Pokemon GO Tips and Tricks -Niantic Remove Spawns And Sightings When Driving; Players Outraged

Niantic has been rolling out useless after useless updates for Pokemon GO - from push notifications that essentially begs players to keep playing the game to Niantic's crackdown of third party application scanners when their confirmed plans for their highly requested tracking system are zilch. Now, Niantic has rolled out a new depressing update, one that might affect the majority of avid players in Pokemon GO.

This weekend, Niantic imposed upon Pokemon GO players a 30-mph speedlock, which deliberately erases all Pokemon spawns and completely shuts off the sightings list when players are travelling above 30 mph. This means that when the game detect that the players are going above what Niantic considers as "driving speed", they won't be able to play as they normally do. This new bug or feature came after the patch that added the push notifications, which players called both 'useless' and 'annoying'.

Although this update's main purpose is for safety and security reasons, and it may seem like Niantic only has the players' best interests in mind, Pokemon GO players are outraged after perpetually getting these useless updates for the past consecutive weeks. The developer's questionable decisions have been affecting the players' ability to explore and enjoy the game. Fans have poured their anger and dismay across various social media platforms.

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Pokemon GO Tips and Tricks -The rise of Pokemon Go map tracker FastPokeMap

Many Pokemon Go fans will have fond memories of FastPokeMap, since it was the best Pokemon Go map tracker. However Niantic has shut it down. According to Niantic, map trackers don’t fall within the spirit of the game and therefore must be destroyed. But FastPokeMap has managed to crack Niantic’s blockade and should be back up and running any time now.

The best part of Return of the PokeJedi is the solemn warning the developers of FastPokeMap have for the Empire, Niantic. In a blog post criticizing Niantic for what the developers claim is a lot of battery-draining “bogus code flow and instructions that are useless for the end result, they’re just here to slow us down,” the devs drop the following PokeBomb:

• Listen to your community and open the api. You can still save Pokemon GO. We’ll keep reversing your game as long as your game is popular.
• FastPokeMap will continue to come back no matter how hard you try to kill it.
• But if you keep trying to kill it don’t be surprised if soon there won’t be anyone playing your game anymore.

According to the developers of FastPokeMap, recent changes to the Pokemon Go API have been specifically designed to not only keep tinkerers out, but also to deny folks with older Android phones the ability to play alongside a massive waste of resources that contribute to excessive power consumption.

Will you be using FastPokeMap once it’s back up and working? Do you think Niantic should block map trackers?

Source: AndroidAuthority

Pokemon GO Tips and Tricks -No, not yet the release of Pokémon Go tracker beta fix to the broader world

Catching and knowing the location of Pokemon in the real world is the biggest selling point of Pokemon Go. But Niantic has disabled the game’s Pokemon tracker just weeks after launch, which most players have been left to fend for themselves. Several months have passed though, the in-game map remains nowhere to be found, and Pokémon Go players are just about ready to give up on the massive (if controversial) mobile game.

When the original nearby Pokémon tracking feature proved glitchy shortly after launch, Niantic responded by removing it entirely. The developer promised that a fix was incoming, and things looked to be on the up-and-up when the San Francisco Bay area received an overhauled locating feature in beta.

“Niantic is still testing a new type of tracking that's geo-locked to San Francisco,” a representative told Polygon. “At this moment, there is no estimated timeline to potentially rolling it out wider.”

“Niantic took away the trackers right before winter,” wrote one Reddit user. “I hope they come out with one cause who is going to wander around aimlessly in the cold?”

Niantic’s excited updates about the game’s new features are just met with tepid responses from players who just want to be able to track Pokémon again.

This would be less of an issue if players were able to come together and create their own maps if Niantic hadn't disabled the most prominent third-party mapping sites, like PokéVision, just after removing the feature.

Source: Polygon

Pokemon GO Tips and Tricks -Reaching Level 40 Gets Player A Ban From Pokemon Go Gyms?

It seems that after reaching the highest level in Pokemon Go gets players a ban from the Pokemon Go gym. Several level 39-40 players have reported the incident.

It is yet unclear how widespread the issue is, but then, there aren’t many level 39-40 players to go around. Despite numerous emails to Niantic, there hasn’t been a clear response from the developer on this matter.

