Trainer Lodge

[sick cedar]

I mean I heard that Feel Rings weren’t exactly good so I can probably get those

[analog furnace]

They're fine imo, you just get a lil further without them on average but with more resets necessary early on

But yeah, if you're trying to optimise, you prob aren't taking them

[void lintel]

Plus, I mean, you could spend those crystals on gifts instead

The things bite you twice

[sonic stream]

Why would it be bad to get more Hot Topics? Are they usually not the +10 points then?

[void lintel]

Hot Topic has nothing to do with score

1. A Hot Topic causes halved Attention loss that turn
2. A Hot Topic has a chance to trigger Max Vibes (only once per conversation)

However

No convo option will spawn more than once per conversation, even if you did not select it

So the Feel Ring "consumes" all the Hot Topics in the first 6 or 7 turns

Think about this.
The first two turns have no Attention loss at all, so Hot Topics are wasted there
You're probably using the Boost Juice so you enter Max Vibes on the first Hot Topic you select (ideally on turn 3, and in fact you can reset to get this to happen reliably)
Max Vibes also blocks Attention loss for two turns

Meaning four of the first 6 or 7 turns have no Attention loss for Hot Topics to cut

And if you're resetting for Turn 3 Max Vibes, you don't even need the Feel Ring to give that to you

After turn 7 or so, there are no Hot Topics left. ...When the Attention losses start escalating.

The Feel Ring costs you crystals to buy, only to screw you over

[random portal]

Ngl the feel ring has done nothing to actually help me after not buying it. The insight glasses, dig it shovel and boost juice though are highly valuable tho

[sonic stream]

Thanks for the breakdown @void lintel I will try without it and see if that helps me get longer streaks on average

[muted juniper]

What!? This is bluff right?

[carmine sedge]

Can you live for over a millennium?

[muted juniper]

Ig 😂

[glad acorn]

The issue is the feel ring can be too good that it flocks your first few topics with hot topics

[random valve]

Big gains

206

[maiden haven]

starting Silver tomorrow

probably the worst one to befriend

[random portal]

i find blue harder

[sick cedar]

uh oh, I’m doing Blue right now

[cold ferry]

Ive befriend sliver in 8 days

I should got the 3rd pair in a few days

[flat lantern]

I just did blue and now I’m on silver and silver has been way better than blue

[wispy fiber]

Is there a friendship lv. cap in the game? I've read from absol-utely that the max cap is 9999999 but I was wondering if it'd stop someone at a certain point before then.

[sonic stream]

You won't get beyond the thousands if you tried. Who cares

[wind badger]

I guess all the 95% drop offs I’ve had this week had paid off

[orchid glade]

my luck is in interactions more than those

[fallow halo]

Dam....50 tickets total

[wind badger]

Wouldve taken more interaction points though

[sonic stream]

You have luck in anything? Not me lmao

[sharp bramble]

SSRynthia joins SSRAynthia and Cynthia in the 150 club

Just SSynthia left

[void lintel]

SS R Aynthia?

...Is it because "R A" sounds kinda like the word "Aura?"

[glad pasture]

Don't question the art, giga

[carmine sedge]

SMH, Blue stopped at 79% at the 8th topic

[upper egret]

Last night I had both accounts stopped at 85+

No gifts given

[carmine sedge]

Blue is really one hard man to talk to

Even with all the hot topics in place, he still drops you at a very high attention

[dense saddle]

Couldn't even gift him and the conversation ended at 91%
Literally after Max vibes when it was 100% and after selecting an option it became 91% and the conversation ended
BRUH

[upper egret]

[dense saddle]

Blue is giving me the worst of dates fr

[carmine sedge]

We both share the same pain

3 days into Blue and mine's only at level 25

[dense saddle]

[upper egret]

Redemption arc

Let's go

Huh, idk who my 4th unit will be but I'll be needing to choose soon I guess

[wide tiger]

Pain

[upper egret]

Nicely done ^

[wide tiger]

i guess i need 1 interaction for Sycamore tomorrow

oh wells

[upper egret]

Early congrats though

[wide tiger]

nice 13

[void lintel]

[carmine sedge]

Shitter

[wooden marsh]

Previous and current reset's, need 1 more day

[verbal prairie]

F'in Silver. left at 92%. wth

[upper egret]

Wow some numbers people are hitting here

[urban flicker]

24 to 37 with Lillie today

[upper egret]

[urban flicker]

I wish I'd had a run where I could use always my gift

I am doing 1 by 1 but there is always a try where they leave early

[upper egret]

I rip the band-aid off

We're either gaining 10+ levels

Or we're gaining 3

[urban flicker]

right now the average for me is 13, 14 levels a day

[upper egret]

[urban flicker]

if I am lucky probably 15 or even 18

[upper egret]

All I know is I'm nearing completion of my 3rd unit

But I'm in no particular rush i spose

[urban flicker]

I am at lv37 with my 4th unit

[upper egret]

Didn't even know there was a reset strategy until I joined this forum today

[urban flicker]

yeah, but right now I am mostly resetting in situation where I have no choice but to topic the hot topic at the beginning

or just 5 pointers choice at the start

[upper egret]

Ah

[urban flicker]

you don't want to trigger max vibes at the beginning

you'd waste 2 turns where the attention normally does not drop

you either trigger it at turn 2 or turn 3

always use the gift when the attention drops below 90%, don't wait for it to drop under 80% it's very risky

[upper egret]

Yea

But resetting and effort, can't be bothered

[urban flicker]

well, before I used to do interaction with the x6 multiplier, but now I am doing 1 by 1 for 2 reason

it's safer and the level average is almost the same, and I almost never reset

just like maybe 1 or 2 times, before I used to reset A LOT

[long nymph]

I do 3 interactions at once, if they left early...at least i can hope the other 3 yield good results...like today, one left right after max vibe ended and second one manage to get up to 10th question

[muted juniper]

Now that I have finally got my first lodge pair, I need to ask something

Which is better lodge pair

May and wailmer OR
Rosa and dewott OR
silver and feraligatr

??

[thick widget]

Silver imo

[scarlet cobalt]

how do you guys get more than 3 interactions?? do you guys buy from the exchange shop???

[dry wolf]

You can buy 3 more interactions a day from the exchange shop

So you get 6 in total

[orchid glade]

yes I get them everyday from the shop and do them individually not all together

[carmine pilot]

Dewott and Feraligartr are decent, at least they bring utility
All Wailmer got is on-type dmg, and he's neither that good

[orchid glade]

Probably the best luck I've had in singles going up 17 levels

[blazing sapphire]

Leaving at 95%

[austere viper]

No idea if I did something wrong lol

[carmine sedge]

Did you trigger max vibes first try?

[void lintel]

It just be like that sometimes

[austere viper]

Did, no other super exciting options

[void lintel]

87% means about 1/8th of all convos would end there
And there was also the tiny chance for it to end on the previous turn
Consider that you go through more than 8 convos in two days... And yeah this'll happen pretty regularly

[carmine sedge]

I guess you just got unlucky

[austere viper]

Ok, so bad rng mainly

[void lintel]

You can guarantee around 5 turns per convo with Turn3 max vibes
If you get 90+ pts in that time, then it means ~90 points as a baseline for every convo...
That feels pretty consistent to me.

[austere viper]

Right, ty. I got 165 now

[urban zinc]

He left right there

[urban flicker]

https://tenor.com/view/panda-office-pissed-tantrum-mad-gif-5146825

[rain belfry]

The amount of times I had that happen when they were close to level 100 is disgusting LMAO

[zealous osprey]

Something worth flexing I guess

[carmine sedge]

Probably my best interaction with Blue so far

I even triggered max vibes first try

[pale cedar]

anyone have the list of what locations add topics?

