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Happy to say I got my Halloween day shiny! Roughly 47,500 encounters total 😄

Easy mode = hard mode Hard mode = impossible rng mode One week = 14 days Reward = wear CLOWN mask 🐵🐵🐵

😂This Halloween, the pumpkin boss who farms the players

The real problem isnt that it get harder than last year, they just add RNG to make it looks "harder". I would rather get a totally new event instead of having a new way to get fooled in my run. We get nerf from past strat on the already nerf of another strat from previous strat. Really frustrating to farm

The only fact I do not like is that this is stupidly rng heavy. It does not include preparation, strategy, good team composition or anything else to a degree that any of those can overweight rng. Not like it was any different in the past years

Hi, First of all, I'm not here to spread hate or complain to complain. I'm honestly genuinely curious about how this works from a developer/owner's standpoint. Also please don't harass or cuss at staff, no need for that. I'm wondering what you guys' standpoint is regarding the server lag as of the start of the Halloween event. Now bear with me, this is my first event in PokeMMO. I started like a month ago so I don't know if this was already the case before. My question is, is does your infrastructure allow you to utilise horizontal scaling (like on Azure or AWS) for the duration of an extremely busy event such as we are experiencing right now? In terms of load balancing it feels like this is something that is definitely possible to achieve and it would solve all the extreme latency we've been experiencing all day. At the moment I can't even use the GTL. When I search once I immediately get rate limited. And even if you were to (temporarily) rent more servers, do you think the cause of the lags are player based, or bot based? Obviously things aren't as black and white as "purchasing or renting a new server and setup a load balancing infrastructure". Things are more complicated than that. But what I'm wondering is: did you take notice and do you have any plans to try and solve these issue(s)? Or are you planning to just let it play out, because obviously after the event(s) things will calm down again. Again, not trying to bash, just genuinely curious! Thanks!

中国用户，请访问此链接 Features Halloween 2023 PokeMMO's Halloween Event has returned for 2023! Beat up children and steal their candy! Defeat the Spirits of Halloween and steal theirs too! Feed it to the pumpkin to win a prize. Swarms have become more frequent for this event. Keep an eye out for new Alpha Swarms. Mysterious Wisps have been spotted around the world. Collect them all and capture special seasonal Halloween Alphas! Special ghosts may also be found with their Hidden Ability unlocked. Challenge Pumpking for a fight over his Goodie Bags, containing new vanity items exclusive to 2023. The boss can be found near Lavender Town, Fallarbor Town, Solaceon Town, Driftveil City, and Ecruteak City. The Halloween Event ends on November 12th at 11:59pm UTC+0. Players will have until November 14th at 11:59pm UTC+0 to claim prizes for any unspent candy after the main event's over. Gift Shop The Flaming Motorcycle is now available in the Gift Shop for the Halloween 2023 season The Pumpcat and Trick Kitty are now available in the Gift Shop exclusively for Halloween 2023 These companions feature multiple styles which can be toggled through the Use button Additionally, they feature unique animations when in the overworld: Other Halloween Seasonal items have been extended for the remainder of the event General Features Added an option to hide Ditto from GTL search results Berries are now separated into various categories in the Bag menu Balancing X items are now limited to 2 usages per monster while on the field. Haze effects (those which clear stat stages) will reset this limit Taunt can no longer be applied consecutively against bosses When a boss redirects their move usage via Taunt, they now apply a 1.5x base power modifier True damage (e.g. Psywave) is now halved and capped at 10% max HP against bosses Luvdisc's Heart Scale held item rate has been increased from 8% to 12% When used versus Pumpking: Bat Cookies now cause Reflect and Light Screen to become active on the allied field for 3 turns Broom Cookies now clear stat stage drops on the allied field, clear stat stage ups on the opponent's field, and cloaks the allied field with Mist for 2 turns Trace now attempts to activate whenever a Shift occurs (in Triple Battles), a battle slot is activated (in Rotation Battles), or an opponent swaps in Bosses can no longer be damaged by Rocky Helmet after 3 activations against them Bosses can no longer be damaged by Rough Skin / Iron Barbs after 3 activations against them Bug Fixes iOS: Fixed a crash which could occur with controllers Fixed an issue where Field of Fire would apply to semi-invulnerable targets Fixed an uninteractable Rock Smash rock on Johto's Rt 40 Fixed an issue where Toxic Orb / Flame Orb would broadcast their activation message every turn Fixed an issue where Field of Fire would broadcast its activation even if there were no valid targets PP is no longer healed when using Mooncakes Mooncakes now allow multiple to be used at a time Improved server performance when handling very large amounts of logins occurring at the same time Fixed an issue where, when Liquid Ooze would activate, the message target would be the ability owner instead of the damaged victim Fixed an invisible wall in Johto's Rt 47 Fixed an issue where, if Dry Skin caused damage at the end of a turn, the ability owner's held item would activate before damage was applied Fixed an issue where players could fish off the cliff in Johto's Rt 47 Fixed an issue where White Herb would not activate on an opponent swapping in with Intimidate Fixed an issue where, if a wild monster steals and Flings an item from your party, and the player had another of the item in their bag, they would opt to replace the item with the one in their bag instead of restoring it from the battle Fixed an issue where Trace/Role Play would not update tooltips with the active ability Typing overrides are now shown in battle tooltips Fixed Future Sight / Doom Desire animation playback Fixed an issue where the "Show Affordable" button would show in the PC's Advanced Settings menu Fixed ability description rendering on Chinese/Japanese/Korean platforms When challenging Ho-Oh, Giratina, and Red boss battles, the player's party is now healed on battle start Fixed an overpriced Fluffy Tail entry in Hoenn's marts When Heal Block is applied, it now halts usages of moves which would be affected by it (such as Rest) Sacred Fire☆ can no longer be absorbed by foes Notes Reward Points Vouchers have been delisted from the GTL during this update

