Fortress Bug Fixed

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You may have already seen the in game announcement. They've fixed the issues with the Knight Bus and Fortresses, and players should be good to use them now. If you are still locked out of the game, even after restarts, you'll need to contact Niantic support via their website.

To make up for the problems this caused, they've extended the event by twelve hours. It will now end on 27 July at 11 pm PT (What time is that where you are?). It's possible you may not be able to see that extension reflected in the event timer as yet.

As to other problems...

People seem to be having difficulty getting the required number of foundables together to complete the task, no matter how many TFTD they use. (I've used at least four TFTD and still only have 4 Lupins to show for it, and I definitely don't have fifteen of them to throw at this event.) That's okay. The rewards aren't too great, your registries won't have any gaps if you don't finish, and the point wasn't to make you deplete your potions, but to have you figure some things out about your SOS Training trees.

I'll try to put together a separate post to talk about them a little. It may not be able to help you finish, but it should help you progress through those Registries.

The SOS Training Lessons

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This is long, but it really isn't as bad as it seems. Do NOT panic. It's broken down into a series of manageable bites. You'll probably want to prioritise the things in red. Also, to prepare for any upcoming event, you can also prioritise skills that will affect the Family involved. There's a link to spreadsheet at the bottom of this post that will make it easier for you to search for those skills in your lesson trees.

The new SOS Training Page is similar to our Profession Lessons. Unlike the Profession Lessons, some of the available skills unlock only once you've reached a certain Level in the game. At that point one node (and the associated skill) is free, and the others at that level can be 'purchased' as usual. We do so by spending Field Guides (FG), Ministry Manuals (MM), Restricted Section Books (RSB), and DADA Books (DADA) to gain new skills and become more powerful. This guide is focused on how to maximise getting more of things to spend, because any other skills you'd like to achieve on the Training page depend on those currencies. The more you have, the more you can get. There may be better ways for you to level up by focusing on XP exclusively, say, but this should help you more across the board, and XP is sure to follow from that. Also, if you are chronically resource challenged, you may wish to focus on Inns or Greenhouses first, but if you can hold off a little, continuing as you have until now, this will get you more FG and MM, and they'll help you reach all of your goals sooner. Spend what you can to pursue a specific goal comfortably and then move on to the next one. ( Read more... )

Sorry I'm only getting to this now, it's been... hectic. Many thanks to bliznitch on reddit for doing a lot of the initial leg work that I've expanded on here. It was super helpful. Also a solid thanks to zeliaimnoz for putting together a spreadsheet the 'Collaborative Copy of SOS Training' that allowed me to better summarise the skills and their costs. Everyone should really check that out, it makes things so much easier to visualise.