>>58272320>am I supposed to just catch nearly everything that appears?Up to you, if you have enough poke balls you can. If you're going to be a min max autist then yes you should catch everything you see. It will never end though so it's ok to miss stuff specially if you're focusing on a specific pokemon or you just don't give a shit about what's out in the wild
>do I need one of those auto catchers like the PoGo++? (I already "play" pokemon sleep which is why I might consider this)As i understand they are discontinued now. No you don't need one. It's main function is auto spinning stops for you
>how do I determine if something is actually good or worth keeping?Up to you. I only keep one of each if it's three stars or better. I keep some legendaries for trading with locals and I hoard pvp pokemon. My wife just trashes anything that's not 4 stars or meta relevant
>anything I should know as a fucking noob?Just enjoy the game. Unless you're doing pvp or are going to solo/duo raids then min maxing is not so important if you have a group. A small group of random can easily do most raids. Leveling up pokemon is expensive, resource wise, and you shouldn't do it unless you have to.