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-l

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.