It has been a long time since events stopped being for everyone. Where the new one could enjoy as much as the old one. Now, it's only for a few. Sad, but above all. Bored.

Players have 3 events to grind At least let players grind U doing this rng mode just to prevent bot or clickmate users, what s the fault of normal human players here !!!! It s very frustrating Very sad halloween Horrible Bad No fun No grind Waste of time, cash, energy Hype for halloween has fade away from thé 1st day U CLOWN US

Pumking used Grim harvest and eliminated all the player's positive hype stat changes. Player used pokeyen portion and restored hope. Pumking foresaw a devastating attack. Pumking used gastly vision and player's pokeyen reduced to 1 Hp. Player disconnected from the Halloween event. GG

Hard mode doesn't even use strategy, it's all RNG it's stupid 0% strategy 100% RNG

Português: Neste post estamos fazendo um pequeno protesto para que a motocicleta em chamas se torne um item limitado para este evento, além de sua raridade sazonal, é um item muito bom para ser sazonal, de longe o melhor deste ano. Español: En este post estamos haciendo una pequeña protesta para que la motocicleta en llamas se convierta en un artículo limitado para este evento, además de su rareza estacional, es un muy buen artículo para ser estacional, por lejos el mejor de este año. English: In this post we are making a small protest for the burning motorcycle to become a limited item for this event, besides its seasonal rarity, it is a very good item to be seasonal, by far the best this year. Italiano: In questo post stiamo lanciando una piccola protesta affinché la motocicletta in fiamme diventi un oggetto limitato per questo evento, oltre alla sua rarità stagionale, è un ottimo oggetto stagionale, di gran lunga il migliore quest'anno. Français: Dans cet article, nous faisons une petite protestation pour que la moto en feu devienne un objet limité pour cet événement, outre sa rareté saisonnière, c'est un très bon objet pour être saisonnier, de loin le meilleur cette année. 中国人: 在这篇文章中，我们对燃烧的摩托车成为本次活动的限定物品提出了一个小小的抗议，除了季节性稀有之外，它是一个非常好的季节性物品，迄今为止是今年最好的。 #FlamingMotorcycleBecomeLimitedItem

