Pokémon Go: Developer answers on open letter from the community

Because of the change of the Pokéstop Interaction Radius Inpokémon Go, trainers came together around the world. They focused with an open letter to Niantic. Now the developers answered. But the reactions of the trainers show disappointment.

What happened? In the last few days, the developers of Pokémon Go are in criticism.

• On August 1, some corona bonuses ran off, the Pokémon Go activated during the pandemic. Thus, coaches in the US and New Zealand must approach Pokéstops again to 40 meters to be able to interact with them. With the bonus, the radius with 80 meters was twice as large.
• Already on the 2nd of August, many coaches in the social media reported and explained that removal of the Corona bonuses for the players was a blow in his face.
• August 5 coach all over the world shared an open letter to Niantic. Among them the largest Youtuber to Pokémon Go and Important Content Creator. In the letter, trainers call for the radius to increase to 80 meters and what advantages that offers in the game. Above all, what disadvantages of 40-meter radius brings with it. With the hashtag #hearusniantic wanted to hear coach.
• On August 5, Niantic's team shared his answer to the open letter, which we show you here.

In general, Niantic says that you have heard the community and your demands. Niantic also shows how you want to react. But they do not just increase the Pokéstop radius.

Why Niantic changed the radius and what happens now

That says Niantic: On the blog of Nianticlabs there is a longer statement on the open letter (via nianticlabs.com). We bind you the translated form here in the article.

To our Pokémon-go community:

We thank you for your letter and all your feedback. We hear you. We are very impressed by your reaction. Not every game has such a passionate, global player base, as we luckily.

Like all other people in the world, our team has also worked very hard to adapt to the global health environment. The recent changes in the exploration bonus, which we made in the US and New Zealand, aim to restore some of the basic elements that players enjoyed 2020 players, and to reward players for exercise and exploration. Niantic has made it a task to encourage people to explore, move and to play safely.

The health and well-being of the players have top priority for us. For this reason, we introduced the new exploration bonuses in selected regions in which it is considered safe to stop outdoors. The research shows that walks are safe outdoors and bringing several health benefits. In addition, the promotion of exploration is in the open air of Niantic's mission. Nevertheless, we will continue to observe the health and safety guidelines with regard to outdoor activities and make changes if necessary.

We have heard your feedback to a certain change - the interaction distance between Pokéstops and Arenas. We reset the interaction distance in the USA and New Zealand from 80 meters to 40 meters because we want people to connect with real places in the real world and visit places that are worth explaining.

However, we have heard your suggestions loudly and clearly and therefore take the following measures to address the concerns you have expressed: we will put together an internal, cross-functional team, which should develop proposals, as we will inspire our mission to inspire people to inspire Together the world to explore, maintain and at the same time can respond to the specific concerns that have been expressed in terms of interaction distance. We will announce the results of this working group until the next season (September 1). In the context of this process, we will address the community in the coming days so that they join us in this dialogue.

Our goal is to create entertaining and captivating experiences that remain true to our mission, and we thank you that you challenge us with your attentive and constructive feedback.

The Niantic Team

Source: Nianticlabs.com

"So you do not want to change the distance"

The players react: On Reddit, Niantic's response ensures numerous comments (via reddit.com). However, the mood is rather pressed there.

A player cites the penultimate paragraph of the letter, which acts via the internal team and writes "so no. You do not want to reverse the changes in interaction distance. "

User DAVE5104 says (via reddit.com): "I am pessimistic what the 'results' are concerned with which they will reign. A simple answer to all this would have been: 'We will back the distance [change] while we discuss internally!' But not even this bone throw us. It sounds like they have already decided and did not want to tear off the pavement a second time. "

Other questions, which should mean the justification of the 40-meter distance. This is how AgentNeko (via reddit.com) writes: "80 meters interaction distance makes it impossible for us to connect us _mit true places in the real world and visit places that are worth explosing it?"

Player Mybham suggests as a solution that you have to approach a stop at 20 meters if you visit him for the very first time. After that you should increase the interact sistance to 80 meters (via reddit.com).

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What do you say about the answer from Niantic? Do you find that good as you now react to the players and is that an answer that you have hoped for the open letter? Or can you still find the 80-meter interaction distance anyway and would be satisfied if it is reduced to 40 meters again?

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