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There's a 2 star raid in 18 minutes. Looks like I'll be by myself.

 

I've seen 8 raids within a 2 hour window appear. This feature is a game changer for sure, haven't seen this many people out playing since the first few months.

I did two since I had a raid pass from yesterday, and then the one from today. One was Machamp, and the other was Muk which I also needed so I'm pretty happy. They're definitely hard to catch but I got both.

 

My second one was a Muk as well. Hoping I eventually see something I don't have.

 

How can you tell how many other people are attempting the raid with you?

Also got 60 coins so far from gyms but I still have a Dragonite in a gym going on 48 hours. I think in the past I only ever got like 20 coins in one day? So yeah I'm loving this update. It's got me wondering how many people would still be playing now if the game came out in this condition.

 

Yeah I have had a decent return in coins from some that sat overnight and then returned to me midday today. Gym battling is 100% more fun now.

For gym raids, when you go into the battle screen to pick your Pokémon for the raid (it's like a 90 second period where you can potion them and swap) it will show your character above them and anyone else about to join the battle as well.

 

Someone posted this on my local Pokémon go page on Facebook:

Pro Tip: Feeding your or ally Pokemon in gyms has a chance to award you candy of that specific Pokemon. That being said, putting in a rare Pokemon in a gym is more likely to gain berries from other players.

Now I know why people kept on feeding my Dragonite berries haha

 

There are way too many raids. They should feel like big events but there seems to always be at least 3 happening in my area at any given time.

Also wondering is raid passes are now a better by from than incubators. The incubator gives you a small chance of actually hatching what you need. The raid pass gives you a pretty great chance of rare candies which guarantee to be what you need. Hmmm

 

I see so many raids everywhere all the time

 

....I missed something. What exactly is a raid? I stopped playing two months ago

 

A 2800 cp SNORLAX just spawned in my living room.

 

Bout to go do a raid for a Alakazam, hopefully there's some other people there. Also oh shit after almost 3 days my Dragonite just returned from a gym. I only got 50 coins though wtf.. should have been at least 100 for those two days since the cap per day is 50.

Could it be because I put that Dragonite in that gym on day one, before that rule went into effect?

 

Got my ass handed to me in a solo raid vs a Machamp. It's one of the last two i need from gen one. So close yet so far.

 

I feel your pain.. haven't come across a single other person doing the raids with me. Just lost to that Alakazam, although I did get its HP half way down.

 

So I guess you can do 1 and 2 star raids alone pretty easily but need more people after that?

 

Depends on your level and Pokemon really. If you're above level 30 i'd imagine anything 1-2 stars is easy enough to do solo. Machamp took me at level 30, my friend at 25, and a random guy that walked up who was level 28. I unfortunately missed out this morning at like 9am on a Tyranitar. Some acquaintances i've made playing are using this app called Slack to communicate about what raids they see. Pretty useful/cool.

 

You misunderstand. You cannot get more than 50 coins from a Pokemon no matter how long it has been in a gym.

I had 10 Pokemon returned to me from gyms yesterday that I put in on day one. The first Pokemon returned that day got me 50 coins after being in for like 48 hours. The other nine got me 0 coins since I already hit me "cap" for the day from the first Pokemon. Again, they were all in gyms for 48 hours. That's what they mean by 50 coin per day cap.

Those 9 other ones were a waste of time. I think this is how weekends will go for a while. Sucks, no?

You basically hope your Pokemon returned to you on different days. Once you get that 50 coins anything else returned that day becomes worthless. I suppose its incentive to feed your Pokemon but there's only so much you can do.

 

Yes, but also having the gym is much more rewarding. Chances to gain easy stardust and Pokémon candy, as well as all the rare bonus items you get for holding the gym during a raid. It equals out in my eyes, unless coins is your only concern.

 

I got the Machamp down to about 75% depleted. I'm going to start looking up boss weakness before doing a raid if I can't recall. If I had known to use psychic (I could NOT remember fighting weakness to save my life and the raid was running out of time), I probably could've taken it. I've got an Alakazam, Espeon, and three Eggs with solar beam that probably could've done the trick.

 

Coins are my main concern. That said, I've gotten 150 in 3 days which is more than I usually did before. I'm honestly loving most of the changes to the gyms. I'm pro gym update! It's working right now with everyone actually engaging with the gyms at least.

 

I need to start playing again sounds like they added something important. O.o;

 

Wow that's a horrible situation, definitely needs to be a better way

 

Did my first Raid today with my fiance. Took that Weezing down and then caught it. I enjoy this aspect of the game and it's being me back into gym battles.

 

Oh wow yeah I definitely misunderstood.. that's not a great system, meh. Guessing they'll keep tweaking it though.

I guess the way to go is to hit up gyms at night so that way you have a better chance of staying in the gym for like 8 hours to receive the 50 coins.

 

Psst!

Www.Gymhuntr.com

Live map that shows gyms and raids!

 

Just attempted a level-4 raid against a 29,000cp Charizard solo - needless to say it uhhhh, did NOT go well. I think I maybe got 1/5 of it's health down before it fucking ruined me. Why the hell I picked 3 rock pokemon to battle it I'll never know?!?!

Edit: I checked and Charizard is supposedly vulnerable to rock types, but yeah I still sucked ass