What the Heck is Going On With Pokémon GO Raids??

Niantic quietly made changes to Raid Battles recently in Pokémon GO, causing chaos and turmoil within the Pokémon GO Community. These gameplay changes may seem subtle, but it is forcing players to rethink how they approach tackling Legendary Raid Bosses. This is something that we need to talk about!

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Pokémon Go is a 2016 augmented reality (AR) mobile game developed and published by Niantic in collaboration with The Pokémon Company for iOS and Android devices. A part of the Pokémon franchise, the game is the result of a collaboration between Niantic, Nintendo and The Pokémon Company. It uses the mobile device GPS to locate, capture, battle, and train virtual creatures, called Pokémon, which appear as if they are in the player's real-world location. The game is free to play; it uses a freemium business model and supports in-app purchases for additional in-game items. The game launched with around 150 species of Pokémon, which had increased to around 500 by 2019.

Pokémon Go was released to mixed reviews; critics praised the concept, but criticized technical problems. It was one of the most used and profitable mobile apps in 2016, having been downloaded more than 500 million times worldwide by the end of the year. It is credited with popularizing location-based and AR technology, promoting physical activity, and helping local businesses grow due to increased foot traffic. However, it attracted controversy for contributing to accidents and creating public nuisances. Various governments expressed concerns about security, and some countries regulate its use. By early 2019, the game had over a billion global downloads, grossing over $3 billion in revenue. The game also had over 147 million monthly active users as of May 2018.

[OO-rtyf]

Niantic 100% waited until their no refund policy was signed and approved before making these alterations

[Raichu]

I genuinely think niantic hate their playerbase sometimes

[yosuhiro]

Groudon hitting me with 4 back to back solar beam to kill over half of my team...

[Liam]

Dodging not gonna work in raid anymore. The raid boss stand there and do nothing... and your HP dropped automatically (Boss hidden attack). This is not increasing difficulty but... they ruined it.

[Lordlasagnaa]

Groudon spams solar beam and kills your pokemon before they can even spawn in on the screen.

[zamirjones]

My community has practically stopped doing raids and gathering. Nobody seems to care about the community days and events don't motivate them at all.

[dred]

Let’s make raids harder so they go to the dynamax raids.- niantic maybe

[sqsqct]

No issue with the meta shift. Barely anything is less powerful, but other things have just overtaken the existing meta. More options is great. The charge move spam is absolutely ridiculous and needs reverting.

[goblinballadeer]

I hate when games 'fix' abilities in games that nerfs your characters / builds, rendering all of your past effort irrelevant. Niantic is grossly over estimating how many people have access to large groups for raids. Even in a city, it's not always feasible to get through rush hour traffic to find a large group for raid hour. Even if you have a couple of friends or are fortunate enough to meet a couple of local players, if three or four people aren't enough for some raids, then there's no point in them spawning in scattered locations all week long. Frustrating.

[vatarants]

I got so many disconnection mid-raids. I can push button to rejoin but it is mood killer.

Most of the time boss model was frozen and has no animation.
It has no warning text or screen flashing at all when bosses do the charged atk. I don't know when to swipe to dodge.

My mons die before I know what move boss just threw.

And bosses energy generation does not make any sense.

I used to encounter x3 earthquake or blizzard from Groudon and Kyogre RIGHT WHEN THE RAID STARTS. That's insane.

[ArtimusDragon]

The old Niantic always gave us a heads up on huge changes. It's clear that they've gotten so big that they don't care to do so anymore.

[maltman]

I get some of that, the wife and I like the games but we are late 60's with health issues. Many things are hard to complete with shaky hands and living in a rural area. Get 500 excellent throws, spin 50 pokestop, catch 280 sinnoh, etc. Not friendly for your older players. Driving 35 minutes into Baltimore, the crime capital of the East coast, to play when it is known they attack attack

[jonathaneustice]

5. Star raids are now not worth doing due to how the bosses charge attacks are spammed.

[arislopez]

You’re crazy if you haven’t noticed the raid changes. Dodging is terrible and you get spammed with charge moves. Luckily I live in a city with a big group of raiders but I couldn’t imagine beating legendary raids with a small group.

Level 48 with multiple maxed out pokemon btw. Just for reference

[afanevr]

Having been playing for less than a year, and mostly free-to-play(so not really grinding to get all the top Pokémon), I had just gotten to the point where I solo tier-3 raid, or duo a mega or legendary with someone. So it was really frustrating to have all of that changed with no notice. I’m all for games being a challenge, but this felt overboard.

[ItzMiKeKirbY]

I relearned the dodge windows of the bugged raid battles only for it become even more bugged and have the charge moves become invisible. I love seeing the Groudon stare at me into implosion.

[NoName-pidx]

You will never have known pain until you experience the 6X Rainy Weather Kyogre Surf

[verneri]

Raids are literally unplayable, groudon spams solar beam constantly

[dianaprince]

I'm using top max level counter Pokémons for raids n burnt more than 300 revives in the last 4 days.
N barely get any revives from spinning stops n raids.

[SS-ormz]

I'd say it's screwed up because we got the new dynamax raids that are completely different. That plus, well, Niantic...