Trainer Lodge

[fierce mica]

yes

[void lintel]

Yeah, you'll get hard-stopped at 5/6 slots if you have no colors above 7+

[smoky wave]

hmmm i see

[void lintel]

10 is ideal, but if dropping below 10 would get you to 4+ in another color, it can be a benefit

[zealous osprey]

For the ultra crystal, lv 10 has double efficiency than lv7

[thorny beacon]

https://tenor.com/view/calculation-math-hangover-allen-zach-galifianakis-gif-6219070

[smoky wave]

so might as well just run optimize then

[scenic remnant]

Overwhelm makes it so that ptl blizzard debuffs atk

No 400 sp. Atk though

[void lintel]

And her other move is AoE so she can spread it around!

[lusty hazel]

Focus on 2 color lv10.
The next day(day1) switch one to another color. Then of the next day (day2) switch the one didn’t switch in day1, to create a balance. In 4-5 days you should have enough for the 3 slots

[fierce mica]

seems like bot shows max potent

[void lintel]

There's one thing holding her back from sync nuking properly
No EX. But that might still work

[fierce mica]

or just run double rare cache and wait 1 year to open them up, best strat™

[severe river]

I’m stealing those

[smoky wave]

apparently theyre bad winston

best to just optimize

[severe river]

Oof

[void lintel]

Don't, those teams will get you stuck at 5/6 slots for a long time

[smoky wave]

and focus on lvl 10

[severe river]

Ok

[long merlin]

Do I go for dire hit+ all in cynthia or a sun and grass terrain support in blue

[void lintel]

Remember, team A has +1 to red and yellow; team B has +1 to blue and rare. So when you're deciding to stack for one or more of those colors... that can help you decide.

[long merlin]

[void lintel]

Doesn't Blue have Stomp+Aggravation?

...And Pep Rally

That seems amazing

[long merlin]

Ya ya

[fierce mica]

yea its either him or cynthia

but idc, alrd committed to lillie

[kind marlin]

Both are gonna be great for gauntlet tbh

[long merlin]

I spent my 3 interactions on rosa

[fierce mica]

gotta get those snapshots

[long merlin]

did it blindly

[kind marlin]

I want dewott but it’s such a big investment into a character I don’t care about

[long merlin]

i thought i'd use it before reset

[void lintel]

It's okay

[covert pivot]

Well I will say having run 4-4-5 for about half a day I am about halfway to slot 1 on bronze so may be a good starting point

[void lintel]

The first few days' interactions will be low-stakes anyway

[long merlin]

blue also has synchro healing

[void lintel]

You don't have boost items or gifts

[covert pivot]

May look to adjust to speed up silver somehow once I get the slot

[keen wolf]

N has gotta be the best

[fierce mica]

i spent 6 interactions and 1 ring for her

[lusty hazel]

This was mid day, If would went full day I should had 400+ golds, 1,300+ bronze and 650+ silver

[void lintel]

N's got an ace in the hole...
Same-region Psy Terrain user in Bianca

[covert pivot]

I will say my second silver interaction dropped as soon as he went from 100-96 so a little rng regardless lol

[zealous osprey]

Farming for slot 5 and 6 also gives you what you need for 4, so it isn't very efficient

[void lintel]

On the one hand, oof.
On the other, that's on-brand for him

[long merlin]

I chose alder instead of n in the select

[covert pivot]

Ye I'm looking forward to doing him first lmao

[fierce mica]

L

[long merlin]

I can't use alder because of skill issues

[keen wolf]

N is the perfect unit for sleep chaining

[covert pivot]

Anyways, once I get the 4th slot tommorow I'll have to start thinking about how to shoot for 6s maybe. Is region the only thing that boosts the 0-X pairs?

[thorny beacon]

trying to figure out when people are talking about silver the trainer vs. silver the item tier:

just kidding. barely

[covert pivot]

lol

[smoky wave]

if you cant use alder youd have an infinitely harder time with n

[long merlin]

I got whooped by sidney bug weak

[void lintel]

I think they're joking about not being able to chat with Alder in the Lodge

...Orrrrr maybe not

[lost pumice]

Lodge hurts my head

[long merlin]

I should have chosen n and zekrom to get n and sigilyph

[scenic remnant]

Serena who?

[lost pumice]

Tho guessing Cynthias fav topics is fun

[keen wolf]

Yea I regret getting Alder, N is more useful for LG and we get good unit from Trainer Lodge

[covert pivot]

By the way, I absolutely think that they're gonna give us Silver and Sneasel eventually BECAUSE he got feralligator. They're clearly fine chucking in a new mon since they did Gastro for Cynthia, and they already have the sneasel model in. They prolly just want to make it an actual good pair... hopefully. Eventually.

[void lintel]

It's my new favorite feature because I was able to get a fantastic screenshot.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1012298913279127582/1012547852234403910/Screenshot_20220825-222312.png

"Can you believe this bullshit?"

[long merlin]

I think I'll aim for blue

[fierce mica]

you ever get the most random option while chatting ? like one time i have "Ethan" as an option for Lillie like wtf are you gonna chat about Ethan lmao

[long merlin]

so I need red crystals?

[thorny beacon]

manifesting this is his sygna suit (please dena)

[lost pumice]

I saw one with N he was like Tell me about it

[thorny beacon]

i clicked this for silver one time and got the Super Interesting! (or whatever it is) reaction 😭

[covert pivot]

Prolly doing blue after silver since I don't have Cynthia to get the slug.

[keen wolf]

Serena still better in CS but in LG her AOE sleep doesn't matter so N's gauge boost is more useful for duoing

[lost pumice]

How tf ppl getting lvl4 crystals

[thorny beacon]

treasure chests

[void lintel]

Exclusive to Rare Caches

[lost pumice]

I only got one from a chest

[void lintel]

It's kind of oof

[lost pumice]

[keen wolf]

Why is it called Caches

[severe river]

Use level 10 chests

[fierce mica]

i have like, 13 on both of em lol

[void lintel]

Since it means having to sacrifice income on the standard crystals

[fierce mica]

crazy ass luck

[severe river]

A cache is like a storage of something

[lost pumice]

Yeah I think

[glad acorn]

Wait for Alder in lodge

[long merlin]

what's a good team a and b if I'm aiming for red fiery crystals for blue?

[lost pumice]

Gotta change teams

[severe river]

Like how you can clear cache in this game

[smoky wave]

i see the dream is still alive

[keen wolf]

In 2 years

[void lintel]

I wonder if I can get Lv10 blue and Lv4 rare once I have 4 team slots...

[lost pumice]

Lodge is fun I didn't expect it to be fun

[thorny beacon]

the bot optimizing feature seems to work fine for me (though i just have three slots rn)

[covert pivot]

Lodge pairs are gonna be fun though, cause they can just chuck on the most random mons and it'll be all good

[zealous osprey]

What's the highest possible level cap that the certificate of excellence can get us to?

[severe river]

Just to recap, is it optimal to have a level 10 or balanced team for getting the slots?

[keen wolf]

Level 10

[thorny beacon]

level 10 & switch regularly

[lost pumice]

Except the grinding part

[zealous osprey]

wait, so basically 10 for each...?

