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Pokemon Go players are not blessed with inpouring fearless changes, tidings sparks vocation backlash |
When the pandemic was wreaking havoc globally last year, Niantic
introduced a bunch of in-game changes in Pokemon Go making it easier for
players while they were all quarantining. Pokemon Go is a game that involves
players walking around and exploring their surroundings in augmented reality,
so with people not being able to step out, these changes were welcomed. However,
with certain countries being able to get a grip and control over the Covid-19
situation, particularly North America and New Zealand, Niantic recently
announced that they were going to roll back some of those pandemic-related
changes to make the game go back to what it was before. This has not gone down
well with the Pokemon Go community and players are quite angry with the
decision - they want the changes to stay.
As we had reported earlier, Niantic had announced the changes coming to
Pokemon Go on June 21 and these included the reduction of Gym and Pokestop
interactions, change in incense effectiveness, and duration based on whether
you are on the move or stationary, and more. You can read about all the changes
here. The upcoming changes, which will roll out in the US and New Zealand
first, resets many in-game features to what they were pre-pandemic. The changes
Niantic introduced in Pokemon Go due to Covid-19 made the game more accessible
to players and the roll-back announcement has sparked a community backlash.
Gabirele Russo has started a petition on Change.org that wants to “Keep
the increased spawn rate of Incense & increased interaction range of
PokéStops/Gyms”. “I’ve known people who have been very grateful for the
increased interaction range,” said Russo.
“People with physical disabilities were able to interact with PokeStops
and Gyms that they were unable to before. The increase in the spawn rate of
Incense also made it ten times better. Now people who had played more because
of the special bonuses will no longer be able to play/won’t be as inclined to
play. Less players = less money for Niantic, meaning that it would be a morally
and financially bad decision to take away these bonuses,” Russo added.
Russo’s petition, as IGN points out, is the smallest of the three
petitions on Change.org that’s aimed at Niantic. All these petitions have
together managed to collect almost 77,000 signatures. One of the three
petitions on Change.org has been created by a member of the Pokemon Go subreddit
community and currently boasts of having gathered 75,655 signatures and
counting the last we checked. “Sign it to let Niantic know that they are
breaking our trust by removing what they once said would be a permanent
addition,” wrote a user who goes by the name Amazon_UK.
There are several more Reddit threads dedicated to this topic that have
been discussing theories as to why Niantic is rolling back the changes along
with general complaints about the whole situation. Now, whether Niantic listens
to the community remains to be seen.
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