It's because Pokemon only last 15 mins in a spot but the tracker in game isn't properly in sync with the servers. So things show up on the tracker when they're long gone.I walked 3 miles total today in 4 directons looking for a Chansey with 3 feets. It appeared all over my near by page but I never found it.
I want that Chansey!
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Pokemon GO update removes footprints from nearby tracker
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plutoknight
Member
They probably won't ban you for having a jailbroken phone (but they'll know your jailbroken)
they probably WOULD ban you for having a jailbroken phone and using that to get any illicit hacks/spoofs/etc. and using them in game.
I don't know if a similar check exists on Android (the game never has prompted for root access, anyway, unlike other apps that 'check' to see if you have root like the Battle.net app or various banking apps)
Moral Panic
Member
They also reduced the range of seeing Pokemon from 100m to 70m (51% reduction in area) so it's a lot harder to catch even if you are really close.
GG
It's because the footprint Poketracker is such an easy fix that people have decompiled the game's apk and used that to code client-side fixes that are just as accurate as the launch Poketracker was.
This should have been client-side all along, since clearly it isn't preventing GPS spoofing...
Wait, how's that a 51% reduction?
RIP Pokémon Go.
Everyone I know who still plays just uses GPS spoofing.
Game is broken, and all this "they'll fix it later" optimism just seems naive.
I'm done. Double whammy of living in a rural area and not being able to keep up with the cheaters makes the game incredibly pointless.
Everyone I know who still plays just uses GPS spoofing.
Game is broken, and all this "they'll fix it later" optimism just seems naive.
I'm done. Double whammy of living in a rural area and not being able to keep up with the cheaters makes the game incredibly pointless.
veloxStrix
Banned
Radius.
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Deleted member 231381
Unconfirmed Member
Because the area of a circle increases with the square of the radius, so a reduction of 50% in the radius is a reduction of 75% of the area.
BoboBrazil
Member
Already had a huge drop off in players around me. Not seeing a ton of people out walking anymore or cars all pulled up at a pokestop. I see a couple of players at the park now, but that's about it. Now I'm seeing Dragonites at every gym too(never spawn around here)
That 100m to 70m reduction doesn't matter for most people. It's not connected to the "Nearest" list, it relates to in what radius the server gives you exact GPS coordinates to Pokemon. But the app itself has its own limit of 50m, so it won't show any Pokemon to you unless they come closer than 50m. The app knows about the exact location of Pokemon in the 50-70m (previously 50-100m) radius, but since those are hidden from you, the experience for the user will be the same.
Ooh wait. I was doing the circumference equation in my head, not an area equation. Silly me.
If it was meant to be only casual, there would not be IV's.
giancarlo123x
Banned
The thing didn't work at all, they'll put it back when they figure something out im sure so relax.
Spring-Loaded
Member
I don't play this game, but even I can see how this could ruin the experience.
I'm more surprised so many people used it. I e been playing since the beginning and have never been able to use the tracker not have I heard people successfully use the tracker. Not that I am the end all be all of Pokemon go but it seems like this might be a gaf issue more than a real world video game problem.
Not but this is a major sign of incompetence considering this feature was a big part that enhanced the main point of the app.
But no, I guess everyone critizing this decision must be salty because it turns out the amateur developers who run this actually have no fucking idea what they're doing.
Yeah, it's been obvious from the start they're in over their heads. Pokémon Go is a great premise with an absolutely abysmal implementation. I quit playing like a week as the game ran like complete fucking shit. This seems like a disaster for anyone still trying to enjoy this game. Niantic really needs to hire people who are actually good at making mobile games.
EDIT: Never mind. You clearly liked the game at one point enough to be disappointed with it now, that's understandable.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
Not gonna lie I got bored of this game a few days ago. There's only so much I can do and so many drowsee's to grind and whatnot.
Don't really care about this footsteps thing. Oh well, the Go craze was fun while it lasted for me.
Don't really care about this footsteps thing. Oh well, the Go craze was fun while it lasted for me.
Risk Breaker
Member
They're fucking up real hard :/
This is a discussion forum. He can state his dislike of this app as much as he wants as long as he's being respectful to others.
It's like Pokémon Go lovers don't want people saying mean things about their little game especially in a hardcore gaming forum where stuff like this gets scrutinize to hell and back.
It's because of comments like "developers have no fuckinf idea what they're doing" that makes us somewhat disregard the aforementioned criticism against Niantic. It's perfectly fine to be frustrated, but to level comments like this without actually knowing what they're doing and how hard they're working behind the scenes just feels in my opinion incredibly immature.
They could at least write in the changelog that they work on it.
Boo freakin hoo, they'll put it back in when they can. This shit is so minor it's not even funny.
Minor? It's the only way to actually go catch Pokemon.
Agreed. So many people act like threads are for people who like a thing, not people who have opinions about a thing, positive or negative.
It's amazing to see this game flounder though. They captured such an insanely massive audience and an astounding amount of attention and have squandered it. Most people I know have dropped it, new features haven't come in, bugs aren't being fixed, features are being removed, etc. Honestly, Niantic deserves every bit of criticism they get. They got lucky by slapping a Pokémon skin on Ingress and had no idea what to do after that.
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Deleted member 231381
Unconfirmed Member
It's even a step back from Ingress, at least XM is visible in Ingress and not hidden from player view.
mangochutney
Member
If you want a list full of Rattata, sure.
Walk more
The Pokemon that will appear like that are most likely trash. I don't need another Pidgey. Before when things like Dratini popped up nearby I would go out and actually hunt for it. Why would I bother doing that now? There's pretty much no chance of me actually finding it.
No? I walk around, check if there's something new on the nearby. If it appears, it appears, if not, I'm sure it'll appear later down the line. Not like there are hundreds of Pokemon out there, there's only the about 150. Not like there's a timer on this specific generation being out there either. People gotta chill out, but that's something difficult I guess.
BoboBrazil
Member
Sure go out and walk miles in 100 degree heat hoping you might stumble on something other than a weedle, caterpie, pidgey, or rattata.. Easy to say when you live in an area where it doesn't get hot.
Uno Venova
Banned
Go to someplace busy.
"Hunt for it"
I agree, they could let us know exactly what they're working on, but I feel that some people are almost DEMANDING it.
We don't know what they're working on, but there are two cases, right?
1) They are working on it.
2) They are not working on it.
This game has made them substantial amounts of money. It's obviously a feature that they intended to be in the game, or they wouldn't have released with it. Do you honestly think they aren't devoting time and resources to keeping the golden goose alive?
I have no idea, they could very well be scrapping it, but to jump to that conclusion seems odd, and to be as hyperbolic as some are seems way over the top.
In the country?
Complistic
Member
For more rattata, brilliant.
Sure, I agree. Niantic appears to be dropping the ball in terms of communication. I wish they would hire a community manager but that shit takes time, and when I am assuming all of their resources are going to making the game actually work I can understand why there is a hole there. There are a ton of problems I personally have with Pokemon GO. My main point in my post however is that the tone of the discourse needs to be less vitriolic.
Great input. If you bothered to read the thread you'd see plenty of people posting who can walk plenty far around their local area and see the same 2-3 Pokemon over and over. This may sound like a novel idea to you, but everyone's experience is different depending on location. In rural areas the game is almost universally shit in terms of what Pokemon can be encountered.
Regardless of what the issue is for the end user, some people will blame them for Niantic's failures. My friend lives in Southern California and has no pokestops nearby. She ran out of balls and the game is basically over for her. I'm sure if she posted here, someone would suggest she move to a place with more stops.
"Walk more"