The Warden Posted November 26, 2015 Report Share Posted November 26, 2015 I'm up to stage 70 now, trying to shoot for 100 for the 2 Mega Boosts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilfusion Posted November 26, 2015 Report Share Posted November 26, 2015 You guys already have the Mega Stone and here I am still trying to catch the damn thing. For the record I've clear 24 stages so far and still no catch. At this point I'm just enjoying getting to complain about my horrible luck. That's oddly rare for an Escalation Battle. All the previous ones, I usually capture around stage 8-13. On the bright side, once you hit Stage 50, you have a 100% of capture with Great Ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Dragon Posted November 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2015 That's oddly rare for an Escalation Battle. All the previous ones, I usually capture around stage 8-13. On the bright side, once you hit Stage 50, you have a 100% of capture with Great Ball. I caught Darkai at ONE PERCENT!!! No idea why the last batch of Pokemon have just REALLY hated me. And if I still haven't gotten Latios by then something is clearly wrong with my luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilfusion Posted November 26, 2015 Report Share Posted November 26, 2015 I caught Darkai at ONE PERCENT!!! No idea why the last batch of Pokemon have just REALLY hated me. And if I still haven't gotten Latios by then something is clearly wrong with my luck. As compensation, you will catch Latios at 99%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Dragon Posted November 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2015 As compensation, you will catch Latios at 99%. I would love to know the chance of failing all those times. Luckily I got it at 27%. Still, that was absurd to the point of being comical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Warden Posted November 27, 2015 Report Share Posted November 27, 2015 The chance for failing is 100 - the current catch chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilfusion Posted November 27, 2015 Report Share Posted November 27, 2015 The chance for failing is 100 - the current catch chance. Yeah, but I think he means the odds of failing every single capture attempt from 1% to 99%. In a row. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Warden Posted November 27, 2015 Report Share Posted November 27, 2015 You got me. That would probably take some college level maths for that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Dragon Posted November 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2015 Yea, Evil hit the nail on the head. It feels like I should be able to do the math, but I'm too lazy/dumb to be bothered. I know my not getting it until stage 27 is ridiculously unlucky though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Warden Posted November 27, 2015 Report Share Posted November 27, 2015 I dunno. Statistics and odds are just a guideline, and not absolute. But it still is very possible to fail on 20% chances multiple times since you only have a 1 in 5 chance to succeed each time. 4 versus 1 tends to be a decent sized odd, so yeah, it is possible to fail repeatedly up to 50% chance because the game arbitrarily decides the RNG, and can make it very likely for you to fail for no other reason than computer-based spite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Dragon Posted November 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2015 I dunno. Statistics and odds are just a guideline, and not absolute. But it still is very possible to fail on 20% chances multiple times since you only have a 1 in 5 chance to succeed each time. 4 versus 1 tends to be a decent sized odd, so yeah, it is possible to fail repeatedly up to 50% chance because the game arbitrarily decides the RNG, and can make it very likely for you to fail for no other reason than computer-based spite. Agreed. Which is why I'm wondering how much of the gambler's fallacy this is. Statists is weird and the only real reason to have the percentage showing is to give the player a general idea for how long it will take to succeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Warden Posted November 27, 2015 Report Share Posted November 27, 2015 It gives the maths-based determination, but not reality based. There is no true RNG, as anything computer generated is manipulated to some degree. It's never truly random, which is why the ball can shake once on a 75% chance before the pokemon busts out, despite it being a 3 in 1 chance to succeed. Maths and reality are two completely separate concepts, and only one does what you want it to do. If there is any benefit to this, it's that so far, only stage 50 has even been hard. As in, it's the only stage I've ever actually lost on. All the others can quite easily be beaten within the time limit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilfusion Posted November 27, 2015 Report Share Posted November 27, 2015 Yeah, agreed. Stage 50 is the only hard one in Escalation Battles. Some are hardER than the previous ones, but 50 is usually the only one that can take me 3 or more tries, or requires items. For this one, I used a Disruption Delay and Attack Power up, because Attack Power Up didn't help by itself due to how the stage threw disruptions out that locked me from making progress. Since then, I've gotten to stage like...77, and it hasn't been remotely "hard". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Warden Posted November 27, 2015 Report Share Posted November 27, 2015 Yeah, I'm up to 86 now and it's still easily beatable. I also used Attack Up and Disruption Delay, because the bastard spammed disruptions faster than I could get rid of them. EDIT: I've now beaten 100. You'll wanna go in with an Attack Up and Disruption Delay, as he's even spammier than round 50 now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Dragon Posted December 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2015 For some reason Tuesday is giving us new content. New Mega, with Steelix finally getting his turn. In other news thunder clouds seen in the special area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilfusion Posted December 2, 2015 Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 I managed to get Thunderus off the bat. Whee! Will tackle the Steelix stage eventually. Looks like we finally got our wish for a new Steel Mega. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Warden Posted December 2, 2015 Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 I went and got Delphox for the Steelix, and thankfully I had 70k coins on me for the both of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Dragon Posted December 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 Yea right now I'm back to grinding coins. Have like 44K atm. Going to spend money on the new special stuff once I'm at 60K. Luckily Steelix's stage isn't hard. And as an FYI, Serebii says his Mega Effect is to remove up to 10 blocks. Not sure if that means both hard and soft or only hard. Its a good effect though limited in how good it might be in some places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Warden Posted December 2, 2015 Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 I'll put it like this, if it removes Barriers as well, I will use him and only him forever. What we really need is a Mega whose ability is Stabilize on steroids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Dragon Posted December 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 Isn't that basically what Aerodactyl's mega effect is? I'm pretty sure Stabilize misses barriers. Agree barriers often often end up being one of the biggest problems which is why I like effects like Mega Lucario's since they can clear out stuff really. The next best are ones like Gengar's which allow for more combos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilfusion Posted December 2, 2015 Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 According to Serebii, it seems that M-Aero says it erases ROCKS and blocks. M-Steelix says it erases blocks. So it seems like it'll be M-Aero, but not as good since it only hits the unbreakable blocks and NOT the breakable ones. But, keep in mind Aero is a base 60 Rock and Steelix is a base 70 Steel. Mawile, the other competitor for Steel Mega, is base 50. So you get more base power than either M-Mawile and M-Aero, but a more restricted ability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flame Dragon Posted December 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 According to Serebii, it seems that M-Aero says it erases ROCKS and blocks. M-Steelix says it erases blocks. So it seems like it'll be M-Aero, but not as good since it only hits the unbreakable blocks and NOT the breakable ones. I don't think thats bad though. The breakable ones are more of an issue and most stages have them together anyway. I'd argue its about as good as M-Aero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilfusion Posted December 2, 2015 Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 Agreed. It'll still probably be decent. Steel is pretty limited in when it's good, anyway, but the key thing is anti-Fairy. And I'm pretty sure Stabilize does hit Barriers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Warden Posted December 2, 2015 Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 It hits all disruptions except non-supports I'm pretty sure. Now, I just want to say that I really liked the Latios escalation. It wasn't terrifically hard beyond rounds 50 and 100, and I actually wanted to get to 100. I honestly hope they do more timed escalation battles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Warden Posted December 8, 2015 Report Share Posted December 8, 2015 Welp, the new update is out. Dialga and Palkia are back, and Landorus has appeared. Be careful with him, as Landorus is a TIMED challenge, not a moves challenge like the other two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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