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  • alienboyva changed the title to Pokémon GO Discussion Thread | 🔥Solstice Event (6/13 - 6/20)❄️ *Gyms temp closing 6/19*

Holy. Shit.

 

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Trainers,

The biggest update to Pokémon GO is nearly here! Very soon, Trainers around the world will be able to participate in a revamped Gym gameplay experience, including the opportunity to join together with others to battle against powerful Pokémon in the new Raid Battle feature!

New Gym Features and Updates: Starting soon, Gyms are undergoing a major facelift. You’ll soon be able to spin the Photo Disc at Gyms to acquire items just as you do at PokéStops—but that’s only the beginning. More updates to Gym battles are also just around the corner. Gyms are no longer based on Prestige and training. Instead, they now feature six permanent slots that can be filled by the controlling team’s Pokémon. Each Pokémon assigned to these slots must be unique. For example, only one Blissey can be assigned to a Gym at a time. In addition, opposing teams will battle the Pokémon in the order they were assigned to the Gym.

At the heart of the update is a new motivation system that will significantly change how you interact with Gyms. When a Pokémon is assigned to a Gym, a motivation meter will be displayed. Pokémon assigned to defend a Gym lose motivation over time and as they are defeated in battle. As a Pokémon loses motivation, its CP will temporarily decrease, making it easier for opposing teams to defeat. To help keep the Pokémon motivated and in tip-top shape for their next battle, Trainers can treat their team’s Pokémon to some Berries, which restore their motivation. If a Pokémon loses all motivation, it will leave the Gym and return to its Trainer the next time it loses a battle, so you’ll want to keep your team’s Pokémon motivated by giving them Berries frequently!

 

Pokemon GO Gym 1
Pokemon GO Gym 2
Pokemon GO Gym 3
Pokemon GO Gym 4
Pokemon GO Gym 5
Pokemon GO Gym 6

 

Gym Badges: Now you’ll be able to earn Gym Badges when interacting with the many Gyms around the world. Gym Badges serve as mementos of your Pokémon GO adventures and reflect your contribution to a Gym’s success.

You’ll be able to level up your Badges by battling, giving Berries to the Pokémon in the Gym and spinning the Gym’s Photo Disc. You can earn the opportunity to receive bonus items and increased rewards from Gyms by raising the level of your Gym Badge.

 

Pokemon GO Gym Badge 1
Pokemon GO Gym Badge 2
Pokemon GO Gym Badge 3

 

New Raid Battle Feature: All around the world, you’ll soon be able to participate in the new Raid Battle feature at Gyms. A Raid Battle is a cooperative gameplay experience that encourages you to work with other Trainers to defeat an extremely powerful Pokémon known as the Raid Boss. Before a Raid Battle begins, all Pokémon assigned to the Gym will return to their Trainers, and a large Egg will appear atop the Gym. When the countdown above the Egg reaches zero, the Raid Boss will be revealed.

Before you can battle the Raid Boss, you’ll need a Raid Pass. You can get one free Raid Pass per day by visiting a Gym, but you can only hold one at a time. You can also get Premium Raid Passes from the in-game shop. Upon using your pass to join the battle, you and up to 20 other Trainers work together to defeat the Raid Boss. If you successfully defeat the Raid Boss within the five-minute time limit, you’ll have the chance to catch an extra powerful Pokémon of your own!

 

Pokemon GO Raid 1
Pokemon GO Raid 2
Pokemon GO Raid 3
Pokemon GO Raid 4
Pokemon GO Raid 5
Pokemon GO Raid 6

 

New Items: After defeating a Raid Boss, you’ll receive a collection of rewards, including some new items obtained only by defeating a Raid Boss: Rare Candies, Golden Razz Berries, and two types of Technical Machines—Fast and Charged. A Rare Candy is a mysterious candy that, when used on a Pokémon, turns into that Pokémon’s Candy. Golden Razz Berries will greatly increase your chances of catching a Pokémon you encounter in the wild and can also be given to a Pokémon assigned to a Gym to fully recover its motivation meter. Technical Machines are items you can use to permanently teach a Pokémon a new Fast Attack or Charged Attack.

