Pokemon Go taking measures to keep people indoors

RivenMain · Mar 14, 2020

99% off huh.. casually buys and sells accounts for profit :nayps3:

But really as much as I've played it I loved playing with hacks just as much. I just want to be able to play on pc if i want to xd

AkiraKurusu · Mar 14, 2020

While I never liked the game - extremely basic, always lacking the entire National Dex (though it's sad that these days it's got more than the actual mainline games do), a massive battery charge black hole, why would I ever have my phone out whilst walking providing a distraction from who's in front of me and where I'm headed - I am a fan of buffs, and of buffs encouraging indoor play.

Hopefully these massively beneficial changes remain after Corona's dealt with, instead of being reverted.

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raxadian said:
You can transfer Pokemon from Pokemon Go to two Switch games so that might have helped to revive it a bit.

ONLY the first 151 (and two new Mythicals), for some idiotic reason, instead of eventually all 809.
A bit useless if only 153 species can use that mechanic.

...Supposed to appeal to GO fans, but prevents said fans from transferring over Johto Pokemon and onwards, and pisses off the already-existing mainline game fanbase...what the fuck were they thinking...

Ryccardo · Mar 14, 2020

x65943 said:
Not enough, we also need a way to get pokeballs without microtransactions

Plenty of them between the 20 just for accumulating a certain weekly distance and pokestops, at least in my experience - of course you also need to abstain from catching literally every single one

eyeliner · Mar 14, 2020

Good way to keep virgins virgin a bit longer.

gamesquest1 · Mar 14, 2020

x65943 said:
Not enough, we also need a way to get pokeballs without microtransactions

when I used to play it, I happen to have a poke stop available from my home so I never had an issue with poke balls, I even had my sister leave a phone with her account logged in here and she would call to ask me to get her some pokeballs :rolleyes:

mightymuffy · Mar 14, 2020

Clicked to buy this as soon as I saw it, literally playing just when the Abra CD cancellation news popped up, was thinking it was a glitch - kinda gutted they've meant it to happen!

Pretty good news for me as the last time they changed spawn points it moved them all from my house, but really no fukkin virus is stopping me from going out! Still, hour long, and a spawn every minute or so is good stuff (I used one last night and still have 250+ Ultra Balls left - I actually throw regular/Great balls away half the time!)

weatMod · Mar 14, 2020

gotta catch 'em all

osaka35 · Mar 14, 2020

They also just announced canceling all ex raids for a while. They already canceled and pushed back abra community day and st. Louis pay-for-event.

Ex-raid passes are the invite-only raids you get from a lotto after participating in a raid at an eligible gym. Generally the only way to get some of the legendary or mythical Pokemon.

They've added a lot of stuff. Indeed, thry seem mainly focused on adding stuff rather than fixing what's currently there. But it's still loads of fun to play, it can just be a bit of a mess most of the time.

Ericzander · Mar 14, 2020

x65943 said:
Not enough, we also need a way to get pokeballs without microtransactions

You can. You can add friends and get lots of items that way. And of course there's the usual method of swiping pokestops.

Ever since I reached my goal of getting every Pokemon from the first 3 generations I stopped playing, but at no point did I feel the need to buy pokeballs.

InsaneNutter · Mar 14, 2020

x65943 said:
Not enough, we also need a way to get pokeballs without microtransactions

My local area used to only have one Pokestop until we got access to Niantic Wayfarer, however what I used to do was stock up on Pokeballs on my way to work and going home. I then had more than enough balls to play on evenings and weekends in my local area if desired.

Another good way is to open gifts from friends along with the bonus for walking 25km and 50km per week, that always rewards loads of balls.

I always end up having to discard balls these days so i can spin more Pokestops to obtain gifts to send out:

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Viri · Mar 14, 2020

Kid me would love this + school getting closed for weeks!

Adult me has work, and has no interest in Pokeman Go.

Stealphie · Mar 14, 2020

Pokémon GO to your home

Taleweaver · Mar 15, 2020

codezer0 said:
Well, duh. The game forces arbitrary restrictions to make people band together, and now that there's a health concern, they want to act like they're "on our side" by finally abiding by those who can't or don't want to deal with the idiots that take it too seriously and become toxic about it.

That, but 'the idiots that take it to seriously', as you describe them, will soon become entire governments and experts, assuming they aren't contacted by them to begin with. I can name quite some countries(along which Belgium) where there are severe restrictions in outdoor activities. And while ironic for a video game, Pokémon GO certainly falls in that group.

dragonmaster · Mar 15, 2020

full of cheaters on pvp

Andy2393 · Mar 15, 2020

I think it was only a matter of time before Niantic did something like this

mightymuffy · Mar 15, 2020

dragonmaster said:
full of cheaters on pvp

I remember coming up against someone called mrsfreeze76 (or some other number), and sure enough despite smashing 'her' for the most of the match, the weak connection/'lag' arrived and somehow I lost on the last pokemon which I don't think I managed to hit more than once or twice in the whole minute or so...
On the flip side I've had a similar thing happen but got the advantage myself - NO I don't cheat! - and even forfeited a game as it was clear I would otherwise have lost ....but I've heard that could be also an exploit.
Could just be lag really! Personally I'm not that arsed about my rank - I got 2 Giratina yesterday as rewards and since I'm a more rural player they're my first 2 too! Get me a Rufflet once I hit rank7 and I'm done really!

dragonmaster · Mar 16, 2020

mightymuffy said:
I remember coming up against someone called mrsfreeze76 (or some other number), and sure enough despite smashing 'her' for the most of the match, the weak connection/'lag' arrived and somehow I lost on the last pokemon which I don't think I managed to hit more than once or twice in the whole minute or so...
On the flip side I've had a similar thing happen but got the advantage myself - NO I don't cheat! - and even forfeited a game as it was clear I would otherwise have lost ....but I've heard that could be also an exploit.
Could just be lag really! Personally I'm not that arsed about my rank - I got 2 Giratina yesterday as rewards and since I'm a more rural player they're my first 2 too! Get me a Rufflet once I hit rank7 and I'm done really!

i had several players hitting me with one pokemon every time with the charged move and several shields beyond 3

Bladexdsl · Mar 17, 2020

The Real Jdbye said:
and Incense is now 99% off

people should be spending money on groceries or toilet paper and not micro transactions for this POS!

mightymuffy · Mar 17, 2020

dragonmaster said:
i had several players hitting me with one pokemon every time with the charged move and several shields beyond 3

......yeah

literally the batch of battles I had right after posting that: twice I was on 'a winner' until their charged attack, which I shielded, reset as soon as my shield appeared on screen, then started again, this time without my shield active.

So, agreed, full of cheaters... certainly not risking any premium battles until that is sorted.

urherenow · Mar 17, 2020

eyeliner said:
Good way to keep virgins virgin a bit longer.

heh... you haven't seen the crowds at some of the raids I've been to in Japan. Gamer girls are freaks in the sheets... :rofl2:

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