Interesting. I was actually under the impression that it was a glitch. It happened around the time that those 26~ countries in Europe went live iirc.
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Pokemon GO update removes footprints from nearby tracker
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Interesting. I was actually under the impression that it was a glitch. It happened around the time that those 26~ countries in Europe went live iirc.
Hibiki Kurosawa
Member
Whatever. I don't care. If they can't figure out how to fix it, then yeah just remove it. It was annoying seeing the 3 footprint symbols under every single fucking pokemon no matter what I did.
Icyflamez96
Member
Have you heard of your lords and saviors stardust & candy
Nests brah
Starters, dratinis, etc all have nests, which solves the candy problem and requires 0 tracking
As for dust, it doesn't matter what kind of Pokémon you catch and you also get a ton from hatching eggs and gyms. Which again requires 0 tracking.
Conkerkid11
Member
It looks like they nerfed it and made it so you need a 5 second delay between scans. Both apps I use already allow me to adjust that, so it's no big deal here.
But it's a step in the wrong direction. So far they've kept their word in regards to bi-weekly updates somewhat. But they nerfed the nearby function weeks ago without an update by changing something server-side. Now that they've actually patched the steps out, it's even less likely we'll receive a fix anytime soon.
The previous fix would have just been an adjustment server-side. Now we need another patch.
It's not broken. It's a feature that was intentionally shut off on their end. They know how to turn it back on. They're just not going to.
Removing the feature doesn't reduce server strain. The only way it reduces server strain is by encouraging less people to play the game.
Not anymore!
Complistic
Member
Doesn't do any good if they can't keep the servers up with it enabled.
What do you mean? I thought nests were just rotated/swapped around, not removed...?
Haven't played the game since the footsteps stopped working, anyway. Having nothing but trash Pokemon everyone and then never knowing when I'm actually closer or further from actual worthwhile ones kinda killed the wind in my sails. At this point I'm more interested in playing a real Pokemon game.
Yeah, now that I've hit level 20 and there is nothing to get in the areas I am in I don't see a point. Hatching eggs is the only decent thing to do now and I'm kind of tired of it at this point since I don't get great stuff. Not seeing a whole lot of different pokemon.
TheGeniusArcana
Member
What exactly happens at level 20 that makes the game so pointless? Seriously asking, I have no clue about this.
Given that I'm level 26 and still having a great time, I clearly missed the memo
All Dratini nests were downgraded to Eevee nests, so good luck finding Dratini.
FireBeaver
Banned
Well, that's certainly one way to fix it.
XP thresholds for each level shoot way up. Some people don't like this as it effectively cuts off your access to Lucky Eggs, Incubators, Lure Modules etc without buying them.
Jim_Cacher
Member
Not really. My friend found 7 Dratini yesterday, He said it appeared every 15 minutes near multiple lures.
AlimNassor
Banned
Whats pokevision?
Lures are not the same as nests. Realistically I've seen plenty of dratinis spawn in lures near bodies of water even though they don't normally spawn there.
TemplaerDude
Member
This thing is turning into one of the biggest fumbles of all time. A game that should have had terrific lasting power is being hamstrung by a complete and utter lack of communication on Niantic's part. This is gonna be one for the history books.
Jim_Cacher
Member
I see. Thanks for the clarification.
It's embarrassing that a company in 2016 can fuck up a launch this bad. Server problems are whatever. But how hard is it to pay a PR person $40k a year to alleviate 90% of their problems?
All it takes is an active Twitter account, some emails sent to press outlets, and an official blog. Have updates every 2-3 days with goals, issues, concerns, and so on.
This isn't hard and it's so obvious.
All it takes is an active Twitter account, some emails sent to press outlets, and an official blog. Have updates every 2-3 days with goals, issues, concerns, and so on.
This isn't hard and it's so obvious.
Kind of crazy how so many companies are learning how to market using Pokemon Go, while Niantic themselves seems to have no clue how to engage fans through media.
brokenbeans
Banned
and so the urge to delete the game gets even harder to resist, but resist he does the question is for how much longer?
Honestly I was hoping for more variety in the appearance of Pokemon but nothing all the same shit.
Honestly I was hoping for more variety in the appearance of Pokemon but nothing all the same shit.
You have to go places
Personally this was the feature that kept me playing, not the gyms, not the pokestops or the usage of items, but the encouragement to walk around finding "treasure" in the form of the pokemons I wanted guided by a proximity gimmick.