[wooden marsh]

This

[pale cedar]

ty!

[void lintel]

(Plus the Road adding Adventure)

[ornate latch]

Im never getting an interaction like this ever again lol

[raw hare]

My 3rd sync pair of the year

[autumn stone]

I'm getting some love with my fav.trainer, 284 FPE with ∅ final attention is crazy. That's 26 lvl in one day. Max vibe at round 6, gifted at 65%+

[carmine sedge]

Godfuckingdamn

[snow birch]

This is the best conversation I ever had since the start of the lodge

[autumn stone]

My last roll with silver the other day was fine as well. I understand now why gon like him so much

[blazing sapphire]

Why does Lillie like people with no sense of direction?

[wary wasp]

My theory was that it reminds her of Mohn

[random portal]

Blue. I'm about to commit a crime.

[worldly ivy]

[dense saddle]

I hope everything goes well tomorrow

Otherwise I AM BRINGING GUNS INTO THIS, BLUE
YOU BETTER TALK

This is worth flexing ig

[onyx quarry]

Blue has been very finnicky for me. Hes got a really weird set of topics

[glad acorn]

Stop doing 6x. You guys just like to be disappointed

[maiden haven]

never!

[random portal]

you can't tell me what to do.

[willow cliff]

I'll take it

[night tide]

I think I did something wrong…

[orchid glade]

did you gift and hit max vibe? also probably not choosing the right topics

[night tide]

He didn’t allow me to do any of those things accept pick his super exciting topic

Idk even when to use gifts

[orchid glade]

then you reset if you don't get max vibe on turn 2 or 3

I gift just below 90%

[night tide]

This is so frustrating

I hate this mode oh my gosh

[orchid glade]

that's a lot better did you gift?

also Silver is the hardest

friends is his best thing besides that other options are limited

[void lintel]

Datamine can't be far off... We'll see the next Lodge pair soon.
The Famitsu interview mentioned that the gender balance was a consideration when deciding the Lodge guest lineup, and indeed our first nine are an almost-even split: four male and five female. That does lead me to speculate that the Oct Lodge guest is more likely to be male

[glad acorn]

Steven "Bait" Stone sounds possible then

[void lintel]

He does.

I have a longshot idea:
Ash. His Master Fair runs until mid Oct.

Steven is much more likely, though, or any number of other dudes in the series

[glad acorn]

Or they can go with a f2p like Hau

They already have 3 pokefairs in lodge. Getting another might not be that helpful for most players

[random portal]

inb4 it's Bede in the lodge

[void lintel]

It could even be Brock, while they're having the anime crossover. He's pretty prominent there, even if it is a different Brock

[maiden haven]

Brock and the Dude

[urban zinc]

Better than yesterday

[analog furnace]

I had 2 interactions end at 90%+ in a row today, one after max vibes, but I still got a lil over 12 levels

[keen stump]

When do you quit so as to not lose items used in interactions?

[sharp solar]

You quit when you have three topic options available, not when the pair is reacting to the topic choice.

[keen stump]

Ok thanks

[worldly ivy]

suffering from success: my day 1 interactions with lillie have gone well and she's already level 10 so I won't get to see her quote for giving u a gift between lvls 1-10

anyways if anyone who's done lillie in lodge got a gift from her between lvls 1-10 and has screenshots of what she says ahaha hmu

[sharp solar]

Do you need a screenshot specifically or just a phrase? It's probably in the text files, can be looked up

[long merlin]

My 1st lillie interaction

[worldly ivy]

I'll take phrases too

got distracted during an interaction and forgot to give her a gift even tho I had plenty of time

[long merlin]

Second lillie interaction

[vestal kraken]

How do you reset?

Just close the app?

[sharp solar]

Yup

[void lintel]

Notably, the moment you select the convo option that ends the Interaction, the game does a clientside autosave and it's too late to reset
So you can only reliably reset while you're staring at three options and haven't clicked one of them yet

[wary wasp]

first 0%

wish i used a gold gift but 20 levels is amazing regardless 🤪

[cold ferry]

rahilan

trainer lodge

I dont have him

[blazing sapphire]

That’s because he’s only run once

[cold ferry]

i wouldnt want him to be fair

it gigalith

[void lintel]

...Duraludon kinda resembles Gigalith I guess???

[sharp solar]

Gigalith as a lodge pair

[cold ferry]

support with x regen all
+4 Offensive All
Iron Defense

3rd best

or 4th

he may be in the monthly pokefair

[sick cedar]

How many people can be in the lodge at once?

[cold ferry]

5

[sick cedar]

Oh word

[void lintel]

Is... Is there a Galar form for Gigalith that includes the Dragon type or is this another case like Lance using a whole lot of non-Dragons

[sharp solar]

Raihan is more of a weather doubles gym leader than dragon gym leader

[void lintel]

That would explain his Flygon.

[sick cedar]

WELL that happened. I won’t complain, I’m just in utter shock since I wasn’t even trying.

[void lintel]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/604025184692731904/1023833656151781436/event_4090_0W_FesPickup_01.ktx.png

There's the monthly fair banner.

[sick cedar]

God I’m so happy that I have him I might have to dual wield my leveling

[void lintel]

I'm glad I impulsively pulled him too, though he has repeatedly come in handy so it already paid off quite well

Another 20 and another of each candy coin are certainly nothing to sneeze at

Wonder what this is about... All three are Lodge pairs but the backdrop is the same as for the Halloween pairs

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/604025184692731904/1023833972461010954/update_4090_0W_Regular_01_appeal_05.ktx.png

Oh, seems like a new interaction location... Or maybe an existing one redecorated for the season

[sick cedar]

Maybe, I’d be down for a Halloween themed local

Sorry I’m just now so excited for the new update and I’m trying to guess what items he might like.

[void lintel]

I would be extremely surprised if Rotom Phones are not a 10pt topic

His gift is...

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/604025184692731904/1023834320135274517/i131_0010_02_256.ktx.png

What is this, an earring?

[sick cedar]

Earrings?

I mean, he does have his ears pierced

[void lintel]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/604025184692731904/1023834568094130267/SPOILER_ch0257_00_qibana_list_episode_1040002570001011.ktx.png

So he does.

Ah, there's the daily reset. Guess I'll do my Lodge convos while I can't sleep

... Forgot to get the update... Gotta wait for that first

[sick cedar]

My random other top predictions for 10 point options are Weather, Dynamax, Champions, and Your Rival. Idk how much of that would be accurate but ehh I’m on a crazy energy

[void lintel]

Don't forget Leon and maybe Gloria for Friends

Possibly Victor now that he, well, exists

[sick cedar]

Maybe, that’s kinda why I said “your rival”. I was also looking at Blue’s page for reference so maybe that was my bad

[void lintel]

Expeditions can encounter your other sync pairs while they're out in the field now!

Ah, and it does say the Lodge will be redecorated for spoopy season

[sick cedar]

Cant wait, this could be some fun

[void lintel]

...Aw heck. Raihan is a Striker. Another Lodge Guest who wants red crystals

Five red (three of whom are Fairs)
Three blue (none are Fairs)
Two yellow (one is a Fair)

As many Red as the other colors combined...

[loud marten]

[dense saddle]

Doesn't die in Pain but is still pain

[void lintel]

40 scout tickets? Not too shabby

[glad acorn]

So it's Raihan. How many have Raihan?