One level 40 player, Jimmie Pitts reported the following on reddit –

“So I became level 40 just about a week ago, and right around that time I started getting a weird gym error. It disabled all interactions with gyms, can’t check pokemon in them, can’t do anything gym related at all! Thought it would go away and it didn’t. The weird part is other top players around the world also have this glitch. The one and only jdero, and a guy in Europe who hit 40 last night, along with 2 other 39-40 players im my city who actually have the glitch as well. We’ve tried everything as far as logging in on different devices and service providers and NOTHING works. Sent in just about a million emails to niantic, obviously no answer from them…..so yea pretty crazy you reach the end and this is what happens….”

Pokemon GO Tips and Tricks - Pokemon Go Increases Life Expectancy Of Players Giving Them 2.8 million years total in US alone, Gaming News. | Pokemon Go News, Updates And Videos

Microsoft source: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1610.02085v1.pdf

The ultra mainstream increased reality amusement Pokémon Go can possibly include 2.825 million years of extra future to players in the United States alone. 

That is as indicated by an as of late discharged study by Microsoft and Stanford University scientists who dissected wearable sensor information consolidated with web search tool logs for 32,000 people over the three months from July 6, the arrival of the diversion in the U.S., through August 23. Scientists extrapolated from the discoveries from the example gathering to the 25 million U.S. Pokémon Go clients. 

They found that Pokémon Go clients followed, by and large, an additional 192 stages for every day. Devotees, who analysts distinguished in light of how often they hunt down data about the amusement, strolled a normal of 1,473 more strides a day. 

Taken together, that implies that U.S. Pokémon Go clients included a sum of 144 billion stages to their aggregate stride tally in their initial 30 days of play. Clients have adequately orbited the equator 2,724 times or made 143 round outings to the moon. 

Since strolling more makes individuals more solid, the specialists extrapolated that movement identified with the intuitive, area particular amusement would include 41.4 days of extra future per client on the off chance that they could support an additional 1,000 stages for every day. All things considered, that is 2.825 million years of extra life for U.S. clients. 

What's especially vital about the capacity of computer games to get clients off the love seat is that they focus on a crowd of people that is at hazard. 

"Pokémon Go has possessed the capacity to increment physical action crosswise over men and ladies of any age, weight status, and earlier action levels demonstrating this type of amusement prompts increments in physical action with critical ramifications for general wellbeing," the study appears. 

Wellbeing and wellness applications that particularly mean to make individuals more dynamic are to a great extent tending to a group that is as of now at the rec center. Diversions can have a more extensive request. "We find that Pokémon Go can achieve low movement populaces while every one of the four driving versatile wellbeing applications contemplated in this work to a great extent draw from an effectively exceptionally dynamic populace," the report says. 

All recreations lose some force after an early pop in ubiquity taking after dispatch. In the event that Pokémon Go has a long tail, however, it could be the uncommon computer game that permits everybody, even players, to control up.

Pokemon GO Tips and Tricks -Pokemon Go Update: Players will be rewarded for collecting medals

Pokémon Go's latest update gives players more of a reason to unlock medals.

Previously serving as in-game achievements that catalogued in-game progress, certain medals will now reward players with a Catch Bonus for certain Pokémon elemental types.

For example, earning the bronze Kindler medal - by catching 10 Fire Pokémon - will increase your chances of capturing Fire creatures in future, with additional bonuses available when unlocking silver and gold tiers.

If you come across a Pokémon with multiple Types - such as the common Normal and Flying Pidgey - then the game will use the average of both medals you've unlocked to work out the Catch Bonus.

It means that catching hordes of low level Pokémon should give you more of an advantage when you eventually come across rarer creatures.

Meanwhile, the update also makes training more accessible, allowing players to take a team of six Pokémon to a friendly Gym instead of just one, and lowers the strength and CP of the creatures you spar with for the duration of the session.

Source: Eurogamer

Pokemon GO Tips and Tricks -Why did so few players chose Team Instinct over the others?

Players are given a choice one of three teams early on in Pokémon GO. Team Mystic, led by Blanche, with an Articuno/Blue/Ice theme. Then there’s Team Valor, led by Candela, with Moltres/Red/Fire. And finally Team Instinct, led by Spark, with Zapdos/Yellow/Electricity.

