Pokémon GO! - (Savage)

I'd kill for this, I had a 90ish% Kadabra with Psycho Cut only to have it lose it when I finally caught enough Abra to get Alakazham. Now he's just a trophy since I don't see a lot of them.

I'd really like to see them add a way to change move sets with candy or something though. I have an 80+% IV Charizard with Ember and Dragon Claw. It'd be a pain to have to catch another 30 Charmander and then wait until I hatch another for one with good IVs to possibly get the same move set again.

Ouch, I've been going to an Abra nest the last few days and am only 5 away from an Alakazham myself. I have a 87% IV Kadabra with 181 CP ready to evolve and start investing some Stardust into, but I am scared for what its moves may be. considering the most Abra I've caught in 1 day is around 3 even with nest hunting, it really is a hassle to have to start over from scratch.

Our Gamestop has a section for "Team ____ Swag" Stuff like Zapdos and Articuno wallets and socks and whatnot.

There was a sign that said "Team Valor, don't feel left out, ask an associate for help finding Team Valor swag!"

So I asked "Hey for this, if someone asks do you just point at the garbage bin and tell them that is where Team Valor scum belong?"

The girl working there had a good laugh, but I think the male employee may have been Valor because he was NOT happy with me as he rang me up (he was still professional, but salty).

2) (My favourite bit) Double candies off everything that would give candies, so 6 when you catch a Pokemon, 2 when you transfer, double the amount you would usually get for hatching an egg and 2 for every candy your buddy finds.

3) This one is throwing me a bit as it doesn't seem halloween related but Buddy Pokemon have had their required distance reduced to a quarter, so my Dragonair for example is now taking 1.25km to get a new candy instead of the previous 5km.

Interesting update. Not enough to make me resume playing, but they are trying.

At this point in the game we are beginning to realize that, after the last update, there is no longer any point in defending or building up a gym. It now takes a great deal more effort to build the up, and has become a great deal easier to knock them down in a way that is very unbalanced. Now that people have virtually unlimited items, we can look forward to the gyms on Dairy road going back to the way they were-- constantly changing hands... as almost every gym will be doing now after this update.
The only thing to do with gyms now is mindlessly attack and put in whatever. It hardly matters at all what your pokemon's CP or IVs are. Mystic and Instinct have realized this as well and have set out to take down every red gym they could find. Gyms we have held uncontested for months are all suddenly gone despite our best efforts to take them back and hold them repeatedly. Just attack, put in, repeat. It's back to gyms being a giant game of color tag. We'll see how long this lasts before it all gets turned upside down again...

At least maps are now working again! :)

No radars working since early October sure killed the hype for most people around me too. I can't understand how Niantic can be so blind/stupid about 3rd party radars.

Trainers,

We have made adjustments to the CP (Combat Power) of various Pokémon. Some Pokémon, such as Alakazam, Rhydon, and Gengar will have their CP increased. Others will have their CP lowered. These changes will allow a more balanced and competitive battling and training experience in Gyms. We will continue to adjust the CP going forward to improve the game balance when necessary.