[sick cedar]

Ngl I constantly think he’s a Tech because of his Anniversary suit

[glad acorn]

Raihan sets Sandstorm on entry

[void lintel]

I'm not real sure why I pulled for him on his banner but I'm glad I did-- both for using him against Steel weakpoints and for this.

My impulse pulls don't often work out this well.

[sick cedar]

I have both versions of him. On 6 EX. I’m a little bit insane.

[void lintel]

Big fan, huh

[glad acorn]

I actually got him but at 1/5

[void lintel]

Mine is 1/5 too. At least his base kit is already p strong

[sick cedar]

Well the second one was because of him being on my primary story team. The first one was exactly why you think it was.

[void lintel]

Well, with an eventual update, you can cram all three of him on a team together

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/604025184692731904/1023837416458555412/IMG_6211.png

[sick cedar]

My man does double battles, I think he can manage one more /j

[void lintel]

Is the team setup more "diverse" when it is comprised of the same guy three times

[sick cedar]

I mean I don’t think they’re all the same type so maybe

[sharp solar]

What if I want to use four (five?) Cynthias at the same time

[pale cedar]

triple dawn is going to be so funny

[void lintel]

Co-op mode!

[sharp solar]

Hm, I'll need four more alts then.
Ah, who cares, I'll just wait two months.

[void lintel]

Create Your Own Team, remember

[glad acorn]

Also, Raihan gets in the lodge this Saturday

Since 1st of the month

We have a pattern figured out somehow for lodge. They get added at the start of the month

[sick cedar]

Guess I should save my stuff to buy gifts for him then

[void lintel]

Probably red crystals since his main pair is Striker, then

[glad acorn]

Man, the number of strike pairs

[void lintel]

5 red, 3 blue, 2 yellow
And I'm missing one of the yellow so it's 5/3/1 for me

[sick cedar]

Should I spoiler tag any photos from lodge residents that I get as a reward?

[blazing sapphire]

New personal record

[sick cedar]

Just asking since I wanted to show the one I got tonight

[void lintel]

I'm massively curious about the new Hoenn grids (all those characters really needed the help) but I need to sleep at some point... See ya later, Lodge chat

[sick cedar]

Imma leave this here since I got it from a massive boost. I love him slowly more, have a good night chat.

[hollow kiln]

My 2nd Serena is now lvl 150. I’m hoping she gets her lodge unit

[onyx quarry]

Hello hoopa

[graceful granite]

I'm starting to hate Feel Ring

[dense saddle]

I don't

Got shafted on his og banner

[glad acorn]

Players : Hey DeNA. Thanks for the candy coins!
DeNA : You're welcome. Hope you're ready for 4/5 and 5/5 tiles

[urban flicker]

what items did you get from this new feature

[wooden marsh]

Been doing red-cache and blue-cache teams, now for Raihan I will switch to double red-cache teams

[worldly ivy]

Anyone have some good blue + cache teams???

[glad acorn]

Got myself a paparazzi. But it's not interact-able. Will be gone when exiting

[graceful granite]

I just got one too

[urban flicker]

what items do you get from this

[zealous osprey]

Marnie has so many Super Exciting topics

[glad acorn]

Nothing. Only Gladion and Viola are there and the other pairs are removed

[urban flicker]

weird

it says that you can get special items from pokeball

[glad acorn]

I don't remember getting something special

[nimble flame]

Got a random event, my team turned into hoopa + the sinistea line

[sharp bramble]

I was a dumb dumb dumb man who gambled

[nimble flame]

You can’t seem to interact with them, they’re just there

[pastel swallow]

is it me or is it before 6pm they have a different lodge music than the daytime music?

[twilit venture]

Season changed

So music too

Its fall now

[pastel swallow]

Ohhhh

thats really cool detail

[twilit venture]

Btw

A special event

[urban zinc]

They really need to add more items to the interactions

it's always so bad to get this hot topic

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1014366916015554593/1023898880452087808/Screenshot_20220926-120802_Pokmon_Masters_EX.jpg

[onyx quarry]

None lol

[carmine sedge]

I got a pretty average interaction with Blue today, 13 levels today

[loud marten]

So do you need the characters to be in the expedition party for the bonus event thingy or

[wooden marsh]

No, the bonus event happens randomly

[loud marten]

Oh nice

[wary wasp]

got the 1% 50 lodge stone drop today lol

[urban flicker]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B1mNTDBnzs

[pastel swallow]

this is fall version

really cool detail ngl

[rigid pilot]

Man are f2p just stuck with those 3?

[vestal kraken]

What does a dropin do?

[glad acorn]

You will get those spotlight pairs eventually

[rigid pilot]

More of the pokefairs actually

I do have both spotlights

It's just after seeing the datamine

Kinda worrying to see ||raihan|| next

[glad acorn]

Just hope for them to give more spotlights in the future

[sick cedar]

tbh the only people I don't have are Cynthia and N, I never drew them because I didn't like them as characters lol

[glad acorn]

I don't think anyone expected Raihan. Definitely not me

[rigid pilot]

I was coping damn hard they choose spotlights

[glad acorn]

Wally, Iris and Allister got a new alt to add to the album. But then came Raihan

[sick cedar]

I mean I'm not complaining, at least it's not another rival

[sleek turret]

Raihan makes so much sense

Japan goes crazy for him

he's one of the most popular Pokémon characters, not just in Galar but in general

[glad acorn]

Yeah, I know he is a sound choice, and they need to go with a male trainer this month anyway as not to upset the balance

[vestal kraken]

Do we know what a drop in does?

[orchid glade]

Probably won't ever see better than this

[glad acorn]

Nice number

[finite dock]

Third unit done today!

Now... Silveraligatr I think is next

[knotty nymph]

a mudsdale showed up

[blazing sapphire]

That's a big horse

[twilit venture]

Can anyone check if pokeballs have casually respawned for them in expeditions?

[knotty nymph]

I got orbs

[blazing sapphire]

I got nothing

[sick cedar]

Mine did, just got level up books and fighting tomes

[twilit venture]

Hmm

My guess is that when bonus events happen offscreen they refresh the ball in that screen

[sick cedar]

Maybe, I didn’t get and bonus events yet though so I couldn’t tell you

[twilit venture]

Yeah its just a guess
Based on the fact this didn't happen till today

[orchid kelp]

Big booty

[twilit venture]

Giga luck

[carmine sedge]

Fooken shitter

[sudden forum]

@urban zinc I've added the new sync pair icons & updated both the visual tab & expedition skills tab

[urban zinc]

Oh I guess expedition skills get datamined too, uh

Thanks

[sudden forum]

Sygna Suit Wally: Rare ↑2 Fiery ↓2
Iris (Fall 2022): Soothing ↑2
Helena (Hex Maniac): Soothing ↑2
Victor: Fiery ↑2
Allister (Fall 2022): Wistful ↑2
Gordie: Fiery ↑1 Soothing ↑1
Melony: Soothing ↑1 Wistful ↑1
Raihan (Lodge): Fiery ↑1 Wistful ↑1

[urban zinc]

(cight technically it's already pinned lol, check my doc)

[carmine sedge]

Is that right? Hmmmmm

[sudden forum]

This is a new rare cache option for Hoenn btw

[carmine sedge]

At least Wally doesn't negate wistful bonus

[sudden forum]

Hoenn's other rare cache optons are:
Lucy, Courtney : Rare ↑2 Fiery ↓1 Wistful ↓1
anni Steven : Rare ↑2 Soothing ↓2
Wally, Noland, Maxie, Archie : Rare ↑2 Wistful ↓2

[pale cedar]

but you can’t run wally and ss wally on the same team tho right

[carmine sedge]

NVM lol

[urban zinc]

yeah

[sudden forum]

yeah, what is it like 2 updates from now, we can do battles with 2 of the same sync pairs, but they didn't mention expeditions

[urban zinc]

would be weird to send the same character in expedition twice

[sudden forum]

You can send the same character (alt) on two different expeditions 😛

[pale cedar]

thats true

[worldly ivy]

Haven't seen anyone point this out yet but

[urban zinc]

Imo that's weird lol

[worldly ivy]

Best part of this update, you can sort your photo album to show only the photos u already have

[urban flicker]

oh that's nice

[jade trout]

What items do you get from drop in events

Is that known yet

[vestal kraken]

So do the surprise guests actually do anything? I have seen people talking about a few different ones.

