but it's already been fixed by IV/CP randomization. were you unaware of that? you're not guaranteed to get a 100% if it currently is a 100%, in fact you're more than likely to drop it below 50% that's the cost of trading, and the likelihood someone is willing to trade a Salamence for another Salamence just to play an extreme game of chance isn't too high unless both parties have a trash Salamence and have nothing to lose
When I said strong, I was talking about level, not IVs. Let's be honest here, IVs give such a small boost that they are only important if you're looking for a trophy, or are in an extremely specific need of the extra bit of damage/HP/bulk in a battle. A low IV, but high level Salamence is still a powerful Pokémon. It takes a lot of candy and Star Dust to boost a Pokémon's level, and it takes effort to earn that candy and dust. It takes little effort to search the online trades.
no? it's literally making it easier for them. now you can just contact a spoofer, have them spoof to your location and trade their 'ill-gained' pokemon to you. w/o range restrictions there would be literally no reason for anyone to contact a spoofer or try to spoof.
Hmm, I guess I hadn't considered that. Either way, spoofers still benefit, but at least the current system still stops botters. And there would still be reason to trade with spoofers if there was no range limit, as the spoofers have bigger collections, and are likely more likely to trade them for cheap, due to how easy they got the Pokémon in the first place. They'd be like the discount store.
you're not socializing anymore than you would before. my brother and i literally just shared codes with people via discord and now we just do the normal stuff and with the IV/CP changes nobody in our discord is trading with anybody unless it's for a Pokemon they need/don't have
But if you want to trade with someone, you have to meet them face-to-face. That's where the socializing comes in.
niantic just wants money can we literally be honest here? trading with other people lessens the chances people will spend money on items they need for raids, hatching eggs, and other activities in the game.
Of course they want money, that's why they made Go in the first place. I never denied that. But look to the last word sentence you said, and replace "spend money on items" with "spend the time." Both statements would be true. While Niantic wants your money, they also want you to play the game in the first place. Whenever I called something game-breaking, what I meant was that it's something that would lead to you spending less time playing the game, and to Niantic, that means less money.
And, just because they want money, doesn't mean they don't want other things. They've made clear that they have the goal of getting people to go outside and interact with each other. The fact that they want to make money, just as any other company does, does not mean that they don't care about anything else.
to the game-breaking part just reread the first thing I said
Sorry, not sure I'm seeing what you want to say.
and again that point is moot because you'd literally be able to trade with people from other countries to get the pokemon you want for a pokemon they want such as Tauros for Mr. Mime, Relicanth for Tropius, etc... Limiting it just makes it easier for spoofers to open a black market in their local area.
Better local black markets than global ones.
