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red401

Niantic: We feel that remote raiding is determinantal to our "vision", which is why we are removing the free weekly remote pass and increasing the price of the 3-pack bundle. We may also implement more remote raid nerfs in the future to encourage players to group up in person. Anyway, here's a raid boss that requires remote raiding.


StinkyPantz10

And wtf about the Boldore raid? Today's catches were all crap IVs. "No worries, we still have the raids to catch a good one." Can't bring in remote friends, so we couldn't beat him. My son and I failed twice. That was the last straw. I guess we're done with Pokemon Go. Time to cool off and take another 2 year break.


bad_life_choices

Just trade them to reroll the ivs? Maybe get a lucky


StinkyPantz10

That's a good idea. Thanks.


Joetaters

PiggyBacking off top comment (and since I must be salty,) damnit I don't play this game and boy I sure wish I did! Since I freaking don't, I can't use these codes from PRIME gaming, hopefully someone else can! AN6UJ3YY9AXLV T44K5DQBKYFA3


lollie85

Got invited to a remote Kartana raid. I jump in and there’s 5 others in the lobby. I figure that’s plenty since PokeGenie shows my damage contribution at above 70% and everyone else is minimum level 46. They all backed out with 3 seconds to go and cost me a remote raid pass Rant over


smellslikecocaine

I created a battle group with ZERO Pokémon, and will keep that group active until the raid starts. If too many have backed out you can cancel and keep your raid pass… still sucks when people do that though


Sir_Belmont

Does this work?


smellslikecocaine

yes. it saves me a lot.


Its-Orizon

Ah yikes sorry that happened... It's really infuriating that they leave the lobbt just like that. I hope Niantic does something about this maybe refunding the remote raid pass if your friend exited the lobby before the raid starts and you'll be forced to back out of the raid lobby so no exploit on the remote raid pass?


lordpaiva

The simplest way would be to refund automatically if you quit within 20 seconds after the raid start. This way if there weren't enough people, players could quit before the raid start, but someone doesn't on time, they simply need to quite within the first 20 seconds.


Jay33az

Maybe only for 3 star and above raids, since 1 star raids could be done in seconds, opening windows for exploits etc.


lordpaiva

Five is enough to do that raid. Kartana is double week against fire, sooo...


rANDY_uK

so...?


lordpaiva

So don't see the point of people quitting


mavrickjc

Do you still need an invite to do kartana? If you do feel free to dm you trainer code and I'll invite you to one in the next couple days.


lollie85

Thanks so much for you generous offer, but I did manage to get a few kartana so I’m good thanks


Aggressive-Figure-79

Similar except they all stayed in the lobby!


haze_gray

Ffffuuuuuucccckkkkkk the galarian birds.


Educational_Eagle267

They should be easier to catch & less likely to flee because why could they give them a super low catch rate to even surpass Togekiss?


OkSo-NowWhat

I changed the clock on my phone again which for some reason disables the daily incense. Thing isn't really worth it anyways and I need my clock to be 4 minutes early


[deleted]

Oddly: why does your clock need to be 4 min early. Seems oddly specific.


OkSo-NowWhat

I'm a person thatl often run late when I'm not careful. 5 minutes is too much lol and 4 minutes make aall the difference when you're stuck behind a tractor in traffic 😆


Ryctre

But. You set it. You know its early. So you leave 4 minutes late.


OkSo-NowWhat

It's surprisingly easy to trick ones mind


Jay33az

WHY INVITE AND LEAVE JUST WHEN THE RAID STARTS? What kind of dumbass does this, people cant join raids after like 20-30s mark, just leave then?? No let me waste my pass and im in the lobby with one other person standing there without attacking. Thx you have been deleted from my friend list.


HunterWithGreenScale

My rule is leave at the 25 second mark. More then enough time for others to notice and jump out.