[fierce mica]

level 10 and switch daily

[fierce mica]

you dont even grind you just afk lol

[void lintel]

Pick team A
Filter your sync pair roster for Fiery Crystal bonuses
Stack at least 7 of those together; with a Fiery Extract consumable and the innate +1 to red on Team A, that's +1 total

[covert pivot]

I mean, level 10 may be quickest? I will say I'm for sure getting 4th slot in 24 hours with a balanced setup which might speed it up idk.

[void lintel]

(You can build team B for other colors, or stack Fiery again if you're desperate)

[thorny beacon]

but also note that you can't actually go above level 10, so if you hit 10 on red (for example) and then you try to use a red-boosting potion it Will Not help (...as far as i know.)

[void lintel]

(Team A and B both explore at once)

[zealous osprey]

yeah running two maxed team will guarantee the quickest unlock of all three extra slots

a balanced team will have to start over for the 6th

[glad acorn]

How's the yield for those using Omni boost?

[sharp bramble]

• 1 level for all types

What you really want is to pass through the tresholds

[glad acorn]

No, I mean the gain so far

[void lintel]

Team A. If only I could switch to an Omni Extract already

[glad acorn]

I'm wondering which is better.focusing on one color or spread

[void lintel]

Team B

[covert pivot]

Ye 6th will be tough for balanced to do...

[cold ferry]

how to cheer

[thorny beacon]

it is kinda annoying that the boosts are 24 hours non-changeable

[void lintel]

Not always available

[covert pivot]

Wonder if you can get 2/3 of them to 7 with 4 slots?

[void lintel]

Only available when the 📣 Megaphone icon is above someone's head

[thorny beacon]

📣

[void lintel]

[long merlin]

I somehow don't have lillie and clefairy. Can I use anni lillie?

[void lintel]

I don't think so

[covert pivot]

If you can then you can do pseudo balance maybe idk

[void lintel]

It specifies Clefairy...

[smoky wave]

i dont think alts count, has to be og

or the one specified

[sharp bramble]

Wait it finally happened?

[long merlin]

any other team bs?

[zealous osprey]

alts have different stats

[smoky wave]

which makes me think, apparently there was a SSACynthia picture for lodge, i wonder if thats getting in

[void lintel]

What do you mean?

[spiral cosmos]

I just want extra interactions, dena

[sharp bramble]

Somebody got Cheer active?

[void lintel]

I don't know. The image was in the tutorial pages

[lusty hazel]

Apparently it just a refresh

[sharp bramble]

Ah ok

[covert pivot]

I'm guessing the extra interactions aren't perma yeah

[sharp bramble]

Nope

Daily only

[void lintel]

It's an extra 3 per day

[static portal]

So wait I don't unlock Cynthia in lodge if I don't have her pair? That seems wack

[smoky wave]

yup

[spiral cosmos]

i mean its another revenue generator

[void lintel]

...And specifically her Garchomp pair

[static portal]

Well I ain't pulling for her

Shame

[spiral cosmos]

that's fine, i won't either

[glad acorn]

Extra 3 with the rarest materials doesn't bode well

[smoky wave]

no gastrodon for u

and for me

[void lintel]

Then they have been t h w a r t e d

🎊

[thorny beacon]

she's currently in a pokefair (?) where you also have a very small chance of getting n and marnie, two other lodge trainers

[frank thicket]

does anyone have a list of sync pairs that give +3 purple chest? i got 4 known ones so far: mask/ss giratina cynthia/ss lusamine/poison gionvanni

[thorny beacon]

idk if it's worth it but like. it's there

[void lintel]

Hunh, she's not the only fair-exclusive?

[spiral cosmos]

jokes on dena, i got other cynthias

[sharp bramble]

Pulling to date them

[static portal]

Maybe I would pull off i wasn't saving for Red

Lol

[sharp bramble]

[zealous osprey]

That's all of them

[static portal]

Kinda a bad time to release Lodge specific characters

[long merlin]

I have anni n and anni lillie no regular n and lillie

[static portal]

But hey

[void lintel]

I'm probably going to pull on CynthiAura because she's a Master Pair, at least

[frank thicket]

any idea how they divide the boosts or was it just random?

[long merlin]

[glad acorn]

Also, I think SSA and the new Rosa has arts in the lodge too? The horror if that will unlock stuffs

[void lintel]

It's the best time. It's bait!

Get people to spend right before Master Fairs

[sharp bramble]

Team A boosts 1 1 0 0, Team B boosts 0 0 1 1

[void lintel]

So they have to dip into their credit cards once the Fairs arrive

[sharp bramble]

Team A Fiery and Soothing

[thorny beacon]

https://tenor.com/view/money-mr-krabs-gif-18326632

[sharp bramble]

Team B Wistful and Rare

[glad acorn]

Currently monthly also has N and Marnie as sides. They clearly intended it

[static portal]

I refuse DENA. REFUSE

Unless I don't get Red with my 11k haha

[frank thicket]

wasnt asking about that, but thanks didnt know that, i was confused why i had 2 reds

[spiral cosmos]

pretty surprising you don't have lillie and clefairy

[glad acorn]

However those two are at 0.145%

[static portal]

Then I might spend at the last second

[frank thicket]

the 3 masters fairs probably going to be like +5 chest, +3 all colors

[void lintel]

Hunh, N and Marnie have the same droprate as a non-limited 5star on that banner. Interesting

[smoky wave]

i dont think mfs affect it

[covert pivot]

Ye tbh idk why they don't just do triple pokefair. I mean, money, but still.

[smoky wave]

cus sskris was only +blue

[sharp bramble]

Nah there's no rhyme or reason as to WHICH pairs have WHICH effects

[smoky wave]

same for ss ethan and ss lyra

[void lintel]

Hm?

[sharp bramble]

We know each pair will always have the same stats

[thorny beacon]

it is kinda weird! but it's how i got marnie so

[void lintel]

Do you mean color levels in Expeditions?

[sharp bramble]

But there's no rhyme or reason as to why SSRynthia gets this boost and not Archie for example

[void lintel]

...Huh?

[cold ferry]

focus on slots, with slots you can get more stuff and with all the slots focus them on all types and use them to get stuff for interacting

[sharp bramble]

Like take a look at our 4 +3 Rare boosters

[analog furnace]

basically a small bonus, but the biggest bonus imho is the option to pick another poke fair when close to pity & you obtain the featured unit

[long merlin]

What's an alternate team b?

[sharp bramble]

SSRynthia, Masked Royal, Nidovanni, LuSSamine

There's no common thread between them

[void lintel]

Focus less on the rare boost and focus on the color penalties

None of them has a color penalty of their class role

[covert pivot]

Generally just anything to max blue and maybe pick up some chests.