A few theories:
• Players were picking based on whether they had the Red or Blue versions of the original game, as Pokémon Yellow wasn’t released until later
• Players were picking based on their favorite starter, Squirtle or Charmander, and there is no “Green Team” for Bulbasaur, so Instinct doesn’t fit there
• Players were picking based on aesthetics, and yellow is ugly
• Players were picking based on their friends’ picks, and a snowball effect helped Mystic and Valor’s growth
• Players thought Spark was lame, and he was indeed lame enough to quickly become a meme
• Players are more attracted to the “core” elements of Fire and Ice (see Game of Thrones), while Electricity isn’t as cool

But anyway, some combination of those factors have led to Team Instinct being dramatically underrepresented in the game, and that’s been problematic for that portion of the player-base, as Instinct players own a fractional amount of gyms in the wild.

Source: Forbes

Pokemon GO Tips and Tricks -Pokemon Go Update: Egg and Incubator Screens, Decrease Evolution Animation

Pokemon Go has released new updates: fix bugs and improve some existing features. Below are some release notes and comments from Pokemon Go development team.

• Catch Bonus: Trainers can earn a catch bonus for a Pokémon type as they catch more of a specific type.
• Updated Gym Training: Trainers can now bring six Pokémon to battle at friendly Gyms. The CP of the Pokémon you are battling may be temporarily adjusted lower for your training session.
• Egg & Incubator Screens: These will periodically update the distance walked without the Trainer needing to close and reopen the screen.
• Fixed several audio issues.
• Decreased the evolution animation time.
• Minor fixes

In my opinion, these updates are not enough to gain back the interest of some of the Pokemon Go players. If only Niantic adds player vs player (non gym battle), battling Pokemon before catching it, I think somehow the game will entice players once again.

Source: PokemonGo

Pokemon GO Tips and Tricks -Pokemon Go Update: Niantic reveals new plans for huge updates

The Pokemon Go game developer Niantic and The Pokemon Company confirmed that the next update of the phenomenal Pokemon Go will come with the second generation of Pokemon. No official word has been made about this yet, but Niantic tells fans to expect a lot more from the game. This clearly points to the addition of Generation 2 Pokemon on the next major update, since the game has nowhere else to go but to expand its current world.

Niantic’s John Hanke reveals new plans for huge updates that will likely include:

• A new batch of second generation Pokemon characters that will be added to the original 151 monsters in Pokemon Go.
• A Pokemon breeding feature, which is under discussion. This will definitely make giving birth to new baby Pokemon easier and more fun, should it be included in the game and released in the next update.
• A customizable Pokestop that will enable players to showcase their creativity. This will allow them to enhance or change a particular Pokestop’s function. This should take care of criticisms about the lack of distinguishable marks of Pokestops.

Among these features, Pokemon Breeding is the most awaited, and one that will make fans ecstatic, if it comes out on the next major update. After all, it is considered an effective way to farm candies that are essential to power up and evolve a Pokemon.

Source: neurogadget

Pokemon GO Tips and Tricks -Pokémon Go Update: Cheaters Get Threatened Bans As Niantic Adds Third-Party Scan Blocks

Niantic's developer warns players who are using third-party scanning apps and cheats to catch Pokémon about the possibility of bans. Developers and trainers alike are aware of the situation.

Signs of new security measures first arrived on Wednesday when the FastPokeMap Twitter account posted that “new security by Pokémon Go servers has been rolled out.”

Important: New security by Pokemon GO servers has been rolled out, we are investigating. Scanning is disabled!

— FastPokeMap Official (@FastPokeMapCom) October 5, 2016

Pokémon Go player posted on Reddit about the security message warning when opening the app. “We have detected signals from your account that suggest you are using third-party applications or modified software typically associated with cheating,” it reads, “Please be aware that the use of such software can result in the permanent banning of your account and loss of all progress in the game at any time.” In closing, it’s advised that “if you have been using such software, we encourage you to stop.”

Third party application warning from Niantic. from pokemongo

However it's still a big question if this security message is referencing GPS bots or Pokémon trackers.

