Lucas Tubino, 25, Brasilian,Retired Twitch mod,Graduated in Marketing,casual pogo player,minecraft fanatic,gamer,nerd,love Assassins Creed,Marvel,Star Wars etc.
⚠️ Warning to anyone considering trading a PhD Pikachu ⚠️
I wanted to share this because the outcome has been incredibly frustrating, and if this is some kind of bug, I don’t want anyone else losing one too.
I recently completed a Lucky Trade with a friend. (In person trade not remote) I traded away a Rayquaza and was supposed to receive a PhD Pikachu.
For those who don’t know, PhD Pikachu isn’t something you can just catch. You have to win enough Showcase competitions to earn it. Depending on where you live, that can take months or even years. Players in highly competitive areas often struggle to win showcases at all, which is why PhD Pikachu is considered one of the hardest costume Pokémon to obtain.
Because of that, most trainers won’t trade one unless it’s a mirror trade.
When our trade completed, something strange happened. Instead of showing the PhD Pikachu my friend traded me, the completion screen displayed my OWN PhD Pikachu that I’ve had for over 2 years and already made Best Buddy.
The Pokémon my friend traded never appeared in my storage.
Meanwhile, my friend’s Rayquaza became Lucky and showed up in his inventory immediately. From his side, the trade appeared to complete. From mine nothing. I cleared data, assets was on good internet etc!
After DAYS of back-and-forth with support, they continue telling me that my 2-year-old Best Buddy PhD Pikachu "cp 1022"is the Pokémon I received from the trade....
The problem is that’s IMPOSSIBLE.
• The Pokémon is over 2 years old
• It was already my Best Buddy WHICH DOESNT HAPPEN OVER ONE TRADE
• It’s not Lucky despite us being Lucky Friends or traded 😂
• It existed in my account long before this trade happened and one only exists still
What makes this even worse is that my friend no longer has the PhD Pikachu he traded, and I never received it. It’s effectively disappeared. Both of us shafted.
At this point, I’m not even as upset about the Pokémon as I am about support repeatedly insisting I received a Pokémon that clearly could not have come from this trade instead of investigating what actually happened. I contemplated even making this post as i was hoping they would be able to revert the trade or fix it or even look into a resolution that actually fits the situation. At the end of the day, it is what it is if the Pokemon is truly gone because of some game bug.
Has anyone else ever had a trade display the wrong Pokémon on the completion screen or had a Pokémon seemingly vanish after a trade? I’d love to know if this is an isolated incident or if others have experienced something similar.
Or if anyone has successfully traded a phd pikachu and has MORE than one in there account! Lmk!♥️💔❤️🩹
For those who known me for years already know that I’m a strong advocate for accessibility in video games, and that includes this one. Accessibility is an important part of gaming. We aren’t “lazy” “entitled”. We are people who love Pokemon. Even without the exploration aspect of the game, there’s still a huge difference between this game, and the main series. The Pokédex and battle mechanics are definitely the biggest differences.
Going to say it: The changes to Showcases at the start of this season are downright awful.
Now it will always be the same Pokémon for each type winning such as Origin Palkia for Water/Dragon, Galarian Weezing for Fairy/Poison etc.
Having it themed to events was so much better
Usually pretty positive about certain changes but man, THIS CAN NEVER HAPPEN FOR A RAID DAY AGAIN!!! Why are 80% of the raids not Falinks. #PokemonGo#Pokemonㅤㅤ
@TheSlimSady2 Every player has the right to decide who is on their friends list.
It is incredibly rude to not ready up if you are joining someone else's raid.
At best, you are wasting other players' time. Even worse, the raid host might be on the move and get kicked from the lobby!
O Pokémon GO divulgou as Reides do GO Fest Global além do Mega Mewtwo e muita gente ficou preocupada porque, só no domingo, seriam mais de 60 Reides diferentes disponíveis.
Isso poderia atrapalhar muito, já que diminuiria a quantidade de Mega Mewtwo nos Ginásios... +
Anyone else think the amount of raids for Global Pokémon GO Fest are too overwhelming? 🤔
Here’s my honest thoughts and constructive feedback. What do you all think? ⬇️
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With the new Pokemon GO Season only 15 days away - I'd love to see a few changes
1. PLEASE revamp the 12k egg pool
(No Pancham, No Vullaby and DON'T replace them with other past common spawns 🤣)
2. Showcases back to a few times a week
We could talk for hours on other changes/additions but those are my 2 biggest ones
I LOVE the off-event weeks choose your path stuff - no event but can still get a bonus that fits your style! That was a great addition.
What are some seasonal changes you'd like to see?
I think bringing all Legendaries to Raids is too much of a load especially when it feels more pay-to-win heavy and will feel like a chore to do them! Global GO Fest is suppose to be a free event when Legendaries spawn in the wild right? Why can you add all Legendaries in the wild and boost their spawn rates? Shiny Rates can be like 1/20 in the wild will be a fun experience for all rural players and mobile players to enjoy Global GO Fest for 10 years!
I always try to stay positive about Pokemon GO.
That being said - I think I can speak for a majority of the player base & say Mega Mewtwo is going to be the biggest chase for Global raids.
Not even from a background collector standpoint - but with 30ish raid bosses each day - Mewtwo (or whatever you are chasing) will be severely watered down with other raids.
Nothing is said yet about what will have backgrounds - but I'm willing to bet everything will.
The 1 saving grace will be that ONLY Mewtwo will have one, which makes sense with which ones were recently datamined (the purple DNA one & the Legendary raid one)
For an event that is 10 years in the making and will have a ton of returning players, this is WAY too overloaded for a 2 day event.
People even said Global Kalos Tour & the lead up was too much ����
Do I think they will change it? Not in the slightest.
The whole idea of the "what's your favorite" and then Global being free is to try & draw in returning or new players - only for them to get slapped with 1-30 minute raid of your chase raid boss on the other side of the city.
I really hope @PokemonGoApp @scopely @NianticHelp really reconsider at least for future events to majorly decrease the amount of different raid bosses. The last thing they should want is GO to feel more like a chore than fun.
Again this is just my opinion - feel free to agree/disagree but please keep it civilized 😊
Crazy idea ... Use the days leading up to GO Fest to showcase raids from GO Fest past (or progress through region), building up to GO Fest weekend, then release the clones, Armored Mewtwo and Mega Mewtwo 😄
That lets trainers focus on select days, if at all, not feel overwhelmed, and enjoy GO Fest weekend 👌
#PokemonGO #PokemonGOFest