[glad acorn]

Found this

[deep tree]

[glad acorn]

Feels like the devs fooling around with it. I expected trainers to interact with each other

[void lintel]

Surprise guests might just be there to make expeditions more interesting?

Today I got like five pokéballs from my expedition screens but didn't see a surprise guest at any point

[sudden forum]

and is there any indication that it's occuring outside of the expeditions window

[maiden haven]

It's just standard pokeball rewards right?

[sudden forum]

The ones you click on the ground?

[deep tree]

Sleeping early!?

[void lintel]

Yes

[void lintel]

And yes

[sick cedar]

Hey, does anyone know why the presents suddenly fade like that when I hit “use all”?

[void lintel]

I was awake at the daily reset for the datamine, so I got two of them at that point
Just now, I got another one from each team, then edited a team to try accommodating Cheer. And when I came back, the opposite team had one more ball.

[deep tree]

you need 3 each ...

*any

[void lintel]

You don't have enough.

[sick cedar]

Bruh alright, guess we’re doing this twice so I can use my gold gift

[sudden forum]

I have never seen more than one per reset.

[void lintel]

I know that feel bruh

[sudden forum]

Even my other account, that doesn't do it everyday, doesn't pile up more than one pokeball.

[maiden haven]

I saw 2 once or twice.

[void lintel]

It was freaking weird, I agree

[maiden haven]

Granted, I only check once when I'm using up stamina in the evening.

[sick cedar]

Twice in a row where I got NO hot topics, Blue I’m about to quit on you and move to Sycamore

[cold ferry]

strikers have the best lodge pairs and exditions

[urban flicker]

they are usually just once a day every reset

so you got more of them due to this event?

but if it's just standard rewards, cheer is better

[void lintel]

wym? I think the notification just means you can't press the Cheer button during a Surprise Guest because your expedition team isn't there to be clicked on

[urban flicker]

they say cheer won't appear during bonus event

[void lintel]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1012298913279127582/1012753199888859197/unknown.png

[sudden forum]

N kept me from progressing on my 4th Lodge pair, with 2 days of shitty ineractions.
12 interactions ending at before gift at like 85-91%.

[void lintel]

Reenactment:

x12

[sudden forum]

Took 15 interactions to go from Level 91 to 100.

I've been letting N die repeatedly to an auto battle as punishment.

[orchid glade]

thanks 👍

[slate mauve]

Is there a expedition team builder site?

[void lintel]

I think so

I just don't remember where.

[severe river]

Is there new music/lodge background in this update? Seems automnal

[urban flicker]

Yes

it's fall

[void lintel]

The filename is bgm_salon_home_03.ogg
I'm guessing the 03 is for autumn; 02 was for summer, and 01 would've been for spring

[severe river]

Twins have taken over my expedition team

Pls stay emmet

[void lintel]

Liza and Tate, so named as a pun for Levitate
So maybe they'll put their four heads together to design a maglev train

[urban zinc]

do bonus events give anything or it's just for fun

[void lintel]

The news thingie implies that it spawns an extra poke ball item pickup but I think that could possibly just mean "...if there is a poke ball available at the time, you can still pick it up even though your expedition team isn't present"

[urban zinc]

Well uh

I already am collecting 2 balls per day

[sharp bramble]

Haven’t seen a single bonus event

Or more than 1 pokeball

[vestal kraken]

I haven't either.

[knotty nymph]

idk if it's even possible to get lodge silver in 12ish days

His list of topics is just oof

[maiden haven]

3 days, level 38 so probably, just don't do fashion and take the silver (heh) options on topic instead of gold offtopic

rest is luck

[knotty nymph]

pokemon, friends, places seem to all be pretty good

friends seems to be the best

[void lintel]

Deep irony for the dude who does not like friendship

[vestal kraken]

That would help with the deerling too.

But who has this Deerling?

[void lintel]

Right???

There aren't supposed to be wild 'mons on Pasio

This Deerling probably belongs to someone

But whomst

Did Hoopa just summon the thing here while Lear wasn't looking???

[knotty nymph]

how tf is lear keeping all the random wingulls out?

Like presumably a random Pokemon can fly or swim in

[void lintel]

Your guess is as good as mine

[random portal]

I want to share a travesty an acquaintance of mine posted..... I'm even feeling pain.

[knotty nymph]

RIP

[glad acorn]

So what I'm thinking about lodge and the monthly pokefair

• each month will invite a pair with rotating gender. Next month after Raihan will be a female
• each month will add another pokefair to the monthly at 2%, slowly stacking it up. Said 2% will also get 4/5 and 5/5 nodes
• obviously, they cannot keep inviting pokefair back to back, so in some months they can add a pokefair with alt costume in the monthly banner and add another pair in lodge

For example, OG Iris for lodge and Iris (Champ) for monthly banner

[random cloud]

Tbh I’d hate it if they exclusively added limiteds to Lodge until they run out. I know why they’d do that, but it’s kinda stupid nonetheless

[glad acorn]

Obviously, back to back pokefair would frustrate newer players

[wary wasp]

marnie and N never getting featured!!! 😁

[sharp solar]

Still can pity'em though

[glad acorn]

That's the only concern unless they have a month where they are the 2%

[wary wasp]

genuinely screwed next month since i’m almost done with lillie 😭

[glad acorn]

It's still one new pair per month. So everyone will catch up to all 100s eventually

[wary wasp]

hoping that eventually the monthly pokefair scout gets so clogged that the pool is all pokefair 🤪

[glad acorn]

The dream of getting 3 pokefair in one multi

[wary wasp]

true…

[late sluice]

ah yes, my favorite bonus event

everyone… leaving…

[glad acorn]

Cyrus was there?

[late sluice]

huh?

[muted juniper]

After 4 days, a nice interaction with Rosa

[void lintel]

We're getting a Galar-heavy month but no combined Galar fair banner
We're getting a Sinnoh Villain Arc rerun but no rerun banner for the Sinnoh Villain Arc sync pairs
My plans keep exploding in my face

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1005317788409266336.webp?size=96

There go my plans to get Marnie and Lucas, respectively, for Lodge

[maiden haven]

What's the combined fair this month?

[void lintel]

We already have it

[maiden haven]

Ah, it's the 4way "super" bad 0.5% one

By this month I actually meant next month

[void lintel]

That's the neat part, there isn't one.

The 4way is a seasonal

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1012298913279127582/1012933086893314048/pain.png

[glad acorn]

The pokefair banner going forward is unfortunately the monthly

[sick cedar]

I'm missing Marnie, Cynthia, and N for my lodge, I do not exactly like this

[pale cedar]

I’m missing N but the annoying thing is that I have his anniversary alt and it doesn’t count for trainer lodge

[glad pasture]

It annoys me to no end that Raihan Gigalith has no ability to set sand beyond the initial entry

[pale cedar]

in other annoying sand setting news, acerola doesn’t get sand castle despite her pokemon being a literal sand castle

[glad pasture]

Hopefully she'll be in line for a grid expansion soon! We can dream 💭

inb4 it's on her 5/5 grid

[glad acorn]

Just play other Raihan with him

[void lintel]

The late November update, huh

Three Raihans together. Tri-han

...Even his Duraludon appreciates Sand with dupes, doesn't it

[vestal kraken]

Do we know if Raihan will use red, yellow, or blue items for his boost item?