It is Niantic’s responsibility to defend the integrity of the game. When people are handed Pokemon with no effort, especially in large crowds, everyone follows. You really think people will stop using the easy, convenient third-party services for a tracking system requiring more effort and less certainty in finding rares?

Apparently people are forgetting the simple idea that hunting Pokemon is suppose to be challenging.

Source: Reddit, Twitter, iDigitalTimes, Otakukart

Pokemon GO Tips and Tricks -Pokemon GO Update: Pokemon Encountered in Gyms Now Count As ‘Seen’

Niantic quietly rolls out a Pokemon GO tweak, causing the Pokedex to record encounters with Pokemon in Gyms in addition to the existing wild Pokemon encounters.

Although Niantic generally announces major updates it rolls out for Pokemon GO in advance, sometimes surprise changes are enacted in the background, waiting to be discovered by players. One such tweak has now arrived, changing how the Pokedex works with regards to Pokemon Gyms.

Gamers noticed today that a change has been made to Pokemon GO, altering how Pokemon sightings in the Pokedex are recorded. Any Pokemon seen at Pokemon Gyms will now qualify as sightings in the Pokedex, filling in the Pokemon’s silhouette and adding a single sighting listing to the Pokedex. Formerly, only Pokemon spotted in the wild would qualify as a sighting in the Pokedex.

Source: Gamerant, Reddit

Pokemon GO Tips and Tricks -Upcoming Pokémon GO update will bring big changes to gym training and easy capturing of rare Pokemon

Despite of the drastic decline of active Pokemon Go players, there are still a lot of people playing this mobile gaming app. Players who have stuck with the summer's hottest mobile game will soon be able to enjoy significant improvements to training Pokémon at gyms and the way rare Pokémon are caught.

The changes to gyms will make training feasible, even for players at a low level. You train at allied gyms to earn experience and boost the level of the gym for your team. Soon, you'll be able to choose six Pokémon to train against the defending Pokémon instead of just one. That makes it more feasible to actually win. Additionally, the level of defending Pokémon will be temporarily lowered for less experienced players. Note, this doesn't affect capturing gyms.

A new system of medals will also make catching rare Pokémon easier. The medals you get for catching enough of each type of Pokémon will actually do something! As you work through the different tiers, you get bonuses that increase the capture rate of Pokémon with the same type. That means you are more likely to catch the rare and powerful ones that appear.  Note: we previously reported this affected spawns, but it's probably capture rate. Niantic isn't very clear.

Source: androidpolice.com

Pokemon GO Tips and Tricks - Newest Pokemon Go Update About To Take Place! Oct 2016, Pokemon News And Gossip. | Pokemon Go News, Updates And Videos

Subsequent to affirming another Pokemon Go get reward include prior this week, Niantic has now uncovered another new component for the well known versatile diversion. 

In a blog entry today, Niantic uncovered an upgrade to the Pokemon Go Gym framework, the key change being that you can convey six Pokemon to fight rather than only one at amicable exercise centers. 

There is likewise a change going to the CP level of your Pokemon. 

"The CP of the Pokemon you are preparing against might be incidentally balanced lower amid your instructional course to for the most part match your Pokemon's fight abilities," Niantic clarified. "Regardless of what your level, you can now affect your group's Gym." 

You can get a more critical take a gander at the new Pokemon Go Gym highlights in the picture exhibition above. The upgrade that includes this component is coming at some point later on, however a date has not been reported. 

The declaration of Pokemon Go's new catch reward highlight (read more about it here) and the Gym changes come after Niantic prodded "energizing components and changes" for the diversion. In September, the CEO of The Pokemon Company prodded a multiplayer fight mode for Pokemon Go, however this component has not yet been conveyed. 

Pokemon Go propelled in July and achieved a stunning 500 million downloads; it allegedly still acquires $2 million consistently. Indeed, even The Pokemon Company was not anticipating that it should be such a hit, as CEO Tsunekazu Ishihara said the response seemed to be "10 times or even 100 times greater than we anticipated." The amusement has additionally prompted critical increments in Pokemon diversion and exchanging card deals. 

What new components might you want to see added to Pokemon Go? Tell us in the remarks beneath.