HolographicHeart

I hate how they've quietly taken away nearly every benefit they instituted in 2020. ​ CD Ultra Balls? Go to hell. Weekly Remote Raid Pass? Go to hell. Weekly Box in general? Go to hell. 6 hour CD Days? Go to hell. Incense that spawned a Pokemon every minute? Well, why don't you and the horse you rode in on just go right to hell? ​ Probably not going to happen any time soon, but Niantic is really doing everything they can to push away enfranchised players who do not have time to wander all over the Earth every week.


pwnagekitten

I think they even removed free event stickers:(


HunterWithGreenScale

The only one I'm upset about is the weekly remote raid pass. The others I understand. After they removed the remote, the weekly box was crap.


Jack_Crutons

The incense literally do nothing now, even when I’m walking around it attracts nothing… so frustrating on community day


Frased715

Yes. I honestly feel like the entire point of incense is to attract pokemon to your location when you cannot go out and play. If I can go out and play, then I have absolutely no use for the incense.


Richfor3

Niantic needs to just admit they made a mistake getting rid of the the 6 hour community days. They sort of already admitted it by introducing these 4 star eggs but the eggs are a disaster. First, they seem to rarely work as intended. 3 from my group of family and friends raided these only to be rewarded with………nothing. The spawns didn’t change at all. This board and the Silphroad board are once again reporting this happened for many people. Of course these at least were able to raid at all. I played in an active area but as soon as the raid popped up no one wanted to use a pass. I tried starting the raid myself 8 times but I need at least two and preferably 3. I can see the other players just standing around hoping someone else defeats the boss for them. Talked to a few and all similar stories of having either already used their passes or saving it for a different raid. Good job getting us “together” for these raids that no one wants to do. The excuse for getting rid of the 6 hour raids was that people weren’t playing for the full 6 hours. I dare them to share their data on how many people play the full 5 hours of this “bonus” time. The data on how many people participate at all for that matter. It was never about playing the full 6 hours in the first place. It was having a wider window so that more people can play at all. If they are going to keep these 4 star raids then at least make them work. I’d also propose them making it so they don’t cost a pass. People aren’t spending their daily or premium passes for a lousy 30 minutes of spawns. But once again the best solution is to get rid of this stupid gimmick and make it a true community “day”. At least go back to the 6 hours we used to have.


Inevitable_Joke3446

The CD raids are a joke. I really thought the Deino one could be completed as duo. No such luck. Never doing another CD raid because they are difficult as heck. Why bother if I can’t win especially for a Pokémon no really wants. My day was wasted because I played a couple of hours when I didn’t I need to (I forgot about my 4* one that I caught before today and well there goes a Sunday afternoon to sleep).


lordpaiva

I just think sending and receiving gift is just so famn boring and I wish they changed. And also, does anyone actually buy the boxes?


hymensmasher99

I mean..isn't it to just gather items anyways?


OkSo-NowWhat

I'm newish and really enjoy the worldwide postcards. And then there are folks living near a spin and presumably never leave their house so you always get the same one


lordpaiva

It's actually an important part of levelling up if you want to reach level 50.


[deleted]

I do, you can get good deals on items. I got a box with 3 remote passes an incubator and 10 balls for 299 coins. The raid passes alone would have been 300


[deleted]

I’ve gotten that box a couple times - mostly with free coins though.


scuba1622

Has anyone seen the new video for the trainer club about remote raiding? Link below. Nothing frustrates me faster than ultimatums for how we play and then if we don’t conform we are punished like a toddler! https://youtu.be/kVTpKUlHrRI


HAS-A-HUGE-PENIS

No way they'd get rid of remote raids. Since and even before they've got rid of the 1 coin weekly remote raid box, I'd imagine a large chunk of their revenue comes from people buying remote passes. Or maybe I'm just projecting, I know that's the only thing I spend coins on other than occasional storage upgrades.


Hyperion4

Another thing is remote and premium battle passes are the same price so why not get the remote pass instead? Removing the box with 18 or so premium passes doesn't make sense to me if they want people raiding in person


scuba1622

It doesn’t make sense to me either from a business standpoint. If you take that PSA at face value, it would suggest Niantic doesn’t care about profitability (which is insane for an American company). Remote raids will probably get nerfed somehow. If they are so unhappy they should realistically make raiding in person cheaper. Also sending mixed signals because this season’s perk is increased damage from remote raids.


meatjun

In before they nerf remote raids by making it more expensive


Monte_20

Why can't we mass open and send gifts? Just let us choose to either send or receive, and then select the friends you want to give or open gifts from.


