Yeah, the regional stuff IS frustrating. And the friendship trade restrictions make it even tougher. I live in a town that draws a LOT of tourists. It would be nice if I could go out and make friends with them, and use trading as a way to get some of the ones I'll never be able to find otherwise, but since they're not my in-game best friends, that's a no-go.
One thing I HAVE found kind of neat - I needed friends for the Celebi questline, so I went online and found a video about the quest. In the comments section of that video, there's a steady stream of people posting their player codes in search of friends. I invited a dozen or so at random, and now have friends in Malaysia, France, the Netherlands, Brazil - all over the world! It's really neat.
And when you get gifts from those places, and those gifts contain eggs? The pokemon that hatch are also from all over the world! I got my 1000k trading achievement with one trade, swapping a pokemon from Paris with one my boyfriend hatched here.
Come to think of it... My trainer code is 2740 0995 6534. Anybody who wants to be buddies is welcome to add me.
I got a ton of people from all over the world on my various social medias, including here. If the eggs with the regional pokemon had to have been from the regions the pokemon were in, I would still have gotten the ones I was missing. I've got people all over Europe, Australia, Japan... it's really fun to see where people are from through sending gifts.
Added you!
Come to think of it... My trainer code is 2740 0995 6534. Anybody who wants to be buddies is welcome to add me.
Expect a couple of friends requests from my wife and I this evening after we get home from work
Niantic, PLEASE INCREASE THE DROP RATE OF THE "CATCH 5 BUG-TYPE POKEMON" FIELD RESEARCH QUEST!
hahah not sure if you realize, i don't think anyone from niantic is gonna see this...
Niantic, PLEASE INCREASE THE DROP RATE OF THE "CATCH 5 BUG-TYPE POKEMON" FIELD RESEARCH QUEST!
Quick, odd question -- would the field research quest that drops from any given Pokestop be the same for any one who spins it that day or is it random for everyone? IE, a stop that gives me "Evolve 2 Pidgeys" today would give my buddy the same quest or would it give him something different?
Quick, odd question -- would the field research quest that drops from any given Pokestop be the same for any one who spins it that day or is it random for everyone? IE, a stop that gives me "Evolve 2 Pidgeys" today would give my buddy the same quest or would it give him something different?