Pokémon (Not-So) Griefing Thread - Scarlet and Violet Released with 10 Million Copies in First 3 Days in Buggy States

[Love Machine]

My shinies so far are finizen, dratini, and mudbray. Actually really happy with these.

 

[Focken Kiwi]

S/V will be getting a patch tomorrow, with fixes which are TBA. I do wonder if they'll patch out the duping glitch, or the Ranked Battles using the exact same RNG seed.

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[Etrian Autistry]

For anyone interested in duping, make sure to disable auto-updates to software on your switch in case this coming patch removes that.

 

[Nick Gars]

For anyone interested in duping, make sure to disable auto-updates to software on your switch in case this coming patch removes that.

This doesn't do any good for anyone one who would want to use online features though. I would really only recommend doing so if you have a copy of both games, but I dunno if the patch will automatically apply to both. I know back in X/Y or S/M it was a single patch file that automatically applied to both, but the 3DS also wasn't really made with patches in mind, it was a pretty unique case for the time.


I don't expect much from this patch, some very slight performance fixes, but knowing how GF operates, the only thing I actually see getting fixed this time around is duping and the RNG Seed problem since the ranked season is starting. Part of me feels the RNG Seed issue is the only reason we're getting a patch so soon, but I am a pessimist by nature.

 

[Archeops]

A better version of the Lv. 3 Sparking/Title/Encounter Power was posted on Twitter yesterday, there are some issues with the previous list that was posted there a few days ago.

I tested this out for Dark-types and I managed to get a Shiny Brute Bonnet and a Shiny Zweilous, I can only assume that the chances are much better for those with the Shiny Charm and/or abusing the Picnic Outbreak Method.

To be fair, their leader did hack the economy. If the Pokemon worlds version of the IRS was as ruthless as ours, they'd be labeled the most notorious and vile Terrorist Cult to ever exist.

I’d liken the League Point system to a cryptocurrency system rather than the fiat currency system that’s been in the games since Gen 1, it’s also worth noting that only certain vendors will accept League Points as payment.

For anyone interested in duping, make sure to disable auto-updates to software on your switch in case this coming patch removes that.

In all honesty the only things I’d consider duping are Ability Patches. Herba Mystica would also be a shoe-in but since it’s a sandwich ingredient you can’t have your Pokémon hold ‘em.

 

[Thiletonomics]

In all honesty the only things I’d consider duping are Ability Patches. Herba Mystica would also be a shoe-in but since it’s a sandwich ingredient you can’t have your Pokémon hold ‘em.

Master Balls would also be an important item, since there doesn't appear to be a repeatable way to potentially get more of them (there's no Loto-ID in this game, which is another feature removed), I think, outside of creating another Switch profile and speed running the game.

 

[Archeops]

Master Balls would also be an important item, since there doesn't appear to be a repeatable way to potentially get more of them (there's no Loto-ID in this game, which is another feature removed), I think, outside of creating another Switch profile and speed running the game.

Master Balls have kind of lost their luster with all of the recent Legendaries having higher catch-rates than past games (or being gifted to you outright), current Shiny hunting methods recommending that you save beforehand, and hackers often putting them onto their blatantly-hacked Shiny Pokémon before Wonder Trading ‘em. They’ve essentially become bragging rights trophies.

One group of items I could think of are Apricorn/Dream/Beast Balls but the first two can be obtained via Porto Marinada’s Auction House and all three Balls can be obtained on regular Pokémon via breeding. Another are Tera Shards but those are pretty easy to get if you do Tera Raids.

 

[Banana Hammock]

>Make an open world game where you can go anywhere and do anything
>You're required to get the badges before you can go places, otherwise your Pokemon won't obey you

I haven't played Pokemon recently. Is this a new thing that they did for this game, or has it been around for a while? It used to only be traded Pokemon that you needed badges for.

Edit: On the other hand, they also brought back my nigga Dunsparce and gave him an evolution.

 

[Thiletonomics]

>Make an open world game where you can go anywhere and do anything
>You're required to get the badges before you can go places, otherwise your Pokemon won't obey you

I haven't played Pokemon recently. Is this a new thing that they did for this game, or has it been around for a while? It used to only be traded Pokemon that you needed badges for.

The obedience level in S/V is now also based on the level of the Pokémon it was caught at. Also, if you don't have enough badges, Pokémon of higher levels will have a lower catch rate. So if say, you catch the high level overworld Garchomp, it will not obey until you have enough badges. GF did at least remove the flat-out catch level restriction (where the amount of badges determine which level Pokémon that you can capture) that was in Sw/Sh.

That also means that if you hatch a Pokémon from an egg, or if it's something like your Starter, you can still powerlevel it up EXP candies, and it will still obey.

 

[whatever I feel like]

They've always talked about eating pokemon parts that drop off (like Slowpoke tails or that ice cream pokemon's "ice cream". (actually sweat?) I won't accept it as official that they harvest pokemon for slaughter until Gamefreak outright says it.