[pale cedar]

immediate triple candy

[void lintel]

His main pair is Duraludon, and that's a Striker
So that strongly implies red ones

All nine current Lodge guests work that way

The four Strikers use red, the three Supports use blue, and the two Techs use yellow

[vestal kraken]

Shoot that's the one I'm low on and focusing on yellow and blue characters for a couple days.

I did two red back to back..... wasn't a good idea.

[keen summit]

New personal record, I think

[void lintel]

It's kinda difficult not to; once Raihan is here, that's literally half of all Lodge Guests using red

Five of ten

[sick cedar]

Tbh I get where it came from since his Gigalith in Sword/Shield has Sand Stream and not Sandstorm.

But now I'm going to have to pause my Blue grind and switch to Sycamore in order to keep my red crystals intact

[glad acorn]

Subway masters : What the? Triplet?!
Raihans : Yes, but actually no

[void lintel]

vs

[sudden forum]

Okay then… everyone vanished.

[void lintel]

It's a secret bonus event featuring Koga and Janine

They're so good that even the bonus event banner is invisible

[random portal]

they're on break.

[sudden forum]

Get back to mining slaves friends!

[twilit venture]

Leon told em to follow him cause he found a neat place

They all got lost

[vernal shadow]

They called me a giant POS who cheated their way to the PML title?

[sharp bramble]

I raise you this

[carmine sedge]

Godfuckingdamnit Blue, he fucking dropped me at the 7th topic at 82% attention

I didn't even give him a gift

He's truly a hard one to talk to

[hollow kiln]

Zekrom is having a chat with Reshiram. N seems to enjoy himself. This is what I love about Trainer’s Lodge

[urban zinc]

They all gone

Aaand the game softlocked

[loud marten]

Cutting it real close to 40 dang, oh well a good run nonetheless

[mortal shard]

Credits to Zamcio for the infographs https://twitter.com/zamcio/

[verbal prairie]

man I'm beginning to hate Lodge. Silver left again at 85+%

[analog furnace]

Dropped before I could give a gift 3 times today, haven’t really had a good lodge day in a long time man

Feel like I’m doing something wrong, but I know I’m going about things the typical way & just getting unlucky

[austere viper]

Oh wow Cynthia just gave me 3 shovels

[analog furnace]

Dropped before I could give a gift 4 times today*

[twilit venture]

Todau was nice

[wide tiger]

https://i.4cdn.org/vg/1664259166884003.jpg

Would be nice if they had EX colors

[wooden marsh]

Cute

[urban zinc]

Wait

[carmine pilot]

Oh, what do they do?

[urban zinc]

That's illegal

[twilit venture]

Team rocket takeover

[jovial moon]

What do bonus events do

[sharp solar]

Look pretty

[orchid glade]

unfortunately nothing wish they gave gifts

[urban flicker]

the in-game notice says that they give something

[sharp solar]

Feeling of satisfaction

[orchid glade]

I didn't see any items?

[sharp solar]

Well, it doesn't say "bonus pokeballs"

[urban flicker]

it's not clear to me as well, but that notice does say that they give something

[urban flicker]

yeah they don't

[sharp solar]

They allow something

Allow to get items you can normally get, for example

Cheer is not available, but pokeballs are

[orchid glade]

I did get extra pokeball when I checked now

[sharp solar]

10 tomes, yay

[orchid glade]

so I guess thats it

ye that's all I find mostly

[urban flicker]

I'd prefer the cheer bonus to this honestly

feels kinda useless

[orchid glade]

or give a bonus interaction or something

[carmine pilot]

Afaik you can find higher tier items this way
I foud 10x dark codex
Pretty useless

[rigid pilot]

How do you trigger the events

[atomic pelican]

Infinite Pain

[keen summit]

Oh hey, I got that just a few minutes ago too! I was starting to think the infamous 95% drop was a myth

[keen wolf]

We all in this together

Just got dropped at 95% too

[keen summit]

They didn’t invite Agatha

[keen wolf]

Smh these younglings

[atomic pelican]

Spaghetti

[sharp bramble]

Where are you guys getting all these bonus events from

[random nexus]

waitwaitwaitwait

the bonus events have exclusive pokeballs

i am certain i picked one up that had 10 big pearls

[atomic pelican]

Cool

[vestal kraken]

I still haven't had any bonus events....

[sudden forum]

App updated?

[austere viper]

Lowest I ever went, had two super exciting hot topic choices, in the first 3 choices lol

[hollow kiln]

I also got Hapu’s Mudsdale meeting camper and preschooler

Along with a random item

[sharp bramble]

Jegus you people are lucky

[hollow kiln]

These events happen by chance

[carmine pilot]

Got two events, just look around for items

But for now only 10x type Codex

[hearty cipher]

got that one as well

[glad acorn]

Now that's cute even though it doesn't add to much

[loud marten]

The bros out for a walk

[sick cedar]

Help I just realized I don’t know how much gifts restore attention so I’ve been trial and erroring

[blazing sapphire]

10/20/30

[quasi sigil]

I haven't gotten the drop-in event yet. is it random and very rare? or is it a once-a-day occurence like cheering?

[vestal kraken]

Apologies I'm late, yeah it's updated.

[fiery bolt]

Speedrunning May's friendship any%

[maiden haven]

INCROYABLE!

[vernal shadow]

I don't get anything special yet

Is there a list of what happens

[vestal kraken]

I haven't gotten anything either...

[rancid lance]

halfway done with Blue now. With an average of ~8 levels a day I might be done with them all before I get a new lodge pair since I don't have Raihan

[night tide]

I am confused does she actually say NPC 1/2?

[void lintel]

That's probably what the player's name is

And they probably did that so it'd be funny to join a co-op game as "NPC 1½"

[night tide]

I see

[sick cedar]

How it’s going for me

[spiral cosmos]

yeah, i've had some co-op folks called NPC 1 or NPC2 before lol

NPC 1 1/2 that's new and creative tho

[sick cedar]

I one upped myself immediately after because Blue decided to be nice and listen to me for a WHILE

[random cloud]

Got May to friendship 100 today, I guess Lillie is next

Tbh I don’t particularly care about anyone in the Lodge that I haven’t already gotten to 100

[sick cedar]

Who did you get to 100 already?

[keen wolf]

Damn

[random cloud]

Cynthia, Rosa, and May

2 nerds and an aspiring actress, I can relate a lot to them also Cynthia is very attractive

[rancid lance]

does the game tell you if a bonus event is starting or do you have to have the game open in the expeditions to trigger them

[sharp solar]

No notifications

Not really

[rancid lance]

only if you feel super lucky, i go down to 86% most of the time unless it's a bronze item, for which I go to 90%

[sharp solar]

In a long run, you lose more than you gain

85% is a good time to give 2-3 star gift

[urban flicker]

Yeah, do not wait on going under 80%

use always your gift when the attention is under 90%

[flat snow]

I swear to god I hate this stupid system.

Why the hell does it end the conversations early so freaking fast?

I'm not kidding, I finished THE THIRD QUESTION and it immediately ends.

[sharp solar]

Any attention below 100% has a risk to end the conversation

[flat snow]

It was the literal first drop.

This has happened more than once.

Multiple times.

the moment the first drop happens, the conversation ends.

