Nightsong-Shadowclan wrote:username; Nightsong-Shadowclan
favorite pokemon; Wartotle (?)
how many pokemon do you have?; Currently 21
what team are you on?; Valor for the win!
I just downloaded the app again, and I am now at level 8. J
Help me, I know nothing about this new PG!
The biggest change since it was first released is that the Gyms are different!
Before, Gyms could hold 10 Pokemon. The Pokemon in the Gym were ordered from lowest CP to highest CP and you fought them in that order. You had to level up the Gyms by battling ones of your own team and with each level until 10 there would be room for another Pokemon, so it was difficult to put 10 Pokemon in a Gym. You had to take down the levels of enemy Gyms by battling them and with each level it goes down, the lowst CP Pokemon would be removed.
Now, Gyms can only hold 6 Pokemon. They don't need to level up first to make room for new Pokemon. Only one of each Pokemon species is allowed in a Gym, so you won't see all-Dragonite Gyms. The order of Pokemon you fight is first Pokemon in the Gym to latest. All of the Pokemon in a Gym have a "motivation" bar. When the motivation reaches 0, the Pokemon is removed from the Gym. You feed Pokemon with raz berries in Gyms of your own team to keep the motivation bars up, and you battle enemy Pokemon to bring the bars down.
You now only get coins when one of your Pokemon have been removed from a Gym, and the amount is based on how long the Pokemon was in the Gym for IIRC.
Also there are Raids. Raids show up at Gyms. Basically, a high CP Pokemon will show up in a Gym and you gather with people from all teams to battle it together. If you bring it's HP down before the timer ends, you get a bunch of prizes and you have a shot to catch the Pokemon. You need a raid pass to enter a raid, and you only get one free raid pass every day.
Like Pokestops, all gyms have a disc that you can spin to get items. You get an extra item if the Gym is from the same team as you. You get your daily free raid pass from Gyms.
That's the most important stuff. C:
Oh, and of course right now, Articuno and Lugia are showing up in Raids, so you can have a chance to catch those if you're lucky to find a Legendary raid with a bunch of people and win it.