Unlabelled Pokémon GO - Weekly questions, bugs, and gameplay megathread - January 2018

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Pokémon GO - Weekly questions, bugs, and gameplay megathread - January 2018

Weekly questions, bugs, and gameplay megathread - January 2018

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 05:10 AM PST

Temporary FAQ:

  • LEGENDARIES - Three Legendary Beasts (Raikou, Entei, and Suicune) available, rotating continents on 30 September, then finally rotating on 31 October.

  • LEGENDARIES - MewTwo available via invitation-only EX Raids.

  • Known Issues Page

  • Raids and Battles - open to all Gym-eligible Trainers (Level 5+) as of July 1st

Consider asking your question here, instead of making a post and have it buried!

Also, to prevent redundancy, do consider doing a CTRL+F in this thread or a subreddit search query for your question!

Rules

Please note: ONLY AR Screenshots are allowed as image posts. Any other screenshots MUST be submitted as text posts with a link to the image

Past Q&A Megathreads

Known bugs (some have possibly been fixed):

See here for Niantic-recognized bugs.

  • New: Shadow-Bans If you have ever used a third-party service (such as an IV checker) that required you to log into your Pokemon Go account, and/or you have ever received a warning message about unauthorized access, you may have recently been "shadow-banned". You can still play the game like normally, but only common Pokemon will show up and you will not see "rare" spawns while others will. You will need to remove any such services, revoke their authorizations, change your password, etc. Roughly a week after doing so, people have reported the shadow-bans being lifted for legitimate players.

  • New in 0.59.1 The Pokédex displays genders for Pokémon you have caught, if applicable. However, code for genders was only added sometime in December/January. Any Pokémon caught/evolved prior to that will have a (randomly assigned?) gender in the Inventory, but will not properly display the gender in the Pokédex.

  • Sometimes while the game is loading it will get stuck on a white screen. This seems to be due to an anti-bot "Captcha" screen that didn't load correctly, and can usually be fixed by restarting the app.

  • There is a bug with the GPS not connecting properly, which results in nearby Pokémon spawns disappearing for a few minutes.

  • The game will randomly crash sometimes. Having the most updated version of the app and the most updated version of your operating system tends to minimize this, but it still happens.

  • There are graphical glitches sometimes where a Pokémon will spawn as a "miniature" version of itself. If you restart the app and are still close enough, it should reappear normally and be clickable.

  • There is a bug sometimes while battling a gym if you don't have a great connection. If you dodge an attack that would otherwise kill you, sometimes the game won't register the dodge and your Pokémon will "faint". Then the game will sync with the server and undo the damage that you dodged, but your Pokémon still shows as fainted and you can't actually attack.

  • If phone time is not set to Automatic, Incense and Lures may not work properly. Fix this by setting time to Automatic (in your phone's Time/Date settings)

Instruction Manual

Useful Links

I'm sick of the memes here, I want the discussion posts!

try http://nr.reddit.com/r/pokemongo for desktop users or this for mobile/app users.

Niantic support : https://support.pokemongo.nianticlabs.com/hc/en-us

/r/PokemonGO FAQ: /r/PokemonGo/wiki/FAQ

There's this Pokéstop/Gym near me which seems inappropriate. Can I report it?

Use this link. However, Niantic seems to be preoccupied with other things now, so don't expect too much.

We have Niantic representatives on both here and /r/TheSilphRoad - please do not ping them for bugs which are in the known issues page unless you have found a niche yet gamebreaking issue/exploit.

Where can I find other players in my area?

Try our regional subreddits list! Also, see the related subreddits for more niche needs!

If you have any suggestions for FAQs to append to this thread or for meta questions, message the moderators or mention /u/PokemonGoMods!

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Salty Sunday - Rage Rants and complaints

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 10:09 AM PST

Have you been the one missing the Mewtwo EX raidpass? Maybe you haven't been lucky the whole week and that damn raid Tyrannitar ran and everyone else caught him.

Or the worst part, maybe it's monday again?!

(ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻

Here we rant about everything that goes wrong, someone who sniped a gymspot ( ￣Д￣）, a missed Tyrannitar again (ಠ_ಠ) or that stupid bug which made you miss your raid because of the server desync, ending the raid prematurely (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ

No personal insults, no trolls and provocation but all salty stuff is accepted.

  • Only salty posts allowed ( ಠ_ಠ )

  • No uncivilty or personal information allowed. ☜(`o´)

  • Complaints can be posted here as well, agree that stuff needs to change here as well, like the spawn rate or gym bugs.

    (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻

Don't forget to hydrate after all the salt!

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“I’m ready” button idea for raids (especially low tier raids)

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 02:41 PM PST

Kyogre in the mist (AR shot)

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 06:53 AM PST

I think I figured out what the professor needed all those transfered Pokemon for...

