Highlights
- Pokemon GO players are frustrated with the rewards they receive from hatching 12km Eggs, as they often get common Pokemon instead of rarer ones.
- Some players speculate that this might be a tactic to encourage players to buy incubators or walk more, which feels exploitative.
- Despite the complaints, players are still motivated to keep playing because of the chance to find something rare and valuable.
Some Pokemon GO players are complaining about the rewards they’re getting from putting in all the effort towards hatching a particular type of Egg. The resulting Pokemon that hatches often isn’t commensurate to the amount of walking they need to do, which used to be the big hook in choosing those Eggs to walk with.
Pokemon GO, the augmented reality mobile spinoff of the long-running Pokemon franchise, continues to be a major success for developer Niantic around seven years since its release. The player base remains highly committed to the title for various reasons, whether it’s the stream of constant updates to the available Pokemon in the game as new generations come out or the rewarding experience of playing a game while getting much-needed steps in.
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Reddit user stankyjanky69 posted a complaint about the 12km Egg (also known as the Red Egg), which requires the farthest walking. In theory, a 12km Egg should have more chances at a rarer Pokemon thanks to all the effort, but stankyjanky69 said that they keep getting more common ones like Sandile, Pancham, and Pawniard. The hatchable Pokemon available include the more preferable Deino and Larvitar, but they don’t seem to get those Pokemon at all so they’re calling for an update to the possible rewards.
Many other players in the Reddit thread agreed with stankyjanky69’s complaint, with some speculating that this is a way for the game to tempt one into buying items such as incubators, or possibly just walking some more. The latter is a preferable option since it would get a player even more steps that could improve their health, but relying on their need to gamble to possibly get a more rewarding Pokemon feels disingenuous and exploitative when Niantic could just sweeten the pot. Meanwhile, a few other players don’t mind the redundancy as it’s a reliable way to get the type of Candy they need.
Still, players keep coming back for a chance to find something good. The Pokemon games have always relied on randomness when it comes to their rewards, but when one chances upon something really rare, such as one Pokemon GO player finding a rare shiny Combee, it incentivizes them to keep grinding and playing. It’s just that Pokemon GO handles Eggs just too differently from the mainline games, where the player knows exactly what Pokemon they’re getting from an Egg.
The lively and engaged player base is a testament to the game’s winning design. It shows no signs of stopping soon, with Niantic announcing Pokemon GO‘s latest New Year event set to take place from January 1 to 3, 2024. The cute Gen 5 Pokemon Darumaka will heavily feature in this event, and players will be able to participate in special Raids and catch some rare Pokemon they missed out on in special events from 2023.
Pokémon GO
After a test run via an April Fools’ joke on Google Maps, Pokemon GO was released to the public in the summer of 2016. The AR mobile app saw unparalleled success and continues to be one of the largest mobile games in the world, pulling in billions for developer Niantic.
- Released
- July 6, 2016
- Genre(s)
- Augmented Reality
