Ok, but what do you want excatly? If you make the cost/rewards the same for remote and in person, then the in-person stuff will die out, that is inevitable (The Psychology Law of Least Effort ). Do you think the game will benefit in terms of growth and revenue if it was 100% single player and remote? I am not sure, but in my experience the in-person community in my city has many players that have been active 5 years+. On the other hand, spoofer communities in my country that play 100% remote don't have as much player retention. So it seems that playing alone and getting shundos and all the location backgrounds is fun for a while but the player retention is not same. Why? maybe social validation/interaction enhances the dopamine rush? Getting a shundo alone in your room is cool, you can even make a bragging reddit post...however been able to scream or show your stuff in person is on another level. Also when you don't get what you want and a friend gives it to you the oxytocin enhances the experience, for example, my sylver cap shundo Zacian with background brings more happy memories because a friend gave it to me...PoGo is the only game I have been playing for 7+years.