Kanto gets Alpha Gengar, Johto gets Alpha Mismagius, Hoenn gets Alpha Dusknoir, Sinnoh gets Alpha Drifblim, Unova gets Alpha Chandelure. Completing all five regions gets Alpha Spiritomb. I high recommending stocking on 200-300 repels to make life easier. Bring a pokemon for alpha catching at all times, as every few wisp encounters spawns a guaranteed x31 IV HA Pokemon of the evolutionary line and the last one will spawn an Alpha. Kanto (Alpha Gengar) @OfficialDarku made a video guide for Kanto Johto (Alpha Mismagius) @OfficialDarku made a video guide for Johto Hoenn (Alpha Dusknoir) @OfficialDarku made a video guide for Hoenn Sinnoh (Alpha Drifblim) @OfficialDarku made a video guide for Sinnoh Unova (Alpha Chandelure) @OfficialDarku made a video guide for Unova P2 Laboratory, Route 18 requires surf, possibly patience. Follow this map. Sorry for poor quality, red circles are where you'll find your Wisps Alpha Spiritomb After catching every event Alpha, Alpha Spiritomb will spawn on Sinnoh's Route 209. There will be a whole swarm of normal Spiritombs along with the Alpha. It's pretty tough, so bring your A game. Both Pumpking guide made by @OfficialDarku "Easy" Mode Hard Mode

难度大，是可以的；充满随机性，不能稳定打过，也是可以的。 但现在bug不修复，每过一轮道具不会自动补充，把bug当成游戏机制来提高难度，是不是把玩家当傻逼了？

I was about to win 😡😡😡 EDIT: My run is gone, devs mail me shiny particles as compensantion

I'm going to say what I did last year, but the difficulty of Pumpking should not be reliant on how much you participate on the forums/in a team and crack the code on what is the most niche set of mons that plays most efficiently against the boss. Difficulty that is created through the obfuscation of knowledge and information is frankly lame as fuck, especially in an MMO setting where an attempt costs resources, alongside your tools. I think they're going the absolute wrong direction from the previous year, and as a result they're making a less accessible event. My ideal event would to have him be beatable by most doubles comps. It's just surprising that the same team that made the insanely fun Ho-Oh and Giratina battle is also churning out this. If it's for economic concerns, then they need to neuter the pumpking gift bags, or the rate that you get special candy to fight Pumpking, instead of making the battle even harder. Frankly I don't want to participate in the hard mode battle against him at all, and I'm just going to sell my candy.

just keep it seasonal. why is everything about profit with u people, smh.

Bro it s easy mode It was supposed to be easy Damn it s hard to say easy nowadays E A S Y It s hard to be easy Devz absolutely u are laughing at everyone but what s the purpose here Last year easy mode = 5 goodie bags This year easy mode = lose 1 special candy Wether u raise bags for easy mode like 10 goodie bags Or make it eaaaaaZyyyyy I don't have the urge to play halloween 2023 Happy Clown year

THIS 2023 HALLOWEE'N JUST SUCKS Sorry to say it But it s just true There s no fun at all Pumpking is grindin my special candies And im Really pissed off

My team is a 90+% win rate after making a few adjustments. The problem with my team is that you need 5 mons xDD so only 1 mon can get the particle where as last year you only needed 3 mons.

It's okay to have a failure rate 3 or 4 out of ten. But to have a failure rate of 8/10 because rng is too unpredictable? That is too much, even for this game. Last year was most fair because success rate was more or less 50/50 best on our common strategies. The failure rates of this year are just ridiculous. But okay, ill give it the benefit of the doubt that we havent invented a "correct" strat this year. But will there ever be a "correct strat" based on how random the odds are? These are just my thoughts.

