"[Idea] Pokémon GO 2: What PoGo could be..."

#PokemonGO: Pokemon Go 2.0What Pokemon Go could be...IntroductionPokémon GO is an awesome game, but since the launch, the majority of players have stopped playing because there's just no depth to the game. This article is what I would change about Pokémon GO if I had the opportunity to do so. I try to address some of the major issues for rural players as well, and just change the things that don't make any sense whatsoever to begin with. I'm trying to do this in a way that makes sense (commercially) as well, with additional interesting ways to spend gold.Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with Niantic in any way, nor am I a game developer. Most of the ideas are mine, albeit inspired on modern idle/mobile games.Disclaimer 2: I know a lot of these things can and would be abused by spoofers and other forms of cheaters. These people shouldn't dictate how the game is played however, and instead should be dealt with. Moreover, a lot of people spoofing right now do so because they cannot play in their physical location, which a lot of my changes try to solve.Disclaimer 3: I made this mostly for fun, because i wanted to do something creative around Pokémon GO, and as an exercise in game design and UX design. I welcome any critiques you may have, along with correcting my English, since it's not my native language.Let's get into it!Pokémon Catches1.1 Stardust rewardsItems2.1 Shop2.2 Supply Drop2.3 Raid Pass2.4 Incense2.5 Daily Login BonusBattle SystemGyms4.1 Attacking & Defending Gyms4.2 Raids4.3 Battle Lobby4.4 EX RaidsPlayer Profile5.1 Medals & Badges5.2 Trainer PointsInterface & User Experience6.1 Notifications & Interface6.2 Inbox6.3 Push notifications6.4 GO PlusQuestsBattle TowerCommunity9.1 Community Manager9.2 Real World EventsBugfixes1. Pokémon catches1.1 Stardust rewardsWhen catching a less desirable pokémon, you were always rewarded the same amount of stardust. This leads to the unintuitive idea that low level pokémon are more desirable than higher level ones, since they're easier to catch. In short, you should be rewarded for your effort in catching a higher level pokémon.Catching a pokémon now grant stardust depending on their level.Stage 1 evolution: 50 to 250 stardust.Stage 2 evolution: 100 to 500 stardust.Stage 3 evolution: 200 to 1000 stardust.2. Items2.1 ShopSimply buying revives, potions or pokéballs feels like a trap since more densily pokéstopped areas allow you to get these easily for free. For more rural areas however, we're introducing a new item that will provide trainers with an alternative way of acquiring basic gameplay items. Also, we're giving trainers the option to change their team.Another issue we're addressing is trainers missing nearby pokémon because they take no priority in the "nearby" screen. You will now be able to buy permanent "filters" to make specific pokémon no longer appear on the nearby list.Removed pokéballs, revives and potions from the shopAdded Supply Drop to the shop100 coinsAdded Team Change to the shopFree the first time2000 coins after the first timeAdded Nearby Filter Upgrade to the shop(See below)200 coins: +12.2 Supply DropA supply drop is an item that will spawn a box of basic items within walking distance of your location. Players receive one every day provided they do not already own one. The box is only visible for the player that spawned it.Spawns a box within 1km (0.6 miles) distance of your location.Remains at the location for 2 hours or until it has been picked up, after which it despawns.Contains a large amount of basic items: Pokéballs, berries, revives and potionsOnly you can see your supply drop.IMAGE: http://ift.tt/2zPk0Nt Raid PassLosing a raid pass because you weren't able to play for a while hurts. Rural players especially, who need to travel to find raids they can do, are victim of this. That's why raid passes now accumulate up to 3 times. This way, players can go 2 days without raiding and have 3 passes available to them the third day.You can now hold 3 raid passes.Raid passes are granted at daily login rewards, rather than by spinning a gym.2.4 IncenseIncense have basically become irrelevant for most players, since the pokémon they spawn are usually common and far apart, making them not worth their money. We're giving incense more value to players unable to access different biome's or nests by adding a candy-blending mechanic. On