[glad acorn]

Well, outside of Kukui, I can imagine those three would look for treasures

[void lintel]

Nobody in the game has a color penalty of their own class role

Blue/Blastoise has +2 rare and penalties on the two class roles that aren't his (i.e. the two that aren't Support)

[frank thicket]

[void lintel]

...Lots of people posting that screen with insufficient stones, today

[thorny beacon]

3 of each for one refresh seems a little steep...at least right now, lol

[frank thicket]

its an old pic actually, i got my 3 blues, but just found it funny

[sharp bramble]

I'm sure we'll drown in stones after we unlock all expedition slots LMAO

[cold ferry]

we should focus less on interactions and more on getting slots as with more slots we can focus on interactings

[covert pivot]

I'm sure that it won't be too bad down the line yeah

[spiral cosmos]

im doing both

focusing on interactions and the extra slots

[covert pivot]

I'll be interested in seeing what 4 slots allows tommorow.

[spiral cosmos]

im still getting good rewards from the chests

[cold ferry]

highest recorded level here?

[frank thicket]

interactions are kind of worthless without boosting/helping items i realize, because talking vanilla will get them dry and leave you within 3-5 talks

[spiral cosmos]

outside of getting coins in my last 3 chests

[long merlin]

What's a good team b with ss kris? ss kris and who else?

4 if 3 are johto

[sharp bramble]

Some guy had level 9... somebody

[long merlin]

any johto?

[cold ferry]

probably good luck

[static portal]

Ash will whale in the lodge

He will have the best points mark my words

[glad acorn]

Everyone posting about speech refresh, meanwhile I have 0 stones from caches

[cold ferry]

how to get speech refresh?

[frank thicket]

you getting coins at least?

[severe river]

I have lvl 10 chest active at all times

[frank thicket]

[long merlin]

Which other 2 should I choose

[winter galleon]

Oh this is actually true

Maybe I should actually focus on slots first

[long merlin]

I go for blue crystals for team b right

[cold ferry]

yeah

[frank thicket]

learn from me because i talked 5 times to N and this dude still on level 2 (mid way)

[severe river]

If i open chests i get some stones and gold ones, is that worth tho?

[frank thicket]

i think so

[cold ferry]

Slots > Chat

[covert pivot]

Well I mean you want two from johto. Lyra and Morty maybe if you're going blue?

You'd only reach 9 but it works.

[spiral cosmos]

weirdly enough, i have more of the great crystals and the bronze crystals in terms of unlocking the extra slots

[winter galleon]

Mine is level 4 at least

I think that is actually the way yeah

[frank thicket]

i got 500 gold yellows all from chest, im halfway to 1000 on the first day

[severe river]

But chests also help with slots

Especially for the golds

[winter galleon]

Save the 4th tier crystals for gifts before interactions

[long merlin]

I still don't know what crystals to go for in team b

[severe river]

Idt that’ll be a problem when you need 1k golds for every one green

[frank thicket]

i think the best setup would be max chest team 1 and then do a balance 5/5/5 team 2

[sharp bramble]

Honestly

As long as you still get max interactions daily and working towards expansion slots

[severe river]

What team even gets 555

[sharp bramble]

Make any old team lol

[frank thicket]

idk

[cold ferry]

you would need relay on chests for gold

[frank thicket]

just theorizing

im missing 50 units so i was hoping it could be possible

[sharp bramble]

Yeah Gold doesn't drop below 7

[covert pivot]

Not sure if 5-5-5 can be done w/ 3 slots. Defo more than 3 can do it but you need 7 for gold

[frank thicket]

the best i could do is 4/3/4

[sharp bramble]

Except in chests

[covert pivot]

4-4-5 is possible with items

Maybe more with a good team tbh

[sharp bramble]

1 5 and 2 4

I've seent hat I mean

Not sure about 554

[covert pivot]

Tho a lot of people are saying just go for max in a catagory so

[severe river]

If 10 111 drops golds and a bit of bronze, i think that’s worth when combined for chests

[frank thicket]

my thinking is that since 4/5th slots only require bronze/gold, do a balance spread first to unlock 4/5th slots and then you can do like 7/7/7 or 10/5/1 for the 6th slot

[sharp bramble]

Some guys have been planning for 10/10/0/0 and 0/0/10/10 builds once 6 slots are open lol

[severe river]

What are those teams

[cold ferry]

currant

[sharp bramble]

The latter is Johto but they're missing a key unit

Hold on i'll try to find it

[covert pivot]

I mean I'm trying something like that, not sure if it's optimal or not. Likely no.

May pivot tommorow to ensure I at least hit 7 once I get 4 slots.

[cold ferry]

when i max red im will switch to max blue

[sharp bramble]

GOT IT

SS Leaf, C!Blue, Koga, Bruno, Brock, Erica

[severe river]

Going for chests also gives you stones for extra interactions, on top of the golds and other stuff

[sharp bramble]

Thanks to Baltoni

Ugh me without CBlue

[severe river]

Same

[covert pivot]

Well don't have C!blue so rip that for me lol

[frank thicket]

yeah it might be quicker doing max 10 for 1 and then switching to other 2 because the perceived benefit would be by the time you reach 1k for gold for all 3, you would have silver/bronze unlocks done by then too

if u do first method, u unlock 4/5th quicker but 6th would take longer, 2nd strat unlocks all 3 at the same time (probably)

[covert pivot]

Ye big question is how much longer does it take them to reach 4/5 compared to balanced. Answer is I dunno.

[void lintel]

...Can a balanced one reach the 6th slot at all

[covert pivot]

Well not with 3 slots no

[severe river]

If you have the chest on team 2, then yes?

[void lintel]

Big oof

[covert pivot]

Idea is to upgrade with more slots, or even just adjust strats once you have the room to.

[frank thicket]

5 slots to reach 7/7/7, i guess if u have all units maybe

[void lintel]

And stuck buying Tier2 or even Tier1 presents for your chosen pair until then

[frank thicket]

chests work well for me, i got 500 gold yellow all from chests

half way there on day 1

just gotta hit the other 2 and +500 more

[void lintel]

How many of the other colors?

[long merlin]

How are these teams starting out?

[frank thicket]

let me check

[sharp bramble]

With a boost you can hit max level so looks good

[covert pivot]

Looks fine to me, you'd just need to remember to switch to cover yellow.

[void lintel]

Looking good

[covert pivot]

And use items

[long merlin]

when do I switch?

[void lintel]

You can either use Omni to max red and bump yellow slightly, or Soothing extract to bring yellow to Lv4, a breakpoint

[long merlin]

and how do I get items to use?

[void lintel]

Lodge Exchange --> Expeditions And Interactions --> Expeditions tab

[frank thicket]

100 red/500 yellow/100 blue all from chest

[spring cobalt]

Following up 10 hours of two 554 teams, and it's definitely more consistent for me. 2/3rds to bronze a good few hours earlier, so I definitely think chests is not the strategy until you unlock at least one extra team member

[frank thicket]

and i missed first 8 hours of the day

[void lintel]

Only 100?

[frank thicket]

[smoky wave]

smh giga bullying

[frank thicket]

wow 2k from bronze

its ok i like gigafreak

at least his cat

[void lintel]

Grumpycat will be missed

[long merlin]

can I use 2 items at once?

[void lintel]

Only one per team

[long merlin]

so I have 2 teams

[void lintel]

And you can't even overwrite the one you use until it expires

[next junco]

have anyone reached 2000 bronze yet?

