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0 pointsTaek9y ago0 comments

I left the game because:

+ Disabled footpad tracking made it less fun.

+ Some update made it sluggish on my 10-month-old phone.

+ They don't let you play with Root (I have a workaround, but it's a pain).

+ Gameplay is highly repetitive past lvl 20

I just feel constantly trampled on. I'll waste my time with someone who treats me like an adult.

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daenney9y ago· 2 in thread

> + Disabled footpad tracking made it less fun.

That made me quit too. It's basically a slot machine now. You can't hunt anymore, you just have to accidentally stumble across something.

> + Gameplay is highly repetitive past lvl 20

I would say gameplay is highly repetitive in general. You're basically just throwing Pokeballs around hoping something sticks. Sometimes a gym battle once you get to that point but most gyms around here are controlled by people with such ridiculous levels and Pokemon that it's barely possible.

neolefty9y ago

I started just after footpad tracking was disabled, but now "Sightings" lets me track down 'mons just fine. Maybe it's more work than footpad? I wouldn't know.

hibikir9y ago

That only exists in San Francisco. Anywhere else, we are pretty much blind without cheating tools. Besides, the Sightings system is only helpful in areas with high pokestop density: Without it, the system wouldn't help: There are ZERO pokestops in a one mile radius around me. The nearest area with pokestops has 5 clustered together in a park... that has no pokemon spawns barring luring pokestops.

Third party tracking systems let me go with my son pokehunting in my subdivision: we could see a pokemon we want, and leave the house to look for it. Without that, the game is no fun, as a typical trip will only yield pidgeys and weedles.

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