"Niantic, please introduce "flares" or something similar."

#PokemonGO: It would be extremely helpful if you could walk up to a raid and set off a flare that would put fireworks or something above gyms to let people know you're there and want to raid. I live in a city that has TOOOONS of gyms, but that's honestly the problem. During an event like this, there's not any particular gym people meet up at to raid. They'll go anywhere, so you have a ton of 2-people teams sitting a block away from each other, not moving because they think someone will come along to their raid instead. The only good method for hoping to meet a team in the wild is just using the raid pass and hoping someone sees you in the gym.There's also a gym next to my house that always has a raid going on. I never go because I assume no one is ever there. If I opened up the app and saw a flare, I'd practically run.-Flares would last until the user enters the raid or walks out of distance of the raid.-You could turn on or off notifications about nearby flares.-Flares would appear as a red flare, fireworks, etc above a raiding gym, much like incense do.Edit: People complaining that I should just use Discord or FB. If your game almost always requires a third party chat system to coordinate being able to actually play the game, you should be trying to improve it. This is a change that benefits everyone and hurts none. via /r/pokemongo https://ift.tt/2yPkIL6