From a humble rural player (plz read this is important)

I have been playing Pokémon Go since release, me while I am a huge fan, I need Niantic to get their act together and help out us rural players. I am going to list out all of the things wrong with rural playing, and give pointers on how to fix.

First of all, spawns are an absolute joke out in rural areas. Since then you have increased spawn rates, however all that has accomplished is increase the amount of crappy Pokémon that I come across. Please Niantic, increase RARER spawns, because even a rock or fire Pokémon gets me excited at this point.

Second of all, while the new gym system is MUCH improved from the older system, it still has its flaws. The first is the 50 coin max, as the limited gyms in these areas are always changing hands. That way, is you hold a gym for longer its really an accomplishment OUT in rural areas, yet no real reward is given. The other thing that needs to be changed is less about rural areas, but if more then one Pokémon get knocked out in the same day, only the first rewards coins. This feature is absolutely ABSURD considering we still worked to get those other gyms, yet get no reward.

The third feature that needs changing is raids. I love the feature, as it has already helped me to get several new Pokémon. HOWEVER, in rural areas, good raids are far and few between. So when I find something like a Snorlax or Tyranitar raid I get really excited. Thats all well in good, except for the fact that their cp is too high to beat without any other players nearby, (remember that rural thing?) so I have never beaten ANY OF THEM! (Still dont have A Tyranitar)

The fourth is being led into by my third, and that is the new legendary raids. Legendaries have been hyped up ever since the game came out, and not only am I sorely disappointed but I will never get one. Again, good raids are far and few between, so finding a legendary raid is hard enough. Then I can never beat one because there are no players that play near me to help with the raid. And say that for some reason I actually do complete a raid (which I wont) then the catch rate is THREE PERCENT! To make it fairer, I think they should do two things. One of which is a suggestion and the other is something that absolutely needs to happen. I think a good idea would be that the legendary raid cp should not be a determined thing, and should be created by the amount of people who are in the actual raid. That way it would still be really hard, but not impossible for rural players to complete. The other thing that needs to be implemented is the increasing catch rate of legendaries to at least 15% considering beating them is hard enough. Maybe they could also have an event where all of the already released legendaries are put in raids and their cp cut in half (if they dont do the auto scaling cp).

Again, I love the game but they need to better scale it towards rural players just as much people in the cities. Please re-comment any of my suggestions that you find fitting so Niantic can see!

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