Niantic and The Pokemon Company has been looking at and assessing raids in the hit iOS and Android game Pokemon GO and have decided to implement some changes in an effort to rebalance the game and ensure its longevity. Niantic has said in a blog post that these new changes for raids in Pokemon GO will go into effect from Thursday, 6th April at 11pm / 7pm UK time.
Pricing adjustments:
- The price of the Remote Raid Pass three-pack will increase to 525 PokéCoins.
- The price of single Remote Raid Passes will increase to 195 PokéCoins.
- A Premium Battle Pass three-pack will be added to the shop for the price of 250 PokéCoins.
Remote Raid participation limits:
- Trainers will be able to participate in a maximum of five Remote Raids per day.
- This maximum may change and increase for special events.
Remote Raid Passes:
- Remote Raid Passes will be included in the pool of potential rewards for Research Breakthroughs.
- Remote Raid Passes earned via Research Breakthroughs will still be subject to the existing inventory limit of three Remote Raid Passes per Trainer.
- If a Trainer earns a Remote Raid Pass from a Research Breakthrough while at the three Remote Raid Pass limit, they will receive a Premium Battle Pass instead.
Purchases of Remote Raid Pass 3-Packs will still allow you to hold up to 5 Remote Raid Passes if you purchase it with 2 Remote Passes already in your inventory.
Candy XL:
- Trainers who participate in five-star raids in person will earn more Candy XL than before.
Since their introduction in 2020, Remote Raid Passes have come to dominate the experience of playing Pokémon GO in a way we never intended. Rewarding Trainers with additional Candy XL and adding other new features are two of the ways we hope to further incentivize playing Pokémon GO in person with your friends, family, and community.
We plan to keep Remote Raid Passes as part of Pokémon GO. However, we believe this change is necessary for the long-term health of the game, and we do not make it lightly. We feel this is a necessary step toward our goal of preserving and improving the unique experience of playing Pokémon GO—a game we hope you continue to enjoy long into the future.
Good ol Niantic, working hard to make the game actively worse.
Since Remote Raid passes got so popular, Niantic needs even more $ than they already make. Like, oh, players use RR passes very often, let’s make them more costly to make profit. Good luck with that when players band against it and no longer play. I was an avid player but I’m most likely deleting POGO cuz of this nonsense. Raids were fun and rewarding but now it just seems like a cash grab on Niantic’s part cuz they know they’ll have a player base that spends actual $ on RR passes. Also, RR passes weren’t cheap to begin with. Just, why Niantic… why? Oh, that’s right… $$$.
I hate that Niantic is making the passes more expensive. I also really hate that they are limiting how many raids you can do a day not everyone has gyms near them at walking distance so that’s just gonna incourage people to drive and raid on their phone, plus it’s not fare for the people that don’t have close poke friends near them it just wrewens the whole fun and wrens the whole pokemon go community. I’m not even gonna play that much anymore it’s not gonna be that fun anymore I’m just gonna play for community days thats it.
I have to agree with the previous feedback regarding the changes to both daily limits on Raids and the cost of Remote Raid Passes. Reducing the freedom of play for those who dedicated so much time and $$ to Niantic over years is a bad idea to me and apparently many who have been active players. Taking away rather than adding to the quality of experience, I do think this will be a detriment to the future popularity of the game and may cause many to drop out for good. I hope Niantic is listening to those who are long time players of Pokemon GO
i’m gonna kill that jesus god damn bastard
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