Resource Saving Support (Gem Zen)

[short crystal]

i totally get you, i couldn't justify it either no matter how much i like the character

i like diantha a lot but i'll never pull for her arc fair, especially since i have og diantha

just feels pointless to me even if the unit is broken

this is why i prefer neo champions, they're new units and are all all pretty broken

or sygna suits^

[vestal leaf]

||i did fall for cynthia because she's THE SINNOH LORE NERD and her outfit actually changed (i got especially baited by the gold laurel wreath) but i don't regret it so||

i did have to pity though

[short crystal]

||i don't blame you tbh, cynthia is my other favorite champion and i can't lie i think i did like two ten pulls on hers too||

[vestal leaf]

thankfully all rest of anni 5 was a skip so i ended up with more gems than preanni

[short crystal]

obviously didn't get her but it's fine

[vestal leaf]

but i could've left with a gain of 60k instead of just 10k

[short crystal]

yeah that is painful

[vestal leaf]

anyway, arcs are very very hit or miss

[short crystal]

but at least you have no regrets

[vestal leaf]

yea

that's the point

[short crystal]

i've heard of a lot of people having regrets for having pulled for the arc suits

[vestal leaf]

i'm the saving guru but like

what's the point of saving if you

• then end up never ever ever scouting even faves
• end up hating the game because you reached 200k gems or more and have nothing to use them on because you only like 2 characters across 100+

at that point you're basically not playing the game anymore

[short crystal]

no yeah at that point why even bother playing anymore, you're bound to lose interest at some point that way

[short crystal]

pretty much yeah, nothing's keeping you engaged enough to keep going

[vestal leaf]

yeah I don't really get either nor people skipping stories and playing on mute ngl

but that's more a me thing

[short crystal]

i don't get that either because what are you even doing in the game if you're skipping the entire story and all the events

i personally adore all the events and all the story content we got thus far

[elder topaz]

ask my cousin that

he saw me playing poma yesterday and installed it and he played it on mute and was skipping through the story

the mute part was bothering me sm ☠️

[short crystal]

😭😭 i would've been seething

watch him say the game's boring

[vestal leaf]

zoomer brain

[elder topaz]

he’s having fun

[vestal leaf]

"must...cons00m....faster...."

[short crystal]

oh well that's good LMAO surprising since he's skipping everything

[elder topaz]

||he managed to snag all 3 of the kantrio ncs but we spent like 3 hours rerolling for blue 💀💀💀💀💀||

[short crystal]

DAMN cousin's better off than me fr

||blue drained me too||

[elder topaz]

||i got so lucky with nc kantrio on my own account but when rerolling for blue on his acc, we kept getting blue pidgeot like bro that’s the wrong bird 😭||

[short crystal]

||they heard you wanted blue and said "bet"||

[elder topaz]

||”YOU WANT BLUE? HERE’S BLUE. TAKE HIM AND GET OUT.”||

[short crystal]

||speaking of blue and pidgeot, i got him on the lillie holiday banner with her 25% chance ticket to get her, and i got blue (i already had him 5/5) so now i have a deep hatred for that unit specifically ||

and it's not even the first time i've pulled him after 5/5 him like LEAVE ME ALONEEE

[elder topaz]

me with ||gordie and melony|| bro like i’m still missing ||bea|| from galar’s gen pool and i STILL don’t have her, like pls send help

instead i have ||gordie and melony|| at like 15/5

[short crystal]

||oh my goddd isn't gordie literally a pokefair too?? 😭😭 take my 2/5 bea||

oh wait he's not a pf i mixed him up with ||milo|| i think

[elder topaz]

||i wish i could that pulling for nc kantrio didn’t give me her either||

[tough topaz]

Just officially pitied ||nc leaf||. Broke now. I can’t guarantee ||nc blue|| but is he still worth going for? ||He isn’t a fav at all but he enables so many units||.

I do have like 15k paid gems saved but it’s probably definitely better to use them on selects right?

[vestal leaf]

yea

esp as they come next week

[nimble vapor]

How much is left from the 31st to the 24th of January? I tried putting it in the calculator and it gave me 16k but I asked AI to add them up just incase I got it wrong and it gave me 20.6k I just wanna know which one is right

[crude glacier]

You need AI to calc?

[nimble vapor]

Yes, i don’t trust myself with calculations and math

[crude glacier]

There’s 21k gems till the 24th

From now (26th) till the 24th

Idk why you said from the 31st

[nimble vapor]

31st of December

[crude glacier]

Yeah I get it

[crude glacier]

But u just gotta subtract the gems from now till the 31st from this 21k if you really need from the 31st

[nimble vapor]

Damn it I’m left like 1k short to pity || NC Blue || the worst scenario is that I’ll have to use paid gems

[lean mango]

Gem count, Poison maxer is back in action!!

[vestal leaf]

Nice title font

[vale scarab]

given i will most likely spend the gems i get by 25 jan on ||nc kantrio|| it seems unlikely i will be able to save alot for 5.5 anni :(

[short crystal]

i'm sure we'll get a decent amount of gems during half anni too though :) good luck with your pulls!

[stoic wagon]

big gem days from tmrw

[next tide]

yeah 1800

[vale scarab]

im broke 300 gems

|| nc red drained me ||

[cinder cave]

I got 9k ||5k will die at hands of morty ho oh tho||

[uncut oyster]

5.5k gems lets hope i can save enough for ||rockstar duo||

[dark oar]

My current gem count before new years

[tardy fiber]

Is there any event this reset? Or they ||withheld it till gio release?||

[short crystal]

i believe there is the new year‘s event with raihan and poppy and another event with gio

[tardy fiber]

Ok i just rechecked, it will be late

So right after reset is probably just chilling and do rally for me

[dark oar]

Damage challenge if you want something to do o.o

[tardy fiber]

Oh right there's DC

Cannot wait to claim pincurchin later. In 2 resets iirc

[elder topaz]

is my server name a hazard to this channel 💀

[lilac crescent]

I don't think so.

[tardy fiber]

No, even if you put 100 gems also not a hazard

Its only a menace if you didnt spoiler and then ||guys which unit should i pull? Or guys i got this unit in first multi or Guys, this new unit is great so you guys should pull. For example.||

Also i dont think server name aint affecting anyone here, its mostly about question or discussion about stuffs that doesnt help in saving

[elder topaz]

alright thanks, gtk

[vale scarab]

I think he was referring to the ||atticus|| part

[tardy fiber]

Oh, not a problem as well. If you are saving for a unit, putting its name on server nickname to remind you your saving goal is one of the good method. I also did like this although mine is 83/84 fave because that means there's 1 fave i wanted from this datamine yet i still havent have it yet

[uncut oyster]

Current 2025 Fave List

[livid rover]

Last highest gem count before... January™

[vestal leaf]

Rika is 99% getting an alt this year so better get to saving

[uncut oyster]

i am 😦

[topaz compass]

When I run out of omni candies on arc fairs I probably have to start pulling more than 1 copy on them 😞

Never enough gems even just going for MF/AF

[feral vale]

I…feel that’s spoiler worthy?
Especially since there’s nothing saying you need more copies of them anyway.

[topaz compass]

It's the ultimate reason to save gems. Can't talk about why I save?

[feral vale]

I just wasn’t sure is all, I get confused sometimes on what needs to be spoilered or not ^^;

[cinder topaz]

I need some help or advice.

I keep doing multiple single pulls on every banner I see 💀. And now i'm stuck in like a range between 15K - 11K gems (I have 12,080 rn.)

How do I stop doing doing these single pulls?

[vestal leaf]

@cinder topaz we had a pretty good discussion that sums of saver's mentality few days ago

You might wanna scroll and read through it

As it helps a lot setting the mindset on the big picture

[vale scarab]

But I have been trying to get ||nc kantrio|| for a year ahhh

[vestal leaf]

Sounds like you did not save enough beforehand

[cinder topaz]

I read through it. lots helpful tips!

