"Why Pokemon GO needs league teams instead of static teams"

#PokemonGO: I think more than anything, if Niantic wants to insist on having turf warfare and setting us against each other in the search for coins and balls, we need "leagues." Non-changing sides really hurt gameplay- ask any MMO veteran, especially PvPers who've experienced the difference between faction warfare vs. guild warfare. Mystic, Valor, and Instinct don't need to be replaced, but "league teams" should use different themes and rotate.For example, there could be a season called "Grass wars." For the next three months, people join Team Bulbasaur, Team Chikorita, or Team Treecko. These teams would be for a limited time and take over the gym systems- bulbasaur people can take a gym for their team, earn coins, and if they raid their, deal damage as a team and get bonuses based on bulba-power. After three months, there's some token prize (badges? shirts? shiny of the winning team's mascot spawns?) and a new theme enters the scene.The idea is to fight stagnation and break up monopolies without forcing people to reroll. MMOs like World of Warcraft have servers that are heavily one-sided, and people don't need to be in the same part of the country to play. When players get frustrated with their meta/lack of raid balls, it gives them a reason to quit. Leagues, instead, give them something to look forward to: a new season to maybe be on the winning side. It also lets friends (new and old) be on the same team if they weren't already.For those on the dominant teams, fighting for the right just to get into a gym is also frustrating and causes same-team griefing through multi-account shaving. Having shifting teams decreases this by shuffling the population around so no one team should be dominating for too long.The original teams should still exist for unique flavor (quests!?) and maybe even be used for a few days between seasons. It's too late to scrap them, and asking people to leave their current teams would cause too many issues. Having something that changes and is temporary could solve a lot of issues, not just with the game, but in social circles. via /r/pokemongo http://ift.tt/2FbGY6j