"As a long time player, I'm not too happy with Niantic's direction for the game."

#PokemonGO: I understand a business needs to make money, but this winter event is just really an unnecessary money grab now especially for newcomers.Every winter since the game started, Niantic has done a winter event where Ice pokemons show up in the wild. Now they're requiring an $8 fee for a lackluster Galarian Mr Mime and the use of incense for ice pokemon? To me, I have a bunch of incense lying around but pretty sure newer players do not. What annoys me about incense is that you have to wait for the next pokemon. It's just one pokemon at a time. Make multiple pokemon show up just like in the wild.I mean this is just one of the annoying things Niantic has been doing lately. Here are others thats been mentioned here:-two different raid passes when every pass should just be the same -rewarding players for not purifying pokemon -lack of spawns for event specific quests -crappy egg pool. I mean there was a literal trash in the 12km egg. -lack of distance trading -removal of Legendaries from the weekly reward and placing weird common pokemonI know theres more, but i want to know your guys' concerns about Niantics direction?There are some great features im happy about but it doesnt make up for all the shit practice ive mentioned: -increase distance to spin stops/gyms -lucky friends -increased shinys during community dayHow about new features you guys like?Sorry for the rant. Just annoyed by the new event cause i need to finish catching more ice pokemon. via /r/pokemongo https://ift.tt/3mvEXnn