[vale scarab]

I saved as much as I could

[vestal leaf]

Aw

I mean if a fave is a real fave, getting them takes priority over anything else

If you scouted something else it means it was higher priority

[crude glacier]

You should choose your faves wisely though, don’t just force yourself to grab a fave each month so you don’t get bored
Skip months are a good thing sometimes

[vestal leaf]

Yep

And sadly the more faves you have the harder you gotta manage

[crude glacier]

That’s why they’re called “faves”, you can’t have everyone as favorites

[vestal leaf]

I have a lot of faves so I have to really think about everything

When scouting

[crude glacier]

Seems rough

[vestal leaf]

Being day 1 and having my top crop faves being 50% niche 50% very popular helps

I have apparently 52% of the limiteds PoMa has and no top fave is missing

Just minor faves i skipped in favour of a group rerun

||like the hse one this month||

[dusk plaza]

Can anyone have the detailed version of Feb 2024 gem count as I just wanna check how many gems can we get between 1 Feb to 10 feb

[vestal leaf]

[dusk plaza]

No data of Feb only till april

[vestal leaf]

??? It's literally there

@dusk plaza

[devout nexus]

#1012256199128915968 message

[devout nexus]

They were asking about February 2024, as in 11 months ago

[dusk plaza]

Feb 2024

[devout nexus]

You want the message I linked to you, that contains the breakdowns from #1012256199128915968 for the Feb 2024 update

[dusk plaza]

Thanks bud

[vestal leaf]

Ah

[river mason]

Currently on 6k f2p Gems.
Which should I do next?
(I Don't have the sync pair stories done also)

[tardy fiber]

Do story and ex plaza i think, those are easier than cs

Legendary arena last

[tardy fiber]

76,310 gems are quite nice i think since January just starting and i got no pairs that i want for the remainder of this datamine . Now just hoping for not many February fave as Half anni comes right after

[elder topaz]

alright, if i did the math correctly, the gem count from tomorrow until jan 17 is around 14k gems. add that to my 23k gems rn and thats 37000, subtract the 300 im most likely unable to get from the ub and thats 36,700. enough for 1 pity

[tardy fiber]

There's also new year lottery gems, that gives at least 300 gems for participating and will be given on Jan 15

[elder topaz]

oh that too

[tardy fiber]

Well if you are lucky can get 60k

[elder topaz]

i forgot about that

[tardy fiber]

[elder topaz]

the 300 gems if i’m unlucky will bring me back to 37k though so whatever is whatever

[vale scarab]

I had just started at the game and saw that the glorialt and rei banner was really good

I didn't and even now don't have faves

Well I mean I'm also currently too deep into ||nc red||

And if I can get a pity I will get ||nc leaf|| too

[vale scarab]

Also it was supposed to be a new years joke lol

[cinder cave]

So this month's rally is a Q&A??? 😭

[vale scarab]

Wdym

[vale scarab]

Also now that I think about it

I saved really poorly

Did like two multis worth of single on ||zerena|| and then a multis worth of singles on ||adaman|| and two multis on ||ss Lysandre|| because a website online said that he was good

Well websites online rank units really poorly

Often by people who don't even play the game

So yea poor financial decisions I must say

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Twitter · Dec 31, 2024, 3:05 PM

[shell glade]

ran through google translate

the reward is a wallpaper

meh

a remimder of why you shouldnt roll carelessly

[fiery pollen]

Haha that's how my ||NC Leaf|| rolls went

For like 90% of it

[shell glade]

not even getting the last few 4* pu i need for korrina

[broken mulch]

No posting rolls here at all btw

Even all bronze ones

[elder topaz]

24k gems now. really think i can secure ||atticus|| the day the banner arrives

[vale scarab]

Wow

Amazing reward

[vestal leaf]

Ah, didn't get it my b

[calm thunder]

ok so the engagement bait campaign isnt a rally or a q+a. basically by interacting with the post you collect “points” and at certain thresholds you get an automated “greeting” from the team rocket members sent to you (you can only get 80 points max per day so as of day 1 we’ve only seen grunt and proton.) And at the max threshold of 300 you’ll get the wallpaper.
I hope this is allowed, I just wanted to clear things up here. (Also I’m falling for this hook line and sinker I love it sooo much.)

[vestal leaf]

They're really nice

I like how proton specifically drops the "respectful talk" on the last phrase

[calm thunder]

oh my god yes!!!! I noticed it too and was honestly going a little crazy over that detail lmao

[jagged turtle]

is it optimal to use 3000 paid gems as dailies on a banner across it's duration, e.g 30 days (100gemsx30days)
and then use non-paid gems along side that banner like normal?

[vestal leaf]

Non mix dailies are basically never optimal

Aside the 1/400

30 days of singles are potentially lost in nothing, while mix carries over, or you can save for selects, which give you a unit guaranteed

[jagged turtle]

ah, so mix is the best bet?

[vestal leaf]

Selects>mix>random dailies past 1/400

[devout nexus]

3000 paid gems is a lot to throw at a banner especially when you could throw the same amount of free gems for the same scout point outcome and ~1/3 of the rolls, but by doing so you preserve your paid gems for the things that only paid gems can do

[tough oriole]

Reminder to do your Costume Event (Battle Prep) event exchanges! I nearly forgot

And the monthly & rally exchanges as well

[naive imp]

How do you guys deal with the temptation of ||pulling||? I could have done a ||multi on ss gio tomorrow but felt "lucky" and decided to do 5 singles without a singke 5 stars||

[cinder cave]

I just
Log in
Do my dailies
Leave the game

Staring at the banners is no bueno

[vestal leaf]

^

Just remember that every pull you do without pity where you don't get the unit is 1/12 of a future pity utterly lost in nothing

Every 300 gems is like 1/4 of an event's gems wasted

3k is 4-5 days of logins gone for just a few % odds of success

Never scout without 36k

[strange trout]

Remember the feeling of walking away with nothing

Read #salt-channel

Recognize that luck does not exist

[vestal leaf]

Luck does exist imo but it's not a variable worth recognizing past its existence imo

Even the luckiest player will eventually get shafted

And even the most shafted might take years to stop having to pity

So being conservative and expecting to pity always is the safer way

[strange trout]

I mean luck in the sense of superstitious belief that it's something you can sense and influence

Probability exists

Luck does not

Probability doesn't give a crap about your feelings

[vestal leaf]

Absolutely

[tardy fiber]

I just focus on collecting my faves, prior experience of almost missing a fave before its banner expires gave me quite a reality check and that helped me to not get swayed to other non faves on my saving journey

Oh this is to reply @naive imp

[broken mulch]

If you mean favorite then it takes willpower and knowing your clear favorites

If you mean randomly pulling Willy nilly then beats me I don’t have that problem haha

[lilac crescent]

Simple. Don't pull on meta ||(OP pairs like Master Fairs and Arc Suit Fairs)|| pairs UNLESS they are your favorite, only pairs that are my favorite trainer and/or Pokémon. We have a pulling simulator here for a reason.

[uneven bone]

So… in my case I should try and save for ||Cynthia?||

[lilac crescent]

Yeah?

[uneven bone]

She’s literally my wife in Tomodachi Life, so I could probably make that joke

[versed flame]

I'm a lil disconnected from the game RN just doing dailies and sometimes not even properly and been missing days all over the place - but it's fine. because my gem balance is healthy, and probably stays healthier than most players' because of the not-pulling.

i don't know about dealing with the temptation so much because i don't feel it often - but i suppose if I'm on the fence and want to fall towards the "no" side i ask myself if i would be disappointed to sink an entire pity on this unit. am i only envisioning satisfaction on a lucky early pull. do i think I'll actually have fun playing with this unit etc.

I'm sometimes more frugal than i want to be in hindsight but that was when i had more concrete saving goals, a smaller balance and every gem counted for potential pities towards NCs of my favourite characters

[tardy fiber]

Thats why i focusing on my fave, because i will have fun with them even if I'm not playing with them. Like sometimes during free time, i like to view my faves 1 by 1 in order of when i got them added in my roster and it gives a certain satisfaction to see where your effort gotten you

[versed flame]

tbh even with 170k+ that's still a bit dangerous when it comes to potential sinnoh NCs or when they finally remember hisui exists again and maybe drop like .... six in a row all limited, Paldea-style. but that's a problem for later me if i push too hard on poma now I'll get burnt out even quicker, need to recover

[tardy fiber]

Currently make my faves level 150 and the rest of the pairs are at level 140, so when i sort by date required and level, my faves will move up

[versed flame]

neat

i 150 both faves and pairs that need it for DC / other clears haha 😅

[tardy fiber]

Its hard for hisui now, they need to compete with dpp sinnoh characters

[versed flame]

yeah sinnoh/hisui is full of units and yet still has so many missing characters

why'd they combine them

[tardy fiber]

Hope they add hisui region tag so that we can get hisui focused content and dena actually can sell hisui without basing on sinnoh dpp stuff

[versed flame]

I'm also down for platinum canon alts

i just need sinnohisui Sometime soon please

[tardy fiber]

They should just add 1 more region tag to current released ones but going forward, other hisui characters only have hisui tag

[versed flame]

interesting approach :O

so to not break the Sinnoh synergy of the early units

[tardy fiber]

Yep also to avoid backlash, players hate when something gets taken from them if they directly swap regions

[versed flame]

my reaction when ||Lucas|| finally gets something but it's a paid gems only unit:

don't tell me the unit I actually want this month is paywalled I'm already low-key burnt out on the game 😭 at least it's around a while if i decide to go for it ig....

