I have seen now multiple times Omanyte when I was already done with its quest… but before it seems a regional pokemon during my quest 
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A CP 10 pokemon broke free from a ball that hit it?!? Not just once, but five times??!!?? That’s not just rough, it’s borderline scandalous.
I pineap every pokemon that’s at or below 20 CP as a general rule, assuming that any hit with a pokeball will be an automatic capture, no matter how glancing the hit is.
I have yet to see a single exception to that formula in 3 years. And I don’t think I’ve ever seen an escape after the third shake. I guess I need to revise some of my basic assumptions here…
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I guess Niantic uses LUCK as their main Variables in their programs algorithm 
Happened to have joined a Kyogre raid days ago, won the raid in the first try, get a 3 ball bonus for a total of 10, landed 6 with 4 Great or Nice hit, missed 4 and the end result, no flying blue whale for me.
Then hurriedly, log my daughter’s account, won the raid on the third try after all pokemons fainted, got no bonus ball as the other team got the edge, go to the bonus challenge and “whoa” a Shiny Kyogre spawn. Aim and hit the target, it escape in the first hit but was caught with the second ball!
NO better logical or scientific explanation there but just plain LUCK I guess
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Indeed. Hell, my husband had the worst luck during Christmas. I had found a prefect Delibird at level 2, CP 48. Pretty much an easy catch. He decided not to take chances, so he berried it and used an Ultra Ball. It broke out during the very first shake and it got away! I called absolute BS on that, because that should not happen ever. Niantic got an earload from both of us.
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The capture equation includes a number of deterministic factors (level, throw quality, ball type, etc) and a pseudo-random factor that sometimes dominates them all.
That’s when it seems just downright arbitrary, feels like luck, tempts the utterance of an expletive rhyming with that, and has even tempted me a few times to test the ballistic/aerodynamic properties of my phone. Thank goodness better judgment has always taken over and had me just close the app and turn off my phone…
I still wonder whether the developers consider those occasions to be bugs or features… 
edit: And then some of those times the luck is in your favor, and a throw that has NO business catching anything can capture a great mon. Go figure… or not.
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Got Lucky Trade in the first try for the 2nd day today since yesterday with the same player.
There’s the LUCK variable again
Good to hear that you got you a lucky Pokemon
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I let all my Lucky Pokémon get killed in gyms because they still sucked.
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Yeah they’re not good for much except for saving a little dust
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I sent 3 Lucky Mewtwos to the Professor off one of the Kids accounts the other day. With an attack of 12 they are totally useless when there’s 20-30 easily better on the account even though are not Lucky.
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I wish you could have just thrown it here my way!
I don’t even have any Bad Luck Mew2…
Praying all Legendaries and Mythicals could get free of Niantic’s Lab and pass over here
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It will sadden you to know the Family accts have around another 30 marked for trade with each other when I can be bothered. I need the bag space back. At one a day its a long drawn out tedious task.
To add further salt the 40 odd on my account that can’t trade need to be just trashed. I’ve been putting off what really needs to be done. When bag space becomes an issue I’ll pull the pin.
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I think I’ll just befriend the Professor
By the way are you already maxed storage (2000 isn’t it)?
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I feel your pain I wish I had enough Mewtwo to throw away like that guy but I only have 5 none with super good IVs
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Lol never seen that drink
No, they are around 17-1800 atm.
I’d rather buy more Raid Passes than Storage atm.
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Just find out this moment, I have a 100% Suicune, just awaiting discovery in my bag
What a Luck!
I never get that lucky