I havent played this game since the 3 step bug hit me and wont play this game until they bring it back.
I havent played this game since the 3 step bug hit me and wont play this game until they bring it back.
You should hit them up because you seem to be an expert.
brokenbeans
Banned
No shit.
That's not the only thing the update removed. Seems to have removed every bit of info that said I had progress. Post-Update, it wants me to start from scratch despite my login info being the same. (Post-Update it asked me to sign up again...)
I had so much stuff. Now it's treating me like I'm a new player. This is disheartening.
I had so much stuff. Now it's treating me like I'm a new player. This is disheartening.
Maybe I will. Thanks for friendly push. Now my dreams can come true, all thanks to you, buddy.
BoboBrazil
Member
They also make it ridiculously hard to catch Pokemon so you ha e to use multiple balls to catch them because they are greedy. They also took out the trick to catch Pokemon with one ball because they are greedy.
then I'll jailbreak my phone and feel no regrets when my account gets banned lol
Games losing steam hardcore. I saw no one in the park today playing when just last weekend there were 50-100 folk chilling there. Lures also scarcely being used now. Theres not enough to keep you around.
Bog
Junior Ace
Everything is a high enough CP to make them annoying to catch, but not high enough to be the best one in your inventory. So a 500 CP Clefairy takes 4 pokeballs to catch, only to get immediately transferred. Then you realize you're wasting your time.
For real. The hype almost completely died around last weekend during comic con. I was expecting everyone to be playing, but instead the game was the butt of everyone's jokes. People are only talking about how awful it is now, especially after the presentation.
SapphiCine
Member
It wasn't before?
As someone that doesn't live in a too dense city, the footprint system was bad from day 1.
Visit some parks or high traffic areas.
molnizzle
Member
I go to a decent park every other day and walk about 5km along the trail... I say again, WTF is a nest?
Most of us use pages like PokéVision anyways so...
But yeah this could be a huge turn off for the millions of people that look for Pokémon based solely on the nearby feature. They will don't know how close or how far they are from the Pokemon listed there and it could get frustrating pretty quickly, making the work of catch them all a truly impossible task.
Like, for real! In my case, If it wasn't for Pokévision, I would had stopped playing since the day the footprint indicator got screwed and I would be filled with nothing but Pidgey's and Rattatas. It's incredible that the main feature of the game wich is finding Pokémon, has been an absolute mess since the game launched and I hope Niantic fix this soon
But yeah this could be a huge turn off for the millions of people that look for Pokémon based solely on the nearby feature. They will don't know how close or how far they are from the Pokemon listed there and it could get frustrating pretty quickly, making the work of catch them all a truly impossible task.
Like, for real! In my case, If it wasn't for Pokévision, I would had stopped playing since the day the footprint indicator got screwed and I would be filled with nothing but Pidgey's and Rattatas. It's incredible that the main feature of the game wich is finding Pokémon, has been an absolute mess since the game launched and I hope Niantic fix this soon
It worked awesome when it was in. It was so much fun. The day they broke it was the day that the fun was sapped from the game.
Same thing happened to me, turns out they automatically logged me into the wrong gmail account. Pretty crazy.
And why did they remove the battery saver mode? It would occasionally bug out but 95% of the time it worked fine. I really hope they made the app drain less battery to compensate.
Mr Fahrenheit
Member
How dare they remove a non-functioning feature that did nothing but confuse users, most likely while they come up with a way to fix it. What am I going to do without that literally worthless piece of information on my screen?
Most of us use pages like PokéVision anyways so...
But yeah this could be a huge turn off for the millions of people that look for Pokémon based solely on the nearby feature. They will don't know how close or how far they are from the Pokemon listed there and it could get frustrating pretty quickly, making the work of catch them all a truly impossible task.
Like, for real! In my case, If it wasn't for Pokévision, I would had stopped playing since the day the footprint indicator got screwed and I would be filled with nothing but Pidgey's and Rattatas. It's incredible that the main feature of the game wich is finding Pokémon, has been an absolute mess since the game launched and I hope Niantic fix this soon
FYI they ip banned a bunch of VPS providers which is why pokevision is down. Hanke hates the idea of players tracking pokemon so much that he removed footsteps and shut down all hosted pokemon maps on the same day lol
It boils down to a communication problem. If they said they were removing it while fixing the problem since the bugged out steps were confusing users, most people would be fine with the change.