I don't do mass evolutions since lvl 27/28, I'm in no hurry to hit lvl 40 and it's just not worth it. Just evolve whatever you want/need, the RoE for lvl up from lvl 29 is very small, the only reason to get to 29 is that's the cap for the lvl of wild pokemon you find (your lvl +1.5) so from 29 there's just not enough incentive.
XP question for LVL32+ players
Level 33.5 here: I've been wondering whether or not to pop a lucky egg and follow through with ~100 or so evolutions for XP or patiently wait for the next bonus event? I'd love to hear both sides and/or your own experiences. The last bonus event happened less than a month after I evolved ~140 pokemon, so I missed out on an easy 70K XP :(
On the other hand, none of these new guys that I'll have are that special for the the gym (except larvitar):
phanpy, chikorita, teddiursa, seadra, scyther, sunkern, cyndaquil, quilava, chinchou, larvitar.
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Level 34.5 here. I don't do mass evolutions since lvl 29. I am currently holding on gen2 evolutions because I want to use my last lucky egg for this extra experience that you get when you first add a pokemon to your pokedex. When I get one dragon scale will proceed with it. That's the only exception. When I have too many pidgey or rattata candies I go ahead and evolve them without lucky egg to free space in my bag. Don´t care too much about experience. The last double XP event I evolved what I had by that time, but I didn't bother to use a lucky egg.
I do lucky eggs, I want:
-my vapes over 3k, that means lvl 36, still 1.85 mil to go( I'm 900k over 34)
- first 36 active Valor in my city; tought, someone already 35 but I started 2 months later so I recovered; there is an inactive lvl 37 though :); mystic already has 2 active lvl 36 and a frw lvl 35.
If you have similar goals do lucky eggs. If not better not, you will have a better ratio between lvl and stardust.
Since you still have 500k to go till lvl 34, wait till Easter in case there will be something good, like double xp or double lucky egg time.
What i am doing is fullfill all my storage and them do a masive evolution for make some room for new catches taking advantadge on the 7th consecutive day catch.
I dont know others but i usally do like 70 evolutions per egg, almost all pidgeys geodudes and sentrets which are supereasy to catch here and in one week i can catch them again for using another egg.
Almost lvl 35. The only good advice about eggs I have is don't put it off too long. I waited until I had 90 or so and ended up putting it off dreading sitting there for 30 mins of evolves again. Then soon I had 200 waiting..then 300. Now I don't even know how many I have waiting.
Lucky eggs just kill the momentum of the game if you save up too much. I know some players can tolerate multiple eggs back to back, I would be bashing my head against the wall after just 2 eggs.
I'm lvl 35.5 and only evolve if I want the evolved mon.
Other than that I transfer unwanted mons to the professor. I have lots of candy for most mons.
4000+ for gyrados
3000+ pidgey
3500+ eevee
etc.
I barely catch pidgeys,weedles,caterpies and rats anymore, only if I have the time and there is nothing else to catch.
I'm now playing to get 1000 candy for each mon. That will take a long time, but why not.
OK - certain mons it is just not going to happen.
Snorlax I'm up to 64 because it is my walking buddy.
Dratini is low, because I want those mons evolved.
That sheep mon, I'll never even get to 100 since I have zero now and have never seen one.
I have hatched a couple of larvitar but that is it.
etc. on the rarest mons.
Nice, I started collecting candy too, but I don't have over 2000 of anything yet, damn son. I catch pretty much everything for stardust because there's about 10 pokestops on my way to work every day so I never run out of items. I'm sitting on 300K dust for my next good hatch :)
I think mareep must be really rare in some areas because I've only seen one, which is one more than you lol.
Thanks for the responses everyone else :D