Why We Don't Battle Before Catching Pokemon

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We can thank Pokemon's mascot Pikachu for allowing us to catch Pokemon in Pokemon Go without the hassle of battling them first. I personally liked that part of encountering and catching Pokemon but it's kool... it's kool. This isn't a confirmed easter egg, though if Niantic included this scene from the anime into the game, it would be an easter egg. 

If you haven't watched the anime, then hold up before reading the rest of this post. It may contain spoilers. If you don't wish to watch the anime, and or spoilers don't matter to you, then go right ahead and continue reading.  

This scene begins with Ash stumbling upon everyone's "favorite" Pokemon to catch, Pidgey. Ash demands Pikachu to attack, which instead of listening to his trainer, Pikachu decides to find itself a limb to climb on and lay down. Ash, being the stubborn trainer he is, decided he doesn't need Pikachu's help, he can just catch the famous Pokemon by simply throwing a Pokeball at it.



This can also be done in the games; not weakening a Pokemon before trying to catch it. Ash isn't the only stubborn master. It is more plausible that this feature was put in the game to speed gameplay up a bit. The main objective is to "catch'em all". But... it's more fun to believe this was an easter egg intended to be found. Niantic confirmed a while ago, there were still several unfound easter eggs within the coding. I'm unsure of how to find out for sure, we all know Niantic won't respond, but I may have found other easter eggs in the game, so I will be covering what I have found over the next few days.

One thing that would have been nice for Niantic to do; like in the first episode of the anime, Ask doesn't catch Pidgey and it ends up fleeing. Did Ash lose his Pokeball? No! But It's okay that's not a very important feature. Who knows maybe you don't lose a Pokeball after a Pidgey flees, I sure haven't been paying attention to that. 

I Caught A Ditto!

It all started when my mom was showing my brother; of whom is on vacation as he is in college, our Christmas lights we decided to set up early this year while the weather was warm. The Thanksgiving event is in place right now so my mom decided to catch a Rattata for the event bonuses, and hopefully a recorded breaking tiny Rattata for the badge. 

Moments later she looks at her screen to see if the Rattata was small enough to count toward the achievement and this happened! 

I am not sure of and strategies of coming across one of these because it looked like any other Rattata, there wasn't anything off about it. The best/ fastest way of getting one of these long sought for failed experiments is simply by catching everything you come across. 

Please let me know if you have or know of someone who also has a Ditto. This is the first of even hearing about it, and I'm glad to say that I too am one who actually has a Ditto, maybe one of few?

Pokemon known to transform thus far:

Rattata 

Pidgey

Magikarp

Zubat

How to Get a "Nice" Throw Every time!

I'm unsure if this is a glitch or if it's programmed into the game, either way, I got Nice throws left and right. Until I figured out why now I get the accuracy bonus almost every time I go to catch a Pokemon. The times I don't however, are because the circle that grows and shrinks isn't the right size. Yes, that's right, the key to getting a nice throw all depends on the size of the ring indicating the difficulty of the catch rate. Not only that but did you know that the smaller the circle the better chance you have of catching a Pokemon? 

Unfortunately, in this case, you want the circle to be the largest it can get. I have noticed that if it's just below the white catch frame circle then you still have a fairly high chance of getting the "Nice" throw, but not every time, like when the circle is on the catch frames shown in the picture above. I know it doesn't show that I got a nice throw, but try to get that screenshot was hard enough, trying to make sure everything was set. 

Either way, this may take a bit of practice, kind of like getting the curveball down (I still haven't mastered the curveball). If you are able to time things right when you throw curveballs, then this little trick will help you get not only a 10 extra experience for each catch but 20 extra points. It may not be much, but after level 20 any little experience is well worth it. Let me know if you are able to get nice throws left and right after reading this... friends are amused with me able to do this. Don't forget that curveballs increase the catch rate and so do accuracy throws, being guaranteed a nice throw should surely help in harder catches.       

Pokemon Go Improved Traking

In this update, the nearby tab has been updated. There now is a nearby along with a sighting. Still learning a bit about the new tracking system, it seems they whole things isn't working for everyone at the moment. Some only see the sighting section of the new and "improved" tracking system, while other see both features. I can't say much on the nearby feature because it doesn't work for me. Hopefully, though things work and Pokemon can now be easier to track. 

 Along with implementing a new tracker, there is now a "safer" way for player who drive. All though anyone can just tap the "I'm a Passenger" to allow the game to work after traveling so fast, it was more of a safety for Niantic more than the players. By approving you are a passenger so you can still play the game on the road, if by chance you are actually driving and playing, then it basically waves Niantic from any and all responsibility from those who choose to play the game while driving. All though Niantic still wasn't to blame for people playing and driving, it's now official that Niantic can't be blamed for stupidity of the players, though it will still happen.

The accuracy bug was also fixed in this update. For those who don't know what the bug was, basically experience wasn't given to those who threw a nice, great, or excellent. At first many thought the feature was taken out of the game because people were leveling too fast (not sure how that theory came about leveling is balanced coming from someone who plays a handful of MMO's). 

Capture and Flee Rates

These rates are effected by your level, this is a list of the base catch and flee rates gathered from the game data. Pokemon with a 0% catch rate are believed to be gifts or rewards later in the future, though it doesn't explain why they have a flee rate. Perhaps this is where the theoretical master ball comes into play? 