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 04:07 PM PST

Kyogre's New "Laptop"

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 10:30 AM PST

Of all the things that could have made me stop playing, a simple scrolling bug and a lack of revives finally did it

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 01:25 PM PST

The always-scroll-back-to-top thing has made cleaning my pokemon box out an absolute nightmare, and i get anxiety from having to switch out pokemon and hope you won't die and having 50+ dead pokemon in my bag, despite only putting weedles in gyms anymore.

It feels weird that simple things like these finally made me quit, especially with how easy they should be to fix, but honestly, it was probably just the last drop for me. Haven't played in 3 weeks and it honestly feels pretty good.

Anyone else have a similar experience?

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Enough is enough!! We need to demand on all of niantic's social media accounts that this bug gets fixed!

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 07:41 PM PST

Please mods, before you remove this post hear me out. Especially since you must love this game as much or more than I do.

This auto scrolling bug is the most annoying problem we have ever encounter since launch. How could Niantic be so negligent in letting this go for so long! If it lasted a week, 2 tops! It wouldn't have been to bad but it's been a problem since what gen 3 launched?!?! Wtf!!! Come onnnn!!!! I'm sure nearly all of you would have rather waited an extra week for Kyogure than have to deal with this bs.

How much man power does it take to solve a bug like this! I saw a player post earlier that it's half the reason he quit! Can we rally together as a community and bombard them for requests to please deal with this! Or is it just to much to ask from a loyal fan base that's waited patiently. All the while still giving them our hard earned cash...

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Instead of being able to buy more Infinite Incubators, why not let us upgrade the free one we have?

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 03:32 PM PST

For as long as I can remember throughout the game I have seen way too many posts about "buying another or more infinite incubators. Why not just let us upgrade our free incubator to a super infinite incubator. Making it a one time upgrade. That way it allows us to slightly boost the amount of eggs we can hatch with a single incubator, while still leaving room to have us purchase more incubators for those who want to hatch multiple eggs at once. I believe this is the most reasonable solution that doesn't break the game, but can also be a milestone for those who just want to farm gyms for coins. By making it a one time upgrade for say 1000 coins, or something along those lines. It's just an option any account can get to either through gym effort or just buying it upfront.

What are your thoughts on this idea that most likely won't happen?

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Dear Niantic, please fix the ex raid problem.

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 01:54 PM PST

It's beyond a meme now. Every week, the raiders in our city who raid every day with gold badges find themselves with ex raids, while the guy that raids once per week with a bronze or silver badge, gets the pass.

We had 40 people go to a raid at a gym that triggered a pass yesterday and so far only casual players with silver badges have passes. Our high level players have had enough and are starting to quit.

My solution for this is simple. If you have a gold gym and raids badge and have done a raid that triggers a pass, you get a pass guaranteed. Silver/gold combination 75% chance, silver/silver 50%, bronze/silver 33% chance, bronze/bronze 12.5% chance. It gives purpose and incentive to go for gold badges in raids and gyms.

Please do something about this niantic, I don't want to see all these people who have put so much time and money into the game quit because they feel like getting an ex raid from this system is hopeless.

Thanks for reading -Brodie

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My favorite type of weather

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 08:52 PM PST

You know what’s worse than not getting an EX pass? Getting a pass at a time/place you can’t make it

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 06:48 PM PST

12 pm on a Wednesday. That's the time Niantic wants me to go to this gym. Nevermind the fact that I have an important meeting at that time that I for obvious reasons can't reschedule.

At this point I just don't want Niantic to give me an EX invitation. The game Is just making a mockery of me at this point with these ridiculous hours.

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Ex raid pass received gutted!

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 11:40 AM PST

I have just received and ex raid pass whoo hoo! Slight problem it's from when I did a raid on holiday!! 3500 miles away! So gutted!

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[idea] Achievements/Medals unlock cosmetic items for your avatar

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 02:59 AM PST

I'm imagining something like:

  1. the catch 10-50-200 tiers of each type unlocks new clothes in the colour of that type, maybe even different styles for ones that are pretty weather specific? ice (puffy jacket! scarves!), etc.
  2. the catch rattata/pikachu/magikarp ones would give shirts or hats with that pokemon on them (pikachu ears....?)
  3. catching all pokemon from a specific region unlocks the hat the player character has in the main game (pls get rid of regionals ugh)
  4. jogger could give fancy running shoes, i'm thinking sneakers that get progressively fancier the higher the level
  5. maybe not necessarily achievement based, but maybe something for your anniversary for starting playing the game would be nice!

I'm one of those people who really likes character customization but I also just feel like having some more rewards for completing these medals would make them feel more worthwhile doing, even though the catch rate bonus is certainly great on it's own. I couldn't think of anything really nice for the bigger deal ones like raids beaten or legendary raids but it'd be nice to be able to show something off when you get it, right?

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[Discussion] Is Kyogre too hard to catch?

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 05:15 PM PST

Personally I have caught one out of the five Kyogres I've done so far, and I've spoken with several friends and teammates who are also having a lot of trouble with Kyogre compared to other legendaries. Why is this, and should it continue to be this way?

