Pokemon go

long_b

Just downloaded the apk and it's playable here!! Or you can wait for the official release

http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/niantic-inc/pokemon-go/pokemon-go-0-29-0-release/pokemon-go-0-29-0-android-apk-download/

EDIT Doesn't seem to have teams available yet - maybe it's still in beta mode

CliCliW

From the sounds of it the game is dropping today, it's just a matter of when. Are we excited yet?

TheChrisD

Going by the early reviews on the Play Store, seems to be getting panned for not working on a variety of different phones and for not running on Android N at all.

Angron

That's a shame I might download the apk later and see if it'll work for me.

connemara man

Just downloaded there working ok. I'll be able to test it properly on my walk home Mind

Colham

Downloaded the APK yesterday, seems fun for awhile but don't know if it will hold my interest. Anyone found any rare Pokes? Not much up in Swords.

mcgovern

long_b wrote: »

Just downloaded the apk and it's playable here!! Or you can wait for the official release

http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/niantic-inc/pokemon-go/pokemon-go-0-29-0-release/pokemon-go-0-29-0-android-apk-download/

EDIT Doesn't seem to have teams available yet - maybe it's still in beta mode

When you go to a gym at level 5, it asks you to pick a team, there are 3 options.

Dantes_Legacy

Downloaded yesterday and played it a good bit. Here's a few tips that I figured out:

Dublin City has a rake of those PokéStops (I think that is what they are called) and Gyms on the North and South sides. I just so happened to be walking around town a lot yesterday evening and deposited some Pokémon in some empty gyms. If you see a Hypno in a Gym in the back of Dublin Castle, that's mine! I also deposited a Magicarp in a gym and it was beaten within an hour. I enjoyed the troll though. It was funny to see the Magicarp floundering on top of the big Gym symbol on the map.

If you go to the online shop after you have deposited some pokémon in a gym, there will be a timer in the top-right corner of the screen that gives you 10 coins for every pokémon you have in a gym every 20 hours or something. Only noticed it this morning and bagged 60 coins.

Incense is used to attract pokémon, so you use it and you get a higher encounter rate for 30 mins. I used one and then hopped on the Luas heading into the city after work. I was barely just able to keep up with capturing them as they popped up. Also, there are a heap of Gyms and Pokéstops on the Green line Luas. I would imagine a bus would work better because it travels slower than a Luas and would be easier managed. Well, in the city anyway. The count steps towards hatching the eggs doesn't seem to increase if you are travelling at speed however.

I haven't found anything too rare yet although there seems to be some Jynxs around the city.

Angron

I'm hoping there'll be a decent number of things around Galway, I wanna get a Charizard at least :pac:

connemara man

Got myself a charmander of the bat so happy out. Belfast seems well stocked for gyms and pokestops heading to Connemara tomorrow should be interesting

Are Pokemon area specific. Only hmget water types near water normal types in cities and towns grass types in fields etc...

Tar.Aldarion

This should be fun! Will wait for official app

Colham

connemara man wrote: »

Got myself a charmander of the bat so happy out. Belfast seems well stocked for gyms and pokestops heading to Connemara tomorrow should be interesting

Are Pokemon area specific. Only hmget water types near water normal types in cities and towns grass types in fields etc...

from what I can see, water Pokemon seem to be around rivers and water anyways. I caught a Krappy by a river.

Doesn't work on my HTC M8s

Reasonably high spec phone that has only been on the market for a year

Dantes_Legacy

Colham wrote: »

from what I can see, water Pokemon seem to be around rivers and water anyways. I caught a Krappy by a river.

That seems to be the rule but I was picking up some water types away from water too. Maybe it was because I was close to the Liffey by being in the city. I dunno. All I'm saying is you might get lucky away from water too.

Angron

Ah feck, I have the M8s too. I'll be fairly bloody annoyed if it can't run it at all.

Dantes_Legacy

Angron wrote: »

Ah feck, I have the M8s too. I'll be fairly bloody annoyed if it can't run it at all.

It is working on a Samsung Galaxy S5 OK if that helps anybody at all. I presume it should work on later generations too.

Colham

Team Red seem to own both Gyms in Swords at the moment...

maximoose

Dantes_Legacy wrote: »

That seems to be the rule but I was picking up some water types away from water too. Maybe it was because I was close to the Liffey by being in the city. I dunno. All I'm saying is you might get lucky away from water too.

Yep, just got a Krabby in my office nowhere near any water!

Angron

Downloaded the APK there, seems to be working grand so far.

Metalpanic

Angron wrote: »

Downloaded the APK there, seems to be working grand so far.