The hardest part for me is the 2nd stage. Pumpking just keeps using Soul Drain and heals more HP than the damage i can make, and is always changing my mons. Also the Chesto Berry dissapears in the 1st stage for some reason

Congratulations to the winners ! 1st Place OnlyLonly 169 points - 08:02:03 PM UTC 2nd Place Summrs 163 points - 08:10:14 PM UTC 3rd Place Simzon 163 points - 08:39:12 PM UTC 4th Place DeadlyTaunt 18 points - 08:39:19 PM UTC Huge thanks to my amazing refs : @ZacC @EnzoAbbacchio @Revz

Don't get me wrong but the game is well balanced. Every single MMO has a learning curve. And every MMO rewards people who grind harder and more efficiently. You can speedrun a region like Johto in less than 6 hours easily. The game is incredibly noob friendly, even though the battles are harder than normal Pokemon. It's up to you to put effort on the things and feel rewarded when you are able to achieve them. The event is 12 days long. It's more than enough time to farm enough money to make a team good enough for any of the bosses. You are not meant to be able to defeat a Boss fight after playing a game for just a couple of hours or days, and if you grind properly, you actually can. And just before you say that this is my view because I've been playing this game for long or whatever, this is my first event.

Thank you for reaching out, and it's great to hear from you! It's completely normal to have concerns and uncertainties when tackling a new challenge, especially when it involves working with the Pumpking boss. Rest assured, your concerns are valid, and it's a crucial step in the process of developing effective strategies. We appreciate your optimism in hoping that the administrators will consider these concerns. Open communication and feedback are key to addressing any resource challenges. Let's keep the lines of communication open and work together to find the best solutions. Enjoy the journey of overcoming these challenges, and don't hesitate to reach out if you have any further thoughts or ideas to share. We're all in this together! Best regards, Poufilou

Ive spent more pokedollars on supplies and losing over and over from RNG on hard mode than ill ever make back from a few pumpking bags when finally winning. Events should be a fun and profitable experience not something that drains your money and stresses players out because we need 9 out of 10 rng rolls to go our way to even have a chance. Im not even in it for the money i just wanna get the particle on a few of my favorite mons, but its costing me tons of pokedollars to get nothing TLDR: ˢᵖʰᵉᵃˡ ᶦˢˢᵘᵉ

no clue what all this crying is about, after a bit of trying im at basically a 100% winrate again with 2 free particle slots per run

Really bad event , depend on rng Phase 2 boss if the pump thief appear just reset! Like seriously i've saw some player streaming yesterday on twitch and most of them are angey instead of having fun.

Sure is

If you have 8 failed rounds out of 10 you need to get a new team to fight the pumpking. I agree that is too high a failure rate, but I am sure there are better teams out there to at least make it 50/50.

Please bring back the clown react. 🙂

Pumpthief is crazy, lil pump is not like a big deal unless very bad circumstances, had a r2 recently where got 2 pumpthief and 2 li'l pump, so imagine how fun 😄

I was bored, so I've decided to do this with MS Paint If you like it good If you don't just google Deviantart and don't bother me See ya Have a nice Halloween PokéMMO's community 😉

There was once an ancient tale in the land of Johto, claiming that every Halloween, when the clock struck midnight; a demon was set free to roam the icy caverns north of Blackthorn City. Spine-chilling, eerie wails were said to echo across the land. For this reason alone, residents were forbidden from entering Ice Path on this day every year after dark. One Halloween night however, a lonely explorer ventured down into the bleak depths of Ice Path to seek out the truth of this tale that haunted the city. As he climbed through the narrow entrance, he could hear faint whispers calling out to him. As if entranced, he continued his search focused solely on the sound of the ghostly voice. It was growing in volume as he climbed deeper and deeper, and soon enough he found the source. It was all emanating from an oddly shaped stone lodged in the centre of the frozen room, glistening before him. The room looked untouched with hundreds of long icicle stalactites cascading from the ceiling, almost touching the large mounted stalagmites pointing up from the frosted ground. Upon inspection of the stone, he found it to be engraved with what seemed to be a frowning face. As the explorer reached down and touched the face of the stone, the engraving suddenly began to glow a bright purple and a great blue flame flew out from atop. A misshapen purple face surrounded by a ghostly teal mist, spiralled around in circles and was now hovering in front of the explorer. It was surrounded by pink orbs that moved around the outline of the mist in an almost hypnotic motion. The explorer couldn’t believe his eyes; he was awestruck by the beauty of this spirit that floated before him. And then it whispered in an icy cold breath “Fellow traveller, you have freed me from my curse to be forever bound by the walls of these depths. For this I swear my allegiance to you, for now and forever”. And so the explorer eventually led the long lost spirit out of the labyrinth of caverns, back to the entrance of Blackthorn City. Overtime, the two lonely individuals became inseparable soulmates from their journeys together throughout the Pokémon regions and into the afterlife. But most importantly, the phantasmal cries that haunted the folk of Blackthorn every Halloween night were at long last, heard no more. I was only going to write a couple lines, but it ended up as a short story instead Also I know this looks similar to the post above, but I genuinely wrote this a week ago and decided to wait until Halloween to fit with the story to post it. Anyways thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed! ❤️ IGN: TheoPembo