To put these exciting changes in motion, we’ll be temporarily disabling all Gyms. Once the update has been rolled out to players around the world, Gyms will return. The Raid Battle feature will then be rolled out slowly over the next few weeks, starting as a beta, with raids visible only to a subset of players at certain Gym locations. Over a few days, we’ll invite more players to participate and enable raids at more Gyms around the world. Keep an eye on our social media channels for updates on when you’ll be able to start battling in raids. We can’t wait to see you outside battling at your local Gyms!


—The Pokémon GO team

 

http://www.pokemongolive.com/en/post/raids

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Wow, scroll warning. y;

 

Anyway this sounds awesome. Seems like this will fix the gym stagnation. :)  It's gotten so bad in some areas that people have created a atl accounts just to place PKMN in gyms.  So, only 6 PKMN max in a gym? This the same as it was before, right?

 

I really like how you can earn gym badges, get TMs and how gyms now have to have unique PKMN and can't be filled with all the same top tire PKMN. \(^o^)/

 

Raid battles sound awesome, but I wonder If this will even work in smaller towns. I really hope this gets more people out playing the game like at launch. It was fun when everyone was out on their phones and being friendly by come up to you and asking if you were also playing PKMN GO. ^_^

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13 minutes ago, alienboyva said:

So, only 6 PKMN max in a gym? This the same as it was before, right?

Nope. You could put 10 in before. Well, a team could. As well you could have a gym of 10 Blissey. Now it's only 6 Pokemon and max on of each kind.

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Scalpers strike again!!!! -_-' 

 

Link: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m570.l1313.TR12.TRC2.A0.H0.Xpokemon+go+fest.TRS0&_nkw=pokemon+go+fest&_sacat=0

 

Not sure how much Niantic was originally charging for these and BTW, they went on sell today.

 

SRSLY, I hope these events aren't the only way to get legendaries, cuz....

 

1. Not everyone can travel all over the country/world

2. Will be impossible to get tickets thanks to scumbag scalpers. 

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Awww YEAH! HYPE!

 

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Trainers,

 

Pokémon GO is in the process of being updated to version 0.67.1 for Android and 1.37.1 for iOS devices. Below are some release notes and comments from our development team.

  • Gym features significantly updated to add the all-new motivation system.
  • Added new Gym Badge feature.
  • Added in-app and push notification system for Gyms.
  • Added Raid Battles, a new cooperative gameplay experience.
  • Added four new items available only by completing Raid Battles.
  • Added Raids tab to Nearby screen.
  • Added search functionality to Pokémon collection screen.
  • Added visual indicator to unvisited PokéStops.

—The Pokémon GO team

 

Link: http://pokemongo.nianticlabs.com/en/post/ver-update-062017

 

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  • alienboyva changed the title to Pokémon GO Discussion Thread | *Gyms temp closed / Big gym update now available on iOS/Android*
44 minutes ago, EH_STEVE said:

Update is live for both Android and iOS

 

BTW, gyms are still closed.

 

Since the solstice event has been extended (do to TPC login issues) and ends 1 PM PDT today, this could be when the new gyms go live. I mean, we got the update, so all Niantic has to do is flip the switch!

 

 

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Gyms are reopened and it looks like they got rid of the coins for the gym defender bonus, which sux, cuz this is the first time I've been able to pop my PKMN in multiple gyms at once. :( I hope it get added back.

 

 

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  • alienboyva changed the title to Pokémon GO Discussion Thread | *Gyms reopened! / Big gym update now available on iOS/Android*
10 hours ago, alienboyva said:

Gyms are reopened and it looks like they got rid of the coins for the gym defender bonus, which sux, cuz this is the first time I've been able to pop my PKMN in multiple gyms at once. :( I hope it get added back.

 

 

You seem to get the coins when you get your pokemon back, my Espeon was knocked out today and I got 7 coins for my effort.

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