Not many gyms, roads not accessible for walking, increase in remote raid pass cost, 3* shadow raids being near impossible to solo, and just not knowing when I’ll find a 1* raid or be lucky enough to have someone help me with a 3* and up… so sad and I’ve been trying so hardš
by Tatertot1292
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Good luck š„² I have a lot of gyms near where I live, but most of the raids are 3*+ and my friends that do play it aren’t as interested to go out and do them with me so I feel you. 20 more raids to go.
lol as of right now I am at exactly the same point
It might be worth a trip to a city near you on Saturday for raid day. For $5 you get 8 raid passes plus 2x stardust and 50% xp from raids. You also get 5 free raid passes plus your 1 daily free one for a total of 14. You could knock out half of what you have left in a few hours.
I did like 11 raids in 14 days and then released I honestly did not even want to try that hard. I stopped trying and just accepted I wouldnāt get the master ball.
Iām at 39 and do plan to go into a city when the mega Garchomp event starts
Cries in full time job
60 raids is way too much
Yeah, someone plays close to me because I can’t stay in gyms for more then an hour, but I’ve not seen them yet, so I’ve got no one to raid with unless I remote raid with my friends. If I was still back home in the city this would be fine. Instead in a new build dead zone with no stops or gyms within a mile. I used to have a top outside my house and then 7 gyms in less then a mile away, most half a mile.
Doing better than me, sitting at 10 raids.
But I noped out of completing this, FOMO does not motivate me with this game nowadays.
Im stuck in the exact same position. I completed all the tasks about a month ago but doing raids is near impossible for me so I still also have like 30 raids left in 14 days. I wish we got an extension for getting this far.
I’m in the same boat so I feel your pain!
I think I read on a different post that if you donāt finish this task they will let you just buy the completion with money. No idea how much it will cost though
I’ve also got only 30 done, issue is I barely have any gyms near where I live so it is almost impossible. I’ve had to mostly use remote raid passes. And I can’t even get coins to get more since my pokemon are not getting knocked out š¢
I think this is niantic taking revenge on all the players who have refused to spend money on the game, especially after doubling the prices of remote raidsā¦
āOh yeah? Have fun with thatā¦ā – niantic
I live in a city of 60k.
…and I’m also in this spot, sometimes it’s just to cold to go outside and play
I live in a big city and STILL struggle to do this many raids š
Only have 5 left.
Tristemente a Niantic le importa un Bledo tu situaciĆ³n de juego…Llorare contigo hermano, el sentimiento es el Mismo **Procede a llorar**
*Cries in not having car*
In pokemongofriends i almost find everytime people if I need help for a raid š
I’m taking the L. Didn’t Niantic say they were going to make the master ball purchasable after event? For a short time I heard.
Iām finished with this already! I did around like 80 or so raids, averaging around 0-4 raids a day! Used my Master Ball on a Galarian Articuno and was lucky to get a 3 star one!
Iām two more in front but is there raid day this weekend?
Rural player here: we use the map function in Campfire a lot to see current and upcoming raids. We also mobilized ourselves as we need cars to get from gym to gym and we organise meet ups during raud hours. Since we got active and took Initiatives like that, my amount of raids has actually finally taken off.
Xampfure and seeing if there’s peoole in a raid lounge actually helped a lot. The rest is just putting in some effort and crossing fingers that it’ll be sufficient.
you know, campfire exists?
You just gotta spend $50 on passes š
I started playing a little more again recently to try to complete this for another master ball, and in my area (decently populated with stops and gyms) it feels like there are a ton of shadow, mega, and legendary raids that nobody wants to do, and 1 or 3 tier regular raids are almost non-existent in comparison.
Even for the research I get, it’s a ton of stuff that takes a decent amount of time to complete, and a lot less ” make an excellent throw” “make 3 great throws”
Probably just anecdotal but it really feels like they are trying to make it harder for people to complete this.
If there’s a chance that you have ~20-30 premium passes and can travel to a nearby bigger city / park next Saturday, we will have Mega Garchomp raids for 3 hrs. Most gyms should get a Mega Garchomp raid, and most likely they will refresh each hour. So in theory a park with 10 gyms could get em all done in 3 hrs.
But I understand your struggle.
Sadly, this game isn’t an equal opportunity thing, and rural players got the short end of the stick on this research as always.
Supposedly, if you don’t finish it, you can buy a special research ticket when it ends after the 21st for another master ball.
So, if you’re planning to spend money just to finish this one, I wouldn’t and would just get that ticket instead.
Best of luck and condolences.
Fuck shadow raids honestly
College campuses are amazing for PokƩmon gyms and stops.
Fellow rural player, finished this week’s ago…
That really sucks. Are you able to drive to an urban area during garchomp raid day? That’s probably going to be your best bet.
Hah! I’m at 22 done. But I can’t get enough coins from gyms to do enough remote in time to finish, so I won’t. I really wanted another master ball to ignore
Well if you are a hardcore player, there is almost always a way. But honestly. I have 2 accounts. Gyms near me. I go downtown almost everyday. I can beat 3* raids solo, i can beat mega raids with just my 2 accounts i have a ton of passes. And i still havent finished. 60 raids is just a chore….
I cry in no mobile internet. I only have 1k
I gave up š I have no gyms nearby and itās about like a 10-15 minute drive to the nearest one where nobody is at. I donāt even have a car since I share with my family so I gotta walk to that gym if I want to raid. Pogo really be a game for city people.
I feel your pain! I keep having to do them on the way home from work and go waaay out of the way and look for 1 stars or any I can do myself.
Just recently started using wayfarer to host the raids and got a few people to help that way.
I still donāt know if Iāll make it before the time is out though.