April Update: Small Improvements
Posted on: Mar 29, 2016 10:51:43 GMT -5
Post by Kitten4u on Mar 29, 2016 10:51:43 GMT -5
It's a new month here at Gray Haven Academy, and this month there's some new stuff!
The Exchange
The exchange is a new way to get items. If you participate in battles, or produce some eggs, you can get points and exchange those points for items, much like how excavating fossils works. For convenience, only battles that finish after this announcement can be exchanged for points. The Exchange is located in the Training Area. Look at the full thread for all the details!
The costs were estimated based on how long everything would take to do, so they may need to be adjusted once I see what happens with people using it.
New Items
There are two new items, both of them are consumable.
Gender Capsule: When consumed, this item switches the pokemon's gender to the opposite gender. Does not have any affect on pokemon that do not have a gender.
Egg Cozy: When wrapped around an egg, this item reduces the amount of posts needed to hatch an egg by half, thus making that egg only take 5 posts to hatch. Only works on one egg. Stacks with the Flame Body and Magma Armor abilities, making the egg this item is used on take 3 posts to hatch.
These items will be in the exchange, and they are being added to the fossil store as well. You can find them in the item list under consumables.
Pokemon Search Helpers
Certain pokemon abilities can help you find pokemon, much like Pickup, Honey Gather, and Payday do now. Here is a full list:
Arena Trap: In addition to its in battle ability, when requesting a ground type pokemon in a capture thread, this ability increases the odds that it will spawn. Only works when a ground type is requested. Stacks with Honey Gather, Pickup, and Payday.
Compound Eyes: In addition to its in battle ability, when requesting a grass type pokemon in a capture thread, this ability increases the odds that it will spawn. Only works when a grass type is requested. Stacks with Honey Gather, Pickup, and Payday.
Cute Charm: In addition to its in battle ability, when requesting a specific gender in a capture thread, this ability increases the odds that a pokemon with the chosen gender will be spawned.
Hustle/Vital Spirit: In addition to its in battle ability, when requesting a rare pokemon (marked by a * in the spawn list) in a capture thread, this ability increases the odds that it will spawn.
Illuminate: In addition to its in battle ability, when requesting a fairy type pokemon in a capture thread, this ability increases the odds that it will spawn. Only works when a fairy type is requested. Stacks with Honey Gather, Pickup, and Payday.
Intimidate: In addition to its in battle ability, when requesting a dark type pokemon in a capture thread, this ability increases the odds that it will spawn. Only works when a dark type is requested. Stacks with Honey Gather, Pickup, and Payday.
Keen Eye: In addition to its in battle ability, when requesting a flying type pokemon in a capture thread, this ability increases the odds that it will spawn. Only works when a flying type is requested. Stacks with Honey Gather, Pickup, and Payday.
Lightning Rod/Static: In addition to its in battle ability, when requesting a lightning type pokemon in a capture thread, this ability increases the odds that it will spawn. Only works when a lightning type is requested. Stacks with Honey Gather, Pickup, and Payday.
Magnet Pull: In addition to its in battle ability, when requesting a steel type pokemon in a capture thread, this ability increases the odds that it will spawn. Only works when a steel type is requested. Stacks with Honey Gather, Pickup, and Payday.
No Guard: In addition to its in battle ability, when requesting a fighting type pokemon in a capture thread, this ability increases the odds that it will spawn. Only works when a fighting type is requested. Stacks with Honey Gather, Pickup, and Payday.
Pressure: In battle, this ability acts like the move Torment. The enemy pokemon will not be able to use the same move twice in a row. In addition to its in battle ability, when requesting a ghost type pokemon in a capture thread, this ability increases the odds that it will spawn. Only works when a ghost type is requested. Stacks with Honey Gather, Pickup, and Payday.
Quick Feet: In addition to its in battle ability, when requesting a normal type pokemon in a capture thread, this ability increases the odds that it will spawn. Only works when a normal type is requested. Stacks with Honey Gather, Pickup, and Payday.
Sand Veil: In addition to its in battle ability, when requesting a rock type pokemon in a capture thread, this ability increases the odds that it will spawn. Only works when a rock type is requested. Stacks with Honey Gather, Pickup, and Payday.
