Yeah, my CD was a bit of a bust. I didn’t get enough shinies to complete any family, as I’ve only managed to catch 2 red shinies, 1 white shiny and 1 orange shiny…so far.
Maybe in the special research available for the next few days I’ll be lucky enough to at least get 1 more.
At the very least I’ll enjoy the temporary lower requirement to evolve the different colours I have into a Florges, as that will be a new register for me. So, right now, this is the main goal as I want all 3rd stage evolutions of this pokemon of many colours.
I used both incenses this time and still had a much lower shiny outcome than in previous CD. I played for almost 2 hours and then checked the game sporadically. If this had been a CD for a pokemon I really cared for, I’d be very disappointed. As it is, I’m only a little bit. (And this is a personal opinion, but I think the shiny for a flower pokemon should be more colorful/visually impactful, I think it’s way too subtle).
Since it’s a Community Day, why not have all colours available everywhere for a single special event? I think this would’ve been better. I really liked the egg distance being greatly diminished, that’s for sure, as right now I’m hoarding a lot of 10km eggs, …
I think the general consensus of the Pokémon Go community is this was a massive fail CD not having all flower colours available.
Should have been a 2 Day CD just like Eevee was a few years ago allowing players to collect many of all the colours.
Region locking Pokémon needs to go full stop.
Change regional to traveller and have all current regionals changing locations once, twice or even three times a year.
Only interest was getting shiny to complete the family line. This is becoming a common thing for CD’s now.
Drove around letting the GoPlus get whatever while making some progress on Gym Badges.
Ran Lucky Egg(s), Star Pieces and Stink Bomb for 2 1/2hrs with Psychic Mega Slowbro. No ide of total gains.
Stats:
222 caught
8x Shiny
0x surprise 100%
Trashed all but the 3 best IV Shiny.
There was no field research with this one. Apparently special backgrounds were obtain some other way. Not that it matters as I don’t collect them.
I didn’t care for this one that much, but still tried to get some shinies to add to the collection. I played for almost 2 hours and managed 3 shinies in total, so at least the family is complete!
I had a lot more difficult finding them and not having the extra special research during the week was a surprise. I usually rely on that one for better stats and maybe surprise shinies (I only ever got better stats anyway), so I usually evolve the pokemon later in the week. I happened to evolve one on Sunday, so I got at least 1 with a special attack… I don’t use these pokemon, so it’s not a concern, but maybe people that use them missed out on it accidentally?
@NotanotherKangaskhan I did find some pokemon with backgrounds spawning in the wild (not in field research, just in the wild), which had never happened to me before. I only ever find them in that special community day research during the folowing days. That should have let me know something was different!
I wonder if the shiny spawns (for me at least) were lower than usual because they were mixed with some special background spawns…
Not a huge interest in this one. Getting 3 Shiny and 1x 100% needed for one of the alts was the mission. Used the Map to get that 100% then just drove around with the auto catches doing the work. One of the alts got 2x additional 100% that none of the other accts got.
Stats
224 caught
1x 100%
15 Shiny
Considering being sick this week, I am content with what I got in an hour.
I finished the Community Ambassador special research for the rare candies, and kept these Pokémon.
Still miss quaxly and sprigatito shinies, but I can’t complan too much considering the circumstances
I missed both days completely, didn’t realise it was on. Had it in my head that it was this weekend coming.
There was a few things I wanted to chase grrrrr.
Needed the 100% Piplup’s for the family accounts. Took 2hrs to get 4 targeting high CP ones only. Let the auto catchers get whatever in between the drives to the 100%.
Long distances driving at over 40km along with 2x duds resulted in a smaller total count over the 2 1/2 hours played.
What was a massive surprise was my highest ever Shiny count from any CD.
Stats
195 catches
19 Shiny
4x 100%
Forgot this CD was on.
Spent 2hrs on the driving range (golf) then decided to take some Gyms in a nearby area while there after. Saw the pop up announcement it was starting soon just as I was about to head off home to do some gardening during the stinking hot afternoon.
Could easily have changed plans but just couldn’t be bothered tbh. Didn’t even put in the effort to evolve the 100% I already have for the legacy move.
My lack of enthusiasm for the game atm had me not even bothering with this CD.
I didn’t even bother to evolve one of my 100% I already have to get the legacy move.
I’ll regret my apathy later down the track but I just have to live with it.
(And this is a personal opinion, but I think the shiny for a flower pokemon should be more colorful/visually impactful, I think it’s way too subtle).
