How long did you wait until you bought a go plus?
How long did you grind the game without a go plus and how far did you get before purchasing one if you did or has anyone played the game without a go plus this whole time like myself?
Just hit level 35 a night ago and never used a go plus but definitely thinking about possibly purchasing one soon.
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On my drive to work I have it running for pokestops only, picks up about 60% of the pokestops. I click the blue button and it registers successful about 60% of those tries. Besides conserving some battery on a walk, the extra pokestops is a main draw. It can buzz through red balls, sometimes it'll catch 5 or 6 in a row, sometimes miss 3 in a row. Main deal is to use great and ultra balls when you manually throw at pokemon.
My fav part is that I can lock the phone and still walk thorugh a shopping centre or public space, collecting stops the whole time with discretion.
Getting to take my head out of the phone without missing anything is it's most redeeming feature.
It is more convenient for sure, except that I am forever running low of pokeballs - but I guess it is a good problem to have as it means I am catching lots.
I do find myself clearing clusters that I might normally be more selective with - only 1 ball per pokemon and guaranteed at least 25xp per ball encourages clearing the cluster of commons more than the manual method ever did.
Spinning stops the instant they become available again and catching while you battle in a raid, or take down a gym - it just makes everything that little bit more efficient.
I got mine in mid-May, started playing a week after launch. I was a good gym/stardust/coin earner in the Spring. Pretty necessary for me now. At the start I cared about what I was trying to click catch...at this point it could be an unown and I'd probably still press the button. However, to be honest I've only caught 1 dratini on it, a Miltank, an Ursaring--everything else far as I can remember has been trash...certainly threw those away, too
I bought it when I was level 38 and a half for me, like two months ago. Now I am 500k away from level 40. Definitely very useful for when you need a ton of xp to level up and during events. Also love the feature that you can catch mon with the plus while mass evolving.
The bad things, if you don't live on a highly populated area with a ton of stops the plus will literally eat your balls and the capture rate is not that high (like 30% for me?). Also you will experience random disconnects and it might get frustrating to pair it again and again if you are on a long session.
On the other hand it is also useful for the current game where most of people just drives from raid to raid and you can catch and spin stops with the go plus improving a lot the safety (have seen many people near to have a car accident while trying to play driving...very bad...). I just normally walk so I have not that problem at all.
Got a gift card for Amazon, decided to get a PoGo Plus - this was more than a year after I started playing.
When it works, I love it. It means that I can keep my bag full without risking getting a ticket as I spin stops while driving, mostly. I don't try to catch Pokémon with it much as I'm finding it's not good enough at that to be worth the lost balls. (though I don't have enough of a sample size to be sure of that determination)
Overall, I like it - WHEN IT WORKS. Which is maybe 3 days a week. As soon as there is a network error, it seems to drop and not reconnect for literally days. The last time I was able to use it was Sunday, so this is the third day without it in a row - again.
Honestly? It's been more of an aggravation for me than a help. There is very little help for it online that I can find beyond "Remove it from Pokémon Go. Close Pokémon Go. Unpair it from your device. Turn off the Bluetooth. Reboot the phone. Turn on Bluetooth. Pair the device. Turn on Pokémon Go. Press the button to have it show up. Reconnect it in Pokémon Go. If this doesn't work, try it again and again until it works."
Maybe it's a phone issue. Maybe it's a ISP issue (I have a meh ISP and a meh phone that regularly loses connection to the ISP for between 1 second and 1 minute). Maybe if the PoGo Plus is unexpectedly disconnected from the server, it gets an error and won't reconnect for days. I dunno. But it's aggravating.
Level 36. I love it!
Pros:
- Great for farming stardust and candy.
- Especially helpful when it rains.
- Keeps my face out of my phone when I'm around other ppl.
Cons:
- Missing the good pokemon you would have taken time to berry and catch. Pretty rare, but sad when it happens.
- Only uses Pokeballs. Option to use Great balls would be nice.
- Prioritizes pokemon over pokestops. Would be nice if you could choose priority.
- Disconnecting is more frequent/random than you'd think. Some days it's pretty bad.
- Seems to trail behind me while I walk with the screen locked. Sometimes I have to stand at a pokestop for a while before the Plus finds it.
Overall, a great help in your 30's!
It was July 18, soon after I reached level 36 (I keep a PoGo log, how bad is that?). Level 37 now, closing in on 38, which is easier thanks to the Plus.
Until the new gyms started dropping pokeballs I was constantly running out (even having to buy them sometimes, which I hated) and the Plus was therefore not practical. But since I've had it I have loved it (except when it refuses to connect.... but that's another topic).
I would recommend it highly to anyone in the high 30's to help you gain XP (and dust, glorious dust!) faster. FTP, I respect you, and this is something worthwhile you could save your gym coins for (or just spend the cash... it's not that much, and you won't regret it).