[frank thicket]

look above normie

[long merlin]

so should I use omni boost on team a?

[next junco]

[void lintel]

I think a Wistful Extract would be best for Team B, since neither yellow nor rare will hit a meaningful breakpoint from an Omni

[severe river]

So should we use balanced or specified teams

[void lintel]

That's not an easy question to answer, since we only have... less than a day of knowledge

Balanced = bad

[long merlin]

what item should I use?

red?

[void lintel]

I used a Soothing (yellow) Extract by mistake but I built around it to sort of get lemonade out of the lemons

[sharp bramble]

This hurts honestly lol

Let me overwrite it DeNa

[void lintel]

Fiery is Lv9 and getting me the tier3 stones, but Soothing is Lv4-- exactly enough to start generating Tier2 stones

I don't know if this is better or worse than using an Omni and getting Lv10 Fiery, not getting Tier2 Soothing stones, and getting Lv1 Rare

[next junco]

Bruh my yellow almost reach 2000

[static portal]

My first decent stuff from the chests lol

[void lintel]

Hm... Upon realizing Lv1 Rare is going to be in the mix... Maybe Omni really is your best choice for Team A

[covert pivot]

I mean is 10 impactful beyond more items?

[void lintel]

More Items is the impact

[covert pivot]

Well yeah

[next junco]

More gold chest?

[void lintel]

We want Tier3 stones, and a lot of them, and fast, to unlock Slot 6

And even once Slot 6 is unlocked, we still want Tier3 stones in mass quantities so we can buy Tier3 presents

[long merlin]

I should use omni boost then?

I need a definite answer

[void lintel]

You won't get one. I don't have any evidence beyond gut feelings

[covert pivot]

Your call, no real wrong answer

[long merlin]

oh ok

I think red extracts is a safer option right

[void lintel]

No, red is worst here

[long merlin]

yellow then?

[void lintel]

Red would give +2 to red but your red only has 1 level's worth of room to grow

[spring cobalt]

My experience is 2 split teams, using Omni until you unlock bronE

[void lintel]

Omni gives +1 to all levels (but blue is in the negatives so it won't rise to a positive level)

[next junco]

they're same for now

[void lintel]

(...I think)

+1 from Omni will bring your red to 10

It will also bring Rare to 1, which means the Rares will exist at all

[next junco]

Omni is better for now

[severe river]

It can’t go in negatives, the lowest is 0, and potions are applied at the end

[void lintel]

That so?

[frank thicket]

what lodge unit are you going for

[long merlin]

blue

[next junco]

Poition apply at the end tho

[severe river]

So omni potion makes everything at least at level 1

[frank thicket]

what pokemon is blue with

[void lintel]

May I see a screenshot of it just to be sure?

[severe river]

Exeggutor

[next junco]

+3 -1 unit basically neg 0

[light star]

How long are you guys planning on leaving your expedition teams Until they max out rewards or is there a cut off point

[long merlin]

idk how to spell exeggutor

[frank thicket]

same thing for me gigafreak, potion does +1

[grizzled pagoda]

Yes

[void lintel]

Those numbers sure are hella negative
Thank you, this is useful info!

[frank thicket]

i check back every couple hours

[sharp bramble]

Yes Potion boost is AFTER unit boost calculations

[covert pivot]

I think you can just take rewards at any point with no negative impact

[sharp bramble]

Very neato

[frank thicket]

it looks like it takes like a day to fill up

[sharp bramble]

What I'm interested in

Is when Items and Cheer refreshes

[glad acorn]

The good time to collect is when you want to apply a new boost

[sharp bramble]

Or how to TRIGGER Cheer really

[void lintel]

The tutorial made it seem random

[sharp bramble]

Oh and by Items I mean those pokeballs

[worldly ivy]

Negatives will apply when team building (like if u add 2 charas with -1 red items and one chara with +1 red items, it'll still be zero) but negatives won't apply to the boosts u get from items. Doesn't matter how many negatives u have, it'll at least take u up to lvl 1

[frank thicket]

im going for sigiliphy and n

[long merlin]

so yes to omni boost?

[void lintel]

Seems like it

[long merlin]

[worldly ivy]

Ye

[severe river]

So if balanced are good i might try izzy’s team

[astral trench]

Nice

[next junco]

bruh chest seem more fun and good for silver

Im all chest now

[void lintel]

5/5/5/0 would be cool if we had cheer and omni to bring it to 7/7/7/2

[sharp bramble]

If you need non omni boost to break through a threshold, that's a good use for them

For now though I bought ten of each lol

[long merlin]

It's 12:39 am and I'm too invested in trainer lodge to go to bed

[void lintel]

This was me until 3AM yesterday

[next junco]

it drive me crazy

[void lintel]

Shiny new feature is shiny and new!

[next junco]

More cache pssss

[long merlin]

I booted up pmex today at 9 pm ish

[severe river]

I know i’ve asked this 28 times, but is balanced better than specialized?

[covert pivot]

Hm. With 4 slots 7-7 might be possible in A?

[void lintel]

You literally cannot get tier3 stones from a balanced build

Meaning you fuck yourself over

[severe river]

I have chests tho

[next junco]

you can grind gold tho

[void lintel]

Balanced can go eat all the dicks

[next junco]

If go max

[void lintel]

Then specialize for the chests

[next junco]

Cache gold isnt consistent

[void lintel]

Also yes that

[severe river]

Okie dokie

[covert pivot]

I mean the thing is balanced needs only 24 hours to get slot 4 so it's a fine start if you don't wanna switch a ton initially imo

[severe river]

Ohhhhh

[lost pumice]

Lodge is pain

[severe river]

Ok i was getting omni and balanced mixed up 💀

[void lintel]

I think if I built around omni extracts, my specialized teams could've gotten Slot4 within 24 hours too

[covert pivot]

ok

[next junco]

but you will waste more time on gold and silver so the same

[void lintel]

Might be worse, since those last two slots make a big difference for 0~6 characters

[next junco]

pain i want

[severe river]

I’d rather have the early start i think

[frank thicket]

solution is to have half server go balanced and other half go special, pm reddit discord CIVIL WAR!!!

🤼‍♂️

[covert pivot]

Sure, it's just less hassle if you wanna do less hassle idk. One day isn't a major impact and you can start building up rates with 4 slots faster maybe.

[severe river]

And then there’s the chests

[frank thicket]

im doing full chest team1, and then balanced team 2

[void lintel]

If only we had a method of combat we all were experienced with. One that perhaps could involve supernatural creatures battling for us by proxy

[light star]

Can I say I love the slow music they have for the lounge

[frank thicket]

chest luck for my gold , balance for bronze/silver

[next junco]

people just do strat to save up 1 day... Everyone want to buy things

[frank thicket]

In Pasio? I dont believe ive experienced it

[void lintel]

It will forever be a missed opportunity

[sharp bramble]

Hey man I'm just here to date Cynthia

[frank thicket]

I have 100 Pokedollars on reddit making balance/specialize build memes by the end of this week

[sharp bramble]

If there's a Behemoth and a Leviathan fighting outside it's none of my business

[glad acorn]

Waiting for boost to run out is grating. I still have 6 hours

[blazing sapphire]

This slot stuff isn’t going to take long at all

[void lintel]

Say what you will about this one; they have their priorities in order

[void lintel]

Ye, 2 or 3 days with good planning

Though if you wanna buy stuff for the trainer you wanted to befriend, that could nudge it back a bit

[covert pivot]

oh nice, chest strats?