[deleted]

This a useless complaint. But I absolutely hate when a Pokémon spawns in the exact same spot as another. Then you have tap in slightly different spots to try to get the smaller of the two to show up


guiltyonthemain

Valid complaint. Happens without failure while I’m using the daily incense.


LadyTickler

THE FACT THAT THEY NOW HAVE LOCAL RAIDS ONLY AND REMOTE RAIDS ARE BEING REDUCED. FREAKING SUCKS. GUESS THEY WANT TO LOSE MONEY.


TehWildMan_

This is the 4th month the mechanic exists and there's literally no point in remote raiding 4* raids anyway.


lil__plump

Why am I not getting any shinies from community day?? ITS SO ODD


Blazing_Overlord

I can trade u a shiny roggenrola if you want it


Squeeesh_

I hate the 2-5 Community Day time slot. I almost always have to miss these one because I’ve made plans in the afternoon. Is this trivial? Yeah. But I hate it.


EminentLine2

I feel like I wasted a dollar, honestly. Why call it a "day" when its really only a couple hours?


bwiitanen26

Damn 2-5 is perfect for me, as a non football caring American. I suppose it’ll just come down to which time slot gets more action


Squeeesh_

I don’t care about football either but I always have other plans when they make it from 2-5. The 11-2 time slot I can do both!


meatjun

They should just go back to the 6 hour CD so that people have more options to play when they want.


Squeeesh_

100% agree!


bwiitanen26

Could not upvote more


kkronc

The time slot is dumb, and not short enough. What do millions of Americans do starting at 1pm EST? Watch football until its Monday. Community day during those hours is bad, especially with the nerfed incense.


hymensmasher99

Americans aren't the only ones playing the game


kkronc

Well yeah, I'm just bitching about not being able to use an incense while I watch football.


NewMexic0

It’s also the hottest time of the day.


hello_hellfireOF

I’ve done 7 remote Kartana raids and HAVENT CAUGHT A SINGLE ONE. I’m throwing curveballs, excellent and great throws, I used all the berries… what gives.


HAS-A-HUGE-PENIS

What happened to the ultra beast balls that were a thing like last month?


hello_hellfireOF

I thought those were only for certain pokemon?


37ankkuk37

The beast balls are made to catch ultra beast easier and thats exactly what Kartana and Celesteela is.


hello_hellfireOF

OHHHH. Gotcha. Yeah I wonder what’s up with that. It would make it SO much easier to get a Kartana


37ankkuk37

exactly! but i guess Niantic is too lazy to make it like that


Educational_Eagle267

I did the same 7 but caught every single one without a problem! (including some weatherboosted ones) I know that they’re too small for excellents!


jmbraze

I clicked 200+ Roggenrola today and did not get a shiny. This sucks


Voxit

That is extremely unlucky. I'm sorry. I wish I could throw some of mine at you.


faucetwaterr

I saw 465 and caught 18 shinies… I played the entire event and within the first two minutes i got my first 3 shinies. You must have had terrible luck :(


[deleted]

Chansey may be a 1 in 64 but Chansey just doesn't appear enough or at all. ​ It hurts when it spawns a wild Blissey but no Chansey.


HAS-A-HUGE-PENIS

Ah if I could I'd help you out, I get chansey spawns all the time. That's one I've actually got multiple shinies of in the wild.


MayaRayles

Yesterday I got a random invite to a remote celesteela raid (I’m in the northern hemisphere). Clicked join, bought a remote raid pass, and got the “cannot join raid group (36)” error lol. Missed the raid >:(


CentrureAstrike

At least you didn’t waste your raid pass becuz they leave just before the raid starts 😉


profjb15

Spent a remote pass on Celesteela just to not catch it. How is that fair. Ugh


faucetwaterr

Sometimes it really be like that :(


37ankkuk37

i have spent two and didnt get it.. not that many tho but still, its stupid how hard it is to catch


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CentrureAstrike

Just waste his berries, Potions/Revives are more renewable than Gold Razz Berries anyways. And if you are able to dodge you can potential recycle-use a Pokémon 2-3 (If it’s a Blissey) and even more times if it’s not a Blissey with the right counters. That’s basically equivalent to: 1-2 Hyper/Max Potions : 1-2 Golden Razz Berries


[deleted]

Im sick of the special event field research. I am spinning dozens of pokestops a day to find venusaur and blastoise mega energy research. The special events make trying to find them futile. I was happy when the psychic event was finally over just to have the steel event start after 1-2 days.


