I don’t know why you seem to think that wandering around aimlessly is playing the game “legit”. The game launched with a tracker. Being able to actively hunt down pokemon is core gameplay. You may be content doing basically nothing but that doesn’t make your play style any more legit than people who actually like to…

If you live somewhere like New York that is feasible. I live in a rural town that has 4 pokestops all at the park. I walked 6 miles in 4 hours around the track. Ollecrong balls at the stops and going around the loops of the park. ZERO Pokémon spawn at the park. No one lures non stop and everyone runs out of pokeballs.…

It sucks. No tracking = no real way to hunt for pokemon and “play” the game. It went from a game which got me outside to play, to a game i now play when im outside anyway.

Here’s the thing. I heard they made something like $10 million/day at one point. Hire someone. Now. A lot of someones. They weren’t ready for this game to explode like it did. They need more hands on deck now. The money is there.

Niantic has been terrible at communicating with its players. Maybe literally taking money out of their pocket will send a message that they can’t ignore.