Pokémon Go gamers have been venting concerning the present state of Shadow Raids this week, notably the continuing Shadow Articuno Raids, as a result of it clashes with common five-star raids on weekends, making it troublesome for gamers to seek out others to crew up with and full them.
The issue is exacerbated by two issues—in response to not one however two Reddit threads on July 3. First, Distant Raid Passes can’t be used to affix Shadow Raids, which makes it more durable to seek out individuals to group with. Second, Shadow Articuno has been the one Shadow Raid for months, so there’s much less incentive for others to do it.
One participant shared their expertise for instance their level. They reached out to as many mates as they may to affix them at a preferred spot when a Shadow Articuno Raid was about to drop, however no person appeared to chunk. “I heard… crickets. Nobody is prepared to return out for these now that we’re on the fourth weekend,” they said. The participant believes that if Remote Raid Passes may very well be used, extra gamers, together with their accomplice, would have joined. However because the raid can solely be finished in individual, it’s an excessive amount of of a trouble.
One other participant echoed the sentiment. “It’s been a bit irritating attempting to do a Shadow Articuno raid. Between them releasing Shiny Nihilego and bringing again Shiny Heatran, gamers appear to be doing extra of these Raids as a substitute and I don’t blame them,” they explained, mentioning that these Raids are simpler to do and you may really invite individuals to them.
Gamers are calling on Niantic to deal with these points. They’re suggesting that Shadow Raids should be released at different times to keep away from clashing with others, and must be rotated extra usually to forestall them from rising stale and turning gamers away. Some even instructed limiting them to the weeklong Team Go Rocket Takeover events, whereas others targeted extra on allowing players to use Remote Raid Passes in them.
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One other resolution that has been floating round is the idea of making the timer in Raids tick up rather than down, permitting gamers to solo them with out counting on assist from others that may by no means come.
The Pokémon Go neighborhood is eagerly awaiting adjustments that might enhance the Shadow Raid expertise. Niantic might want to do one thing about it to maintain its participant base comfortable. It’s one other factor within the long list of problems that need to be fixed to appease them.
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