"A brand new player can hit level 40 in 3 months by just opening gifts daily"

#PokemonGO: I just did the math and my mind was blown. What took many including myself over 1.5 years to hit level 40 (and many others are still working towards that goal) can now take a new player just 3 months (assuming those friends open their gift daily).  Facts:You will earn a maximum of 163,000 XP per friend once you both reach the Best Friend level (326,000 XP with a lucky egg)Only 1 friend is required to open a gift each day to progress your friendship level (which will also allow you to bypass the 20 gift limit and progress the friendship level of more than 20 friends each day)You can send up to 100 gifts per day (thank you u/svj111) The Math:A new player needs only 123 friends to earn 20 million XP in 3 months without the use of lucky eggs. Those 123 friends can be gained by posting your trainer code on social media and public forums. But since each player can send up to 100 gifts per day, only 100 friends will be needed. 100 friends x 163,000 XP = 16,300,000 XPAssuming the new player spins 250 pokestops daily to obtain those 100 gifts, and earning 250 XP per pokestop all over 3 months: 250 x 250 x 90 = 5,625,000 XPSending 100 gifts per day and earning 200 XP per gift: 100 x 200 x 90 = 1,800,000 XP Grand Total: 16,300,000 + 5,625,000 + 1,800,000 = 23,725,000 XP over 3 months   Assuming at least one of them opens 1 gift every day, that brand new player can hit level 40 without catching a single pokemon, completing a single quest, hatching a single egg, doing a single raid, ect. All they need to do is spin enough pokestops or gyms to send gifts to 100 friends each day and that goal of level 40 can be completed in just 3 months. I just found this interesting and thought I'd share this info as some of you might also find this interesting. *I'm aware that 500 XP is earned from spinning new pokestops but to simplify the calulations, I've excluded that extra 250 XP. The new player would have hit level 40 within that time frame either way. Edit: Corrected some calculation errors. via /r/TheSilphRoad https://ift.tt/2Obfj7g