New face, new adventure!

[Gooplord]

Hey there, I'm Goop. I'm brand new to PRO though I've played PokeMMO for a little bit, I decided that I wanted to play pokemon for a while and I rather enjoy the cooperative aspect that came with PokeMMO. There are however maaaaaany more pokemon available in PRO so I decided I'd come check out what this place has to offer!
I do plan on creating a living-dex in my PC from generation to generation so send me a friend request in game and I'd be more than happy to have some company  
I just finished streaming Super Mario Sunshine to 100% completion and I'm definitely looking to unwind and relax from all the stressful platforming I just had to endure lol

Other than that stuff I do enjoy PvP so I will be trying to get some good mons on my team I'm no stranger to competitive pokemon and I play a lot of the Pokemon Showdown VGC formats so I'm really more accustomed to double battles to be honest... single battles scare me lol. I made it to Cerulean City and I will be playing every day starting at or around 9AM PST or 12PM EST and would love for a few helpful tips... I see a lot of guides on YouTube but there seems to be quite a lot to keep in mind location-wise. I'd love it if anyone would be willing to give a list of key locations and why they're important here or in game. I'm sure every city has something of importance but just to clarify I'm looking for important locations that have things I may miss as I progress through the regions, there's just a lot to take in on day 1 haha.. 

I'm just having fun playing Pokemon

[Houndstone]

Hello there @Gooplord First of all, welcome to PRO! I hope you are enjoying the game so far. When you have some free time, I recommend taking a look at the PRO Rules and making yourself familiar with them.

 

As for key locations, PRO has many of them! With four regions (Kanto, Johto, Hoenn and Sinnoh), seasonal Event Islands and unique areas like Pinkan Island and Dungeons, PRO has a lot to offer. A key location that is definitely worth looking into is Trainer Tower. With a Trainer Tower in each region, they are a great place to level up your Pokemon quickly for a small fee. I'm sure they will be very useful to you during your story playthrough and when building PvP teams.

 

If you have any other questions, I'd be happy to answer them. Have a great day!

Houndstone

[Gooplord]

2 hours ago, Houndstone said:

Hello there @Gooplord First of all, welcome to PRO! I hope you are enjoying the game so far. When you have some free time, I recommend taking a look at the PRO Rules and making yourself familiar with them.

 

As for key locations, PRO has many of them! With four regions (Kanto, Johto, Hoenn and Sinnoh), seasonal Event Islands and unique areas like Pinkan Island and Dungeons, PRO has a lot to offer. A key location that is definitely worth looking into is Trainer Tower. With a Trainer Tower in each region, they are a great place to level up your Pokemon quickly for a small fee. I'm sure they will be very useful to you during your story playthrough and when building PvP teams.

 

If you have any other questions, I'd be happy to answer them. Have a great day!

Houndstone

Thank you! I noticed some NPC's in the beginning talking about the trainer tower but I never saw it, I'm sure it'll come into play sooner or later here.
Other than the trainer tower are there any key cities with something like a community hub people congregate at? Or maybe any cities in Kanto that people often revisit for farming that I should keep in mind as I go through the region? 
I've played the gen 1 games before but there's so much extra content here I often find myself just running past NPCs and whatever the 'sparkling content' that appears on doors/buildings is

, as it would take exponentially longer to get through it had I talked to EVERYONE I saw. I'm worried I'm going to miss something important and have to waste extra time backtracking since I don't know what's important in this version of the region

[Houndstone]

Other than Trainer Tower, Kanto Safari Zone has an EV Training which is very useful. Vermilion City Pokemon Center would probably be the most popular spot where players congregate, mainly due to Vermilion City being a Port town and a link to the other regions. 

 

In the early stages of your playthrough, I wouldn't worry too much about speaking to every NPC. However, I would advise battling most Trainers for the money and EXP, and also speaking with every PokeStop for the useful items they provide.

 

Many of the quests in PRO have requirements; like being the Champion of a region or having caught/seen data for the regional Pokedex so don't worry too much about missing something important as much of it is post-story content. 

 

Houndstone

[Shishagames]

Welcome to PRO.  Congratz on the 100% sunshine completion!. As for key locations  don't forget to get your EXP share and flash from Oak's aid after going through diglett cave. It will save you a lot of time when leveling! Enjoy your adventure!

[Gooplord]

Just a quick update to this post, I'm still playing every day and along with still trying to grasp everything, I'm just about to finish the Elite 4 in Kanto tomorrow! Thank you folks for the warm welcome and useful information haha. I plan on finishing up a living dex (as much as possible within Kanto, as far as I'm aware some legendaries are locked behind events and quests and some things may require me to go to another region to complete) for Kanto and trying to complete the Boss battles around the region soon.
This is my progress so far, only a few more to go for the original 151!

Once I finish the Kanto section of the living dex I'm going to take a nice little break from pokemon and keep myself from burnout by playing Pikmin and maybe Luigi's Mansion as well
I'll post a slideshow of my Kanto living dex once that's finished and then before long I'll move on to Johto!

[Piinetree]

Hey, been popping in on your streams recently and hoping that you're enjoying the game. Hope to see ya get Kanto done and enjoy the other regions going forward!