Pokémon Go: The smoke drama

Something is going on, as the developers of Pokémon Go in the travel fluid of the Community Day December 2021 announced that a faulty attitude in the commodity smoke the stationary gameplay (i.e. the appearance of Pokémon, although they are not moved). More specifically, that sounds like: Trainer, at the last community days, an unintentional smoke setting has increased the stationary gameplay during the Community Days. In December and future events, the behavior of the smoke during the community Days, unless otherwise announced, is announced Normal game behavior. And with that, the creators of Pokémon Go full hit in the nettles, because the feedback of the community was overwhelming negative.

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Corona! Omicron! Winter! Pandemic!

Many reasons were taken for the anger of the Pokémon Go players. We are still in times of a pandemic (and so fast this will not change), the omicron variant of the SARS COV-2 virus takes up many places right now. On the Northern Hemisphere, which is known to be stronger than the southern populated, attracts the winter. All these are good reasons, rather stay at home, as for the hunt for pocket monsters to pull through the streets. Complete distances and then for effective smoke in the cold to the cold, that does not like many players.

Others, however, bring another and equally valid throw to the table: The developers of Ni antic fix this problem, which brings the players of Pokémon Go a small advantage, relatively fast, while others, serious and gaming experience influencing bugs have not been removed for weeks and months. Yes, there is comprehensible that Pokémon Go players ask where the priorities of the developers are — that they are often rather in major customers, we will treat them in another text...

Finally, the community of Pokémon Go is currently as dissatisfied as seldom previously. The question arises whether you have really understood the change that Ni antic has communicated on 18 December 2021.

The smoke devil is in detail

Usually, with normal operation of the smoke, about every five minutes Pokémon appeared, which are attracted by the consumable while they are not moving. But: We are in the season of the origin. And that means that by March 1, 2022, at 10:00 o'clock local time the smoke efficacy is increased at standstill — namely, at about a listed Pokémon per minute. In addition, the smoke effectiveness is increased while walking, but that does not matter here.

What does that mean? For past community days, the smoke was a bit more effective at a standstill, probably the effectiveness was at an open-hearted Pokémon per 30 seconds. Now, after the change of Ni antic from 18 December 2021, it is about a pocket monster per minute. So the loss is not as blatant as if the actual pre-corona normal state would be restored. In addition, this change on the smoke looks like only the community Day events and not the upcoming Photo tour. But that can be overcome quickly because the people of Ni antic again cryptically as never express.

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Age, the communication again!

But because the developers of Pokémon Go do not want to look into the cards, legitimate inquiries of the players remain, which means exactly this adaptation on the smoke behavior, quasi unanswered. As a reminder: Almost everything we know about mechanics and systems of Pokémon Go, theorycrafter have found out the analysis of collected data — we know details in the rarest cases of Ni antic.

And that's a problem again! Transparency is important in such a case in which it would be important to reduce the annoyance of the player's shank. Ni antic neglects it quite, even for a touch of light in the darkness. Say: Maybe the player does not understand the developers in the smoke drama — but otherwise it seems like it; The developers do not understand the players. Or it does not matter to the creators of Pokémon Go. But we do not want to submit that to you, that would somehow limitation. The links marked are affiliate links. Affiliate links are no ads, as we are independent in the search and selection of the presented products. For product sales we receive a small commission, with which we partially finance the free content of the website.