Me too! Squirtle captured and plenty of PokeStops around me at work!

Kimbot

I've installed it for the craic, got 2 pokemon so far when I went out for a smoke haha
I will give it a try for a few days and see how it goes.

rejkin

Working great for me, got myself a Bulbasaur this morning, in work now so will go out for a walk at lunch and see what I can find in Citywest. Already found a Gym next to the shopping centre.

I've an iPhone so I'm waiting for the official release but I'm so excited! I live right in the city centre so I'm looking forward to going on an adventure and visit parts of the city I've never bothered to check out before xD

Hope I'm not going to be too behind all of you with androids who got a head start!

Angron

I mainly just downloaded it to see if it would work, I think I'll wait for the proper release before I get into the game in any depth.

FunLover18

When is the proper release?

Angron

Not sure, I'd be expecting it to come out within the next week or so (or hoping at least). The only official stuff lists it as "July 2016".

Tar.Aldarion

rejkin wrote: »

Working great for me, got myself a Bulbasaur this morning, in work now so will go out for a walk at lunch and see what I can find in Citywest. Already found a Gym next to the shopping centre.

My workplace is a gym, I'm gonna set up as gym leader.

Frisbee

Loving this. Just installed the APK. Caught a Charmander, Weedle, Ratatta & Venonat without leaving my desk in work. Can't wait to go for a walk later now.

PerrinV2

I haven't played a pokemon game since the days of pokemon red/blue,is this game anyway simliar?
Like is there any story to it or battles?
Or do you just go around collecting pokemon?

Angron

PerrinV2 wrote: »

I haven't played a pokemon game since the days of pokemon red/blue,is this game anyway simliar?
Like is there any story to it or battles?
Or do you just go around collecting pokemon?

I don't think there's really a plot as such, it's mainly about collecting them it seems. I suppose the main part of the fun is that you have to physically move around to catch things, so it's pretty different to the standard Pokémon game.

MarkY91

I got charmander as my starter but any pokemon or gym is about a 5 minutes walk from my bedroom. I'm located in kimmage, Dublin 12.

How are people getting multiple pokemon from their office desk? I'll see what I find on my way to the gym later.

maximoose

MarkY91 wrote: »

I got charmander as my starter but any pokemon or gym is about a 5 minutes walk from my bedroom. I'm located in kimmage, Dublin 12.

How are people getting multiple pokemon from their office desk? I'll see what I find on my way to the gym later.

I just left it open while sat at my desk - got Ghastly, Oddish, Shellder, Seel, Rattata and Drowzee in about 20 mins!

MarkY91

maximoose wrote: »

I just left it open while sat at my desk - got Ghastly, Oddish, Shellder, Seel, Rattata and Drowzee in about 20 mins!

IS it OK to leave open in the background? My Samsung s7 is getting so hot durijg this game and the battery is being assassinated

Dantes_Legacy

maximoose wrote: »

I just left it open while sat at my desk - got Ghastly, Oddish, Shellder, Seel, Rattata and Drowzee in about 20 mins!

Did you use an incense when doing that?

Too bad this is free to play

Angron

Deleted User wrote: »

Too bad this is free to play

Why do you say that?

cruizer101

Installed it there now on Xperia Z3c all working fine. Had it on while going for wander for lunch. Not too sure what I'm doing tbh but caught myself, Charmander, Pidgey, Rattata, Zubat, Oddish and Drowzee and few eggs also, I notice some need 2km and some 5km. I don't really fancy spending actual money on it, I presume there is other ways of getting coins. It does fairly get through battery now also which I suppose was to be expected.

Dantes_Legacy

cruizer101 wrote: »

Installed it there now on Xperia Z3c all working fine. Had it on while going for wander for lunch. Not too sure what I'm doing tbh but caught myself, Charmander, Pidgey, Rattata, Zubat, Oddish and Drowzee and few eggs also, I notice some need 2km and some 5km. I don't really fancy spending actual money on it, I presume there is other ways of getting coins. It does fairly get through battery now also which I suppose was to be expected.

I've gotten some coins for leaving pokemon in gyms. It seems to be 10 coins every 20 hours for each pokemon you have in a gym.

cherryghost

Angron wrote: »

Why do you say that?

Because there are microtransaction walls. I'd rather pay a price and have the game full access no holds barred.

maximoose

MarkY91 wrote: »

IS it OK to leave open in the background? My Samsung s7 is getting so hot durijg this game and the battery is being assassinated

I don't think it works if you have it open in the background, needs to be active app as far as I can tell.

I'm on a Oneplus One and it does get a bit hot at times but it hasn't been too harsh on the battery.