Kyogre has an odd combination of both distance and lack of height in the catch screen. He's further away than most Pokemon (camera distance of 6.0 in the Game Master; Groudon and Hariyama are tied for farthest at 7.0) which already makes it harder for some people, but also very low to the ground compared to other Pokemon who are far away. This means you can't simply throw really hard because the ball will either miss the target circle or fly over him entirely. Add to that the much smaller hitbox compared to other Legendaries and his ability to float from side to side, forcing you to either throw off center or wait for him to re-center himself and you can start to see why Kyogre is so challenging, especially if you've tried it yourself already.

Should it be this way? Personally I don't think so. Going through the effort of getting a group together for a raid just to not catch the boss, which, for Legendaries, is essentially the whole point of doing them, makes raiding feel pretty pointless. People will argue of course that as a Legendary it should be difficult, to which I say that's what he has a 2% base catch rate for. He'd be hard enough without being difficult to throw at, as anybody who's tried Groudon and other easier bosses knows.

There isn't much Niantic can do about Kyogre being low to the ground - it's a flat, floating creature, and it makes sense for it to be positioned that way. But it doesn't have to be so far away, and it definitely doesn't have to have such a small hitbox. Ho-Oh was close enough to peck your eyes out, and no other Legendary has ever had that small of a hitbox. I can understand why it floats off center, but this is another thing that it doesn't exactly have to do. If Niantic doesn't want to change any of these things, then I think the catch rate should be raised. 2% BCRs are getting tiring anyways, because as I said earlier, nobody wants to do a raid and not catch the boss. It just comes off like a partial waste of time.

What do you think? Is Kyogre unnecessarily difficult to catch, and should the aspects of his catch phase be changed in any way?

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And another round of EX raids gave me nothing [complaint]

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 01:19 PM PST

My friends have gotten their 3rd and 4th EX raid invites. My dad, who I raid with, got his 2nd. I raided at the same ex raid eligible gym every day last week and 5-6 different ones yesterday and still nothing. I have been playing since July 2016 and am finally about ready to quit the game. I don't want to, but it's getting to the point where it's not worth trying. I even drove to the USA and raided at 8-10 sponsored gyms and got nothing. It's like I am banned from getting one.

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[Discussion] - TMs from shop?

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 02:10 PM PST

This game could use more ways to obtain TMs. Either through straight purchase or event boxes. Sitting on so many Pokemon that are useless because of moveset.

I'd even settle for a raid currency that you would get from completing raids, allowing you to buy what you want from a special section of the store.

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[Discussion] New EX Wave For January 24th Just Went Out

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 11:02 AM PST

Got luck to everyone that got a pass!

Also learned there is a character limit for posts in this sub.

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Please Niantic, display the IV.

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 02:10 PM PST

We all are fans of this game. We all are spending a lot of time sorting our pokémon, everyday. We all are looking to build the best pokémon collection, with the best IV.

The appraisal requires a lot of time. One by one. It's very long.

Android users may use an app to get directly the IV, but iOs have to use apps using screenshots, requiring a lot of time as well.

And when we're sorting our pokémon in the list, we don't know the IV unless having looking for it before.

Please Niantic:

• add the IV next to each pokémon in the main list: either a small % or a colored dot (100% a star, 80-99% a green dot, 60-70 a yellow dot, 40-60 amber, below red), anything helping us to sort our pokémon

• add the IV % and the detailed stat att/def/sta in the pokémon window

• warn us in case of transfer or a perfect pokémon (are you sur? Yes / no)

It would be so nice, so easy to code. It would save us valuable time to focus on the best aspects of the game: chasing, raiding, enjoying.

Thanks a lot.

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Second (more) infinite incubators

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 02:08 PM PST

Isnt it about time to start selling infinite incubators? We all know Niantic only milks players. Now the biggest their income are raidpasses so maybe selling infinite incubators would be a thing.

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Throwing on iPhone X

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 06:01 PM PST

I got the iPhone X about a month ago and I used to have the iPhone 6s. I thought I was just having issues getting used to the screen size, but it's still slightly harder to hit legendaries than it was on my old phone. Is anyone else having issues with the iPhone X throwing far?

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What’s the reason for zigzagoon’s evolution cost?

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 01:13 PM PST

It's 25 candies for ratatta and sentret. Why is it 50 for Gen III's counterpart to evolve into linoone? Is there a good reason?

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Wtf is with raids and their extremely hard catch games.

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 07:42 PM PST

Just wanted to ask if anyone else is having trouble with catching the legendaries, ive been trying to catch Groudon for the past couple of weeks and every time I run out of pokeballs even though I get Golden razz, excelent throws every time, I just finished a raid a bit ago and missed out on another groudon where I hit 3 excellent throws all under golden razz, wtf this game makes me want to break my phone, I see people throw a normal ball and hit the head of the pokemon and it catches to problem? anyone care to help or am I doing something wrong.

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Help Gym is following me. No other Stops/Gyms/Pokemon appear. Started yesterday continued until today. Reset app and phone. Changed back to original phone battery.

Posted: 14 Jan 2018 03:41 AM PST

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