[tardy fiber]

I cannot try to get him, its too close to half anni, and i need paid gems to fund selects

[versed flame]

at this point i don't even have any reruns I'm chasing tbh

they're all "would be nice to have but don't really care" after i got adaman just recently

i guess i sort of want Paulo but not super pressing (plus he's a sprint unit i love the playstyle, but not the coin income)

saving goals successful ig I've gotten the faves. now i just have to Wait

and not give into temptation out of apathy/boredom. partially why it's alright to be more lax with the dailies i think

[tardy fiber]

Well just look forward for whats releasing, im also in the same boat for quite a while. Cleared my rerun list when i got N from a select and thats was like on january 2022

Since then i just save gems for unreleased faves

[versed flame]

yeah understandable! esp since you've got a concrete list of legendaries

[tardy fiber]

Although its hard to stay above 100k+ when my fave list is quite huge

[versed flame]

shrug they'll do Volo alt at some point that's for sure

[tardy fiber]

I dont mind, he can go arceus or giratina. I will nab him either way if that happens

[versed flame]

hopefully throw in Rei but they might bypass him to Sell (Cynthia) Units i dunno. hopefully not

[tardy fiber]

I can see Rei and Akari getting AS especially when we got poor list of base unit of fighting and dark limited unit

[versed flame]

that would be fun !!!

Lucas on the floor though

poor guy

[tardy fiber]

Will be quite a while probably, they probably gonna release one of each types AS first before doing dupes

I kinda afraid, gio event talks about possibility of villain AS, and i hope i can afford em

Quite few villain base units have legendaries as pairings

[versed flame]

oh :O i actually haven't gotten around to the gio event (but i do plan to!)

i definitely see gio mewtwo as a possibility tbh

without event context that is

[tardy fiber]

He got the L even zinniaray got new passive for mega, they should give him spatk 2 stack buffs on entry or something

[versed flame]

rip, at least he's still a decent f2p unit

[tardy fiber]

Yep but cannot buff self offensive stats is pretty harsh

[versed flame]

yeah definitely

[vestal leaf]

My hypothesis is that he tries to grab arc power

But gets played by volo

[versed flame]

can see that happening

[vestal leaf]

I can't see a reason for them to make MF Gio now

If that's not the case

Especially because imo, psychic arc could be lear

[versed flame]

it's like paulo being played by gio except now we've moved up another level

[tardy fiber]

I dont mind if he get extra twist like his AS gives Mega Mewtwo X form instead of Y. Well some additional form is better than just reskin that we are currently having with our AS

[versed flame]

oh i want arc lear SO MUCH. i mean arc units are meant to sell iconic classic canon characters though which is why i think it's unlikely. but darn all my mixed thoughts about arcs he would have my gems

[tardy fiber]

AS Maxie can change to primal geoudon or something

[versed flame]

DeNA may be shilling out these arc suits but hey at least they're a shill for their own OC

i can get behind that. All bow before Lear or something

[vestal leaf]

Doubt we're getting an arc repeat before 2026

Ground and fire both taken

[short crystal]

10k gems saved... not a whole lot, but i think i can rack up enough to guarantee at least one master fair by the end february, seeing as it'll likely be ||nate and rosa.|| my goal is to get both though, so hopefully i'll have enough for both by then. luckily no one that i'm interested in is running this month

[vestal leaf]

Well just until end of Jan you should reach around 30k

[short crystal]

@vestal leaf your tips worked wonders for me btw. i've been super focused on saving for my favs and i update my gem count daily thank you so much once again

[vestal leaf]

That's already almost a pity

[short crystal]

let's go!!!

[short crystal]

true

and who knows, maybe i'll win something from the ongoing rally

[elder topaz]

that’s great!! tbh i see 10k and over as a lot LOL

[vestal leaf]

Nice to hear, just don't burn out too hard from hyper focusing on a game that should be about enjoying the characters you like

[vestal leaf]

Even 3k is big, but you always gotta expect 300 tbfh

[short crystal]

tbh lowkey same but i see people in the 100k area and i'm like oh! but i feel like once u reach the 10k mark it gets easier to save

[elder topaz]

yeah, it’s pretty insane, idk if i’ll ever reach that point ||since every month im tempted by at least one pair||

[short crystal]

don't worry i still use some of my paid gems for selects and mix LOL so it's not too bad

[elder topaz]

personally, what i did was leave the salt channel in my channels list and delete the flex channel from it

[short crystal]

same... december killed me but we are slowly recovering

[elder topaz]

it helped me a lot, seeing salty people helps me not fall into temptation as evil as it kinda sounds

[vestal leaf]

Yeah salt and flex are both bad imo

But depends on each person

[short crystal]

i did the same actually, seeing the flex channel would always make me want to impulse pull, and then i'd regret it right after. for me it's hidden rn

[devout nexus]

They’re good spaces to have but can definitely be quite distracting

[elder topaz]

november killed me so i had to spend the first half of december recovering

[short crystal]

salt is sort of comforting to me in a way? like, it reminds me to not recklessly pull for characters i can't reach pity for or i don't even really want

[elder topaz]

right that’s the same for me, ofc like post pity clairity said, everyone is different. i just benefit more leaving the salt channel on

[short crystal]

who'd u pull for in november

[short crystal]

for sure

[elder topaz]

||ss ingo and emmet. don’t do what i did bc i fell for temptation on emmet without a pity saved and didn’t get him with 8 multis 💀||

[short crystal]

NOOO so you didn't end up getting him??

[elder topaz]

||i got him a multi later and ingo in 3 multis but it was still painful 😭 had to spend the last half of november and the first half of december saving since the datamine revealed nc kantrio||

[short crystal]

i did the same for ||nc leaf||, although it wasn't that many multis, i think 2 or 3? but yeah either way was a waste of gems, i don't even want her 😭

[short crystal]

oughh that is ROUGH but luckily you got ||all three|| from what i remember so it all worked out fine in the end

but see this is why i can't have flex channel on, i see people pulling 3 mfs in under 20k gems and i think to myself "if they're that lucky i could be too" and then boom all my savings gone

[elder topaz]

yeah, it worked out just fine, it definitely made up for the misfortune i had in november. i was originally gonna skip ||atticus|| bc i was absolutely certain at least one of the three would take me to pity but it ended up ||not happening||

[short crystal]

but i also get the urge to flex in it whenever i get something good

[short crystal]

now look at you almost having enough to pity him you recovered well enough i'd say

[elder topaz]

yeah that’s why i deleted flex channel, the temptation is bound to get you and 70% of the time you’ll regret it

[elder topaz]

yesss, it’s a personal achievement but it feels great. i’m sure you can do it too for whoever you’re waiting for!