Snow Cloak: In addition to its in battle ability, when requesting a ice type pokemon in a capture thread, this ability increases the odds that it will spawn. Only works when a ice type is requested. Stacks with Honey Gather, Pickup, and Payday.
Steadfast: In addition to its in battle ability, when requesting a dragon type pokemon in a capture thread, this ability increases the odds that it will spawn. Only works when a dragon type is requested. Stacks with Honey Gather, Pickup, and Payday.
Stench: In addition to its in battle ability, when requesting a poison type pokemon in a capture thread, this ability increases the odds that it will spawn. Only works when a poison type is requested. Stacks with Honey Gather, Pickup, and Payday.
Sticky Hold/Suction Cups: In addition to its in battle ability, when requesting a water type pokemon in a capture thread, this ability increases the odds that it will spawn. Only works when a water type is requested. Stacks with Honey Gather, Pickup, and Payday.
Swarm: In addition to its in battle ability, when requesting a bug type pokemon in a capture thread, this ability increases the odds that it will spawn. Only works when a bug type is requested. Stacks with Honey Gather, Pickup, and Payday.
Synchronize: In addition to its in battle ability, when requesting a psyhic type pokemon in a capture thread, this ability increases the odds that it will spawn. Only works when a psychic type is requested. Stacks with Honey Gather, Pickup, and Payday.
White Smoke: In addition to its in battle ability, when requesting a fire type pokemon in a capture thread, this ability increases the odds that it will spawn. Only works when a fire type is requested. Stacks with Honey Gather, Pickup, and Payday.
New Ad Event
Once again, you can get some nice stuff if you help us advertise! This time you can get some consumable items and 3 pokemon (one of which is evolved)!
Other Improvements
Lots of threads were cleaned up and merged. If you joined after about mid February most of it probably looks the same because that's when most of the changes happened. Below is the full changelog.
If anything is still confusing, needs clarification, or if I forgot some aspect of forum culture that really should be explained somewhere let me know.
-Added a section explaining how to ask for specific pokemon in capture threads.
-Added a note to the battle rules that whoever sends out a pokemon first attacks first.
-Added a note about what people should note at the bottom of their posts in the battle rules.
-All references to "contest stats" has been replaced with "condition"
-Combos have been removed from the contest system due to being confusing and not adding much to the game.
-Dorm Availability and Staff Positions threads have been combined into the "User Groups" thread
-Face claim now uses tags instead of the just the character name as text
-Lots and lots of general clean up and streamlining.
-Access to the VIP Dojo has been moved to badge 2.
-Ribbon two now lets the earner replace two moves on wild pokemon with moves of their choice.
-Breeding emblems now give gender capsules and egg cozies
-You can dig for fossils twice a month, bi-weekly (like the dojo) now
-The price of rare candy has been increased to 2
-Pokeblocks have been added to the fossil shop
-New items have been added to the fossil shop
-New items: Gender Change Capsule and Egg Cozy
-New Feature: Competition and Egg Exchange
-New Feature: Specific type finding increasers
Several moves got new rulings, full list:
-Acupressure
-Ally Switch
-Arm Thrust/Barrage/Bone Rush/Bullet Seed/Comet Punch/Double Slap/Fury Attack/Fury Swipes/Icicle Spear/Pin Missile/Rock Blast/Spike Cannon/Tail Slap/Water Shuriken
-Assist
-Bide
-Bind/Clamp/Fire Spin/Infestation/Sand Tomb/Whirlpool/Wrap
-Celebrate/Hold Hands/Splash/Teleport/Trick Room
-Circle Throw/Dragon Tail/Roar/Whirlwind
-Conversion 2
-Detect/Endure/Powder/Protect
-Eruption/Water Spout
-Frustration/Return
-Magnitude
-Outrage/Petal Dance/Thrash
-Payday
-Present
-Reversal
-Sleep Talk
-Sucker Punch
-Super Fang/Wring Out
-Tri Attack
Several abilities got new rulings, full list:
-Arena Trap
-Compound Eyes
-Cute Charm
-Hustle/Vital Spirit
-Illuminate
-Illusion
-Intimidate
-Keen Eye
-Lightning Rod/Static
-Magnet Pull
-No Guard
-Pressure
-Quick Feet
-Sand Veil
-Snow Cloak
-Steadfast
-Stench
-Sticky Hold/Suction Cups
-Swarm
-Synchronize
-White Smoke
The Exchange
The exchange is a new way to get items. If you participate in battles, or produce some eggs, you can get points and exchange those points for items, much like how excavating fossils works. For convenience, only battles that finish after this announcement can be exchanged for points. The Exchange is located in the Training Area. Look at the full thread for all the details!
