Pokémon GO Machop 2021 Community Day review

Yesterday was Machop Community Day, the first monthly in 2021 Pokémon GO events. Did the choice of this Kanto Fighting-type Pokémon restore this once-eagerly awaited event to its former glory?

• Candy XL: Machop Community Day, and Roselia Community Day in February, will essentially serve two purposes. Newer and more casual players may be excited about the chance to have a Shiny, but coaches who have been in the game from the start have had years of luck with a Shiny Machop that they can evolve into a Machamp with a better attack than this exclusive move. The only appeal of this day besides “I didn’t already have the Shiny” was the chance to breed Candy XL for a useful species. Now, many will be able to maximize a Machamp at level 50, and absolutely no other Pokémon except perhaps with the exception of perhaps the ubiquitous Pikachu as it’s a prohibitive mechanic. Last year, Niantic dedicated Community Days to PVP movements in the first half of 2020, and cash that gets Megas mostly in the second half. If they decide to dedicate 2021 to the species for which we want to grind Candy XL, Community Day will never be the fashionable event again. A grind can be rewarding, yes, but there should be some fun and exciting elements to it as well.
• Business Distance: The extended business distance, added at the last minute, likely due to social media clogged with nothing but frustration with the state of Community Day, was actually a great addition which enriched this dull day.
• The bonus: Triple Stardust is still the best. Yes, another version, but this one has more practical advantages than Candy XL currently.

What went wrong in this area Pokémon GO Event

• Machop: Another day in the Kanto community where we have six perfectly fine generations in the game. Another species with its Shiny already released. Another attack on community day that won’t change a thing. It would be quite disappointing if Niantic did a of those Community Day downgrades lately, but doing all three at the same time… that could be an existential problem for this event.
• The Move: Giving cover to Machamp is cool, but he already has Rock Slide to bait shields and OP charged attacks. The only thing he can do now that he hasn’t done yet is hurt the psychics, but any psychic will be able to do a lot of damage with their quick attack before Machamp can get a refund. It may have niche use, but nothing like previous Community Day moves such as SmackDown, Meteor Mash, Rock Wrecker, Hydro Cannon, Blast Burn. You know, which was normal and normal.
• Greed: Paid search offered less Stardust and fewer items than ever before, with the same asking price. A microcosm of the community day as a whole, of course.

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Playing Pokémon GO it’s never do not fun. The problem is, when Niantic has made Community Days so fantastic in the past, a sudden nerf on several aspects of the event is going to make players feel like thought and care isn’t put into a game where the base of players injects billions. . Niantic needs to stop, listen and completely re-evaluate the current track he’s on.