In Asia, it’s a nightmare.
The PokeStops and events are plentiful and raids are easy to win and great.
But gyms, man. They don’t change because of the smurf accounts. I stopped being able to get free coins because people would walk around my city with corkboards with 6-8 phones, and any time I knocked out a Pokémon at a gym, a new one was immediately in its place.
No more free coins, so I quit entirely.
PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 10 months ago
It’s doable. It’s just a different game. You get to know usernames who take or join gyms, you can to recognise people on the rare occasion you party up for a raid.
A friend of mine GPS spoofs the game and it’s a completely different game though. I’m having to use external tools to remote raid for cool mons as an organised party, but they just tip up to any major city centre raid location and do whatever they need to do whenever they want. That said, gyms turn over within minutes, so getting free coins is a pain in the ass whereas a lot of rural folk repsect the 8hr rule to maximise coins.
If I’m honest, I’m just a guy who let his youngster sign up for an account, so that my boy could play the game while I banged in the buddy miles daily when out running, but I’ve quite enjoyed it too being out in the sticks.
NumbersCanBeFun@kbin.social 10 months ago
That’s so much work for something the developers should just have enabled by default. Has anyone stopped to think about the kid in the wheelchair that wanted to play this game?
Zahille7@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Playing Pokemon Go without data or a vehicle to get around was a waste of time imo.
So you’re right. They should have implemented some kind of GPS spoof in the app by default
Cheers@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
…while I banged in the buddy miles daily when out running…
What is this phrase? Fucking your buddy daily when running?
Scio@kbin.social 10 months ago
Them and their buddy must get around...
(The game has a mechanic where you can gain candy needed to power up specific "buddy" pokémon from fitness tracker walking distance)
Cheers@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Oh God, lol, I thought this person was letting their kid go fight a gym while they got a quicky. That makes so much more sense.