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What the heck, GTS!?
So, I've been carefully combing GTS for about an hour to find a 5 iv ditto, and I finally find something that looks somewhat reliable. It's asking for a Zapdos, and I've spent my entire day Masuda Methoding while I chase this yellow and black bird all over the dang country, so I finally get it. I decide to trade, holding my breath as I take it to the IV Judge, hoping that Australian people are reliable and...
It's got 2 IVs... My spirits... So low right now... Why doesn't GF at least let us check stats before we trade? This is awful, I'll probably never get one now without a shiny ;_; |
Sorry, but is it even possible to get a 5 IV Ditto? If yes, how would one go about doing that? .-.
(if it involves hacking, I'm not really interested.) |
Why are you even surprised? :L
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Did the Ditto have the Kalos mark and is level 30? If so, then I think you learned your lesson.
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Part of me hates people Queensland Australia with a passion. And the last bit is just damn depressed. :c |
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But yeah, getting back to the post, NEVER trade away anything you will miss. |
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I only use "Legendaries" so I can get good trades. This was nigh a good trade, nor one of my prouder moments ;_; |
I may be in the wrong place to ask this, but since you're talking about them... What's an iv, and why do I want more as opposed to less?
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I managed to fish myself a 29 / 30 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 30 Ditto in the Safari which was pretty damn close. But you should never trust the GTS with that. The GTS is a horrible place sometimes, and some people are just foolish. Especially when they put their shiny Pokemon up asking for a shiny in return and get a standard one.
I'd stick to trading with trusted people for good IV Pokemon. There are some diamonds in that rough, but you have to shift through a tonne of dirt to get to it. At least it's slightly better now then before, when people were asking for Legendaries for everything they put up. |
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It's almost a shame that you can't breed Dittos with Dittos for IV. It's also kinda funny when you think about it. I mean, where do Dittos come from in the wild?
Yeah I know about the whole 'Dittos are failed Mew clones' theory but really, how many failed experiments could there be? SOMETHIN'S NOT RIGHT HERE. |
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IVs range from 0 to 31, so there's a 1 in 32 chance each time to get one in a stat from friend safari...
2IV = guaranteed 3IV = 1 in 32 chance 4IV = 1 in 1024 chance (I caught one within thirty Ditto in the Friend Safari, so it's doable) 5IV = 1 in 32,768 chance 6IV = 1 in 1,048,576 chance You are guaranteed 3IV in a chain of Ditto at the 40th chain and beyond, so you could get a 5IV Ditto with a 1 in 1024 chance (doable, somehow!). So, I suggest chaining in the Pokemon Village if you want a 5IV Ditto yourself. Regardless... Very rare to see a perfect Ditto owned in XY, and they sure won't ever be worth a legendary on the GTS. That is an infamous way to mass gather legends and scam strangers. Avoid it at all costs. Don't bother with the GTS. Try trade communities where reputable traders can help you get some of the baby Pokemon rather than a very rare Ditto, at least. It's possible to get a 5IV Ditto from a previous gen, where someone manipulates the game's random number generator sequence by hitting a seed and advancing the frame to encounter a perfect Ditto. These could go for cheap if anyone is cloning them in the previous gen, transferring them from Pokebank to XY, and helping out people. Still very rare right now since Pokebank delay... I got free twentyfold more good Pokemon from Wondertrade > "claims" on GTS |
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That sucks; The fact that on GTS you can't even see a summary of what pokemon you are trading for is incrediably stupid. THis is the third game that gamefreak has done with the GTS in place its time that they get thier junk together and get the GTS right.
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Lemme put it this way:
Most folks would ask for Yveltal in exchange for Magikarp. Should you trust GTS? Nope. It's full of buffoons asking for unfair or impossible trades. |
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Having said that, there is one feature I wish the GTS had and that is when you HAVE a pokemon and you see what you can get for it (So you select one of the pokemon you have, then you get a list of other people that are looking for that pokemon and you choose out of what you can get for what you are offering) |
I'm not trying to sound like a dick (even though I am one) or trying to rub it in, but this is hilarious.
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Because half of us are MMing currently, there are about 3 boxes full of pokes with names insulting Scott from Australia. I've been pestering the guy for about an hour by spamming "nice" and battle/trade invites as he is in my acquaintances. |
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I was expanding on what you had posted. http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Undiscovered_(Egg_Group) |
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Other than that, do what I did, set yourself a good block of time aside and buy a load of quick balls and repeat balls and hit the safari/ or pkmn village |
Well if you don't want to be Scammed again then use Kazo's Trade Check! It checks the IV's of the Pokemon's on GTS and Normal Trade. or you can just not use GTS and find a Person with Normal Type Friend Safari that has a Ditto and go Breed some Flawless Pokemons. well Enough talk for me! :D
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Funny enough I actually did get a 6IV Ditto from someone claiming to have a 6IV Ditto.
You shouldn't trust people easily on the GTS, however, as I had a lot of Pokebank legendaries to use as fodders anyways. If you're desperate, though, check to see its level and if it has the Kalos mark. If it has a Kalos mark, it's basically guaranteed to be a rip-off. |
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Also I am not understanding the reasoning behind people saying that somehow trading for a competition bred pokemon either in person or over the GTS is not "working" for it. You still have to meet the demand of the person trading you the mon whether this is in the form of rare items; legendary mons, or your own stock fo competition bred mon you still have to work to meet the demands of the trader. |
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