[blazing sapphire]

Have something above lv7?

[void lintel]

Must be, since those are gold

[smoky wave]

I think I should have it by the end of tomorrow as well

[void lintel]

7+ is so important

[smoky wave]

or the day after

[blazing sapphire]

I think I might even get the lv3 slot before I get the lv1 slot

Although all 3 are progressing nicely

Then I can farm exclusively Red for silver

[next junco]

Same

Get 3 then 2 then 1

Backward

[smoky wave]

has anyone done the calc of how long itd take to max out to 30,000?

[covert pivot]

Ye. Again, will be interesting to see how a potential earlier slot 1 could speed up 2 and 3 significantly.

[next junco]

2 day if you get 9 crystal per minute

[smoky wave]

i see

[next junco]

Basically free warehouse

[astral trench]

U are usinf ur strategy from yesterday right to get 1 of each item instead of focus on one of the 4s

[analog furnace]

Alright I'm starting to genuinely get convinced that the RNG of trainers ending convo gets higher with every interaction on the same day

It's been ending faster and faster

Now I've only talked on 3 topics and bam

[smoky wave]

theyre tired of u ron /j

[next junco]

[analog furnace]

[astral trench]

Not in my ezperience

[analog furnace]

It's RNG, that does go both ways

[frank thicket]

what does 30,000 mean

[analog furnace]

I could be unlucky, you could be lucky

[frank thicket]

is it 30,000, 10k from each 3?

[blazing sapphire]

Yes

[next junco]

Amount of item it can hold

[analog furnace]

It's more likely that I'm just being unlucky and the RNG is consistently based on the interest or whatever it's called, but still

[next junco]

Chest dont count i guess

[frank thicket]

interactions are kind of worthless without boosting/helping items i realize, because talking vanilla will get them dry and leave you within 3-5 talks

[analog furnace]

ye like, I just thought to maximise my interactions first and foremost, but I dunno

[next junco]

Ok silver grind is way too fast

[analog furnace]

I'll see how it goes after another day or 2

[frank thicket]

i did the same thing so i cant judge

i talk to N 5 times and he rejected me all 5 times

he still level 2

[analog furnace]

ouch

[fierce mica]

bruh i have like 3k yellow silver lmaoo

its crazy how fast it is

[next junco]

[analog furnace]

He talked to me a lot the first time, I got him to like lv3 or something

[next junco]

I just grind like hour ago and

[analog furnace]

Then it just went drastically down with each interaction

[next junco]

[astral trench]

Lvl 3 is standard

[analog furnace]

That's what I'm saying

[astral trench]

Lvl 4 is good luck

[analog furnace]

It went drastically downhill afterwards

[astral trench]

Im lvl 3 cynthia

[frank thicket]

I picked all the stuff related to Gen 5 for N and he lost interest within 2 answers

[analog furnace]

I meant in 1 interaction tho

The first time starting out

[astral trench]

U took the tutorial right

They are interested in Hot topics

Unova or Region isnt a hot topic

So if you pick all Unovan stuff u might be changing topics every time

[frank thicket]

I did, but i might have not been listening

what does hot topic mean

[astral trench]

Pokemon, Fashion, etc

[frank thicket]

[astral trench]

You can read the FAQ in game

[analog furnace]

I try to pick something from the potential pool of interests that would make up their hot topic, as I understand it anyway

[next junco]

Give you 10 point

[frank thicket]

does hot topic change everytime i talk to them

[astral trench]

Basically if ur trainer reacts very positively to "glasses" for ezample, maybe their hot topic is Fashion so u keep picking fashion things

Ye it changes everytime

[analog furnace]

ye

[astral trench]

I think hot topic also means attention drops less quickly

[frank thicket]

Oh

[blazing sapphire]

Just saw while I was asleep someone wrote a script

[frank thicket]

yeah i remember that part of the tutorial just didnt understand it

i mean i press unova stuff everytime and they lost interest everytime/never got the streak going, i was unlucky 5/5 times

[glad acorn]

Loot so far. I guess specific color boost is a scam

[astral trench]

And if u pikc a series of Non hot topics in a row, ur trainer cud leave evem if their attemtion js like 80%

[next junco]

500 gold both tho

[blazing sapphire]

Try different topics each time sadly

[lean river]

Talking just too hard

[sharp bramble]

I talked to Cynthia 6 times

[lean river]

Wait how?

[sharp bramble]

She’s level 5 but ALMOST at level 6

[lean river]

It's only first day

[sharp bramble]

So CLOSE

[lean river]

You alr get to reset?

[sharp bramble]

Buy the refills

[lean river]

Damn that's fast

[glad acorn]

Buy refills = Get lucky with caches

[lean river]

[sharp bramble]

Yep LMAO

[lean river]

I don't have cache pairs

[frank thicket]

[lean river]

+6 at max, looks pretty pathetic

[blazing sapphire]

Yeah you want 7

[lean river]

Do ex change expedition eff?

[glad acorn]

Toss in a boost

[modest delta]

even without the +3s you can still get 9

[blazing sapphire]

Not from what we’ve seen

[modest delta]

just have 3 random shitter +2s like barry

[lean river]

Ok then

[modest delta]

have it team b

for the +1

and have rare boost for 9

or omni for 1/1/1/8

[lean river]

🤔

Why 2+2+2+2=9?

[modest delta]

team a has 1/1/0/0

team b has 0/0/1/1

[lean river]

Ohhh

[modest delta]

with nothing equpped

[next junco]

1 field boost

[lean river]

Getting up to what lvl is better?

Do I need to push specific type to 10?

[modest delta]

main thresholds are 4/7

theres presumably benefit for going past that

unsure what it is though

maybe better rates of items from the caches

or better drop rates

wait for someone to datamine it i guess

[next junco]

i think peole should collect gold

It is meta

[modest delta]

progress so far

caches kind of sucked last night

guess over halfway to gold slot though

nearly

[glad acorn]

One thing is certain the loot for at least the first three is constant. I went 10/1/0/0 and 0/10/2/0 and each gave almost the same count within the same duration

[next junco]

fk all strat me want cache

[night tide]

What if I’m still a bit confused

🦦

[glad acorn]

Make two teams. Apply boost. Wait it out

[night tide]

What’s a good first theme because idk if there’s like option Al ways to get the most amount of stuff

[trim sedge]

is there a list of perfect interactions with each character?

[modest delta]

dont think so

just need to find the hot topic

to do well

[trim sedge]

kk

[cold ferry]

anyways to improve?

[next junco]

Play spend a day with character again

[modest delta]

you can just reset if you arent doing well though

[next junco]

[trim sedge]

fix ur 2nd team up a bit to favor the blue crystals

[next junco]

Interaction?