Keep it limited! What's the point in having a cool bike if everybody else has it too..?

In my opinion it's supposed to be hard, otherwise everyone would be using the same tactic to rip off bags from the pumpking. It's also the first day. Let's see what people come up with in regards to tactics. I think it's fine that there is a somewhat high failure rate so we don't win in (almost) every try like the other years. 🙂

dont agree, should be fully limited to just this event

IGN: Furabia Happy Halloween! Quilava is my favorite Pokémon. Inspired in Pikachu wearing a Mimikyu costume. Furamingos is my artistic name. In case there's no winners, I want to say that I really did have fun drawing. It's been a long time since I enjoyed the process instead of thinking about the result of being "perfect".

12k+ single encounters and 31 legendary lures used, still no Entei oh but i got this 😮

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!! I show to you a Zoroark with the Pokémon Unite costume ready for the Halloween event!! >:3 IGN: QuimeraCloe More of my drawings: https://www.deviantart.com/nekoquince15

Hello fellow Halloween event enjoyers. Don't you guys think that the big pumpking on hard mode is too hard and too much rng based? I tried the same strat as last year, Honch/Tytar. Hydreigon and Weezing, but i only won 1 on hard mode, and lost like more then 10 tries. What do you guys think? Are you using some other strat? Lets debate about this 🙂

We didn't have the anniversary event we'd been teased with. Then now we have this Halloween event that's been exactly the same for years. Would it be too much to ask for something new? Or are you only interested in collecting money from those who take a few RPs to buy limited cosmetics? I've found the game deadly boring for some time now, and I was hoping this Halloween event would bring something new and interesting. I don't understand how you can offer such a lousy event several years in a row. That's why I'm suggesting we stop doing the same boring events over and over again and create new ones, with new gameplay mechanics. Why do we fight alone against a soulless pumpkin every year? Why the only community approach to this event is to share locations... (it's an mmorpg guys... MMOrpg) Why don't we all fight together in a huge raid to defend the regions from the invasions of an evil organization or something like this? Why don't we have a dungeon, a raid, a story, something, anything? The announcement of this event is what brought me back to the game. Seeing that there's nothing new is what made me run away again. Please, make events great again.

I might send u a whisper in game then lmao

@gbwead Seeing Chow's comments recently, I now understand where you were coming from, no matter how exaggerated and melodramatic you were when P2 was first banned and arguing about semantics. My apologies. Wenby #1.

Not hard, it's just a lot of rng and unfair tactics from the dev lmao Maybe after a few year every pumpkin move will be ohko

Eu também concordo para que venha a ser limitado! Com certeza é o item mais legal do evento! Merece ser considerado mais raro!

Heads up we are aware of the latest update. Polish language fix is still under works. There will be a separate beta very soon. In regards to the latest update- there was quite a bit changed with the icon sheet. I would not advise using the theme until we push a hot-fix, considering a lot of icons will be in the wrong places and there is missing search options that were implemented.

Johto is awesome 😛

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