[short crystal]

yesss my most wanted characters are ||nc nate, rosa, and silver|| those are my top 3

i know the latter came out last year(?) so he won't be back for a while

actually i don't even know

mfs are always so unpredictable

[vestal leaf]

I gotta say, you should always consider skipping on something even if you get lucky even if it's a character you like but not a top fave, because you're still treading on a very thin line around half anni where a single shaft could lead you with no gems for a much rarer pair

[vestal leaf]

Usually they rerun around 18 months after release

[devout nexus]

Those are ||December 2023 and 4.5 Anni|| so maybe they’re close

[elder topaz]

i have a feeling ||nate and rosa|| could possibly rerun this year but it’s uncertain. whenever they do, if the gems in at least the next two months are generous enough, you can probably guarantee one of them

[short crystal]

you're absolutely right, i'll definitely keep that in mind, half anni is bound to have something good but i mustn't be swayed unless it's actually one of my top 3

[devout nexus]

100%, more pairs per month = higher chance of a favorite and the same gem count we’ve always had isn’t doing as much as it used to

[short crystal]

oh i didn't know, so there is a pattern after all

[short crystal]

possibly yeah,

[elder topaz]

i don’t see ||nc silver|| coming back anytime soon since he’s not a year old yet

[devout nexus]

Pattern would suggest the last pair you mentioned is ||run up to 6th anni||

[short crystal]

it doesn't look like the gem count is going up anytime soon but who knows

[short crystal]

yeah i didn't think so either

[vestal leaf]

I mostly was referring to @elder topaz ||about going for Atticus "because they got lucky on kantrio" which can end up biting back if half anni has a 1% or two they'd want more, since pokefairs have selects and much better rerun than 1% banners||

[elder topaz]

i’m fully f2p so

[short crystal]

oh my bad lmao but either way it's good advice in general

[short crystal]

i see, good to know

then that means i've got 3 mfs ahead of me if those three really do rerun in the next few months

but i think i'll be fine

[devout nexus]

It’s tight but much better to realize it now than later on

[elder topaz]

still don’t have enough for a pity but i’m starting to break old habits now at least

[short crystal]

it is but i have a feeling i'll be fine considering i've started to build better habits now

[short crystal]

yeah same LOL

i guess i have been fixated on this a lot lately, poma's been my latest hyperfixation but i'm sure it'll pass soon bc it always does

[vestal leaf]

My prediction is Nate & rosa rerun in late Feb/march and nc silver in preanni

So you SHOULD get all 3

[short crystal]

when would pre anni be?

[vestal leaf]

August

My b

Lol

[devout nexus]

Like August 10 or so

[short crystal]

oh august is more than enough time

[devout nexus]

Last year we had the Galar NCs on the world’s shortest banners and those were August 18/19/20 and surely DeNA heard the complaints over the runtime there

[short crystal]

but yeah i have a very strong feeling ||nate and rosa|| are up next, apart from a new unit idk who else would be rerunning next

[vestal leaf]

Nate & Rosa would be in 2-2.5 months tho

Imo

[short crystal]

wait they ran for 3 days?????

[vestal leaf]

1 week

[short crystal]

what the hell

[devout nexus]

Marnie ran for 10, Hop for 9, and Bede for 8. Those are the start dates for all 3

All ended right on anni

[short crystal]

no wonder i missed those banners

i hope they never pull that again because what

[short crystal]

they'll drain me for sure, but if ||silver|| truly does rerun in august i'll be able to recover and save enough just in time

[vestal leaf]

Yep

I think NC unima is gonna be close

But once that's done you'll be fine

[gloomy echo]

oh yeah i remember this... i couldn't grab Marnie fast enough

[dusk plaza]

Gems left for this month ??

[vestal leaf]

17~k

Methinks

[devout nexus]

yeah after today’s gems are claimed it’s high 17k

[nimble vapor]

NOOO im gonna cry we have like 13.7k remaining before ||NC Blue banner ends|| and im gonna be short 1280 gems to || pity him ||

Wait actually I think I should be fine no?

[vestal leaf]

How much ||banner points left||? @nimble vapor

[nimble vapor]

Oh yeah I currently have || 232 scout points||

[vestal leaf]

Uhhhhhh

If you get EVERYTHING you'll be fine

[trim heron]

That should be 168 SP to go

Which is around 5 multi’s and 1 single

[vestal leaf]

Which is 15.3k off

And they reach around 15.2-4k

[trim heron]

He should barely just be fine

[vestal leaf]

Depends if they get EVERY gem

UB included

Or if they have more leftovers

Like from older events or UBs

Or sync pair stories

[nimble vapor]

Yeah I feel like I’ll be able to scoop up some more gems from UB once I get || AS Steven and SS Lear to 3/5 and 4/5||

[vernal glade]

Don’t forget next reset the last day on the co-op rayquaza event. Get your gems and free 20 yellow coins there.

[sterile river]

I'm quite low on paid gems and not likely to restock any time soon. I can afford a select scout and was wondering if I should spend now, or wait until half anni? Or are there no selects at half anni

[vestal leaf]

Waiting Half anni or stacking for anni is likely better

[sturdy hatch]

Annoying event

[nimble vapor]

Can someone link me to the gem count for this month? It won’t show up for me on pins

[upbeat lotus]

Here

[nimble vapor]

Thank you 🙏🏽

[elder topaz]

i’m getting to a pity slowly

it would be SUCH a shame if the new academy event has a mission requiring 2 paldea characters yeah surely that won’t happen right!!!!! hahahahahahahahahaha dena totally learned from last time!!!!!

if that were to come true, id lock myself out of getting 200 gems!

[broken mulch]

We only have 1 F2P Paldean still right?

[elder topaz]

think so

[tardy fiber]

Even if DeNa add paldea spotlight, we wont get it via tickets till after anni

[cinder cave]

I wonder what units would they turn into spotlight considering they have been pretty solid compared to general pool units

Or if theyll just start releasing spotlights

[sturdy hatch]

It’s like the pre-Hop Galar era only it never ends

Actually we had spotlights then

[tardy fiber]

Kofu

[tough oriole]

I was gonna say the academy staff but even jacq is a pf

[broken mulch]

Oh man

Free professor units

[upbeat lotus]

you are demanding too much

they are all pfs now

[tardy fiber]

Paldea legendary adventures please

[cinder cave]

Who will get the short end of the stick koraidon or miraidon

[elder topaz]

miraidon

bc dena sure loves pokémon scarlet

[nimble vapor]

|| I finally got NC Blue! I’m pretty happy now that I don’t have to use anymore gems on his banner! Now my next objective is to save for Dahlia for whenever she reruns||

[cinder cave]

||If I have 171 pity i can still get ss giovanni, right?||

[nimble vapor]

|| unfortunately I don’t think you will, you need 21k to get to pity and we have around 14k remaining this month, unless February gives us a boat load of gems during the time SSA Gio is around.||

[cinder cave]

Damn...

||i do still got like 9 days of 200 paid gems and 19 days of 100 to get but idk if that'd help much||

[nimble vapor]

|| 3.7k + 14k = 17.7k

You would need another 3k so maybe it is possible!||

[cinder cave]

🙏

||ty btw that does make me feel a bit more better||

||i do need to stop pulling once i get him tho and since my roster is more solid i think it should be more solid once I get him||

[tardy fiber]

Im okay for the rest of this month. I will spend 125 gems for poma day and 500 gems for eggcelerator pass for tentacool and muk eggmon

[dark oar]

Sooo about 30k nonpaid gems into Last day of January huh

Hopefully we hit 36k gems for february

[vale scarab]

A part of me hopes that I don't get pity by the time ||nc leaf|| leaves so I can save but like I really want the entire ||nc kantrio||

I might be able to get pity cuz I'm not done with all the permanent gem sources

[elder topaz]

just 6k more for a full pity

i could have gotten an extra 1k but the lodge decided to be an asshole to me 🙃

[compact pasture]

Will you get it next reset?

[elder topaz]

yeah

literally 2 friendship points away from lvl 100 for my 20th guest

[stray steeple]

How many gems before || NC Leaf || leaves?

[cinder cave]

Leaves around the 25th i think but better spoiler the unit name

[dark oar]

Spoiler the name;O

[elder topaz]

32k gems now. think i should be able to save up to a pity by the 17th

[cinder topaz]

I think I'm starting to save again

[cinder topaz]

Is this a reasonable favorites list to save up for?

[nimble vapor]

I mean its your list, personally I don’t think anyone should judge who you’re saving up for

[upbeat lotus]

agreed, but we could offer some advice if necessary

i feel like you will struggle to save for each listed character, if you are not willing to spend irl money

the list is quite long so it's recommended to reduce its size

[cinder topaz]

Like 5?

[short crystal]

bianca, lyra, and chuck are all spotlights so you'll get those eventually

unless you're wanting to pull for their alts as well like sygna suit lyra or neo champion bianca, those are harder to come by

[cinder cave]

Mfw i focus more on the pokemon than on the trainer

[cinder topaz]

ohh all right. I got chuck and regular lyra.

[summer goblet]

I’m finally back

[elder topaz]

33k now

[vale scarab]

Well time to save till anni 5.5

[narrow lodge]

How much on avg gems do we get on the coming February

[trim heron]

It's variable I think

I know a good portion would be around 27-28th

but that would be in March datamine

[devout nexus]

#1012256199128915968 message gives last February’s estimate if you want that as a reference point

[feral vale]

Holy fuck what a satisfying number

[lilac crescent]

We need to know your methods. How do we get that HOLY number on our stack?

