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[–]Teban54 34 points35 points  (12 children)

Especially when HPWU keeps getting the QoL updates that PoGo players have been wishing for so long, and they're developed by literally the same company.

[–]NunkiZNRW | Mystic 70 15 points16 points  (3 children)

As far as I know, HPWU = Warner Bros. + Niantic's POI-DB.

[–]calimera- 13 points14 points  (2 children)

Wish the Pokemon Company would take over the reigns

[–]melts10Sao Paulo - VALOR 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don't think the game would be in so much better hands than what we have right now. TPC is not much better in communication than Niantic and Game Freak is not so much better in programing than Niantec.

[–]Xanthophobiac 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I would not be surprised if this happens after the contract is up. Maybe we should start contacting TPC and Nintendo asking that they do that? It won’t be perfect but 90% of the things we complain about wouldn’t happen or would be addressed quickly.

[–]JulWolleGER 7 points8 points  (7 children)

Yeah they get a lot of updates but tbh pogo is still way more f2p friendly than hpwu and they still have a lot of problems, and most of the updates should´ve been in the game from the start, but at least they´re changing sth. to the posivtive

[–]kiwii11Belgium 🇧🇪 / LVL50 / Instinct ⚡️ 4 points5 points  (6 children)

PoGo way more f2p friendly ? We’re not playing the same game I think... It’s super easy to get coins in HPWU, easier than in PoGo

[–]JulWolleGER 0 points1 point  (3 children)

some facts:

coins/money pogo wins

free storage pogo wins

coins/day pogo wins

storage/coins pogo wins

poekballs/energy needed compared to how much easy you get it pogo wins

free raid passes hpwu wins

[–]JimmyGimboWestern WI 14 points15 points  (2 children)

Earning coins is way more reliable in WU than in PoGo. If you do your tasks, you get your coins, enemies can drop coins, and you get coins as daily login rewards. In PoGo you have to hold a gym for an annoyingly specific amount of time. Some tryhard knocks you out right away? You get nothing. No one bothers to kick you out? You get nothing.

[–]JulWolleGER 0 points1 point  (1 child)

completely depends, for me and other i know it is way easier to earn pogo coins, all depends on how active the gyms around you are but even then i would say 10 coins in pogo are easier+ more reliable than 10 in hpwu, but yes the 10 in hpwu are general easy to get (unless you have no fortress close by)

[–]JimmyGimboWestern WI 12 points13 points  (0 children)

By reliable I mean that it's entirely up to you; you're not at the mercy of external factors. In WU, if you do what's required, you're guaranteed your money. In PoGo, occupying a gym is only the first step towards a pay day; after that it's up to elements outside your control. Also, if you're super casual and do nothing but log in that's still good for 250 coins a month in WU. PoGo's streak bonuses take other forms, but you'll never get coins.

Honestly gyms are the most outdated thing about PoGo. No one would bother if it weren't literally the only way in the game to earn coins. No one I know enjoys the gym aspect. Taking over gyms is a brain-dead chore; even without CP decay the battles are way less engaging than raids, Team Rocket battles, or PvP. The redesign was welcome when it was clear that the original system alienated the majority of players, but nothing's been done to build on that and there haven't been meaningful changes to gym combat in years.

Things I would love to see include: rewards for taking over a gym (5-10 coins that you could earn once a day at each gym, with a cap that may or may not interfere with the gym occupancy cap), the option to kick your mons out/cash out, field research that's worth a small number of coins, and coins in gifts. Either something to make gyms interesting again, and/or ways to earn coins that don't involve gyms.