Some Pokemon GO fans are complaining that recent changes to Raid Passes have completely ruined the game.
There has been a lot of talk in recent days about the dissatisfaction of the community of the mobile title about pocket creatures. Despite many efforts and requests, fans have failed to convince developers that nerfs of Remote Raid Passes are a bad idea.
In the end, there will be price increases. Everything you need to know went into effect on April 6, 2023. Even a petition with nearly 90,000 signatures and an organized boycott of Pokemon Go were not enough to stop the terrible update.
A few days after the changes went into effect, players began describing how strongly the changes affected their experience of the game. It turns out that, according to some, the title has become almost unplayable. Why?
Complaining about changes in Pokemon GO
Changes to Remote Raid Passes included a price rise, but also restrictions on the number of Remote Raid Passes used per day. As a result, many people began to severely restrict joining such raids because they felt it was a waste of money.
Niantic claimed that this update is for the sake of the long-term health of Pokemon GO. According to the developers, the game should focus on getting players outdoors more often and interacting with each other, rather than sitting in a room and joining raids remotely.
However, it should not be forgotten that Remote Raid Passes are not only an option for those who do not want to leave the house but, above all, a huge convenience for players with disabilities or those who live in rural areas where Gyms are simply scarce or non-existent.
There have already been many posts on the Internet in which fans complain that Pokemon GO has been hit hard by the changes. You can read quite a few statements of this type:
I live in a small city (100k) with a very small POGO community. Went out this morning to do a Lugia raid with my kid. Of course, at 7:30 AM, there is nobody else there. Hosted the raid on PokeGenie at 43 minutes left in the raid. At 3 minutes left, closed the lobby as there were still 66 open lobbies in front of us.
Before the changes, players simply invited friends from other cities and even countries to raids, which meant that people from small towns and villages had no problem fighting legendary Pokemon. Today, they can’t do that, because they simply can’t manage to win such a duel on their own.
Even people from larger cities who have no friends in the area to play Pokemon GO with them complain. Such people are not comforted by the fact that their success in the raid depends on whether or not someone from the area will join and help.
It’s not just about getting legendary Pokemon, but the fact that the interactions of many people who used to play with each other remotely have been reduced. The community strongly dislikes this and is hoping that Niantic will still undo the changes made.