[cold ferry]

how?

[trim sedge]

bc the 2nd team automatically boosts blue crystals and the caches by 1 lvl

i use hala lillie lana

[keen wolf]

Wait do we need to have the original sync pair to invite them

[trim sedge]

yes

i cant invite marnie bc i dont have marnie and morpeko

[night tide]

Is optimize any useful for this mode in going to cry this is to much for me

[keen wolf]

That sucks ngl, hope they change it in the future

[trim sedge]

even tho i have summer marnie and pal marnie

[keen wolf]

Alright boys time to send thousand of feedbacks

[modest delta]

optimise will probably be fine if you just want +10

[thorny beacon]

when you hit level 100 the game will give you…100 gems

[modest delta]

in caches

or something

probably less useful after having more slots

[muted vigil]

i just maxed one team for caches, and one for blue gems

i cant be bothered looking through allll of the exchanges and uses etc

they like to dump a large amount of info at once. Hand holding the conversation but left dry with expedition rewards lol

[next junco]

only 100 gems for our 100 day old crisis

[thorny beacon]

same amount for reaching level 10 with someone 😳 ()

[next junco]

Lodge treat us well

Poma promote social interaction tho

[cold ferry]

maybe after getting all the slots it would be like 10 days?

[next junco]

Around 5 day i guess

If you go for max 10

[lost pumice]

Does chests stack?

[next junco]

Yes

[thorny beacon]

yes

[lost pumice]

Nice

[next junco]

any good chest?

[lost pumice]

I got ||10k coins|| from chest

[viscid sparrow]

So are the teams in the pin the best ones to farm with ?

[lost pumice]

[next junco]

You got reality check

[lost pumice]

It like 3rd or 4th chest

Even the chests are shafting me

[next junco]

better working hard grinding crystal now

[viscid sparrow]

What’s the best team set up to use to farm

[next junco]

We will revenge on the chest once we rich

[lost pumice]

One team for crystal one for chests

[viscid sparrow]

So what’s the comp look like

[lost pumice]

SSRC, Gioking, MR for chest

Og blue SSL and Koga for crystal idk what Im doing

[viscid sparrow]

Who is Mr

[lost pumice]

But feels like its working

Masked royal

[fickle fox]

damnit

[glad acorn]

I just hope Scottie doesn't spill spaghetti and keep thinking about math

[next junco]

bruh chest give me crystal again

[next junco]

[severe river]

[next junco]

Hope interaction better today

[lost pumice]

Gonna go check if there's another chest

[glad acorn]

Scottie : Bonjour, milady. Would you like to talk about quantum physics?
Marnie : ... ... ... Come again?

[viscid sparrow]

SSRC is who? And SSL is leaf?

[quiet vortex]

Good morning gamers

[next junco]

I will buy glass to look more intelligent today...Lilie cant resist me

[next junco]

hard working person

[thorny beacon]

sorry to put The Office (US) on your screens but this is how i feel waiting for interactions to refresh at reset

[quiet vortex]

LOL

[sonic stream]

So I notice that the 2 most premium things to buy seem to x3 of each stone for Interaction Count refresh. Or x30 of each stone for 3* friend key (raises friendship max by 10). Is the 3* key a straight +10 out of max 100 friendship? That seems like a better buy than the interaction count refreshes. Or would buying 10 interaction refreshes net you more than 10 levels of friendship?

[quiet vortex]

I wouldn't worry about raising the cap for now

Since we're all at level 2 or 3 out of 100 anyway

[thorny beacon]

i don’t think the 3* key gives you automatic +10 of friendship when you use it…?

[next junco]

It gonna take like week when we get full slot and guide

[quiet vortex]

Easily yeah

[sonic stream]

Right, better to get more slots first. I guess you only receive the stones I'm talking about from rare chest which we shouldn't be farming yet

It also seems like it will take me a week just to get 1 more slot unlocked.....

[thorny beacon]

also you can only get up to 3 interaction refreshes every 24-hour cycle

[viscid sparrow]

Wait so the pin is saying to do 2 chests

[next junco]

Increase 1 tho

[viscid sparrow]

Is that not the best strategy?

[next junco]

all involve luck

[thorny beacon]

ah, the recurring theme of trainer lodge day 1: What Is The Best Strategy?

[cold ferry]

go for the slots

[hard badger]

Double lvl 10 chest seems good

[sonic stream]

Isn't getting +10 of 2 different crystal colors the most important thing so far? Or is everyone doing an even split in both expeditions?

[next junco]

Just get everything you want for now i follow chest and almost reach silver

[cold ferry]

whatever the case when you get all the slots you will have easy friendship gains

i think i should reach slot 4 by tomorrow

then i might go for chest

[visual remnant]

Going 10 on 1 crystal a time seems to be the best so far, as it lets you farm the gold tier for the 3rd expansion ASAP

[viscid sparrow]

Wait is double 10 impossible

[sonic stream]

@cold ferry are you doing like an even 3/4/4 split of the 3 colors or like 10 of 2 different colors

[viscid sparrow]

Highest I can see is 18?

[glad acorn]

I didn't clock the time, but food for thought?

[thorny beacon]

if you swap the crystal types out once a day this should work pretty well*

[next junco]

You need omni boost

And use optimize

[cold ferry]

10/2/1/1 and 1/7/5/2, going for bronze slot

[glad acorn]

I don't think double 10 is possible with 3 slots unless you mean 2 teams

[visual remnant]

The one time the Optimize button is useful

[next junco]

Yes

[blazing sapphire]

I have more gold than I do silver and I’m not doing much chest at all

[sonic stream]

@cold ferry whwt teams got you 10/2/1/1? I realize the 10 might be an 8+2

[cold ferry]

its the first one

[sonic stream]

Yeah but like which trainers

[cold ferry]

ss red ss brock and classic blue

[next junco]

that is tempting

[sonic stream]

Oh I don't have classic blue, that explains it

[next junco]

Hope re run classic blue

[blazing sapphire]

I guess you use it right after you use the daily refresh?

[sonic stream]

@next junco does the interaction count refresh give back all 3 or just 1 interaction

[thorny beacon]

1

[cold ferry]

is the cheer random?

[viscid sparrow]

Why is my boost only going to 9?

[next junco]

I will use when i have more item

[viscid sparrow]

3 3 2 should be 10 right?

[next junco]

people say 1

[sonic stream]

So technically buying 10 interaction refresh for 30 of each is probably worth more than buying 10 friendship levels for 30 of each gem

[thorny beacon]

maximum interactions/day: 6 (3 from reset, 3 exchangeable)

[viscid sparrow]

My other team is the same 3 3 2 and it’s 10

[glad acorn]

Each area has a different boost

Area 1 is 1/1/0/0
Area 2 is 0/0/1/1

[thorny beacon]

where are you getting the “buy friendship levels” thing

[next junco]

So you should wait when you have good item to use refresh

[sonic stream]

@thorny beacon the 3* friend key thst you can get for 30 of each big gem

[visual remnant]

Friendship levels only unlock the friendship cap past 100

[cold ferry]

get slots and I would think you can 10 all of them

[thorny beacon]

from my understanding that only unlocks a cap, it doesn’t auto fill levels for you

[visual remnant]

You will need a long time before you can benefit from it

If the benefit is worth at all

[sonic stream]

Wait so the cap for friendship doesn't start at 100?