[sharp solar]

That's how it is, you're not the only one

[flat snow]

Has it happend to people using all three interactions at once?

with all the items?

[sharp solar]

You can go for hot topic on the 3rd topic to make it go at least 4 times

[flat snow]

I didn't even get that option

[sharp solar]

Constantly?

Lol

[flat snow]

hot topic never even showed up

[sharp solar]

You're not the only one who uses 3x interactions. People use 6x.

[sharp solar]

You can reset for it.

If you really hate rng that much

[flat snow]

I just hate getting screwed for reasons outside my control.

Makes me feel like I should have never even bothered trying.

[sharp solar]

That's called luck.

Flip a coin, rage when it lands on heads.

[urban flicker]

If you are doing a x6 or a x3 then I understand your frustration

that's why I do interaction 1 by 1

so I don't get angry when this things happen, and the level outcome is almost the same

[flat snow]

It was a x3.

[flat snow]

That's not even a coin flip, it was over 90%

[sharp solar]

Flip a few coins?)

PoMa is a gacha, already enough luck envolved.

Resetting for 3rd turn hot topic can be considered an equivalent of a pity

[dense sonnet]

any reason to use friend key now?

[sharp solar]

Not really

You can use it when a pair nears lvl 100 to not waste exp

So you can go 98 -> 101 or smth

[onyx quarry]

Gambled to below 80% and did gold gift

Worked out for once

[dense sonnet]

we should use lodge stone only for copies?

[sharp solar]

Tech and striker 4 star candy are fairly common

So you can go for 4 star support copies, uncap sertificates, or sync orbs if you're new

[dense sonnet]

exeggutor 3/5 is enough right? so i can buy sync orbs

[sharp solar]

3/5 is all you need, yes

[dense sonnet]

lvl 150 have so much change?

[sharp solar]

Not much

Plus lvl 120 is enough to beat most content already

[carmine pilot]

[sharp bramble]

Yep

[carmine pilot]

I was recording, just in case

[severe river]

Unless you plan on using them a lot i wouldn’t really candy lodge supports either

[sharp solar]

Wouldn't buy copies for them?

[chrome inlet]

is there a tier list of the trainer lodge units compared to each other? ik the general tier list has them ordered up by role but its not very clear which ones i should prioritise

[random cloud]

Prioritize lodge based on favorites, none of them are game-changing

[glad pasture]

Do we know what colour crystals that Raihan will use in the Lodge?

[carmine sedge]

Since Raihan is striker, he's obviously going to be fiery

[glad pasture]

OHH

It goes based on the type of the ORIGINAL pair, not the LODGE pair

[carmine sedge]

Always has been

[glad pasture]

I literally just realized that

lmao

[carmine sedge]

May is tech, that's why she needs soothing (yellow)

Blue and Silver are strikers, requiring fiery (red)

[random cloud]

Cynthia is also Striker and needs red, Rosa is Support and needs blue

[glad pasture]

Yes yes

Oof, my red crystals are always stretched so thin

Just finished Blue as my #2, now doing Cynthia as my #3, Raihan is gonna be my #4

Three reds in a row

Then #5 I'll probably do Silver, yet another red

[random cloud]

I cycled through all 3 colors with Cynthia -> Rosa -> May

[carmine sedge]

Me too, I've done May, Lillie and I'm halfway with Blue

[glad pasture]

I'm thinking after Raihan maybe I'll do split Silver and Sycamore

Hmm it's so annoying to come up with teams but maybe I should just change to double red/chest teams

ugh. ain't nobody got time for that tonight tho.

[next junco]

alola unite

[spiral cosmos]

that's the cost effective way imo, and lets the other colours regenerate

[void lintel]

To an extent. Red-crystal trainers outnumber the others...

Raihan's arrival, in three days, will mean there are as many red as there are of the other two combined

So if you don't want to do two of the same color back-to-back, you'd have to have every second guest be a red one

[hard badger]

Red units are also typically better. All 3 of the lodge supports are from strikers and 2 of the 3 best techs are from Silver and N

[frigid fiber]

Pokeball reward included

[carmine sedge]

I wonder when are we gonna get +1 rare per same region

[frigid fiber]

hm, hard to tell since rare almost always comes at a cost by dropping others. This would be THE perfect mining unit however...

[sharp solar]

+1 per Pasio

[void lintel]

+Rare costs double the "budget" of any other color

Ever notice? Aside from region-match bonuses, every single character's Expedition Skill has a net value of +2 points

The "one per matching region" skill, converted to Rare Cache, would be "one per two sync pairs from the matching region"

[vernal shadow]

Damn right I did.

an look what I got ere

[eternal mural]

Is the feel ring good now

Or still bugged

[outer skiff]

14 Levels

[jovial moon]

Does the location of the interaction affect anything?

[pale cedar]

some topics only appear in specific areas

like trainer lodge has pasio and trainer lodge as topics

[jovial moon]

Ah

How do we know where is best for our target

[verbal prairie]

why can't Silver ever stay when attention below 80%? he's left at 80+% 5 days in a row now

[wooden marsh]

If your target is Silver or Raihan, go to Battle Villa. The other 8 just stay at Trainer Lodge

[neat blade]

What's the maximum level cap?

[wary wasp]

99999999

some ridiculous number like that

[neat blade]

So it's better to get all level 100 rewards and then start on level increase. Ok.

[sharp solar]

Would a different cap change anything?

[twilit venture]

Lol

[sinful ridge]

Lowest I got so far.

[carmine sedge]

SMH, Blue dropped me at 86% attention

I feel like starting to give up on him even if I'm 2/3 of the way there

[blazing sapphire]

He dropped me at 95% today

[cloud glacier]

is it possible to soft reset an interaction without losing counts and items?

[sharp solar]

Yup

Just don't reset when pair is reacting to your choice

Reset when you have three topics available

[cloud glacier]

just close the app?

or you have to do it a specific way

[sharp solar]

Closing the app works

[cloud glacier]

ok, thanks

[long nymph]

How you guys got bonus event? Does it need specific team composition?

[nocturne aurora]

oh he made Raihan already?

gotta update the bot

[mortal shard]

Credits to Zamcio for the infographs https://twitter.com/zamcio/

[nocturne aurora]

there we go, thanks!

[wide tiger]

He posts in 4chan iirc

[nocturne aurora]

i got it from his twitter! he agreed previously to let us use them for the bot

[dusky finch]

Tomorrow then...

[formal forge]

Is it better to trigger max vibes on interaction 2 or interaction 3?

[winter galleon]

Interaction 3 cuz Interaction 2 has no attention drops

[formal forge]

I’ve had the conversation end immediately after max vibes a few times now though…haven’t even had a chance to give a gift :/

[hard badger]

Interaction 2. Guest can leave immediately after max vibe if you do it at 3 with no chance to give presents

[sharp solar]

So you want to trigger it at 2, and give present at full attention?)

[hard badger]

Present at 90

[sharp solar]

When max vibe ends, you have completed 4 topics, 100% attention, next drop is ~10% if not hot topic.
If you activate it at 3, it ends after 5th topic with drop only being ~5%

Plus you get less points if you activate it earlier

So your "2nd topic max vibe" case actually has lower chance to stay after 5th topic

[potent coral]

What's the "bonus event" on the expedictions?

[sharp solar]

Some random npcs show up, refresh the pick-up pokeball

First note: waiting for 70 is a long way, high risk of pair leaving before you get that 1.5x multiplier. People tend to give them at 80-85%, perhaps that number should be changed.
Second note: is 2nd topic max vibe really optimal? 3rd topic seems to give better results.

