"Australia's New Pokecoins System Trial - a week later report from Perth"

#PokemonGO: To sums up, based on the feedback from various local groups in Perth, Western Australia.Gym becomes a hostile environment. Literally almost everyone fighting for their spot in the gym. I've witnessed people shouting at each other, almost got into a physical fight because someone took down their mon before they got the coins.Pokecoins income reduced by 66%-75% as it takes longer time to gain. Players used to get at least 30-50 coins a day by standing by on a gym for up to 8 hours a day. Now players have to stay for at least 25 hours, meaning that it takes 2 days to get 50 coins from the gym if some are lucky enough. Moreover to get the same coins turnover, players need to occupy at least 3 gyms to get 50coins a day within 8hours. Some don't have the privilege to access multiple gyms around them & those that are able to are very lucky.Due to this, more players are seeking for a quiet/obscure gyms that less likely to get taken down. Those gyms are, but not limited to, community centre, tiny playgrounds, library & similar that got closed down due to COVID19 lockdown. But at the same time, more players are aware of the obscure gyms & start becoming a race of who gets there first. It's a double edged sword.Local group gym coordinations become a very common topic. Players that belong in a local group are more tolerable & cooperative each other, but those outsiders aren't & the players in the groups starts calling names to those outsider that took down their mons. Some even starts a vengeance scheme to take down the outsider's mons from the gym immediately.Golden Razz become much more valuable consumables. Players keep feeding their mon with Grazz to keep their mon as long as possible. Some even keep their phone on all the time and/or at least turned on the notification. This becomes an unhealthy habit for people to always stand by on their phone. However since the only way to obtain this is from the raid & special research, it somehow become an exclusive item for new players, but not so much for established players that already amassed so many Grazz.Coins tasks are surprisingly well received? Most players throughout the local group that I've observed liked the tasks & felt that they are easy enough to complete in a few mins, including the Win A Raid task. Some wished for the number of tasks to be reduced, some are happy as is.Surprisingly less players actually bought boxes, instead they bought more 3x Remote Raid Pass bundle. It's more affordable (around 83coins/pass), faster to get & more convenient for players to raid. Players now set the coin goals to at least 250 coins instead & no longer aim for 1000+coins for the boxes nor Premium Battle Pass.No reports about Incubators & Lucky Eggs.EDITED TO ADDIndirect result of point #4, some local group players becoming too aggresive to outsiders. This somehow includes new players, casuals & players who are not in a chat group. No matter how old are you, how ignorant are you to the Pokemon Go news, if you take down their mon from the gym some will start bullying you. Some are more forgiven as they understand not a lot of people aware of the coin system, but those that are bullying are the absolute worst. I witnessed a local group player getting angry to an outsider who took down his mon, it turns out that outsider is a retiree lady within their neighbourhood that isn't in the local group. She's just an old lady to play this game for fun with her grandkids, not even aware of the recent coin system trial.​TLDR:The new pokecoins trial system in Australia brings out the worst of the community, at least in Perth.1coin every 30mins is too long & on the long run makes the community fighting each other for a virtual currency that affects their daily routine & habit.This needs to be stopped, revert it back to 1 coin every 10mins like before or at least adjusted to make it not so punishing for casual players who rarely occupy a gym.More reports as we keep continue playing in the future. via /r/TheSilphRoad https://ift.tt/36iH9rR