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The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
I tried out the Battle System This morning. You can see one short battle I had and while there are some things I did like about the update I have to say that generally I am unimpressed. There are some great features here but the Bad is really bad.
First the good:
1) I am happy Niantic is finally updating the Battle System because I think it is vital part of the game that has been lacking.
2) I like that Gyms now have the ability to give items
3) The gym badges and having them give bonuses is really cool.
4) The restriction of requiring defenders to be different types of Pokemon is great. As is the restriction of limiting gyms to 6 Pokemon down from 10.
5) The ability to do Raids out of gyms is also really awesome and I can't wait for that.
6) I also really like the new graphics, the looks of the gym, and the graphic that plays before you enter battle.
The Bad:
1) Allowing defenders to add in new Pokemon after they are defeated means that gyms in popular areas will be almost impossible to take down. As an attacker you will no more than defeat a Pokemon Defender to simply see a new one dropped in. The Prestige system at least required the Defenders to battle their own mon in a training mode.
---->Alright one check to this I just learned. If you stay in the gym and keep attacking defenders can not add Pokemon into the gym. If you disengage to heal your pokemon they can then add them back. It is important to stay in the gym and heal your pokemon there!
2) The ability heal the motivation value of the Pokemon by any Defender also gives a massive edge to Defenders. This is the big thing I see that tons of people just drop hordes of raspberries on a gym until you stop attacking.
Overall: I like that they updated the gyms but geez this update makes gyms in high populated areas basically unplayable. It will be nearly impossible to take down a gym unless you get a massive crowd from your same team to help. I do think the update is salvagable though but something must be done to balance things for an attacker of a gym. Having extremely powerful gyms does nothing but discourage lower level and new players from playing the game.
What do you think? Am I crazy? Too Harsh? What is your impression from playing in the new gyms.
