"Everyone keeps trying to theorize as to why low level players and inactive players have such an advantage in terms of getting an EX Raid Pass. Maybe it’s time we consider that the reason is simply this: money."

#PokemonGO: Please hold your downvotes until after reading. I just think it’s somehing to consider. Every round of EX Raid Passes that go out, it’s the same story: the highest level, most active players are usually excluded while lower level or less active players receive passes. And, every round, people work hard to try and reason as to why this keeps happening. After all, Niantic specifically said that to be invited to an EX Raid, you need to have completed another raid in that same location. Raid as much as possible and you’ll be rewarded. So it’s natural that people would try and theorize why, at least so far, the opposite has held true.I think it’s time that we at least consider that money is the reason for this trend. The fact is, higher level and more dedicated players are likely going to keep playing regardless. They’ll keep spending time in the game, and they’ll keep spending money on raid passes, regardless of if they ever get a Mewtwo invite. On the other hand, lower level players are the people that Niantic is trying to hook. What better way than to tell them that the way they’ve played the game so far has been rewarded with a chance to capture arguable the 2nd most popular Pokémon ever? If they see that they’ve been rewarded for their play to that point, it stands to reason they might start playing even more often and spending more money to get more rewards. As for inactive players, especially formerly active players, EX raid passes and a chance at Mewtwo are a perfect way to bring them back.The core audience is spending lots of money on passes and doing tons of raids, as is evidence by every EX Raid thread full of reports of people level 35+ who do multiple raids daily and have no EX invites. These same threads show talk about how there are people who quit the game months ago only to come back because they suddenly have an EX Pass, or how the lowest level players in a raid group are the only players selected, or how some EX Raids can’t even be completed because only low level and/or inactive players are being invited and they don’t have the necessary help to defeat the raid boss.I don’t want to believe this is true, that Niantic said that raiding as much as possible is the key to getting a pass but then turned around and punished the people who followed those instructions while rewarding those who didn’t. But, financially, it makes a weird bit of sense. Those active players are active no matter what. The active, level 35-40(ish) players are always going to be there.. The people who have received the vast majority of raid passes, however, are be people who aren’t giving Niantic their money...yet. Niantic doesn’t need to give active high level players EX passes because they are already spending money. Niantic does need to give lower level and inactive players EX passes because they aren’t spending money.Mods: please don’t delete this. I know Niantic may not care for this discussion, but I still think it’s one that’s warranted having. via /r/pokemongo http://ift.tt/2juifB0