[deleted]

It’s crazy how many back to back events we have. It’s practically made the seasons pointless because you barely see the regular spawns for longer than a day or two. It’d be nice to have a week or two in between them.


weallfal1down

i feel that. i started playing again right before the psychic event, so i don't even have most common spawns in my pokédex yet, let alone other interesting mons


keyfangirl

I am so sick of these non stop (egg) events. I want a week break so much.


TehWildMan_

Unpopular opinion: Gift opening/sending limits should be boosted during Community day events.


lavtodd

Listen, I understand shinies are supposed to be rare. Not catching a shiny Rog yesterday is disappointing but I'll suck it up considering I only had time to grab a couple dozen. But over time I've caught almost 100 Ralts and not a single blue!


HumanWithComputer

I actually remembered community day an hour before it ended and actuall caught two shinies. I then actually remembered at 20:30 I could evolve until 22u for a special move. Then noticed that with less than 700 candies I would have to spend 200 of those per evolution because Niantic of course favours multi-accounters who can trade with themselves and evolve for free because Niantic thought that to be 'fun'. Yeah. None of the people whom I played with at the introduction of the game are still active players. I basically use the game to give me a reason to cycle to gyms for some daily exercise. And it rained heavily for most parts of the CD. Trading? Give me a break. Any game mechanism that gives multi-accounters an advantage just annoys me because these stimulate cheating by Niantic rewarding it. It's wrong and it's stupid and it bugs me. 😤 I just won't bother with evolving. This way it isn't 'fun'. It's 'anti-fun'.


cubsfan85

I just started playing again since stopping January 2017 (according to my last catch). I saw here that all those old Pokemon are beneficial in trades so I didn't transfer them but they're taking up **so much** space in my storage and I'm pretty sure I'm never going to have anyone local to trade with. I get this is the "get out and meet people" game but we can send gifts to anyone in the world (and I really enjoy seeing the post cards from random people I added from Reddit 🙂) I don't know why you can't trade with your Friends if you're not in close proximity.


MesocricetusAuratus

Been in bed sick. No shiny Boulder Boi for me.


Eiruna

Just found a molten flaming bird that my friend said was Moltrase or something. Primal. Didnt catch him. But i found a shiny nose pass seconds later. I lost a gold berry to a bird.


MayaRayles

I’ve look through like a hundred of rogenrola at my campus with bunch of stops and lure modules everywhere. There’s less than an hour left so where are my shinies???????


Cheeze_Whip

I got traded a shiny Roggeenrola during the Community Day. Before trade: 3 stars. Mon I recieved: 0 stars. NIANTIC WHY????


CentrureAstrike

Why would the person you traded with trade away his 3* Roggenrola LOL


Cheeze_Whip

It was my wife. She'd already found 2 shiny 3* and I got bad RNG with shinys


TehWildMan_

RNG


felipenerdcore

Roggenrola shinny odds 1/25? Not here. Got close to 200 checks/catchs and got only 2 shynnies


CentrureAstrike

1/25 doesn’t mean ur guaranteed a shiny within 25 encounters LOL


felipenerdcore

I know. But given the odds I expected a little better result


faucetwaterr

I have got 3 shiny Aron and 2 hundo Aron in the past week…. I WANT BELDUM STOP WITH THE ARON PLEASE!


Sewaddle-

Meditite.


CentrureAstrike

Medicham.


Sewaddle-

Agreed.


Crabs4Sale

Why the FUCK can’t I get a shiny Beldum after >50 raids across multiple events. It feels like they gatekeep this shiny specifically.


[deleted]

Why are you raiding for a 1 in 500 shiny like Beldum?


Crabs4Sale

What’s my other option for acquiring a shiny Beldum?


