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Your opinion on the weather system

Here is my take:
Pros - shift the game back to catching instead of raiding.
More Pokemon diversity based on the weather instead of just local biome.
Cons - I think they over did it with the weather spawns. It's too easy to get a high level high iv Mon now and no real need for grinding. Also with lower levels now catching high level Mons there is real benefit to leveling up. I think they will tone it down a bit soon.

Asked by gluglumaster7 years 8 months ago
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I love it normally near me we only ever get normal types, I've only ever seen a few geodudes i the year and a half I've been playing and today I caught 3 so it has hugely helped my local pokemon diversity

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by YodaJi 7 years 8 months ago

I think it gives good build in variety, although where I am it's nearly aways sunny, and it's already a fire and rock skewed biome, I have enjoyed the increased frequency of grass types and charmander. (I just caught a perfect charmander!). I'm sure this will continue to get tweaks. However, with stardust having been such a premium item in shortage for so long I can see them overcorrecting for awhile before they rebalance. Remember, in the end this is a "gotta-catch-em-all" game, not a winner-loser game.

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Candy can be important again...also people will buy storage...that or decide b/t an average IV 35 or a sky high IV 20

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It says it's raining but I've been outside and it's a clear sky. But at least I've caught some more stuff, it's been Cloudy at first so I've found jigglies. There was a seviper somewhere but too far from where I was.

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I like it. I'm waiting for partly cloudy weather in particular to see and catch some rock types but with the winter around the corner who knows when that will happen. Due to the water biome I don't get that many rock type pokemons where I live.

However thanks to cloudy weather I got 25 level Machamp with 93% IV (14/14/14) but the most exciting part is that for this Machamp raid six people showed up which rarely happens in my city.

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California's had some fires, but the smoke is more or less clear from here now. Problem is, weather has been stuck on "Extreme - Pokemon don't like it here" and hasn't changed.

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I like this feature in theory but I can see it being very frustrating for people who are indoors and want to set up a Lure/Incense, assuming it's even accurate. Especially if it goes on for 24 hours and you miss your streak. I get wanting to minimize liability, but I'm not sure if this is the best way to do it.

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There have been reports of it not working correctly. Like half of Italy being flagged with strong winds, but the wind speed not actually being anywhere near dangerous.

I agree, it seems like a good feature in theory but it screws people over in a pretty extreme manner if it's not working right.

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by TyFox 7 years 8 months ago

I like it a lot, although it may be a bit too powerful in its current implementation. On cloudy days like yesterday here, it was extremely easy to farm Machop and several 100% ones spawned. I didn't have one before last night so I'm not complaining, but they may want to tone down the IV boosting a bit.

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I absolutely love how much weight it puts on going out and catching pokemons. It's making it super easy to get good pokemon compared to how things used to be and that might be bad in the long run, but for now I'm excited no matter what weather I see. The possibility of high IV and >L30 wild catches is just too much to resist.

EDIT: I'm also loving the diversity weather has introduced and I hope it never goes away. It's just so much more interesting when 9x% of what you see when going out isn't made of the same 10 species as always.

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I catch a 1450-1499 Roselia every 20 min; whether I step outside or sit on the couch. So I'm still waiting on that diversity;)

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I've so far only seen Roselia when poison is boosted. Which has been often during the last 24 hours but certainly not all the time.

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I think it is a very good idea to implement weather as another parameter affecting gameplay in PG and that increased Pokemon diversity and more focus on catching is positive. Unfortunately the Cons outweighs the Pros for me as explained in another thread.

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