Hello - I’ve been playing for a few short weeks and a few questions. Any help is appreciated
1 - Are shiny Pokémon those with three stars best to their names?
2 - Is there anything ‘special’ about shiny Pokémon in terms of stats or is it simply a visual indicating they’re rarer than normal Pokémon?
3 - When I see a gym with a raid egg I can’t seem to attack the team controlling the gym or put in my own Pokémon controlling the gym unless I missed something
4 - Some Pokémon seek to require more than just candy to evolve. They need things like a Sinoh Stone which I understand are single use. In this circumstances how can I get more of these special evolution items?
5 - I’ve been walking a Pokémon, transferring Pokémon, using rare candies and giving a Pineab (however it’s spelled) to get extra Pokémon candies. Are these the main methods? Some Pokémon like Snuffel need 400 candies to evolve so it just seems like a grind
6 - Is there any method of tagging and categorizing Pokémon you’ve been using?
7 - how do you decide what Pokémon to keep? Do you keep one of every one for the sake of ‘catching them all’?
8 - Lastly, how do you decide which Pokémon to eveolve? This is by far my most challenging issue. Do I eveolve a 1 start Pokémon or keep waiting to catch a 3 star Pokémon in which case I may be waiting a long time (I plan on playing for fun and not super competitive)?
Any help is appreciated. Thank you!