The costs were estimated based on how long everything would take to do, so they may need to be adjusted once I see what happens with people using it.
New Items
There are two new items, both of them are consumable.
Gender Capsule: When consumed, this item switches the pokemon's gender to the opposite gender. Does not have any affect on pokemon that do not have a gender.
Egg Cozy: When wrapped around an egg, this item reduces the amount of posts needed to hatch an egg by half, thus making that egg only take 5 posts to hatch. Only works on one egg. Stacks with the Flame Body and Magma Armor abilities, making the egg this item is used on take 3 posts to hatch.
These items will be in the exchange, and they are being added to the fossil store as well. You can find them in the item list under consumables.
Pokemon Search Helpers
Certain pokemon abilities can help you find pokemon, much like Pickup, Honey Gather, and Payday do now. Here is a full list:
Arena Trap: In addition to its in battle ability, when requesting a ground type pokemon in a capture thread, this ability increases the odds that it will spawn. Only works when a ground type is requested. Stacks with Honey Gather, Pickup, and Payday.
Compound Eyes: In addition to its in battle ability, when requesting a grass type pokemon in a capture thread, this ability increases the odds that it will spawn. Only works when a grass type is requested. Stacks with Honey Gather, Pickup, and Payday.
Cute Charm: In addition to its in battle ability, when requesting a specific gender in a capture thread, this ability increases the odds that a pokemon with the chosen gender will be spawned.
Hustle/Vital Spirit: In addition to its in battle ability, when requesting a rare pokemon (marked by a * in the spawn list) in a capture thread, this ability increases the odds that it will spawn.
Illuminate: In addition to its in battle ability, when requesting a fairy type pokemon in a capture thread, this ability increases the odds that it will spawn. Only works when a fairy type is requested. Stacks with Honey Gather, Pickup, and Payday.
Intimidate: In addition to its in battle ability, when requesting a dark type pokemon in a capture thread, this ability increases the odds that it will spawn. Only works when a dark type is requested. Stacks with Honey Gather, Pickup, and Payday.
Keen Eye: In addition to its in battle ability, when requesting a flying type pokemon in a capture thread, this ability increases the odds that it will spawn. Only works when a flying type is requested. Stacks with Honey Gather, Pickup, and Payday.
Lightning Rod/Static: In addition to its in battle ability, when requesting a lightning type pokemon in a capture thread, this ability increases the odds that it will spawn. Only works when a lightning type is requested. Stacks with Honey Gather, Pickup, and Payday.
Magnet Pull: In addition to its in battle ability, when requesting a steel type pokemon in a capture thread, this ability increases the odds that it will spawn. Only works when a steel type is requested. Stacks with Honey Gather, Pickup, and Payday.
No Guard: In addition to its in battle ability, when requesting a fighting type pokemon in a capture thread, this ability increases the odds that it will spawn. Only works when a fighting type is requested. Stacks with Honey Gather, Pickup, and Payday.
Pressure: In battle, this ability acts like the move Torment. The enemy pokemon will not be able to use the same move twice in a row. In addition to its in battle ability, when requesting a ghost type pokemon in a capture thread, this ability increases the odds that it will spawn. Only works when a ghost type is requested. Stacks with Honey Gather, Pickup, and Payday.
Quick Feet: In addition to its in battle ability, when requesting a normal type pokemon in a capture thread, this ability increases the odds that it will spawn. Only works when a normal type is requested. Stacks with Honey Gather, Pickup, and Payday.
Sand Veil: In addition to its in battle ability, when requesting a rock type pokemon in a capture thread, this ability increases the odds that it will spawn. Only works when a rock type is requested. Stacks with Honey Gather, Pickup, and Payday.
Snow Cloak: In addition to its in battle ability, when requesting a ice type pokemon in a capture thread, this ability increases the odds that it will spawn. Only works when a ice type is requested. Stacks with Honey Gather, Pickup, and Payday.