[tough oriole]

Don’t spend gems

[strange trout]

Abstinence

[tough oriole]

We also have #1010223517565976737 message for that

[wind nymph]

Is it possible to go 600k?

Just wondering that I think non paid gems don't have a max limit

[summer goblet]

Thank you

[summer goblet]

tons and tons of self discipline and planning plus playing everyday

[summer goblet]

Chest reach 1 million gems so far so yes

i kinda doubt there is a max limit

[wind nymph]

Nani!?

[summer goblet]

or if there are, maybe 10 mil

[wind nymph]

The dedication. I bet it took 3 years to reach 1 million

[summer goblet]

yep it's true

he is one of a kind

[wind nymph]

Cause the average gems is like 300k per year

[summer goblet]

yeah

[wind nymph]

Well, props for the self discipline and also as an example to give motivation others for this milestone

Proud of you!

[summer goblet]

thank you, I tried my best to inspire others to save hard

and to give tips when they need it from time to time

[wind nymph]

You're a moderate spender?

[summer goblet]

yeah fairly

[wind nymph]

Or being lucky with pulls in anni banners?

[summer goblet]

i go every 3 months spending arc suits and master fairs

[wind nymph]

Ahh

[summer goblet]

||I got Gio on Dallies today, you can check the flex channel||

[wind nymph]

Oooh yea i saw that

Congrats again lol

[summer goblet]

thanks

[wind nymph]

I'll see you later.

If anything ill message you

[summer goblet]

sure

[maiden kayak]

yes ive been there

tho i dont see the point tbh

[maiden kayak]

nice

[tardy fiber]

You guys are killing it, my most was 230k+ although now i need to recover a bit, gonna get close to 98k at the end of this datamine. Cannot reach 100k

[elder topaz]

my most was 78k 💀

[cinder cave]

My most was like 18k

[elder topaz]

made it to 34k

just 2k more for a pity

[sturdy hatch]

You can do it!

[fiery pollen]

Most I've ever gotten is 250k, then I got hit by anni and back to back faves

[sturdy hatch]

250k is a lot lol that’s fine as a most

[fiery pollen]

This month is chill tho so I should be able to get back to 200k by the end of it

Hopefully February won't be too crazy

[elder topaz]

february is the runner’s up month to half anni so i’m hoping the march datamine isn’t crazy either

besides i’m like 99% sure that ||ortega will be added in february and he’s an absolute must get for me||

[cinder cave]

Cant wait to start saving once i get ||giogio guzzlord||

[tardy fiber]

Im hoping that February is kinda safe for me. But there's still 3 of my faves that have heart related motifs that might pop up. Enamorus (heart symbol hair), Manaphy (heart swap), Phione (manaphy's offspring)

They might popup for palentine

[tardy jolt]

My only hope is that we get MFs and not AFs for the half anni

[mossy hawk]

Realistically it will be a combination of the two

[vestal leaf]

My call is mf tease like SS glad into arc duo

I'd much prefer a mf trio tho

[tardy fiber]

AF, man ssgio event shows me that i probably need to prepare for arc gio mewtwo, mewtwo is a fave

[elder topaz]

do we typically only get one mf (or arc fair ig) as the “bait” unit leading up to annis and half annis?

[vestal leaf]

My call on that is that he's gonna get sniped by volo probably

[tardy fiber]

Dont worry volo can grab the fairy arc suit

[vestal leaf]

He just got a mf, I doubt Gio is getting anything before 2027 lol

[mossy hawk]

There is no pattern now to follow since arcs are new

[vestal leaf]

Fairy? When giratina is right there?

[tardy fiber]

Then it wont be an arc, because arc are reskins. Based on current 4 arcs

[vestal leaf]

Point is, volo might get ultimately not looking for an arc suit for himself, while Gio is, but since we don't know what volos endgame is anyway

Also thinking arc can only be reskins is an assumption

[mossy hawk]

And I don't think SS Gladion can be counted as "bait" because we didn't get 3 new masterfairs in anni, but 2. So with him, it's a trio which was the usual thing for anniversaries

[vestal leaf]

That's based on the fact all arcs for now are "popular champion with their iconic ace mon'

[tardy fiber]

Thinking arc volo giratina is an assumption too

[vestal leaf]

Which is like

[tardy fiber]

[vestal leaf]

Yeah?

[vestal leaf]

I literally just wrote

It doesn't have to be an arc

Bruhv

[tardy fiber]

Yep so we both are assuming

So mine and your opinion aint still correct yet

[vestal leaf]

There's not 18 champions tho

My assumption is very different in tone and basis

[tardy fiber]

I never assume its champion only, i only assumed its reskin

[vestal leaf]

And what did I answer to that

[tardy fiber]

Did i wrote champion only though

[vestal leaf]

Like

Did you read what I wrote

I never implied the story volo alt would've been an arc suit

[tardy fiber]

Totally there's champion there, probably the text is small

New discord function

[vestal leaf]

I literally just said it's much more likely it's a giratina pair

You went off on your own

[tardy fiber]

The problem is the one assuming champion is you

So you went off on your own

Everyone knows there's no 18 champions. Paldea is gen 9

Unless you want to count nemona, geeta, mc

Protags

Alder, N, Iris

Probably could stretch

[vestal leaf]

?

I said the repeating factor comes mostly from "champions having their ace as ultimate buddy" is the basis for 4/4 arcs

The moment they stop being champions, the "repeat rule" could change

[spring lodge]

Back at 0

[tardy fiber]

But i didnt mention that Arc suits are champion only. I even mentioned arc suit giovanni before and fairy arc suit volo togepi, also mentioned that it just reskins then suddenly you mentioned about 18 champions so like what?

Who is the one that assumed its for champions only

Its you though

[tardy fiber]

Lol

They are reskins, AS is to improve a pair kit thats too hefty to work on and even PB and 5/5 grids cannot even save em so DeNa like just reskin them and give em a white suit, give a totally new kit and a new price

[summer goblet]

Thanks, where are you at right now

[broken mulch]

Remind me again, Arc Leon showed up 3 months after the first Arc batch right?

[trim heron]

Yes

[broken mulch]

Thanks

[vestal leaf]

It's the opposite

My assertion is that they're not gonna be only champions and there's not that many iconic pairings that cover all types anyway, so they could try something that's not a reskin

[tardy fiber]

Then why you say 18 champions though if you assume the same as me?

[vestal leaf]

Because

[tardy fiber]

I never assume its champion only, like even in fighting type is clear. I only mentioned that it will be reskin

So they will upgrade base pair so probably Rei will be fighting AS

[cinder cave]

Dark is either Akari or Iris hydreigon which seems unlikely because dragon

[tardy fiber]

I think it will be akari, although i do hope for Iris because her kit need more help than akari. So might as well give her white reskin

But so far its base pair, so probably akari

The one thats not SC, or SS, or seasonal or etc

[vestal leaf]

• you say arc are by definition reskins based on 4 pairs as of now
• I say they're reskins as of now mostly because they're reselling the most iconic characters (champions) with their aces, so this might lead to more than reskins once they run out of champions SINCE THERE'S NOT 18 OF THEM

[cinder cave]

Cursing Lance for stealing the dragon arc suit from iris 😔

[tardy fiber]

So you are the one that assumed about champions in this discussion. Thanks for giving clarity

[vestal leaf]

Bruh

[tardy fiber]

I even mentioned Arc suit gio, he aint champion

[vestal leaf]

Is like

Reading comprehension dead

Or is it only an online thing

[tardy fiber]

How can my reading comprehension dead when the one that said first about champion and 18 champions was you?

How is it my fault when you are the one bringing it up

[vestal leaf]

I really can't fathom how you read what I now explained 2 times and say that

[tardy fiber]

I only said arc suit will be reskins

So it can be anyone and base pair

[vestal leaf]

• you bring up an assumption based on the fact 4 arc fairs are repeats
• the 4 arc repeats are also coincidentally champions with their ace
• I say "as long as it's champions, ofc it's gonna be reskins, as they're all in with that ace already, but that can't be the case for all arcs as there's not 18 champions"
• now I'm the one assuming all arcs are gonna be champions????????

