This past week was Air Adventures in Pokemon Go. I really enjoyed this event and give it an A.
Positive: Wednesday Night Raids almost felt like the old days. People were not live where I was, but at least 10+ people were in my raids during Wednesday Night Raids. I saw someone I did not know playing in a separate raid once. I saw a few named multiple times in Raids I did not know. Even if this is one day only, there was a greater sense of community last Wednesday. I also welcomed the new Megas as there are still plenty left that we could roll out Megas on a more frequent basis and have material for years.
Positive: The support raids were all top notch. Charles, Lapras, and Togekiss are all highly sought after, by me at least. Charles is one of my favorite Megas and a favorite Starter. Lapras is the tank that is a lot of fun to fight since it can be touch and go. With a good Lapras, you can use it in so many different ways. Togekiss is currently one of the top Fairies in the game right now, if not the top (until a Fairy Mega is released).
Positive: These three support raids also did not distract from the feature raids, the new Megas. It was also a nice break to only have 3 other Raids out there. Sometimes the sheer volume of T1/3 raids can be highly distracting and disruptive. The support raids can take over the numbers and make finding the feature (and other desirable raids) difficult. This should be used only once in a while though… like a new Mega or something else that is highly sought after is in the T5/Mega Tier. Example: If Mewtwo was ever released in T5 or when Mega Mewtwo is released as a fine example.
Postive: The 7k eggs had a rare 50% highly desirable rate. Togepi is the baby Togekiss – highly sought after. Noibat is a rare dragon which is a 5k/candy to walk and therefore very difficult to evolve as it is 400 candies to evolve. Tough decision as to which was more desirable! Emolga is rare enough normally that it is a nice consolation prize. Mantyke well… at least in my humble opinion is not as good. Still, it is something that is not seen very often, so it’s at least OK.
Positive: The 1/2 egg hatch distance made it easy to roll those 7k eggs over a few times and get many chances at the sought after mons. Even after getting as many presents as a Trainer could, the 1/2 distance cut the other eggs shorter so that Trainers could clear out space for the next day. Well thought out!
Negative: With this being an A and not an A+, you knew there had to be something negative. The catch 10 Pikachu was poorly planned out., at least in my experience It was frustrating wondering where all the Pikachus were. Contrary to the 30 Flying which were dime a dozen, Pikachu was very difficult to find. I was expecting at least semi-common status for Pikachu. Considering that this was Timed Research in conjunction with the new Megas, I was shocked at how hard it was in my experience to find Pikachus. Getting a decent chunk of first Mega Evolution energy (16%) or most of the immediate re-evolution energy (83%) was important to many. We are still adjusting to the new Mega dynamics and being able to finish at least 2 full energy cost evolutions is very helpful.
Overall, this was as close as to a completely desirable event experience. Next Mega should have a similar event designed around one or both of the types.
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