[glad acorn]

Friend key seems useless for now

[visual remnant]

No use

[thorny beacon]

it does. the thing is, unlocking using keys does not give you friendship points

[next junco]

It only increase cap

[cold ferry]

kinda useless

[glad acorn]

When we are still not even level 10, let's increase cap

[cold ferry]

i would go on

[sonic stream]

Do they even give any rewards for getting friendship past level 100?

[next junco]

The more the better

[north moat]

Nope

[quiet vortex]

Not as far as I can see

[glad acorn]

Not stated yet

[astral trench]

So far, do we know the purpose of raising friendship caps or not?

[quiet vortex]

Bragging rights

[glad acorn]

Wait for 2-3 months

[thorny beacon]

not yet lol

[quiet vortex]

Ig

[blazing sapphire]

PoMa players and mindlessly levelling up amirite

[viscid sparrow]

Ab ok so it’s actually impossible to do 10 and 10

[glad acorn]

For now, the main goal is to grab all 9 Lodge pairs

[astral trench]

So those Cynthia heart keys are

[sonic stream]

Oh okay then I see how it is useless for now. And interaction count is what to go for once we have max 6 slots?

[astral trench]

Not useful

[visual remnant]

Whoever gets the most friendship points turns into a real person

[blazing sapphire]

The major breakpoint is 7

[analog furnace]

Me staring at trainer lodge on the off chance that I get 2 fiery stones in the last 7 minutes

[glad acorn]

Everything else is superficial. Oh the coins too

[astral trench]

Cracer about to start whaling

[viscid sparrow]

Why does Garchomp say 0-2

[blazing sapphire]

Click it and see

[glad acorn]

Dio "Jojo! Imma gonna stop being human!"

[viscid sparrow]

I did

[blazing sapphire]

What does it say!

[sonic stream]

I'm going to go for max 6 slots before anything else I guess

[next junco]

Can see some people will try to get lv cap 1000

[viscid sparrow]

It says 0-2

For rare chest

[glad acorn]

But yeah, levelling cap shows your obsession affection

[next junco]

will on my quest to turn Marnie into real person with love

I mean *like

[modest delta]

oh wow i think i actually got the last stone for interaction #6

just then

[worldly ivy]

y'all be trying to turn ur faves into real people but that doesn't mean they'd like u irl

[analog furnace]

some of our favs we'd hate irl ngl...

[thorny beacon]

oh i know silver would HATE me and i wouldn’t like him either 😭😭😭

[analog furnace]

or admire only from a distance, at least

[worldly ivy]

I'd hate my faves and they'd hate me 😌💅🏾

[modest delta]

how did i unlock the street

is that at level 5

[visual remnant]

The monkey's finger curls

[worldly ivy]

me and bede both fighting to the death within 3 minutes of meeting each other

[analog furnace]

but I'd still enjoy them and part of me would think I'd have appreciation for them regardless, deep down or they're just characters I like purely in the worlds they exist, but hey

either way

[visual remnant]

Enjoy having to take care of a random child now

[analog furnace]

2 minutes left. I can totally get 2 fiery stones, it's not unreasonable guys

[visual remnant]

What for?

[analog furnace]

a speedrun interaction

[worldly ivy]

Ash is too sweet to hate anyone tho (think an interview flat out said he loves anyone and everyone) so at the v least he'd put up with me

[analog furnace]

I'm mostly joking for the record... unless?

[visual remnant]

Lmao

[worldly ivy]

me trying to get 3 yellow gems

[modest delta]

get the cache of your life

[analog furnace]

waiting to see that x1 or whatever

10 seconds come on it's NOT IMPOSSIBLE

[hollow kiln]

I don’t know why Lusamine and Silver are talking to eat other.

[analog furnace]

okay it's impossible nvm

[worldly ivy]

same

[thorny beacon]

girlbosses

[analog furnace]

5 interactions at least

[next junco]

the chest say Get

[sonic stream]

Are some of you going for max rare chest ls in both expeditions hoping for the gold tier crystals randomly to increase slots? That seems risky because you probably won't end up with even amounts of gold tier crystals

[worldly ivy]

"yeah my dad was an abusive prick"
".....ahahaha must be rough. I could never understand parents who are abusive to their children ahahahahaha..................... "

[hollow kiln]

The treasure chests take long time to accumulate

[visual remnant]

Idk about the others, but I have a Chest team because I had no idea what to do yesterday

[analog furnace]

"do I know them? who is this man? just asking "

[thorny beacon]

one time i saw a tumblr post saying that “we don’t have proof giovanni was a bad parent”…idk, the whole abandoning your child outside viridian city so you can go live in a cave thing is bad enough 😭

[analog furnace]

unfortunately not SM Lusamine ig, but still

[thorny beacon]

from silver’s dialogue and bad attitude we can kinda infer that he did not have super positive influences in his life (presumably A Whole Lot Of Team Rocket)

[analog furnace]

the fact that they can't see that on their own is... interesting

to say the least

[modest delta]

why are there giovanni apologists lol

[quiet vortex]

The biggest scam is when you figure out what the favorite topic is, but then on the next interaction you get nothing that matches that theme and then the conversation ends

[modest delta]

mfw my interaction ends at 80%

after saying like 3 things

god and it used all 3

[analog furnace]

I really feel you, my last one ended at 90

[modest delta]

i got 43 x 3

as my 3

[analog furnace]

[modest delta]

incredible stuff

[thorny beacon]

[modest delta]

i wonder if you can buy items

and use them once

and still get the triple

[analog furnace]

wait a sec, I just thought about something. the trainers that give you gifts in trainer lodge

[modest delta]

as opposed to having to use 3

[thorny beacon]

you can find out for yourself in 24 hours or fewer if you trade in crystals

[analog furnace]

are the gifts catered to the trainer? for instance, striker pairs giving you fiery stones

jw because N gave me a fiery stone just now, and I feel like it'd make sense if that were the case

[modest delta]

rosa gave me 10 2* level up manuals

[thorny beacon]

THEY CAN GIVE YOU THINGS?

[analog furnace]

yeah

[glad acorn]

Does hot topic change with each attempt?

[thorny beacon]

seems like

[visual remnant]

yes it's per interaction

[glad acorn]

Aw shucks. Guess I have to pay for those glasses every time

[visual remnant]

yeah otherwise the glasses are pointless lmao

[analog furnace]

wait so if it really does work like this... you could invite your fav, then a bunch of other pairs who share the same role, to maximise your chance of getting stones that benefit you most

not saying it does, it probably doesn't, but? I dunno...

[glad acorn]

Managed to get Marnie to level 4. Still have 2 attempts for today

[analog furnace]

let me know if you guys get any stones as gifts from pairs

what stone you got from what pair, I'm interested

[visual remnant]

I got a Yellow boost from Marnie

[glad acorn]

I get a boost

[analog furnace]

what role is she again?