[tardy fiber]

At point 2, coincidentally champions. But i didn't mentioned anything about only champions so who is the one that assumed?

[vestal leaf]

Am I missing something

[tardy fiber]

See

[vestal leaf]

...ok so reading comprehension IS dead

No reason to keep going.

👋

[tardy fiber]

Why mine is dead, when you are the one thats assuming then you blaming it on me

Internet is weird

Other people assumed then said another person assumed what they assumed

[vestal leaf]

What are you talking about.

[tardy fiber]

You can see from the top, i never mentioned it will be champion only, i said it will be reskin. So even AS Lear or Gio can happen. Then i said its base pair, and still never mentioned anything about AS being champions only

[vestal leaf]

There's no assumption
These are facts:

• 4/4 arcs are champions
• there won't likely be 18 arc champions
  Why is it so hard to understand

I never implied you said that

[tardy fiber]

You are the one that Assumed it will be champions only

[vestal leaf]

Never

Ever

Ever

Like, it's so obvious

I'd expect a person with basic reading comprehension

To get there

[tardy fiber]

The one mentioned about 18 champions was you, and i said everyone knows theres not even 18 champions exist as the game only gen 9. And we could have more if we stretched abit with Iris, Alder, N, Nemona, Geeta, Wallace because some regions got more than 1 champions

[vestal leaf]

Like, I doubt it can be explained more directly than how I did here

My "18 champions mention" is a phrase that says "there's NOT 18 CHAMPIONS, SO THEY EVENTUALLY NEED TO STEM FROM THEM"

How does this make me the person implying all arcs will be champions is over me

Like

Seriously

How.

How is this discussion real.

What are we even talking about here.

[tardy fiber]

At point 2, the one thats assumed its champions only was you and you mentioned about 18 champions. I said even before this about Arc suit Gio, then we talked about arc suit volo, then i say he can get Fairy AS, then you say why togepi and not pair with giratina, then i say AS is a reskin so wont be new pairing. Then you talked about champion and we dont even have 18 champions. So i say who mentioned that AS is champion only? And then you blame me... This is the flow of the discussion

[broken mulch]

I mean you did bring up champions first as far as I’ve read all the chats

With 18 lol

[tardy fiber]

See

[vestal leaf]

Nah

I can't believe this

[tardy fiber]

Lol

[vestal leaf]

No fucking way

Can you guys like

Know

How a discussion works

Or are you like

Trolling me

[tardy fiber]

Thats why i said, who is the one that assumed it will be champions only

[vestal leaf]

Because I can't believe this

[vestal leaf]

LITERALLY WHERE

YOU MEAN IN THE PHRASE WHERE I SAY

"IT CANNOT BE CHSMPIONS ONLY"????

I'm gonna actually go insane

[tardy fiber]

Lol

[vestal leaf]

This is not a real discussion

[tardy fiber]

This is the top if anybody want to read

[vestal leaf]

"lol"

Because who needs context

After all

[tardy fiber]

See who posted that

[vestal leaf]

[tardy fiber]

Totally not vantner

I never assumed its champions only

[vestal leaf]

....

Me neither

But you accused me of it? Because I said it's not?

Because your base assumption is based on the fact all 4 arcs are champions + ace?

Like

[tardy fiber]

I only said that its reskin

I never mentioned champions only

[vestal leaf]

Oh

My

God

[tardy fiber]

Because i know they wont go that route

[vestal leaf]

Ok you're doing this on purpose

There's no

No way

You're just cycling the same phrases over and over

[tardy fiber]

Even natwaf read all that and say you are the one that mentioned anything about champions first, i only mentioned reskin

[vestal leaf]

This isn't a real discussion

I'm

Astonished

[tardy fiber]

I just gonna leave this, anything that makes you happy. Mod can read all of it, i wont delete any posts

[vestal leaf]

Two whole people saying me pointing out " 4/4 arcs are champions which can't be a thing for all 18 arcs as there's not 18 champions anyway" equals to "all future arcs will be champions" is insanity

I feel like a victim of a candid camera right now

Genuinely nauseous

[trim heron]

https://tenor.com/view/troy-community-room-fire-pizza-gif-5612111

[vestal leaf]

I'm gonna actually have to take a chamomile

[vestal leaf]

I think people can

Just scroll up

Yknow

Also you could've included the part where I say why I bring the "18 champions" phrase up

Instead of cutting it to your convenience

But it's fine

Gonna actually start brewing this chamomile rn

[vestal leaf]

I really

Don't get why cluttering this chat further

But sure

[tardy fiber]

I already bring it multiple times but theres no changes

Its to see the flow of the discussion

[vestal leaf]

I swear to god if I wake up to more people saying this I'm gonna start blaming elementary school programs being less and less invested into from most first world countries

[tardy fiber]

I already letting go then you keep replying

[prime quarry]

Does this discussion need to keep happening in this channel?

[vestal leaf]

This doesn't need to keep happening period

I was done 15 mins ago

[tardy fiber]

I want to end this Chezei, i want to rest my brain

[prime quarry]

Then cut it out. If you're done, stop talking. That's all that needs to happen.

You're both done, both of you go take a break.

[vestal leaf]

I'm brewing chamomile as we speak

Then going to bed

Because this discussion gave me nausea and migraine

[prime quarry]

Stop talking.

[vestal leaf]

Which isn't the best when trying to sleep

[maiden kayak]

495k

[sturdy hatch]

Me trying to figure out who Reskin is and what their English name is

[strange trout]

It's pronounced Ray's K-ai-n

[sturdy hatch]

Saving friends, I cannot tell you how annoyed I am I save for Johto pairs and then be told Kriketune and Guzzlord are Johto

[tardy fiber]

Probably easy right, its been a while for a Johto pair to pop up before HBugsy

Plus luckily they skipped johto mix pairs

[trim heron]

Before HBugsy the last summonable Johto pairs were like NC Silver and Chuck

[tardy fiber]

Yep, quite a long time to save if you are actually focusing only on johto

[broken mulch]

Mmhmm

[tardy fiber]

Hope this year is quite tame for me. 2022 released 20 faves, luckily 2024 only gives 12. Hope 2025 like 2024

[summer goblet]

Nice

[spring lodge]

How long have you been saving for???

[summer goblet]

Very long time

I play every day and save constantly with occasional pulls

[spring lodge]

Wow

That’s very cool

Nice

[vestal leaf]

Just a reminder that saving is done for a reason, as nothing is owed and bad luck will destroy you if you keep wasting resources

But by saving you can at least guarantee something even out of absolutely horrendous unlucky streaks

[short crystal]

man, you got everyone but the character you actually wanted

[vestal leaf]

||getting only two 4.5% units in a pity is less likely than pitying an arc fair||

[short crystal]

although iirc you said you wanted both|| paulo and grusha||

oops let me blur

[vestal leaf]

||Yeah, I wanted Paulo, which arrived on 8th multi after 4th multi blue. Kept going in hope of getting anything more, but nothing||

[short crystal]

8th multi, ouch a ||pokefair|| shafting you is rough

[vestal leaf]

||94.5% likely to get 3+ featureds Vs 86% of not pitying||

[tough oriole]

REMINDER: Do the Shiny Rayquaza Exchanges! They end very soon!

[elder topaz]

just 1.6k more 🥲

[vale scarab]

Man the urge to yolo on ||nc leaf|| is insane

[dark oar]

Persist :<

[white heart]

Why are the pairs names in spoilers here

Ah i see

[tardy fiber]

To avoid tempting others to pull, well its a resource saving place

[tough oriole]

Mfw

[feral vale]

[grim meadow]

So, i switched OS because of christmas

and after pitying, I now have an emergency pity piggy bank lmao

Currently have 12k unpaids on the new phone now too :)

[tardy fiber]

My emergency piggy bank is the UBs, when its a hassle to clear, i just leave it

Although my current available funds are still quite nice

[crude glacier]

so gems stay on the other os? I thought they just got deleted

[grim meadow]

yeah, they stay on the os thankfully lol

so as long as you still have a phone for the old os you can hold onto them separately

[crude glacier]

interesting

[vernal glade]

When I transferred data to a new phone, my gems stayed as well.

[tardy fiber]

Does pity points progress stays? Like if you spend 12k gems on iphone, it still need 24k to pity on android?

[cinder cave]

||I didnt have to pity Ss giogio im so :D||

I can go back to saving!!!!