Update, playing through Moon and NPC just said that Crabrawler claws drop off and regrow constantly.

 

[6MillionCoofs]

>Make an open world game where you can go anywhere and do anything
>You're required to get the badges before you can go places, otherwise your Pokemon won't obey you

I haven't played Pokemon recently. Is this a new thing that they did for this game, or has it been around for a while? It used to only be traded Pokemon that you needed badges for.

Edit: On the other hand, they also brought back my nigga Dunsparce and gave him an evolution.

That’s always been. However they updated it a bit. Niw the Badges effect care about the Level the Pokemon was originally caught at.

In short, you can catch early area Pokemon up to 25 and they will always obay without badges

 

[Banana Hammock]

Update, playing through Moon and NPC just said that Crabrawler claws drop off and regrow constantly.

Makes sense, since the Pokemon world is explicitly intelligent design. Of course Arceus will make it so people and Pokemon can eat meat/seafood/etc without killing Pokemon.

 

[Nauseated Courgi]

Makes sense, since the Pokemon world is explicitly intelligent design. Of course Arceus will make it so people and Pokemon can eat meat/seafood/etc without killing Pokemon.

Crawbrawler wasn't the first. Remember that it's a similar case for Slowpoke.

 

[The Ultimate Ramotith]

Just my luck by the time I pick up a copy of Scarlet this will have already been patched out:

It's a cheap tactic, but I like this bug because it's always satisfying to land a 1-hit K.O. move.


If I choose Fuecoco, I'm going to name it La Bamba (since Skeledirge is the Singer Pokemon, and I've had that song stuck in my head the past few days).

Maybe if you avoid all patches...

 

[Sundae]

S/V will be getting a patch tomorrow, with fixes which are TBA. I do wonder if they'll patch out the duping glitch, or the Ranked Battles using the exact same RNG seed.

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Glad to see they're patching the games sooner rather than later.

Maybe if you avoid all patches...

Nah, shitposting aside I'd rather the game run smoother than have glitches/exploits like that (though I woukd like to have been able to use the item/Pokemon duplication exploit).

Also my brief foray into Showdown has revealed to me that I have no place in competitive Pokemon battling.

At this point all I'm hoping for is that by the time I can pick up a copy of Scarlet that the Mudkip and Litten lines get added in.

 

[A Widdle Woach]

I’m not too sure if this patch will actually address anything besides ranked battles and the music looping. It seems like Nintendo has taken some lessons from Bethesda when it comes to patching anything significant.

 

[6MillionCoofs]

I’m not too sure if this patch will actually address anything besides ranked battles and the music looping. It seems like Nintendo has taken some lessons from Bethesda when it comes to patching anything significant.

I mean, GF has always worked on ‘patch to make it run’ not ‘patch to fix bugs and glitches’ As seen in every game they’ve ever released.

 

[Love Machine]

Another addition to my collection.

 

[Nick Gars]

Makes sense, since the Pokemon world is explicitly intelligent design. Of course Arceus will make it so people and Pokemon can eat meat/seafood/etc without killing Pokemon.

Veluza also naturally sheds chunks of it's flesh to hunt. Still doesn't explain where ham or bacon comes from in this world though, something has to be butchered to make those.



Just finished the Charizard event on the first try with rando's. They give you a rediculous amount of time and it's not really that bulky to begin with. I've had waaaay harder 5* raids. It seems to have perfect stats and nature right out the gate though, mine came Modest 6IV-31, curious if it's the same for every capture. Can't test it myself because you can only catch one (it's breedable though).

Can confirm the item dupe is now patched (apparently you can still if you have a cloned Don, but they can't be taken out of the party at all anymore), haven't heard if the RNG seed was fixed yet (I don't have a team yet so I can't test it), and some people are claiming the game is performing better (I'm not noticing any difference). That seems to be it for the patch.

 

[Thiletonomics]

The 7-Star Charizard Tera Raid event is live now. Other details of it are:

-You can only catch the Charizard once, but you can do the raid multiple times.

-It is Shiny locked.

-The Charizard raids don't give any Herba Mystica, but still have a chance to give Ability Patches.

-There are also Mimikyu and Florges raids, but those don't appear to have anything special.

Just finished the Charizard event on the first try with rando's. They give you a rediculous amount of time and it's not really that bulky to begin with. I've had waaaay harder 5* raids. It seems to have perfect stats and nature right out the gate though, mine came Modest 6IV-31, curious if it's the same for every capture. Can't test it myself because you can only catch one (it's breedable though).

Can confirm the item dupe is now patched (apparently you can still if you have a cloned Don, but they can't be taken out of the party at all anymore), haven't heard if the RNG seed was fixed yet (I don't have a team yet so I can't test it), and some people are claiming the game is performing better (I'm not noticing any difference). That seems to be it for the patch.

So it looks like the 7-Star raids will have all 31 IVs then. I'm not sure if the Nature is locked though.

In other news, there is also a giveaway for some Sandwich ingredients, with the code HAJ1ME0R1G1NAL.