[thorny beacon]

marnie is tech and therefore yellow, right?

[visual remnant]

lemme check

[quiet vortex]

And so ends day 2
I got max vibes twice so that's something

[thorny beacon]

oh maybe it is color-coded

[quiet vortex]

Oh does their type determine what item they want

[analog furnace]

yeah 'cause I'm starting to think it may genuinely affect the gifts they give you

yeah it does

[sharp bramble]

Status report at end of day 1

[visual remnant]

Chest lol

[serene ivy]

Bruh, Cynthia ended the conversation at 90%

[quiet vortex]

[serene ivy]

[analog furnace]

I mean like striker/tech

[thorny beacon]

we know it affects the crystals that you use for presents, but it might also determine what gifts they give you

[visual remnant]

oh that

[quiet vortex]

Ohhh

[analog furnace]

but ig she's chest so maybe that doesn't matter

[sharp bramble]

Gonna need to do more with Wistful

[analog furnace]

hmm

[sharp bramble]

Oh also

Cynthia bribed me lol

[glad acorn]

Got to 10th topic with 44% with Marnie. It's all rng I guess

[visual remnant]

Seems the ground items generate on reset

[serene ivy]

Yeah, and yesterday N ended the conversation at 15%

[analog furnace]

@visual remnant okay wait, 1 last q: what item does marnie want?

[glad acorn]

Damn, he sure nerded it out

[visual remnant]

10 Fairy tome and 10 Normal tomes, thanks guys

[visual remnant]

as gift?

[thorny beacon]

we don’t have evidence that certain trainers are more likely to end convos early…however, i think that would be funny (and also terrible for me)

[analog furnace]

yeah

[thorny beacon]

mirror

scroll down in exchange, she’s last

[glad acorn]

You can buy the corresponding items. Should be easy to recognize

[analog furnace]

ah alright, I can check tho I don't have her? fair enough

[visual remnant]

an item that costs Yellow

hmm

possible?

[analog furnace]

an item that costs yellow, and she gave you yellow

N wants red, and he gave me red

js...

[glad acorn]

You know what? I hate how they make it RBY and not RGB like the usual role colors

[visual remnant]

it's worth keeping an eye out for

[thorny beacon]

it’s color-coded at least in the What Crystals Trade For Their Gifts way, but i wanna see more examples before concluding about the gifts they give you

[analog furnace]

yeah, if anyone else gets given stone gifts from pairs, continue to lmk

I feel like there's a good shot that you could influence what stones you get from other trainers invited

[worldly ivy]

I'm at lvl 8 for silver and debating doing my last interaction now or saving it until later so I can maybe have more crystals to exchange for a gift or items or smth

[thorny beacon]

8????

[analog furnace]

daamnnn okay

[worldly ivy]

I want that story at lvl 10 but I also wanna expand my expedition teammm

[thorny beacon]

you’re gonna unlock his level 10 story soon damn 😭

yeah

[worldly ivy]

and yeah my last interaction went super well and bumped me up too levels so 😌

[thorny beacon]

manifesting that for me

[serene ivy]

N has just done the same

[worldly ivy]

but I don't wanna wait until tomorrowwwww so I'm debating buying items to help my next interaction or just waiting an extra day and saving the crystals for expedition expansion to speed things up in the long-run

[analog furnace]

I haven't actually bought a single item to help with interactions yet, but it's only been 1 day ig
I'll try insight specs

[worldly ivy]

but my previous interaction ended after 4 topics and one earlier ended after 3 so I kinda deserved that good round 😌💅🏾

[analog furnace]

anyone reckon insight specs + boost juice is good? I know you can get unlucky and just not get something to match their hot topic, but max vibes right away sounds nice

[worldly ivy]

also for gifts, I didn't get crystals but silver gave me one of those "blue crystals up" potion thingies

[ivory forge]

is insight specs effective

[faint plank]

the chat option will hint at the hobby of each interaction right?

[ivory forge]

lillie just gave me one

[analog furnace]

It seems pretty solid yeah, esp 'cause it's kinda random

seemingly

[ivory forge]

hmm

although my problem usually is none of the choices fit the topic even if I knew it

[buoyant tulip]

What is the best trainer out of the ones you can get from Lodge?

[analog furnace]

I think there's an item for that in there, forgot what it was called

lmao "other" as the hot topic the first time I use insight specs

tf

[rugged rose]

feel ring

[analog furnace]

oh wait nah I get it

[keen wolf]

N imo

[analog furnace]

still helps

[thorny beacon]

i hate this guy 😭😭😭

[rugged rose]

that's really good!

combine that with a glasses and you're good

[analog furnace]

[ivory forge]

yo pog i unlocked a location with rosa

[fickle fox]

finally hit lvl 10 with rosa

[visual remnant]

ig he wasn't feelring very sociable

[keen wolf]

So how can I get one of these feel ring in real life

[analog furnace]

"what's the best way to hit max vibes irl"

[visual remnant]

https://www.amazon.com/Plastic-Rings/s?k=Plastic+Rings

[keen wolf]

[serene ivy]

Everyone getting lvl 10 on trainers meanwhile I'm strugglinh to reach lvl 4 because Cynthia/N end the conversation too soon or the interesting topics don't appear

[visual remnant]

oh I just got a hot topic revealed at the start of my interaction

nice

[crisp hornet]

Bro lillie just ended the conversation at 95% dang

[fickle fox]

i wanna get lvl 20 fast

[sharp bramble]

Hmm

[full osprey]

So which lodgemon do we think is best?
I'm personally thinking it's between silver, Sycamore, and Lillie, but I also can't check N's and Marnie's in-game.

[sharp bramble]

Is there only 1 Hot Topic per day

Or does it just change

[visual remnant]

now which of these is a hobby: Cerulean City, Leaf, or Professor Oak?

[thorny beacon]

it changes by interaction

[keen wolf]

N is my favorite

[sharp bramble]

I see...

[full osprey]

Professor Oak for sure

[analog furnace]

what happened to me is happening to you rn

at least if you used a feel ring

[keen wolf]

Blue is also a good flinch bot

[full osprey]

What does N's do

[crisp hornet]

none, the game can choose interactions that doesn't have anything to do

[sharp bramble]

I just had a weird succession of interaction lol

[full osprey]

AoE or guaranteed?

[visual remnant]

I've used no gifts so far

[ivory forge]

I like professor oaking during the weekend

[crisp hornet]

Ma y'all are lucky, i can't even get lvl 6 with Rosa

[visual remnant]

haven't bought a single thing

[keen wolf]

Hypnosis with passive that charge move gauge by one everytime he use status move

[analog furnace]

just got their hot topic naturally?

[crisp hornet]

None

[fickle fox]

she ended the convo at 83 for me

[sharp bramble]

1st conversation revealed she really wants to discuss places

[analog furnace]

then yeah fair, I thought that's the kinda joke you were going for

[sharp bramble]

2nd conversation suddenly had a popup tell me that the hot topic was places

[visual remnant]

yeah it just popped up on screen

[crisp hornet]

Finding the right moment to give a gift is painful