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DoctorTwo · 2017-12-20T08:09:04+00:00

It could have been Absol ute beginners, but it wasn't. Our new thread, fellow players. All are welcome.

WhatToDoAboutThis2017 · 06/02/2018 22:56

I've never had an ex raid either.

Yeah, they’re hard to get. You usually have to target known gyms in a specific timeframe.

WhatToDoAboutThis2017 · 06/02/2018 22:57

(And when I say target, I mean raid. Until this particular idiotic move by Niantic, anyway.)

iheartmichellemallon · 06/02/2018 22:57

I still play everyday & battle at gyms regularly but very rarely do raids. Doesn't sound like there's much in it for me really.

WhatToDoAboutThis2017 · 06/02/2018 23:03

iheartmichellemallon Yeah, usually you have to do a raid (any raid) to qualify for an ex-raid pass (and of course it has to be within their mystery parameters). They’ve made the exception for Mewtwo’s Birthday.

iheartmichellemallon · 06/02/2018 23:04

Thanks Whattodo.

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DoctorTwo · 06/02/2018 23:33

For some reason I have an EX Raid pass for a town 60 miles down the road, at a gym I took down. Said gym is adjacent to a busy roundabout. I have never raided in the area involved, I've only hunted there a couple of times whilst on enforced breaks. I'm not sure I can be bothered tbh. I'd feel pretty fucking silly if I spent 90 minutes driving there only to be the only one there.

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UrgentScurryfunge · 06/02/2018 23:41

I've got an ex raid pass for a gym in another country from visiting 6 months ago!

And the rest of the Whats App group is moaning about random ones around the county...

I think I may give it a miss... there's no flights to there from the local airport

WhatToDoAboutThis2017 · 06/02/2018 23:42

For some reason I have an EX Raid pass for a town 60 miles down the road, at a gym I took down. Said gym is adjacent to a busy roundabout. I have never raided in the area involved, I've only hunted there a couple of times whilst on enforced breaks.

DoctorTwo Yep. “In honour of Mewtwo’s Birthday” they’re giving them out to people who’ve only even spun that particular gym once. Don’t need to have battled or raided and it could go back months.

It’s absolutely ridiculous; a massive kick in the teeth to the dedicated players.

(I don’t mean to imply that you aren’t, btw! I’m just talking about the fact that our particular town the only people with passes are casual players who don’t raid or even previously dormant for months accounts).

jaimelannistersgoldenhand · 07/02/2018 07:25

Congrats to the people who got EX Raid passes that they can use. No pass for me this time but at least I didn't get an unusable one.

Eggzandbacon · 07/02/2018 09:10

New Pokemon today and I have flu!!

I've never done a proper raid, it's annoying I will always have spaces in my dex I can't fill

WhatToDoAboutThis2017 · 07/02/2018 11:19

New Pokemon today and I have flu!!

Eggzandbacon What new Pokemon? I don’t think there are any?

If you’re talking about the news that flashed up after the latest update declaring new Pokemon, that’s two weeks old.

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DoctorTwo · 07/02/2018 11:27

It’s absolutely ridiculous; a massive kick in the teeth to the dedicated players.

I agree. Niantic are taking the piss. Somebody in our local group has a pass for a gym he only span the disc at.

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Eggzandbacon · 07/02/2018 11:37

Oh good - I'm not missing out then!

PikachuHeadgear · 07/02/2018 11:53

I agree. Niantic are taking the piss. Somebody in our local group has a pass for a gym he only span the disc at.

That seems to be common. The one I've got is for a gym about 300 miles away that I only ever span a disc at around 6 months ago, and there are numerous similar stories around here.

I think it's more likely to be a mistake than intentional. Even something as simple as an "or" where there should have been an "and" in the algorithm. I've only heard this about 4th-hand but it seems like one gym per cell has an ex-raid, but way too many passes have gone out. This is a big problem in dense population places like Manhattan, huge number of passes for 2 gyms apparently. It's potentially a safety issue. I wonder if they might end up cancelling it.

WhatToDoAboutThis2017 · 07/02/2018 13:05

I think it's more likely to be a mistake than intentional. Even something as simple as an "or" where there should have been an "and" in the algorithm.

PikachuHeadgear No, it’s not a mistake. It’s in honour of Mewtwo’s Birthday, which was yesterday, 6th February.

Niantic confirmed it was intentional via a tweet which I posted on the previous page.

PikachuHeadgear · 07/02/2018 13:23

That tweet is from Pokemon Go Hub, not Niantic? They are just reporting what they are seeing. If you go the original tweet and click on the link to the full article, they say that they are clueless to what is going on here

I can't believe this was intended. Loads of people here have invites to gyms they basically walked past in other countries while they were on holiday last summer.

WhatToDoAboutThis2017 · 07/02/2018 13:32

PikachuHeadgear Apologies; you’re right, it was.

I do believe it was intended in honour of Mewtwo’s Birthday in a bullshit attempt to bring back casual players and dormant accounts with the promise of a Mewtwo. We knew they were going to try and mark Mewtwo’s Birthday in some way.

Guess we’ll hear soon enough

PikachuHeadgear · 07/02/2018 14:20

Yes, I think it was intended to some extent, but not quite this! I'm intrigued to see if it all goes ahead or not

PickAChew · 07/02/2018 17:08

Whattodo it may also have been intended to reward players like me who have played every day from the get go but don't make it to many raids, so have missed out, so far.

I didn't get an EX raid pass, anyhow.

WhatToDoAboutThis2017 · 07/02/2018 17:13

PickAChew They put in place a specific system with specific requirements to be able to get an ex-raid pass. If you don’t do raids or you don’t meet their requirements, you shouldn’t even have the chance of getting an ex-raid pass. That’s wholly unfair and an unacceptable way to treat people who do put in the time and effort to go to raids, particuarly every day.

I’m not having a go at you or those players who don’t make it to many or any raids, but it is a kick in the teeth to players that dedicate their time to understanding the system, targeting gyms and raiding several times a week and still get nothing.

k2p2k2tog · 07/02/2018 17:14

I can totally see why Niantic are giving out the freebies and special items to people who used to play, or play infrequently, it's all about tempting back former players into the game.

Doesn't really bother me tbh, I don't really do the raiding thing.

WhatToDoAboutThis2017 · 07/02/2018 17:24

it's all about tempting back former players into the game.

But what they’re actually doing is alienating current and dedicated players who are going, at some point, to get fed up and jack it in.

Then they’ll lose their core base because they fucked it up themselves.

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DoctorTwo · 07/02/2018 19:28

In our local FB group of about 40 only 3 of us got EX Raid passes. One in London at a gym that was spun, me at a gym I'd battled once, and the 3rd at a gym she battled on holiday. In the US. Needless to say, none of us are going.

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PickAChew · 07/02/2018 20:38

We don't all have nothing more to do than dedicate such time, whattodo

I do enjoy playing Pokémon go as it's a pleasant diversion but was too busy to do any more than nip 2 doors down to spin the pokestop on the corner while I was waiting for ds2's taxi, this afternoon, so I could keep up my streak (a streak I never kept up when I lived a mile from my nearest pokestop). Most of my playing happens while either travelling or waiting and sometimes I can be out all day with ds1 and not even see a raid that we can do together.

I've been checking out the silph road and, to be honest, I find all the ranting and pouting about what is, after all, a game, faintly ridiculous, to be honest.

PickAChew · 07/02/2018 20:41

Those white rings, though. We're clearing them up from the whole of northeast England, one by one 😇