"[Complaint]Half our raid group just got an EX invite. The other half did not."

#PokemonGO: We've had a group of eight Instincts raiding together since Raids became a thing in June. Tonight, four of us got an EX raid invite at a gym we raided at on Monday, and four of us did not. We have a married couple in our group. One of them got an invite, the other did not. The ones who didn't get an invite are happy for the people who got one. The people who got one just feel guilty about fighting Mewtwo without the rest of our group.To make matters worse, we're not even sure if enough people were invited to complete the raid. No one else on our region's discord server has mentioned getting an invite to that location yet, and although there's still a week for more people to declare for it, the location and timing of the qualifying raid makes it seem unlikely many others will appear.This EX Invite system flies in the face of everything Niantic says the game is supposed to be about. It doesn't reward comradery or friendship, it doesn't reward exploration or teamwork, and it certainly doesn't reward dedication to the game.The name of this system is pretty appropriate though. It is, by definition, exclusionary. It excludes people at random and divides people into haves and have-nots.In summary, I think the ridiculousness of the EX Raid invitation system is matched only by the ridiculousness that it continues to move forward unchanged and undefined.There are plenty of suggestions out there for how to improve the system we know basically nothing about. I propose it be scrapped altogether and replaced by something far less arbitrary. Every X number of completed raids, give the player a generic Special Raid Pass. Announce locations and times of Special Raids a week in advance, and let players use their Special Raid Pass on whatever Special Raid they want. This would actively reward players who play together and who play regularly. This would not divide groups or rely on dumb luck.I think our group is fairly representative of a lot of PoGo players, but I can only speak for my group when I say that if the EX Raid system continues to move forward as currently implemented, we'll just find a different game to play. One that doesn't actively try to split us apart. via /r/pokemongo http://ift.tt/2zOJJIP