"*Alolan Egg + Gifts Update* to "Maximizing Incubators: Egg Hatching Strategy Guide""

#PokemonGO: GamePress has just published an update to the Maximizing Incubators: Egg Hatching Strategy Guide including an analysis on Alolan Eggs and gifts, with a lot of tips and details you and your community may not know. For instance, did you know:It is cheaper, Stardust-wise, to trade for Alolan Vulpix than to attempt to hatch it because 7km eggs have the same rewards as 5km eggs, making them the worst dust/candy:km ratio among all eggs.Trading costs are not increased while trading for an unobtained gender for a Pokemon form you have the Pokedex entry of already.EX Raids generally give out passes more than 7 days in advance, meaning you have time to ensure at least Great friendship from someone on your team even if you aren’t friends when you receive the passes. (Thanks Keith!)Hatched Alolan Pokemon will have their location marked as the PokeStop the gift and postcard were attained at. Using this can allow players to complete their gold Pilot badge, which tracks trade distance, easily with other local trainers (an easy one- but I care just as much for the extra candy than I do the Badge!)Players willing to change their phone's displayed time, you can access tomorrow's gifts in the same way you can use tomorrow's Raid Pass if you're really in need of an Alolan Egg. This won't affect the current gifts in your inventory, but will consider the next day's limit and friendship level.Save 1 gift. If you have a gift in your inventory, you can see if your friend has opened a gift from you yet today, allowing you to open gifts from other friends. Note that this only works if you have a gift in your inventory. Otherwise you’ll only see the message “You have no Gifts in your inventory. Visit a Pokestop to look for them!” which has an icon identical to when a friend has an unopened gift from you.So many other things from the original article including how to get all hat Pichu completely FTP and quickly and efficiently complete Chansey "Hatch 5 Egg" Research.One other section I want to highlight from the article is "When to Deviate/Event-Specific Strategies". This section I always keep updated, similar to the "Current Item Box Analysis" section of our Legacy Special Box List (also a perfect tool for efficiently using coins towards Incubator purchases in Ultra Boxes). In this section, I outline specific strategies for ALL events in Pokemon Go in detail, and lay out my current personal strategy based on whatever events are currently happening, predicted, or upcoming. Bookmark the page so you'll Always Be Incubating with GamePress power!TL;DR? I'll read it for you. For those that prefer their content in audio/video form, I've also thrown together this video containing the information from the article. There's some visual components taken from the article as well but it can be enjoyed perfectly as a podcast during your commute or Pokemon Go play session. Listen to it the next time you crack a Star Piece or Lucky Egg! Now that's getting the most out of your items! The article + video are also enjoyed perfectly alongside each other.Lastly, even if a lot of this information is known to you, consider sharing this within your community and keep your community informed with all the latest Pokemon Go GamePress knowledge. Happy hatching, trainers! via /r/TheSilphRoad https://ift.tt/2Aog4XH