Steadfast: In addition to its in battle ability, when requesting a dragon type pokemon in a capture thread, this ability increases the odds that it will spawn. Only works when a dragon type is requested. Stacks with Honey Gather, Pickup, and Payday.
Stench: In addition to its in battle ability, when requesting a poison type pokemon in a capture thread, this ability increases the odds that it will spawn. Only works when a poison type is requested. Stacks with Honey Gather, Pickup, and Payday.
Sticky Hold/Suction Cups: In addition to its in battle ability, when requesting a water type pokemon in a capture thread, this ability increases the odds that it will spawn. Only works when a water type is requested. Stacks with Honey Gather, Pickup, and Payday.
Swarm: In addition to its in battle ability, when requesting a bug type pokemon in a capture thread, this ability increases the odds that it will spawn. Only works when a bug type is requested. Stacks with Honey Gather, Pickup, and Payday.
Synchronize: In addition to its in battle ability, when requesting a psyhic type pokemon in a capture thread, this ability increases the odds that it will spawn. Only works when a psychic type is requested. Stacks with Honey Gather, Pickup, and Payday.
White Smoke: In addition to its in battle ability, when requesting a fire type pokemon in a capture thread, this ability increases the odds that it will spawn. Only works when a fire type is requested. Stacks with Honey Gather, Pickup, and Payday.
New Ad Event
Once again, you can get some nice stuff if you help us advertise! This time you can get some consumable items and 3 pokemon (one of which is evolved)!
Other Improvements
Lots of threads were cleaned up and merged. If you joined after about mid February most of it probably looks the same because that's when most of the changes happened. Below is the full changelog.
If anything is still confusing, needs clarification, or if I forgot some aspect of forum culture that really should be explained somewhere let me know.
-Added a section explaining how to ask for specific pokemon in capture threads.
-Added a note to the battle rules that whoever sends out a pokemon first attacks first.
-Added a note about what people should note at the bottom of their posts in the battle rules.
-All references to "contest stats" has been replaced with "condition"
-Combos have been removed from the contest system due to being confusing and not adding much to the game.
-Dorm Availability and Staff Positions threads have been combined into the "User Groups" thread
-Face claim now uses tags instead of the just the character name as text
-Lots and lots of general clean up and streamlining.
-Access to the VIP Dojo has been moved to badge 2.
-Ribbon two now lets the earner replace two moves on wild pokemon with moves of their choice.
-Breeding emblems now give gender capsules and egg cozies
-You can dig for fossils twice a month, bi-weekly (like the dojo) now
-The price of rare candy has been increased to 2
-Pokeblocks have been added to the fossil shop
-New items have been added to the fossil shop
-New items: Gender Change Capsule and Egg Cozy
-New Feature: Competition and Egg Exchange
-New Feature: Specific type finding increasers
Several moves got new rulings, full list:
-Acupressure
-Ally Switch
-Arm Thrust/Barrage/Bone Rush/Bullet Seed/Comet Punch/Double Slap/Fury Attack/Fury Swipes/Icicle Spear/Pin Missile/Rock Blast/Spike Cannon/Tail Slap/Water Shuriken
-Assist
-Bide
-Bind/Clamp/Fire Spin/Infestation/Sand Tomb/Whirlpool/Wrap
-Celebrate/Hold Hands/Splash/Teleport/Trick Room
-Circle Throw/Dragon Tail/Roar/Whirlwind
-Conversion 2
-Detect/Endure/Powder/Protect
-Eruption/Water Spout
-Frustration/Return
-Magnitude
-Outrage/Petal Dance/Thrash
-Payday
-Present
-Reversal
-Sleep Talk
-Sucker Punch
-Super Fang/Wring Out
-Tri Attack
Several abilities got new rulings, full list:
-Arena Trap
-Compound Eyes
-Cute Charm
-Hustle/Vital Spirit
-Illuminate
-Illusion
-Intimidate
-Keen Eye
-Lightning Rod/Static
-Magnet Pull
-No Guard
-Pressure
-Quick Feet
-Sand Veil
-Snow Cloak
-Steadfast
-Stench
-Sticky Hold/Suction Cups
-Swarm
-Synchronize
-White Smoke
