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"Game is more broken than usual."


#PokemonGO: To start off, this isn’t a general “niantic sucks!!!” post. I take them with a grain of salt, they can be better in a lot of areas but this isn’t what this post is about. I know these subs have been flooded with reports of all these glitches but it’s just incredibly frustrating trying to play this game right now as it currently stands.The game is extremely broken right now, more than usual, and it’s been happening since the shuckle event started iirc. I’m playing on iOS with the most recent update on a newer phone, no changes to my phone service so nothing has changed on that front.There’s a myriad of bugs that’re plaguing the game recently. I saw claims when they first arose that it was due to all the increased event spawnpoints that were activated for the shuckle event, and I could believe that. I was fine with it and just dealt with it because the event was really fun.But it’s been a long time since that event ended and they’re still plaguing the game, seemingly for no reason other than that they had to be new bugs introduced at some point to the game that haven’t left:-The “Pokemon couldn’t be found” glitch is one of the biggest ones. Usually, reloading the app fixes it but I just tried to click on a sandshrew and reloaded the game 10 times to see if it would go away and it didn’t. I got the glitch every single time and just couldn’t click on it. GOD FORBID if that happened to be one of the lake trio instead of an event spawn. (This shows how problematic this bug actually is.)Now, I could also believe that these bugs are still here because niantic was focusing on fixing things like the dodge glitch. However, even though I’ve seen evidence of it being fixed, I’ve also seen evidence of it still existing, and I’ve seen newer raid connectivity glitches posted to these subs since then. So I don’t know if that’s even the case.-In raids, the party you select now sometimes randomly will switch back to the auto recommended team once the raid starts. I’ve had this happen to myself and people I’ve raided with as well.-Tons of new visual bugs: the pokestop visual bug, “all your Pokemon have fainted” incorrectly appearing when beating a gym battle, etc-Massive gps drift not due to phone service: ever since the Easter event I’ve seen this happen to myself and most people I’ve spoken to about the game.-General connectivity issues not due to phone service: I and lots of other people have experienced really bad connectivity issues, for example the game basically freezing during a catch, ending at the last wiggle of the ball and just freezing, forcing a reload. (Which doesn’t save the capture)-No exit button on raids on certain versions of the game and devices, making people fail raids as they have to reload the game while everyone else continues the raid, wasting a pass, items and the encounter (Which could be shiny)-Pokemon appearing then immediately disappearing on the overworld for no reason, not due to the game refreshing your connection to the serverThis is just to name a few of the new and persisting bugs/glitches off the top of my head. It’s extremely frustrating trying to play the game right now. This game has always had bad bugs, but the game seems just straight up broken right now for no reason, with no acknowledgement of it by niantic either. (although don’t really expect much there.)I play daily and it’s just super aggravating trying to get exercise and play this game right now, because all of these bugs (and more) impede doing so, so badly. Seriously, it’s just broken right now and there’s been several “bug fixing” updates since they started appearing that’ve only made everything worse. This needs to be fixed soon, badly. All the money they’ve made off of this game and its players, this is just kinda unacceptable imo.TLDR: games broken right now.Edit: forgot the massive visual downgrades as well on backgrounds and Pokemon’s textures, not even consistent based on the phone it’s being affected on either. via /r/pokemongo http://bit.ly/2GY4Qum
"Game is more broken than usual." "Game is more broken than usual." Reviewed by The Pokémonger on 07:11 Rating: 5

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