   Catch Rate:  Flee Rate:

1. Bulbasaur -                                     16                10      
2. Ivysaur -                                           8                   7
3. Venusaur -                                        4                   5
4. Charmaner -                                   16                 10
5. Charmeleon -                                    8                  7
6. Charizard -                                        4                  5
7. Squirtle -                                         16                10
8. Wartortle -                                         8                  7
9. Blastiose -                                         4                  5
10. Caterpie -                                        40                 20
11. Medapod -                                      40                 20
12. Butterfree -                                     10                  6
13. Weedle -                                         40                 20
14. Kakuna -                                         40                20
15. Beedrill -                                        10                 6
16. Pidgey -                                          40               20
17. Pidgeotto -                                      20                 9
18. Pidgeot -                                         10                 6
19. Rattata -                                          40               20
20. Raticate -                                        16                 7
21. Spearow -                                       40               20
22. Fearow -                                         16                 7
23. Ekans -                                           40               15
24. Arbok -                                           16                 7
25. Pikachu -                                        16               10
26. Raichu -                                           8                 6
27. Sandshrew -                                   40               10
28. Sandslash -                                     16                6 
29. Nidoran -                                       40               15
30. Nidorina -                                      20                 7
31. Nidorino -                                      20                7
32. Nidoqueen -                                  10                 5
33. Nidoking -                                     10                5
34. Clefairy -                                      24               10
35. Clefable -                                        8                 6
36. Volpix -                                        24                10
37. Ninetales -                                      8                 6
38. Jigglepuff -                                   40               10
39. Wigglytuff -                                  16                6
40. Zubat -                                          40              20 
41. Golbat -                                        16                 7
42. Oddish -                                       48               15
43. Gloom -                                        24                7
44. Vileplume -                                  12                5
45. Paras -                                          32               15
46. Parasect -                                     16                 7
47. Venonat -                                     40                15
48. Venomoth -                                  16                 7
49. Diglett -                                       40                10
50. Dugtrio -                                      16                 6
51. Meowth -                                     40                15
52. Persian -                                      16                  7
53. Psyduck -                                    40                10
54. Golduck -                                    16                  6
55. Mankey -                                    40                 10
56. Primape -                                    16                   6
57. Growilth -                                   24                 10
58. Arcinine -                                     8                   6
59. Poliwag -                                    40                 15
60. Poliwhirl -                                  20                   7
61. Poliwarth -                                 10                   5
62. Abra -                                         40                 99
63. Kadabra -                                   20                   7
64. Alakzam -                                  10                   5
65. Machop -                                    40                 10
66. Machoke -                                  20                   7
67. Machamp -                                 10                   5
68. Bellsprout -                                40                 15
69. Wheepingbell -                          20                    7
70. Victreebell -                               10                    5
71. Tentacool -                                 40                  15
72. Tentacruel -                                16                    7
73. Geodude -                                  40                  10
74. Gravaler -                                  20                     7
75. Golem -                                     10                     5
76. Ponyta -                                     32                  10
77. Rapidash -                                 12                    6
78. Slowpoke -                                40                  10 
79. Slowbro -                                  16                    6
80. Magnimite -                              40                  10
81. Magniton -                                16                    6
82. Farfetch'd -                               24                    9
83. Doduo -                                    40                  10
84. Dotrio -                                     16                   6
85. Seel -                                        40                   9
86. Dewgong -                               16                    6
87. Grimer -                                   40                  10
88. Muk -                                       16                    6
89. Shellder -                                 40                  10
90. Cloyster -                                 16                    6
91. Gastly -                                    32                  10
92. Haunter -                                  16                    7
93. Gengar -                                     8                    5
94. Onix -                                       16                    9
95. Drowzy -                                  40                  10
96. Hypno -                                    16                    6
97. Krabby -                                   40                  15
98. Kingler -                                   16                    7
99. Voltorb -                                   40                  10 
100. Electrode -                                16                    6
101. Exeggcute -                              40                   10
102. Exeggcutor -                             16                    6
103. Cubone -                                   32                  10
104. Marowak -                                12                    6
105. Hitmonlee -                              16                   9
106. Hitmonchan -                           16                    9
107. Lickitung -                                16                   9
108. Koffing -                                  40                 10
109. Weezing -                                 16                   6
110. Rhyhorn -                                 40                  10
111. Rhydon -                                  16                    6
112. Chansey -                                 16                    9
113. Tangula -                                  32                    9
114. Kangaskhan -                           16                    9
115. Horsea -                                   40                   10 
116. Seadra -                                   16                    6
117. Goldeen -                                 40                   15
118. Seaking -                                 16                     7
119. Staryu -                                   40                   15
120. Starmie -                                 16                     6
121. Mr. Mime -                             24                     9
122. Scyther -                                 24                     9
123. Jynx -                                     24                      9
124. Electrabuzz -                          24                     9
125. Magmar -                               24                     9
126. Pinsir -                                   24                     9
127. Tauros -                                  24                    9
128. Magikarp -                            56                    15
129. Gyarados -                               8                     7
130. Lapras -                                  16                    9
131. Ditto -                                    16                  10
132. Eevee -                                   32                   10
133. Vaporeon -                             12                    6
134. Jolteon -                                 12                    6
135. Flareon -                                12                    6
136. Porygon -                               32                    9
137. Omanyte -                              32                    9
138. Omastar -                              12                     5
139. Kabuto -                                32                     9
140. Kabutops -                            12                     5
141. Aerodactyl -                          16                     9
142. Snorlax -                               16                     9
143. Articuno -                               0                    10
144. Zapdos -                                 0                    10
145. Moltras -                                 0                     10
146. Dratini -                                32                     9
147. Dragonair -                             8                     6
148. Dragonite -                             4                     5
149. Mewtwo -                               0                   10
150. Mew -                                     0                   10