[trim heron]

It does

[versed flame]

me when i got Only SS hilbert in the UnoVA triple rerun banner up to pity. man hilbert why did you do that

single copy, btw

lmao

0.013 chance....

less chance than pulling a masterfair or arc pair on a daily. XD

ive been forever quoting this as my bad luck example but i never actually did the math haha

[tardy fiber]

Thank you, now i will feel more assured after i upgrade my device. Its getting older now, some of the games ive played no longer being supported for my phone

[elder topaz]

well the gem count is 900 tomorrow but i can’t get the ub gems so 600 for me

that should bring me to 36.1k gems though

[tough oriole]

What is “p”?

[tough topaz]

P = Probability, P=0.045 means it’s a 4.5% chance to get a success (getting a unit)

[tough oriole]

Ah i see

i’m only getting 0.21%

Is there some other way to do it?

[tough topaz]

That’s the odds of getting zero pulls, Joltik was finding the odds of getting exactly 1

[tough oriole]

That’s 1.32% not 0.0132%, it’s higher than getting an MF/AF from daily

[versed flame]

i did mean it as 0.0132 = 1.32% sorry that wasn't clear, but i thought MF/Arc was 1.5% oops

shows how much i pay attention to rates

[tough oriole]

[oak crest]

u probably will not bother with Dana's stage for a very long time, shit is a pain to deal with

When I thought Nita was bad enough lmfao

[tardy fiber]

I will leave it to my son and then grandson to clear it i dislike it if it needs too much effort

I should put PoMa in my will. They need to continue to collect legendary, mythical, UB, paradox

[vale scarab]

Eos will happen before ur son trust

[tardy fiber]

Nooo i like this game, hope it goes offline even with eos. Like the megaman gacha game

[strange trout]

Offline game preservation would be very nice, but I seriously doing DeNA would put in the effort to preserve it lol

Only producers that care about their game do it

[vale scarab]

Yea but how would that work

[tardy fiber]

The regular event will keep repeated means the daily missions as a source to get gems and all banners will always be available as there's no more future updates. Iirc thats how it goes for megaman

At least your progress and roster wont turn to dust

[tough topaz]

So I’m looking at ||mela|| right now, and she looks super fun. ||Armarouge|| rules so I’d call her a fav. Problem is my fire roster is really good right now (||nc leaf, v. Marnie, glorialt, SS May||) so I don’t need her at all

I know favs > meta and all that but is it still worth it at this point? I could wait for another fav seeing as I barely have enough for a pity rn

[maiden kayak]

well yea

or else whats the point of playing the game lol

[crude glacier]

I’d recommend waiting till datamine

At the very least

[tough topaz]

For sure

Still holding out for a surprise Kieran or something

Thank you!

[crude glacier]

You’d be surprised

Next anni he’s coming with carmine

trust

[maiden kayak]

yea by imo

if u wanna go by favs

its generally better to go for trainers

since technically u can get mons in games

but each to its own of cos

[tough topaz]

Nah I get that

I like the Pokémon first but I wouldn’t pull for ||armarouge|| if it was on like

Idk Clavell

[maiden kayak]

oh for sure lol

ahhh im almost 500k but i really wanted the nice number before ||going for mela today||

[tardy fiber]

Well the good thing is for recent faves, they are rarely bad so there is a good chance that your faves have meta kit as well. And most content in PoMa are clearable and doesnt need like a 99,999 damage unit most of the time

So i would say faves are more important than non fave meta characters

I think unless we get pvp, faves will still be good. Because usually pvp will go to big damage units and team synergies that hook people to keep pulling units

[cinder cave]

honestly i prefer mons above trainers
like idk, i play for the funny critters you can catch and get, idrc much about the trainers besides unova and paldea 😭

• you see the pokemon more than the trainers gameplay wise besides sync and trainer moves

[versed flame]

fair take

personally im a trainers kind of person bcause that's why im a pokemon fan in the first place, though i do think some pokemon would make me pull also

doing LA solos with lodge elesa joltik is great XD

[tardy fiber]

You are not the only one, I'm also like you. Pokemons > Trainers

Although i only collect legendaries, mythicals, UBs, paradoxes

[cinder cave]

||now the icon is one of my faves so it will be harder to not fall into the temptation of pulling... 😔 ||

[elder topaz]

37k gems!!!

||although i’m also kinda tempted by mela bc armarouge is my fave gen 9 pokémon but we are prioritizing atticus and a potential ortega!!!!!!||

[broken mulch]

Trainers are the only thing I care about here honestly

[stoic wagon]

are the gift gems counted for the gem count

[trim heron]

No

[cinder cave]

no

[uneven bone]

Nice!!

||I got fourth prize, but I don’t know if I want to pull or not||

[river mason]

Save

[uneven bone]

Yeah that’s the plan

[tardy fiber]

Datamine wont be too long as well. In #datamines talked about we getting ticket or something on 24th so it will probably be around that time

[river mason]

Ooo!!! Free ticket?

[tardy fiber]

Kinda, i hope its a limited pair though

Oh it says limited buddy

[river mason]

Kinda?

[tardy fiber]

But its include, they might make it a 5* spotlight with a chance of limited

[calm thunder]

https://www.pokemon.jp/special/trainers_festival/20250110/ This is the original webpage. The code is given if you buy the booster box for the upcoming tcg set.

[fiery pollen]

Yeah the ticket won't be free lol

[tardy fiber]

Sad

Do we even have code redeem function currently?

They probably need to do update to add that function

[fiery pollen]

They're adding redeem function on the upcoming update

[tardy fiber]

Nice so datamine is probably 24th or earlier

[fiery pollen]

That's why 24th is the speculated date, since the set would be out by then

[tardy fiber]

I love early datamine

So people that are currently tempted just wait for less than 10 days

[sturdy hatch]

Shiny grimer sadly doesn’t seem that good, no substitute for other units

[tough oriole]

Tentacruel is pretty nice tho

[tardy fiber]

I just want it because its shiny. But still no luck currently, i even bought the extra incubator and eggcelerator pass

I blame dena because there's no non eggmon muk unit

[broken mulch]

Believe in Arc Koga for poison

[tardy fiber]

True, but i dont like crobat much. Got soft spot for kabutops, machamp and muk for kanto non legendary

At least 1 of em is free , other 2 are eggmons only

[cinder cave]

sucks smeargle will never come to pokemon masters 😔

[tardy fiber]

I hope it will come , just dont give it sketch if its too hard to implement. Maybe give it nature power and secret power to imitate like it can cover various types of damage

[cinder topaz]

Resisting the urge to do random pulls for ||atticus|| despite not needing him 🥰

[tardy fiber]

Same, i keep telling myself that i can select him in the future. As for me, spending potentially a pity is way more expensive than a 3k/5k paid gems select

[cinder cave]

It defo is 😔

[tardy fiber]

Although it will be a while, next support select will be Arven first as he already got lodge. Spending 3k/5k for 2 pairs feel less burdensome than just for 1

[tough oriole]

Feb Datamine will have your #1 favourite character

||It’s what I’m telling myself||

[tardy fiber]

Oh right next month is kinda dangerous especially if they release a fave run up MF. They like that trend recently, like ssgladion and ssnemona were released on run up month iirc

[zenith condor]

Red?

[tardy fiber]

Alola Red

[cinder cave]

Hisui Red

[broken mulch]

Homeless Red

[cinder cave]

Red except hes the pokemon

[tight verge]

Arc suit red

[zenith condor]

|| ' My aim in this game is to catch all reds ' ||

[crude glacier]

wait till 6th anni

I think you’ll get what you want

[robust shore]

||Was a fool and pulled for Mela without a pity, so I'm back at the bottom||

I'll try and be more active here. Keep me accountable guys

[faint siren]

I gotta get myself back into actually playing the game……….

