In “Pokemon GO”, the community is springing up as the appearance range of wild Pokemon suddenly expanded. However, this specification seems to be a bug and is being discouraged as being reverted.
The beginning of the matter was reported on June 23rd. A Reddit user reports that the appearance range of wild Pokémon has been expanded in “Pokémon GO” version 0.275.0. Various investigations were conducted. “Pokemon GO” strategy sitepokemapiUntil now, wild Pokemon appeared within a radius of 50 to 60 meters from the player’s avatar, but after the update, the range has expanded to within a radius of 80 meters.
It’s a small specification change, but it has a big impact on gameplay. Since finding and catching Pokemon is the core of the game, it’s nice to see them appear more widely. The SNS community was overwhelmed with joy as it became possible to catch Pokemon in places that are usually out of reach.
However, this specification seems to be flawed. Developer Niantic explained this specification on June 28th. It is explained that the expansion of the appearance range that some trainers have confirmed was a bug that occurred along with the improvement of the specifications. He said it was an unintended change. Comment that this spec reverts to what it was before. However, he explained that he will optimize the encounter part with Pokemon in consideration of user feedback.
Some Trainers may have experienced an increase to the current interaction radius. This was the unintended effect of a bug fix intended to improve the Pokémon encounter experience when your device is experiencing GPS drift. While we’re reverting this change, we will take your…
— Niantic Support (@NianticHelp) June 27, 2023
In the first place, some people think that this specification is a bugthere were many. This is because there are many such problems in “Pokemon GO”. Also, Niantic is very cautious about changing specs regarding these distances. On the other hand, it is written that not only will this specification change be reverted, but that user feedback will be taken into consideration. This is probably because something similar happened before.
Due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, “Pokemon GO” has undergone a temporary specification change. As one of them, the accessible distance of PokéStops/Gyms in “Pokemon GO” has been increased from 40 meters to 80 meters. However, more than a year after its implementation, it was announced that this accessible distance would be restored from 80 meters to 40 meters. In the end, this specification was deferred due to a large backlash from the community (related article).
In other words, this bug is a phenomenon reminiscent of the bitter “80 meters uproar” for Niantic. Therefore, it seems that he announced that he would listen to the voice of the user regarding the specification return. I can see that they are being cautious. Regarding the announcement of the rewinding, we have received a sad reply immediately. Facing a second 80m ruckus, what will Niantic do?