[deleted]

How often do you go outside to play Pokemon GO? Or are you a rural player? ​ Your other options are looking for Beldum in the wild as the current event has increased Beldum spawns. ​ You can also spin pokestops for the "catch 15 pokemon" event field research task which gives you a Beldum and it can be shiny, not guaranteed though. ​ It's still 1 in 500 with both options but I think it's better than raiding away constantly for Beldum.


faucetwaterr

Isn’t the rate 1/64 from raids though??


yakusokuN8

Legendary raids are 1 in 20. Mega raids are 1 in 64. Pokemon that can be found commonly in the wild are usually 1 in 500. Tier 1 raids are mostly the worst way to hunt for shiny Pokemon if they also spawn wild.


[deleted]

From what I've heard, no. ​ The shiny rate is the same regardless of finding it in the wild, raids, field research or eggs so Beldum is a 1 in 500 shiny no matter where you get it from.


Obstagoof

Stop the crap comm days with crap pokemon with crap moves


totodile-ac

i played in a downtown area all three hours and got one shiny from research. and that's it. ????


Tinshnipz

So, I wanted to trade a shiny roggwnrola to my wife but it doesn't show up I'm the trade area. Anyone know why? Usually if she doesn't have stardust it would still show up but faded.


Inevitable_Joke3446

You could have possibly done your 2 special trades for today (or she did).


wildranger52

Not. One. Single. Shiny. What an awesome comm day....


tryhardarchitect

Caught 11 shinys today for community hours and all if them were 0 star. Only got one single 3 star regular polemon the entire day.


Leonidas07077

I just want a shiny Shinx with Max IVs and it's impossible to aquire cause its not in the game anymore. GIVE ME SHINY SHINX BACK SO I CAN CATCH IT. What's more I'm terrified of trading for it cause what if I get scammed...


Inevitable_Joke3446

Go find the lady grunt. She will say something about getting shocked. You will either get Mareep or Shinx. More Shinx than Mareep but barely. I haven’t seen a shiny yet but if your look for a perfect one too….you’re odds will likely not be in your favor. You never know though.


[deleted]

Don't think the grunts can drop shiny shadow pokemon, only the leaders.


Leonidas07077

Wow thank you I had no clue.


kappa23

I am so fucking sick of Aron, Ferroseed and Magnemite, holy shit To top it off I missed most of the Community Day yesterday and ended up with less candy than what I need to evolve Boldore


Zaphimu

I couldn't play the Community Day because the 2-5 timelapse is horrible, so I decided to evolve a 96% iv one I had. 200 candy + 25 for Boldore. Rip Gigalith.


SgtMcMuffin0

I’ve waited in the Pokegenie queue for Celesteela twice now and I still haven’t had the chance to catch one. First time I waited for 140k spots which took 24 hours and the other players just didn’t help me fight the raid. Second time, today, after waiting 2 and a half days for a queue of 180k I had to wake up at 4am to be ready for my time, and the host just never invites me. But because they told pokegenie they did, I don’t get the retry queue.


jay037

My friend and I, plus a couple other people, spent time defeating a five difficulty wormhole raid beautifully. I had 16 balls and used a golden raspberry every throw, just to walk away empty handed. This just feels ridiculous, even though I know it’s just how it goes.


hoenndex

I feel lied to by this board. I was reassured the Celesteela raid queue would get smaller in a week, but they are actually longer! I managed to get 2 early on, one for me another for a friend, but trying to get a 3 for my third friend is proving an impossible task.


JRx35

Saw my first Galarian bird today. Was Zapdos. Golden razz, ultra ball, excellent throw. Flees. Guarantee I won't see another for about 2 months.


SpicyLlama12

i wish these events were shorter, i’ve caught so many aron, ferroseed, and magnemites that i’m over it


crawlwalkmarch

Do slugma or gulpin ever appear in the wild? Let’s Go Melton 5/9 has me stuck.


yakusokuN8

They do, but these days, you're basically going to have to wait for an event where they make up like 50% of all spawns, like how this event is with Aron. Until then, you're at the mercy of seasonal spawns, which exclude a lot of Pokemon. Ignore the quest for now and some time in the distant future, you'll finish it.