top of that, incense will now increase the capability of your buddy pokémon!Now costs 100 coins (from 80).Spawns pokémon much more frequently, especially while moving.When activating an incense, you may sacrafice one candy of a pokémon of your choosing, which will slightly increase the odds of a pokémon of the same type spawning from incense.Now doubles the amount of distance gained by your buddy while the incense is active.IMAGE: http://ift.tt/2j2vqFr Daily login bonusYou are now awarded a raid pass and a supply drop (provided you have less than 3 raid passes and no supply drops in inventory) every day upon logging in.IMAGE: http://ift.tt/2zPk1B1. Battle systemI won't be spending too much time on this, because other people have done so already, so I will instead be referring to Trainer Tips ' video on a reworked battle system, because I found it very well thought out, realistic and open for growth. Go follow the guy. He rocks.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPL0roMnjjgNote: I will be continuing my ideas based on Nick's proposal for the battle system.4. Gyms4.1 Attacking and defending gymsTaking over and holding gyms has not been very exciting since the gym update, so we're giving players a competitive incentive to compete for their local gyms again for more than just your daily coins.Also, remote berry feeding should feel less impactful than doing so at the gym, so we're nerfing the effect of golden razz berries.Each gym now has a global leaderboard of the top 15 players at a certain gym. (based on points).Each gym holds statistics of which team has been the most dominant in the last 30 days.Feeding a golden razz berry remotely now only restores half a pokémon's missing motivation.Gym motivation loss over time is based on pokémon level rather than pokémon CP (to balance out the battle system rework).IMAGE: http://ift.tt/2j2vs01: http://ift.tt/2zPk2oz RaidsRaids have become stale for most players due to always having the same few pokémon in raids. That's why the pokémon appearing in raids will now be rotated every other week. We're also rewarding players for coming with the right counters and packing the biggest punch, along with giving another incentive to try and solo raids.Raid pokémon now rotate every 14 days.More common pokémon will appear in the rotation more often and will be lower level.Raid rewards slightly scale with the player's portion of damage dealt to the raid pokémon. (Don't let your first team die!)Raids eggs now appear one hour before the egg hatches, and the raid itself will be availble for another hour.Raids now end at 11:00 PM everywhere. (Fixed timezone bug)IMAGE: http://ift.tt/2j2vsx3 top of this, we're giving players a way to communicate and arrange meetings at raids, without relying on third-party communication.Raids can be marked as "interested", "on my way", or "present".Other players can see how many players have marked a raid.Marking a raid will notify the players that have already marked the raid.IMAGE: http://ift.tt/2zS7cpC Battle LobbyHaving a lot of pokémon can make it difficult to know which is which. Long pressing on a pokémon in the lobby will now display information.Long-pressing on a pokémon in the picking screen now displays its moveset, its note (see below), and its type.4.4 EX RaidsThe current way EX Raids are handed out feels too much reliant on luck, and active players aren't necessarily rewarded for their effort, which was exactly what we wanted to achieve with EX Raids. So we're making it a little easier to get an EX Raid invitation through other ways, along with adding consistency and better communication to the old method.When an EX Raid is planned at a gym where you have a golden medal or above, you are immediately invited.EX Raids are handed out more consistently and more commonly. Every player that fought a raid at the same gym will now receive an invitation for the EX Raid held at said gym.5. Player Profile5.1 Medals & badgesMedals and badges now have a platinum level beyond gold.Additional medals have been added:Collect (5 - 25 - 125 - 600) supply drops (see above)Complete (5 - 20 - 80 - 300) quests (see below)5.2 Trainer PointsOne thing Pokémon GO lacks right now is a competitive aspect. That's why we're introducing a new metric for trainers to compare to each other.Trainers now have a certain amount of Trainer Points based on their pokémon caught, battles won, distance walked, and medals (the latter act as multipliers).Trainers can compare to their friends, and can see a global ranking of the 300 best players in the world, in their continent and in their country.6. Interface and User Experience6.1 Notifications & InterfaceRight now, aside from a pokémon spawning, shaking your phone or the sound indicator upon nearing a pokéstop is the only "head's up" the game gives you for anything. That's why we're adding a new notification system to the game. Basically, we're making the interface more interactive.Changes:Nearby listYou can now buy filters to remove pokémon from your nearby list in order to only see more desirable ones.Shake/sound when a new raid spawns nearbyShake/sound when marked (see above) raid hatches or another player marks the raid.Shake/sound when incubator that has recently hatched has not been refilled yet within one minute of it hatching.Shake/sound when Quest spawns nearby.6.2 InboxThe inbox will hold more permanent/long-term notifications. It replaces the "news" section in your profile.EX Raid invitationsFriend requestsEvent Information6.3 Push NotificationsFully customizable Push notifications allow you to get the right information at the right time.Actually on time nowCustomizable:Friend messagesEvent informationEx Raid invitationPokémon knocked out of gymPokémon in gym under attack6.4 GO PlusThe GO Plus feels lackluster, and with the changes to stardust rewards for harder pokémon, we made some quality of life changes.You can now set the Go Plus to use Great Balls on pokémon over a certain CP treshold.Fixed connectivity issues with GO Plus.7. QuestsPokéStops will now periodically spawn a quest master for 8 hours (familiar faces from the franchise!), for which you will be notified. When near the PokéStop, you will be able to accept (or deny) a quest for which, upon completion and returning to the quest master, you will be rewarded. Rewards will include Rare Randy, TMs, Lures, Incubators, and maybe even a rare pokémon!Example Quests:YOUNGSTER JOEY: Catch 5 XL ratata.BROCK: Catch 15 rock types.SABRINA: Catch 10 pokémon in a row with only excellent throws.GIOVANNI: Catch 10,000 CP worth of pokémon....Quests will be fairly rare and have a limited completion timer, so be sure to check them out in time!8. Battle TowerBattle towers are an all new structure that will appear on the map. They'll be rare, so you will need to travel to reach them. At a battle tower, you can finally battle your friends and other attendees in real-time and prove who is the better pokémon trainer once and for all!In PVP battles you will choose a team from your own pokémon, but with their level set to level 30. You may only choose from pokémon at level (trainer level - 10) or above. (*) The selection screen will only display those pokémon.Choose a team from your own PokémonYou can only pick pokémon that are level (your trainer level - 6) or higher. (*)Pokémon you choose will have their level set to 30 for the battleMovesets, abilities and IVs will remain the same(\) Otherwise a low level pokémon could be worth just as much or more in PVP than the ones you committed to levelling up.*IMAGE: http://ift.tt/2j4GKAX can battle your friends in a private match, or enter a lobby to choose an opponent.Minimum level required: 20You can battle for free, or wager 10, 20 or 100 pokécoins. The loser will transfer his coins to the winner.IMAGE: http://ift.tt/2zPk3ZF. Community9.1 Community ManagerNiantic now has two dedicated full-time community managers, who will handle communication on social media, along with moderate an official Discord server. They will answers any questions they can on twitter, reddit, facebook and discord.9.2 Real World EventsEvents will no longer hand out region exclusive pokémon, since that drastically diminshed the value of region exclusives people actually travelled for. Instead they will make pokémon available that served the same purpose in the main series games: To be handed out at events. Those pokémon include: Mew, Celebi, Jirachi, Deoxys, etc. They will be made available through special event-only Quests and Raids.10. Bug FixesFixed "dodge glitch", that would cause pokémon in gym battles to lose health (and die) even after succesfully dodging, freezing them in death for the duration of their remaining life.Fixed battle timers issues to now match the same client-independent clock.Minor text fixesr... via /r/pokemongo http://ift.tt/2zMg7uR