Failure to adapt the game play to the game reality

Ive been a loyal player for over a year. Virtually from day one - currently at level 36. Ive endured the (many) app crashes, the slow feature evolution (still no trades...), and witness the decline in the numbers of players.
For that reason I find it shocking that the new legendary pokemons require an unrealistic number of players to get.
Folks - instead of rewarding your loyal players with a gamer advantage you set a number of joint players required to win a legendary gym fight to a level that is simply unrealistic. When was the last time youve actually seen 10 players congregate at a gym outside of the conference in Chicago - and youve managed to mess that one up as well. What reason are you giving me - a loyal player - to even attempt these gym fights? They are impossible to win because you no longer attract enough players. Get real, adapt your game play, and align it to your user base reality....and most importantly- reward your best and loyal players!!

Cheesynum about Pokémon GO, v1.39.0