I quit battling gyms.

I’ve spent more time raiding and catching new stuff for past few days, while other teams now have full gyms with decent health. I think with Rayquaza being easier to beat, people want the coins, they want gym control for better rewards, the bigger boxes are worth buying so they have more Golden Razz than they can hold onto.

I’m awake at 3 am coughing and no gym placement gathering coins. Might go and early sweep a few and check to see if some of the gyms are so big bc spoofers are some of the ones placing and berrying

The gym system seems to work well when you have the right ratio of players to gyms in a particular area. Not enough people means your mons don't get returned for days so it's hard to collect coins; too many trainers and you get the the problems described above.

I'd love to see spoofers taken out of the game somehow, to see what difference it made. Then, if there's still a problem in places like Singapore, why don't they just introduce more gyms to get the ratio right?

[BTW, hope your cough gets better soon, devshaw. Not being able to sleep really sucks.]

Post this on their twitter, they can't hear u here lol. You're basically getting nothing accomplished

I only do it to test pokemon now. It's pointless to take them down because gold razz feeders are already making the situation insanely hard and nobody survives long enough to get 50 coins. Best is like 30.

What? I've never encountered any of those problems. Nobody I know has.

...Oh wait, yes I have. Everyone I know that plays has.

Welcome to the club.

The problem isn't the gym, it's the competition for the gyms you're specifically competing for. If you want a tamer experience you'll have to go somewhere less competitive. Even if it's not convenient. There are gyms near me that I simply don't bother with. The competition is too high. And it becomes a bragging contest on Discord. It's a waste.

There are plenty of other gyms around that require effort to get to. None of the problems exist except that they are a pain to get to. So - you have to pick your poison.

Or keep taking gyms that rotate as fast as a merry-go-round. But be prepared for continued drama if you target them.

After playing with one account for a year and a half, golden razzberry feeders are the main reason why I am seriously contemplating a second account.

Yeah save your sanity and gas and just drop a fiver for 550 coins once or twice a month. Going out of your way to find and hold gyms isnt worth the resources