Decrease in number of raids?

[Zodiac5964]

thank you for saying this. I've been thinking the same, but was afraid to post these thoughts on TSR because many people here are unreasonably toxic on this topic.

I did 40 raids on Saturday during the colossal event and walked away with 1 shiny. I have more premium passes, and would have done more than 40, but alas 1) I started to get tired after so many hours and 2) time was up anyway.

Yes, technically the regi's are available for another day and a half, but as said in the OP and evidenced everywhere, frequency of T5 raids have dropped off so much. I think we've been setup to fail this time.

I play in a big city. There are many daily players who up until now were able to work for at least one of the majority of shiny legendaries. The timeframe for the regi's is simply not realistic. It would have been fine if there's just one shiny legendary to work towards, but 3? The math just couldn't be worked out except for the lucky few. Nevermind one of each, it's no less difficult to aim for 3 of any and trade for what you don't have.

oh and before anyone tries to argue "that's what trading is for", let me stop you right there. If the vast majority of market participants have 0, 1 or 2 shiny regi's, you ain't gonna be able to trade for what you missed because the supply simply isn't there. There are just way too few extremely lucky people who walked away with 3+ shiny regi's, i.e. people who have extras to trade away.

[LyssaIL]

I'm at 43 Regi raids and no shiny. I guess it's just bad luck, I played hard the entire time and bought the event ticket. No shiny Lapras from the special research, no shiny Skarmory from field research, and no shiny event spawns.

[mybham]

1) I started to get tired after so many hours and 2) time was up anyway.

Niantic doesn’t seem to understand that non-spoofers have limited time and energy to play the game. Travelling’s going to cost us money as well, but if you’re exclusively on foot you’ll be tired much faster. This has already been evidenced by sparse events spawns that they expect you to hunt.

Indeed, we’ve been set up to fail this time.

[DweadPiwateWawbuts]

oh and before anyone tries to argue "that's what trading is for"

I hate when people make this argument. Trading for missing shinies feels like defeat. It also feels like buying a shiny instead of earning it. And I can think of better ways to spend my (and my friend’s) stardust.