[glad acorn]

I suppose I can edit the first part. As for whether 2nd or 3rd topic, both have their merits. Vibe on 2nd topic means you will still be at 100% but the next topic will most likely drop you at 90%.

Vibe on 3rd topic means you will be at 95% on 5th topic.

There are reports of interactions cut off when vibe ends.

[sharp solar]

Vibe on 2nd topic means you'd be at 90% on 5th topic.

Unless hot topic, but that can't be relied on

You don't give gifts at 100% anyway, so you will always advance. So what's the benefit of 2nd?

[glad acorn]

You get to gift for 2nd vibe while you can get dropped for 3rd vibe thanks to the 5%

But really, that was written weeks ago. I'm sure some came up with better strats

[sharp solar]

Wait, so after max vibe ends after 4th topic, what do you do?

You click the topic? Or give a gift?

[glad acorn]

You get to choose to do either

[sharp solar]

But you can just give a gift turn 3 if you want to give it at 100%

And then just max vibe

[glad acorn]

Yes, you get to 5th topic at 95% if you start at 3rd topic, but like I said, you can get dropped from it so it's moot

[sharp solar]

If you want lower percent for gifts, you will advance, and 2nd topic max vibe loses to 3rd topic at the 5th turn

Since it gets 10% chance to leave instead of 5%

There's simply no benefit to 2nd topic max vibe. At least, I can't see it.

[glad acorn]

The benefit is still you get out of vibe at 100%.

[sharp solar]

Which gives you what?

[glad acorn]

Look, I have been doing both these days so I don't even get what point are you making. Yes, that includes 3rd topic vibe into a drop on 5th topic

[sharp solar]

I want to understand if 2nd topic max vibe has any benefit

If it should be recommended

Or if the pins should be changed

[glad acorn]

And I said the benefit is you get to control the rng. Which includes resetting

[sharp solar]

You seem to understand lodge well enough, so I wanted to discuss it

You can reset after 4th turn inside of max vibe if you activate it 3rd turn, same results

Nobody leaves after 4th turn. It's the 5th turn that is different

[glad acorn]

Guess we ought to let others give their feedbacks. I know some prefer 3rd topic vibe too

I haven't been going indepth on lodge these days thanks to LG

[sharp solar]

It's not about feedback, rng may be different.
It's about logic of it

[glad acorn]

If it was meter based (as in reaching 0 will terminate the interaction), then yes, 3rd topic vibe would be preferred. I just can't sit well getting dropped at 95% without chance to gift

[sharp solar]

Would you gift at 100%?

Or would you go to 90% first? In one topic.

That's what choice you have on 5th turn if you mv 2nd turn.

[glad acorn]

I probably won't, but I can imagine some would do that after streaks of early drops

[sharp solar]

So if you gift at 100%, just do it turn 3. Activate mv turn 4, you only win from it - slightly more points.

If you go deeper, 5th topic leaves you at 90% instead of 95%, so you lose 5% on nothing.

You don't win anything by mv turn 2.

[mortal shard]

Credits to Zamcio for the infographs https://twitter.com/zamcio/

[glad acorn]

My stance is still to grab the first hot topic on either the 2nd or 3rd topic

[sharp solar]

I don't recommend 4th unless you actually give gifts at 100%

But I can't see anything in 2nd at all

[pseudo fable]

Hello! I was told to post this result here! Sorry if this is the wrong place

[sharp solar]

That's the correct place, congrats

[frigid fiber]

Sydney with his Absol, looks really cute

[loud marten]

Keep up the Jojo posing

[void lintel]

One turn short

[spiral cosmos]

[late sluice]

yippee

3rd lodge pair
i honestly forgot that i was close to getting him and now i dont have any 4 star power ups to get him to 5 stars luckily the pu exchange resets in a few days for october

now i wait for raihan… idk who i should start while i wait for him though
i don't particularly like any of the other pairs i have in lodge
maybe rosa…

[astral trench]

He doesnt sound excited

Imagine u become friendship lvl 100 and hes like Whatever...

[late sluice]

me neither tbh 💀 after blue and N i dont really have any characters in lodge i particularly cared about

but i'll never complain abt more johto units

plus feraligatr based

[west mortar]

does anyone know what to do when your expedition triggers a bonus event?

am i even supposed to do anything?

i think they recommend the hot topic in pins

unless its during max vibes or turn 1 where you should go for 10 point

[west mortar]

.

[late sluice]

nothing

its random

50% chance according to absol but that could be wrong

10 point always

only choose a hot topic when you have that one item that confirms you'll get max vibes upon choosing one

like 3rd/4th turn

after that only 10 pointers if possible

[west mortar]

if thats what we're recommending then pins needs updating no

top pin literally says hot topics from turn 5 and onwards

[late sluice]

i mean i haven't read the pins tbh

you dont need to keep picking hot topics if you've already gotten max vibes

iirc you can only get it once

[west mortar]

but it lowers attention slower

[late sluice]

oh does it? didn't know that tbh

[west mortar]

this is some really informed advice youre dishing out lol

[late sluice]

i mean i'd rather more points and higher attention drop than less points and lower attention drops but thats just me

again

just prefers on personal preference

[west mortar]

bruh you clowning

if anyone knows the formula for them leaving then thatd be pretty helpful tho

so we can figure out exactly when each choice is best

[worldly ivy]

I think it's just a matter of personal preference. u get more points from the 10pt option, but attention lowers slower with hot topics. so u just gotta weigh which one u care about more. personally I just risk it all and go for the 10pt options

[crimson surge]

I got 20 scout tickets from expeditions

[late sluice]

thats what im sayin!

but i guess i'm a clown

[knotty nymph]

I just hit 78 on my blue

gonna do silver next

[rigid pilot]

3rd pair?

[west mortar]

nah you a clown for saying with confidence that your "personal preference" is optimal

[knotty nymph]

Nah. Fourth

did N, cynthia, lillie before

[west mortar]

and its pretty unlikely that picking hot topics exclusively vs 10 points exclusively results in the same average number of points

[knotty nymph]

Need to get silver done before LG ends for a 96 streak

[west mortar]

gl

[deep tree]

how, and how often does bonus event drop in expedition? and what is the effect of it?

[upper lake]

my event lasted 45 minutes
and i noticied on the last minutes
that events changed every time
that i came in and out of expedictions

every event changed dropped an extra pokeball

[deep tree]

I saw none up to now ...

[upper lake]

don't worry that's a very mediocre thing

maybe even bad because cheering can't spawn

[deep tree]

the same daily pokeball gifts and item drop rate?

if so seems not really good...

[upper lake]

i suppose yes

[dense saddle]

Does it do anything??

[sharp solar]

Looks pretty

[knotty nymph]

it's cute

[austere viper]

Now this is the lowest % I went. And was able to get 10 lvl overall today. Tho I messed up in some

Ps: still yet to get a bonus event

[random portal]

For anyone curious.

[analog furnace]

It feels weird to say that I’m always checking Expedition Skills on their scout unit preview thing

Though it won’t influence my pulls either way

[formal forge]

if you trigger max vibes at Interaction 3 (and presumably, you're at around 95%), is it possible to give a gift during max vibes, raise your attention to 100%, and therefore eliminate the risk of your conversation ending after max vibes?

[random portal]

no

[formal forge]

ah, so it is predetermined immediately after Interaction 3 whether you triggered the 5% chance of ending the conversation or not?

[analog furnace]

You can’t gift during Max Vibes

First time in aaaages

[sick cedar]

How to get anxiety in 3 steps

[analog furnace]

Getting dropped at 87 a lil too much since the last time I talked to Lethartist Think I'm gonna settle on gifting at 87-88% if need be

[winter sigil]

What's the benefit of unlocking the level cap?

