Post by Lamont on Mar 14, 2023 10:34:50 GMT 11
We're on a roll with updates and this latest one is quite the pain point: SOS encounter rates. Thank you to all those pioneers testing out the feature and giving their feedback. You'll be happy to hear that we've gone and improved those odds.
In addition to generically increasing the odds of calling that special SOS pokemon, there are three other notable changes:
These changes turn an, at best, 1/10 chance from Commons in the old system, to a potential 1/4 chance.
We hope this helps reduce the number of encounters it takes for you to track down that special one without it being too frequent, annoying, or time consuming. If more needs to be done we will of course still be taking any feedback and monitoring future SOS hunts.
In addition to generically increasing the odds of calling that special SOS pokemon, there are three other notable changes:
- All abilities that affect an SOS call (currently Intimidate, Unnerve, or Pressure) have had their effects boosted from a 5% -> 8% bonus.
- There is no longer a difference between Common and Uncommon base rates; favouring the Uncommon.
- We have introduced chain bonsues. Instead of being based purely on the rarity tier of the initial encounter, they now include a boosted rate from on the number of calls made during the battle. For example, now the 3rd SOS call from a Common or Uncommon encounter is equal to the 1st call from a Rare encounter.
These changes turn an, at best, 1/10 chance from Commons in the old system, to a potential 1/4 chance.
We hope this helps reduce the number of encounters it takes for you to track down that special one without it being too frequent, annoying, or time consuming. If more needs to be done we will of course still be taking any feedback and monitoring future SOS hunts.
Happy Hunting
