Evolution Items
So how has everyone's luck been obtaining these from pokestops?
Personally, my luck sucks. I work in an office building that has a post office located on the ground floor, so I am able to just sit at my desk and spin the pokestop for the post office all day long if I so choose.
I have been at work since 8 am (3 hours in total now) and have spun the pokestop non stop since then. I'm guessing approximately 30 times. STILL NOT ONE STEELCOAT, KINGS CROWN, UPGRADE, OR DRAGONS SCALE!!!!!!!!
Has anyone else had as bad as luck as I'm having?
Answers
Earlier this day i read something about a 1/200 chance per item to get one of these items. One pokestop gives you 3-5- items, with 4 on average, it would be reasonable to expect one item per 50 turns. But this is rng, and thus, not sure at all.
I think, this low rate is ok, more would render them useless.
After some weeks of playing, each player will have some items, it just makes you think twice before evolving.
Dude, the drop rates are - one hopes - balanced for long term, not the first day. How long, on average, does it take you to accumulate, say, 100 Horsea candies? 50 scyther candies? 50 porygon or - lol - chansey candies w/out V-day event? (I still don't have chansey, never even seen one on nearby, even during v-day). If you had gotten evolution items so quickly today, you'd be complaining every time you got them by next week.
Likewise since 8am, except I have 2 pokestops in range sometimes (although most of the time the second is just out of range).
I'm guessing around 30-40 spins and still nothing.
The chance is supposedly 0.4-0.5% per item though, so it's not really terrible luck (although still pretty bad, given you get multiple items per spin).
Although eventually you won't want them (you won't be evolving Kingdras over Seadras) - need to realize these things seem to be a slow start but then end up being too much. Would have been nice to have better chance for the first week or so though.