[carmine sedge]

Just more lodge stones is all

[winter sigil]

I see. I better get more lodge pairs for now. Might as well. Thanks.

[analog furnace]

Twice today Overall pretty good. Dropped twice before gift, but 2 solid ones & 2 amazing ones. Just about 16 levels today

[maiden haven]

Got 3 consecutive 12+ levels with Silver doing 6x

must be my lucky days

[carmine sedge]

Finally got a bonus event

This is Agatha and Allister's Gengars talking to each other

[frank pelican]

Finally unlocked my third lodge unit

[urban zinc]

Clown to clown communication

[twilit venture]

Selene has some explaining to do

[keen wolf]

Amogus

[frigid fiber]

The Bonus Events Pokeballs probably have a chance to give "100 Lodge Stones" and a "3* Heart Locket".
I can confirm that the" 10x Big Pearls" and "10x 4* Lvl-Up Manuals" are a thing since i got them.

[analog furnace]

Yet to see a bonus event Should I have to check in every so often as one is there before it goes away?

Nevermind. Just got some Ice Codexes

[void lintel]

Ice Codex? That would indeed be outside the normal Pokéball item pool, I think

[sharp bramble]

Still not a single god damn bonus event

[void lintel]

I've seen one so far. Alder showing off his Volcarona to some Preschoolers

[maiden haven]

wonder if you need the units for them to appear

[glad acorn]

I don't think so. I remember seeing the 4 rocket admins

[wary wasp]

🍐 #️⃣ 🍀

[glad acorn]

Lillie is quite a pair to tackle in lodge

I'm working on her as well

[analog furnace]

[wary wasp]

only 2 pairs left, may and rosa 🪦

[analog furnace]

Nice job

[long merlin]

At least I got to lvl 30

[analog furnace]

I missed 5 interactions day 1, but I think I also missed a day of lodge or something? Or didn’t finish interactions Did I?

@wary wasp How many interactions have you done? If you don't mind

[wary wasp]

198

i’d be lying if i said i haven’t been getting lucky

[analog furnace]

Sheeshhh okay okay

Keep at it

I’ve had it rough the past week and a half, with the exception of today

[wary wasp]

i send you some of my luck 🙌

[analog furnace]

thank you & I'll send you some of my own if that helps, somehow (I've already drained the bad luck from it, only good being sent)

[sudden forum]

[steel crag]

Help

[night tide]

Oh no Kuk.. is cheating rip his wife

Oh wait I must be thinking of someone else that’s clearly masked Royal

[void lintel]

Does Olivia know his secret identity

[night tide]

I do recall she was a fan of the masked royal

[sudden forum]

Dig for it.

[steel crag]

Too late I exited 💀💀

TY for the info tho! Will keep that in mind next time

I did spam though so idk why it didn’t show up…

[sudden forum]

[wide tiger]

what pokemon would Professor Burnet would get though?

[steel crag]

Ok…? Emptier space ig

[wide tiger]

they're protecting Pasio now

:X

[pastel swallow]

dang

i got another strike coin

lodge so far gave me 3 candy coins

insane

[carmine sedge]

Alright Blue, you're forgiven

[graceful granite]

Rosa has been the worst for me

[verbal prairie]

if a trainer at level 95, how many interactions should I need to get him to 100? assume below average luck

(using silver gift too)

[urban zinc]

3~4 I guess

[verbal prairie]

hmm ok, may be I'll just do 3 interactions at once and keep resetting until I get lucky

thanks!

[frigid fiber]

I will get N to lvl 20 tomorrow, just before Raihan release.

[sharp bramble]

Ooh yay my first bonus event

And it’s Giovannia being lazy and ordering his mooks to do the exploring for him LMAO

[wide tiger]

Finally back to schedule

[dusky finch]

3 pairs now, still wanna go for a Support, but Dena refuses to give out 4* candy for it. Oh well

[rigid pilot]

Done with the 3rd pair

I probably will eventually run out of pairs

[orchid glade]

Pokeball drops should be updated got silver tomes and says only bronze

[sharp solar]

It may be related to bonus events

[orchid glade]

I presume the events now showing have a different rate

so hopefully someone has the details of what can drop

I also saw 1000 orbs too if I remember right

[urban zinc]

That's the least optimal way of doing lodge I've ever seen

[sharp solar]

Most optimal*

[runic plaza]

Lillie took 13 days (Aug 25th - Sep 7th)
Blue took 11 days (Sep 7th - Sep 18th)
Silver took 11 days (Sep 18th - Sep 29th)
For some reason I thought I was stuck on Silver for an abysmal amount of time but I actually wasn't

[neat blade]

Not really. I was just asking out of curiosity.

[sharp solar]

You seemed to have decided after asking, so that was the impression

[dark kraken]

real

[blazing sapphire]

My first 0%!

I didn’t know it dropped by like 25% at the end

[carmine sedge]

Who's that?

[blazing sapphire]

Oh it doens't say?!?

It's Blue

[finite dock]

Silver has left at 96% three god damned times today

This mode is so stupid

[wary wasp]

ooo

[lethal marsh]

i had one where elesa was posing for viola while she took pics

i was pleasantly surprised

[lusty hazel]

Those events are live in this update?

[austere viper]

My first bonus

[steel crag]

Does anyone have a MAXED blue/wistful+cache/chest team that they could share that includes omni boost?

[carmine sedge]

I don't think so since so many who boosts rare also negates wistful boost

[steel crag]

posting mostly for safekeeping + sharing

[random portal]

day 4 of not seeing a single special event

[rigid pilot]

Who should I do next
Blue or Silver

[orchid glade]

Exeggutor is nice

Feraligatr still could be good on Gauntlet

[void lintel]

There isn't one known to exist.
The only 10Blue+10Cache, without Cheer, uses Rare Extract

If we got a Support with +3 Cache, or if Kalos' roster filled out more (with a Support Elite Four and/or the other two Chatelaines as Supports), then we'd be in business...

I've been settling for 9Blue+10Cache with Omni

[jade trout]

First one

[quasi sigil]

collapses on the floor Thank you, N

[void lintel]

I thought it was kind of odd that they just give this place to Scottie/Bettie right off the bat-- do they even wait for the PML arc to be finished, or is it right after Chapter 1? Because if it's right after Ch1, you're kind of a nobody at the time.

I started wondering if the Lodge is more communal, or perhaps several Trainers are given Lodges and this one just happens to be ours... But, well, May's first Lodge Chat strongly implies that this is the only Lodge (or one of very few?) and Scottie/Bettie is indeed in charge rather than just one of many visitors

(Also lol accidental rhyme)

[upper lake]

I got another drop event: i resetted it twice and then ended it

[austere viper]

Might need help, had a similar ending previous run but with 6 topics where half I chose were hot topic, 2 not super.

[worldly ivy]

Listen the kid has like tens~hundreds of trainers all on their team/in their social circle. If anyone can get a social hub going, it's them

[void lintel]

The problem is the timing

After the PML, sure, this kid is Hot Shit

But if it's just after Ch1, this kid is nobody yet

It makes perfect sense to give you the lodge after the PML since you're Somebody Important Now

Ch1, though... not so much

You're not even the leader of your team until Interlude 1, right before the PML

[random portal]

how many events have we cataloged so far?

I've seen over 10 already

[short rock]

is there any point for excitement building when you are talking to a trainer?

[random portal]

excitement Building is an indication that you got the silver point option iirc

[void lintel]

That's just the reaction for a 7pt topic