitimately getting emotional of a daily missed, you might want to check if you have an addiction, but thats just my two cents. going to go play something else for now

[stable grotto]

100% agree

[feral vale]

[fallen path]

[winged fossil]

(also just for clarification: i used to have a similar problem with warframe a few years back. ended up being a decently big wakeup call when i recognized it was effecting me over missing an Alert.)

[tardy fiber]

I once feel regret in missing my one day of sinnoh tickets and then i keep on getting Bertha with sinnoh ticket pulls, so i dont care about missing some stuffs anymore

Like the current rally, i already missed 3 cake coupons from January event shop, not gonna be too sad about it

[fallen path]

When I forgot to do battle villa 2 months ago I wasn’t annoyed that I lost 2K gems. I was more annoyed that I couldn’t skip it last month

[hard wave]

[fallen path]

Going from hall 1 to 30 wasn’t fun..I finished it the day it released last month so I wouldn’t forget

[hard wave]

I missed 1 by 50 vouchers but its fine, I have a decent amount of cake coins stacked up

Those my current caked units are 3 strike/1 tech/3 support/1 sprint

Strike and support may be my most needed cake until we get more sprint or fields, tech feels the most useless maybe if they stop giving it to almost every support

[fallen path]

If you have any issues about their ex role decisions, just call

[winged fossil]

im honestly happy about this maint time, lets me redirect time i was originally gonna put to my gauntlet clears to catching up on anime or something instead

would of been more evil if they threw the maint on the end of jan, considering the awkward rally release timing

[crisp oracle]

i needed to study today

also 100 gems is 0.06% of my gem count. I can make it all up tomorrow

[fallen path]

We are getting 300 gems so even if you forgot dailies, you get a net extra 200 gems

[crisp oracle]

so what's the big deal

honestly for a daily game sometimes you need a break

[tardy fiber]

PoMa maintenance but HSR got new update, im lurking in HSR instead hehe

[fallen path]

Nah it was just an earlier discussion that has run its course while we wait for maintenance to end

I’ll be asleep when it ends

Drained all stamina beforehand

[tardy fiber]

I didnt burn much stamina

Hope there's some new stuff added after maintenance...maybe some cheeky pokemon presents info or something

[rare swan]

The person above you literally said you were doing so

This is meant to be a fun and friendly place, let's not make it negative

[tardy fiber]

I think i can 3/5 registeel this month and there's enough time to get another rainbow ticket for anni bp master pair

Its nice when faves finally becoming more usable

[crisp oracle]

allow me to briefly vent

it has been 18 months since SC Diantha last had a free rerun

is it really worth waiting

[tardy fiber]

Yes

[upbeat lotus]

never give up

[tardy fiber]

Its always worth to wait for faves

At least save a pity for her

In case you want to chase other faves

Dont torture like skip other faves till i got scdiantha or something...just save 1 pity

And 2 tech candies

[crisp oracle]

oof sometimes i wish the game would be more generous

i mean paid and mix exist but most people don't spend money on this game

I know it sounds like greed but the gem trend worries me

[rare swan]

Keep 1 pity handy for her but don't hold back going for other faves

All you need is 1 pity in reserve and I know you have way more than that, so

[crisp oracle]

lets see

my rerun list is down to Dojo Gloria