Did you use an incense when doing that?

Strangely no, I used an incense stick earlier and it didn't really do much.

Went for a wee walk around IFSC/Talbot street area there, hit a lot of Pokestops but didn't find many new pokemon. Can see the novelty of this wearing off for me very soon.

Angron

Angron wrote: »

Why do you say that?

Because of the business model they have to employ and the enjoyment it will inevitably take away from my experience. Hopefully I am wrong and Nintendo haven't signed off on yet another ****ty mobile game.

My experience of f2p play games follow the same general pattern. At first you have an abundance of resources and the game constantly rewards by frequent level-ups with bonuses etc. They get you used to spending their currency while you are slowly getting hooked. The game is fun at first. Then you gradually level up less frequently, receive less free currency and generally progress far slower... unless you want to pay a few micro transactions to keep the pace going. At this stage your quite invested so a small few euros here and there aren't bad considering how much your getting out of it, right? I argue they shouldn't have created this situation in the first place to manipulate you into spending cash in drips and drabs. You could argue that you could simply ignore micro transactions entirely and play the game entirely free. You are still playing a game that is actively attempting to manipulate out of your cash. It is not a pleasant addition to modern gaming. It encourages addictive behavior. I would way prefer to pay €XX upfront with maybe cosmetic being sold as micro transactions to cover the running costs of the game.

Without being overly dramatic, f2p is a cancer on modern game design :pac:

But sure what do I know, all the highest grossing mobile games follow this exact business model

Atavan-Halen

Can't wait to give this a go! Damn iOS making me wait

dilallio

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

My workplace is a gym, I'm gonna set up as gym leader.

You don't work in eir (HSQ) by any chance?

Angron

Deleted User wrote: »

Because of the business model they have to employ and the enjoyment it will inevitably take away from my experience. Hopefully I am wrong and Nintendo haven't signed off on yet another ****ty mobile game.

My experience of f2p play games follow the same general pattern. At first you have an abundance of resources and the game constantly rewards by frequent level-ups with bonuses etc. They get you used to spending their currency while you are slowly getting hooked. The game is fun at first. Then you gradually level up less frequently, receive less free currency and generally progress far slower... unless you want to pay a few micro transactions to keep the pace going. At this stage your quite invested so a small few euros here and there aren't bad considering how much your getting out of it, right? I argue they shouldn't have created this situation in the first place to manipulate you into spending cash in drips and drabs. You could argue that you could simply ignore micro transactions entirely and play the game entirely free. You are still playing a game that is actively attempting to manipulate out of your cash. It is not a pleasant addition to modern gaming. It encourages addictive behavior. I would way prefer to pay €XX upfront with maybe cosmetic being sold as micro transactions to cover the running costs of the game.

Without being overly dramatic, f2p is a cancer on modern game design :pac:

But sure what do I know, all the highest grossing mobile games follow this exact business model

Ah yeah, I get what you mean. I recently uninstalled a game on my phone after it got an update that added a system where it basically wanted you to pay a subscription type of thing, like World of Warcraft. You didn't have to, but then if you didn't, you'd be torn apart by people that did in PvP.

Angron

Angron wrote: »

Ah yeah, I get what you mean. I recently uninstalled a game on my phone after it got an update that added a system where it basically wanted you to pay a subscription type of thing, like World of Warcraft. You didn't have to, but then if you didn't, you'd be torn apart by people that did in PvP.

I'm just extremely bitter after what EA did my beloved Dungeon Keeper

system_538781

dilallio wrote: »

You don't work in eir (HSQ) by any chance?

Ah there you are Dilallio! I know that's your work portal in Ingress

Will I have to battle your Pokemon Gym there too? Or will we end up on the same team?

Frisbee

Frisbee wrote: »

Loving this. Just installed the APK. Caught a Charmander, Weedle, Ratatta & Venonat without leaving my desk in work. Can't wait to go for a walk later now.

Just caught a Koffing while in the toilet. Scary accurate GPS :pac:

Tar.Aldarion

dilallio wrote: »

You don't work in eir (HSQ) by any chance?

Fraid not. Got a guy in work to sign up and we went around at lunch scouting rival gyms :pac:

aislinnb

Downloaded on iPhone using my brothers US Apple ID, and it was a US app (in app purchases were in $ but eventually changed to € so it is legit) I havent left house yet, i can see pokestop is local church though and some monuments around the place

Angron

Apparently there is Kabuto near me.

Dome supremacy!

MarkY91

Went to the gym and back. Less than 2 miles walk up and back and caught a few unique pokemon and a few rattatas and weedles. Few 3x pokeballs in the local "monuments" on the way