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"It has all the markings of a fad" My thoughts as well. It already favours players who play obsessively. Casual gamers can't really expect to ever challenge a

by dasboth 10y ago

"It has all the markings of a fad" My thoughts as well. It already favours players who play obsessively. Casual gamers can't really expect to ever challenge a gym in even a reasonably populated area. I was excited by the idea and I lost interest after a few days. No guarantee that everyone else will follow suit, but I have that sort of gut feeling.

Navarr 10y ago
Actually, With how terrible the gym metagame is right now, casual players can absolutely take on a gym. I placed a pretty decent Jolteon in one and my lower-leveled Wife pretty much beat the crap out of it with a Vaporeon. Right now: Vaporeon rules the streets. There's a great post about why this is right now on /r/TheSilphRoad: https://redd.it/4tylty https://redd.it/4tylty But I do concur - it is looking like it will be a fad. They will have to pump updates and new features into it in order to keep it alive, or it will die quick. Already 2/6 (of my) office workers have dropped from playing it.
- dasboth 10y ago
  Wow that is ridiculous, I had no idea. Thanks for the link. I guess "normal" Pokemon rules don't apply, perhaps that's why I've been having trouble!
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soared 10y ago
This is just how MMOs work. You can play casually for fun, but you'll never compete in end-game content with the hardcore players.
cgriswald 10y ago
> It already favours players who play obsessively. This is the reason I generally stick to games with good single player campaigns. On rare occasions I'll play multiplayer with friends. But I think the last online multiplayer game I played with strangers was Left 4 Dead. I was always either booted from the game early on because I didn't play "correctly" or I received a "guided tour" by someone who had put 1000 hours into it. Just playing the game wasn't really an option, apparently. I agree with the sibling that favoring obsessive players is par for the course with MMOs (or those who spend the most $$, which I refuse to do). That said, I'm playing Pokemon GO (at nearly 40 years old) because it's just fun to collect the Pokemon, level up, and socialize with other players. I really don't care about taking over a gym. I can play this without competing with those people who have 40 hours a week to throw away on it. My social group largely seems to feel the same way, although a few are obsessive. And while I'm fairly active already, it has encouraged me to be more active. As for whether it's a fad, it might be. Normally with free-to-play games I lose interest as soon as it becomes ridiculously difficult to rank up. With this, I think I'll start to lose interest when the rest of my social group loses interest. I think, for me, Pokemon Go is more likely to be replaced by something similar than just abandon out of lack of interest, though.

by dasboth 10y ago

Navarr 10y ago

Actually, With how terrible the gym metagame is right now, casual players can absolutely take on a gym. I placed a pretty decent Jolteon in one and my lower-leveled Wife pretty much beat the crap out of it with a Vaporeon. Right now: Vaporeon rules the streets. There's a great post about why this is right now on /r/TheSilphRoad: https://redd.it/4tylty https://redd.it/4tylty But I do concur - it is looking like it will be a fad. They will have to pump updates and new features into it in order to keep it alive, or it will die quick. Already 2/6 (of my) office workers have dropped from playing it.

dasboth 10y ago
Wow that is ridiculous, I had no idea. Thanks for the link. I guess "normal" Pokemon rules don't apply, perhaps that's why I've been having trouble!

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soared 10y ago

This is just how MMOs work. You can play casually for fun, but you'll never compete in end-game content with the hardcore players.

cgriswald 10y ago

> It already favours players who play obsessively. This is the reason I generally stick to games with good single player campaigns. On rare occasions I'll play multiplayer with friends. But I think the last online multiplayer game I played with strangers was Left 4 Dead. I was always either booted from the game early on because I didn't play "correctly" or I received a "guided tour" by someone who had put 1000 hours into it. Just playing the game wasn't really an option, apparently. I agree with the sibling that favoring obsessive players is par for the course with MMOs (or those who spend the most $$, which I refuse to do). That said, I'm playing Pokemon GO (at nearly 40 years old) because it's just fun to collect the Pokemon, level up, and socialize with other players. I really don't care about taking over a gym. I can play this without competing with those people who have 40 hours a week to throw away on it. My social group largely seems to feel the same way, although a few are obsessive. And while I'm fairly active already, it has encouraged me to be more active. As for whether it's a fad, it might be. Normally with free-to-play games I lose interest as soon as it becomes ridiculously difficult to rank up. With this, I think I'll start to lose interest when the rest of my social group loses interest. I think, for me, Pokemon Go is more likely to be replaced by something similar than just abandon out of lack of interest, though.