I keep saying I’ll save and then i just don’t play

https://tenor.com/view/rick-grimes-rick-grimes-hospital-bed-gif-17898758641524068132

[tardy fiber]

Have some side goals to help you saving, like i made EXing power boosted units, getting lodge pairs and get shiny eggmons as side goals to sidetracked me from thinking of pulling any non faves within the month

Oh i also made, EXing pairs that have sync related passive on base kit as side goal as well

These will keep you busy enough, and remove the pulling itch especially in month where there's no fave

[versed flame]

almost forgot the friendship event ended this reset - squeezed in my battle challenge clears just under the wire haha

i know its safer to do them straight away but i keep doing Bare Minimum on pokemas on most days 😅 so i end up doing them right before theyre due

[elder topaz]

alright, got everything i wanted this month, we broke again

||time to save up in case ortega is next month 🤡||

[vale scarab]

Same

[cinder topaz]

||I randomly pulled again for the double pokefair (aaaaa)||

||At least I got a SS Roxie duplicate 2 pulls in but still 😭||

[nimble vapor]

Double ||pokefair*||

[spring lodge]

|| yolo’d 2 ten pulls on nc leaf send help. ||

[tough oriole]

||Feb 28th is half anni, you need to start saving immediately, if your Fave is a new Arc Fair they’ll really drain you!||

Do the NY Exchanges everyone!

[vale scarab]

The ny wallace one?

[cinder cave]

Well i gotta save starting today

[broken mulch]

Isn’t NY Wallace ending on Friday

Oh you meant the other shop lol

Thanks lol had a few move coins I forgot to get

[tardy fiber]

Thanks, i almost missing 1 sprint and field cake coins

[tough oriole]

What a nice round number

||I’ll probably skip Atticus, but at least since he’s a Support Sync Pair he’ll likely be added to selects, unlike the Sprint/Field Pairs. Electric HS means Arc N is definitely a high possibility, or something with Miraidon||

[crude glacier]

oh yeah we might get those two for half anni, better save up in case they’re fun

[cinder cave]

I hope no ||miraidon|| yet

I have no gems 😭

[tardy fiber]

I could use more electric fave , not sure about ||koraidon|| though, my fighting fave pairs are kinda stacked

[cinder cave]

I hope they come for anni because ill likely have gems by then 😭

• besides ||Eri|| my fighting roster is DRY

[tardy fiber]

My sad types roster currently are ground (12 pairs) and bug (10 pairs)

Like i got ground boost this week for rally and its rough

[broken mulch]

February is usually valentine pairs right?

… or friendship I guess

[tardy fiber]

Yep but i forgot if it will be early feb or late feb, maybe early as mid-late is probably for run up to half anni stuffs

[broken mulch]

Yeah makes sense to drop early

[faint siren]

I’ll try to work on getting shiny eggmons to keep me busy. Can one of you guys ping the hell out of me if datamine happens and Ball Guy shows up so I know I have to laser lock in

https://tenor.com/view/cat-kitten-cat-crying-kitten-crying-05starrynight-gif-10141647709992578610

[summer goblet]

Hopefully I don’t grow too repetitive but I gotta post this perfect gem count number that I perfected

A perfect 4 digit 0 to cap of the month before Pokemon Masters Day will wreck my number a bit

Anyway going to go post this on reddit and label it as an AMA like I’m Chest

[short crystal]

back to 15k. i got everyone i wanted this patch, ||mela and roxie thankfully came home early||, but i seriously have got to stay focused once and for all now and keep my eyes on the goal ||(any of the unova ncs)||. should probably stop pulling on ||mix|| as well and save my streak gems instead

also half anni is coming up and we're definitely getting something good but if it's ||arc suits|| then easy skip

[tardy fiber]

||i also stop pulling mix, well at least till after half anni, i need the paid gems to do selects ||

[short crystal]

||you're right i need to save my gems for selects as well mix is a scam anyway, better off doing selects ||

[vale scarab]

The urge to do a yolo multi on ||nc leaf|| is insane

[tardy fiber]

Hope DeNa continues giving a new team up pair every run up to anni so far victrier, riley, nidoak all released during run up

[broken mulch]

A new what?

[tardy fiber]

Team up event pair

Like oak nidorino

Victrier

Riley

Mistyduck, cgiovanni

So far recent 3 team up pairs, were all released during run up month. Next month is a run up month

[vernal glade]

Oh right that.

[cinder cave]

I hope we get another anni 2024 lillie type of unit sometime soon

Or on anni

[broken mulch]

Ahh right

[tardy fiber]

Anni 2025 steven brown recolor outfit with field regirock

[cinder cave]

||still sad i cant get armarouge...||

gotta save for a select ig 😔

[faint siren]

I DIDNT KNOW THAT PITY WAS 37K!!! THE GOAL IS IN SIGHT!!!!!!

Trying to skip as much as I can so I have 50k saved guaranteed

[elder topaz]

36k

[vale scarab]

It's closer to 37k than 36k

[cinder cave]

36.6k

[faint siren]

rounding up

im not saving 36

and then falling short

LOL

[vale scarab]

Yes

[topaz compass]

I hope next reset is datamine, and not thursday the 30th

[tardy fiber]

please

Im holding off my EX plans in anticipation of datamine

Please arrive soon

[nimble vapor]

It’s between the 24th/27th-29th usually

[topaz compass]

Yeah i know thursday won't actually happen but technically it could and that scares me lmao

[tardy fiber]

Hoping that there's a new free team up event pair next month. And hope its either Mira or Buck

[fiery pollen]

Back to 200k

[tropic bolt]

So I now have 73,305 Gems, meaning I have 2 sparks.

[tardy fiber]

Nice

[short crystal]

20k mark reached once again. i should be able to guarantee at least one ||master fair|| by the time the next one comes around

||if the frogs are rerunning, i'm safe because i only want serena, but if it's the unova ncs i'm on thin ice trying to hold myself accountable here so i don't spend my paid gems on mix anymore ||

[spring lodge]

only 5k saved before datamine

i shouldve have yolod with 6k....

[cinder topaz]

||i did multiple pulls on N's banner for no reason|| 💀

[cinder cave]

Its okay, happens to the best of us

[warm tiger]

||50k but man I really wanna pull rn ||

[vernal glade]

The saving continues.

[tough oriole]

Btw everyone don’t forget to do the Photo Creator Missions!

I just don’t want someone to wait until the last day to do them all at once just to forget

[cinder cave]

I forgor to do today's

[vale scarab]

If only someone reminded me of the team rocket battles :p

[oak crest]

a reminder in 3 days time would be fantastic ngl, since that will be the time when all the missions are out

[sturdy hatch]

At least rocket battles have an exclamation mark. Photo missions are just somewhere.

[fiery pollen]

They could at least do a pop up notif for it everytime after reset to let people know lol

[versed flame]

i forgot about them whoops

so yeah

[vernal glade]

Almost forgot about it if i didn’t look in this channel, thanks.

[vale scarab]

True true

I was just sad that I missed out on 600 gems

But like I don't do rallies so it's not the first time

[faint siren]

Well….. looks like this month is a skip month in its entirety

https://tenor.com/view/man-crying-stan-twt-yasmeen-oxytocin01-gif-7758390120728511248

At least i get to save…

I’m so tired

[elder topaz]

this is the middest of mid datamines

[cinder cave]

||i feel so sick, koraidon and miraidon and i have only 3k sigh.... and half anni is next month||

[elder topaz]

||someone please stop me from pulling atticus dupes bc ortega isn’t in the mine||

[tardy fiber]

||3 faves, luckily i saved up 100k gems ||

[broken mulch]

Easy skip month for me thankfully

[fiery pollen]

Not ||bikes|| pre half anni

I need dates so bad

[broken mulch]

I’ll have Arc pity by halfversary phew

[cinder cave]

This is such a sick joke 🤢

I hate this

[fiery pollen]

Hopefully they would still be around throughout half anni lol

[maiden kayak]

can we create a gem zen gym

[tardy fiber]

I hope so, if its not a preset gym. I kinda worry that the gym is based on the gym leaders

As probably the one from the video are members of Iono gym

Thats why they talk and share Iono photo creator

[cinder cave]

Just in case dropping my FC here

7173242130197269

[tardy fiber]

Oh can already create gyms

[dark oar]

free stuff, just group up with people you know who play the game... like actually login, play game modes, and dip.

[cinder cave]

I will log in daily me thinks i just want a gym 💔

[sweet tide]

Clavell is free btw

But the other 2 are masterfairs lol

Anw im celebrating LNY so gem calcs will be late

[dark oar]

bait before the actual 5.5 anni huh.

[sweet tide]

I was right when i said they split up the masterfairs into monthly run ups for the arc fairs

[vale scarab]

24k is good

[maiden kayak]

can u create

and add me lol

[broken mulch]

Already joined a POMA gym haha

Then noticed one of them seems to say last logged in in 30+ days and I’m like what

[lusty prism]

yay a skip month