Level 35. Been a long, tedious journey but here I am still playing loyally BECAUSE of the investment in time & DOLLARS Ive put in... pulling into parking lots for pokestops & being questioned & suspicioned by bystanders & cops, explaining to them "Im only playing Pokémon go!" There is no way to play this game without DRIVING past enough pokestops to collect enough pokeballs often enough to play this game effectively. We cant just go to the same parks & walk through the same 2 or 3 pokestops repeatedly & be able to effectively play this game trying to catch a programmed 137 CP NASTY Pikachu that jumps out of 5 berries, 4 pokeballs, 3 great balls, 1 ultra ball & then runs away. There is NO WAY to collect enough pokeballs to keep up without driving by pokestops to collect. AT LEAST LOWER THE TIME THE POKESTOPS REPAY. We cant pull over where many of these stops are located in the middle of the day in the midst of traffic. This game is a major investment in time & gasoline. We tend to creep around at night to visit these places when there is no traffic. Ive had WAY too many run-ins with police & Ive had minor accidents (plural), & now a citation. Maybe you SELL pokeballs this way, but this has TRULY become NOT a fun game. Then NASTY Pokémon steal your balls as often as they do, and to regard the time one invests to drive out to distant Pokestops or pay money for balls? Niantic programmers believe theyre HELPING for less car accidents. no no no... theyre actually CAUSING MANY MORE accidents as traffic stops & slows & piles up & people creep around trying to travel under 20 MPH.
Same ol same ol... I guess we gotta burn out sometime right? SAME POKÉMON on every gym. Let me guess... Dragonite? Rhydon? Of course. Make gyms value OTHER Pokémon to defend them using IV rating or something else. Let us battle our friends somehow... I want to see my other Pokémon defend gyms! But limited CP Pokémon get the bottom of Gyms & are booted out quickly. I wanna battle more, but I gotta go drive to the same old churches. lame :/ Sorry guys. Im devoted. But I rate ONE star for lack of creativity to fix these issues & keep the game exciting for players at high levels; Also for the greed. I feel like if I was on the creative team, I could do better with my empathy for having played this game as seriously as I have for as long as I have. Im sincerely upset with my investment in money & time. I cant imagine what Ive spent on this app. 8-Ball Pool would NEVER steal this way from me. Very addictive & awesome concept; very greedy company the way they play. ONE STAR.
FelixTruvere about Pokémon GO, v1.33.1