Is Pokémon GO Pay to WIN?
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Long answer: most definitely, short answer: yes
I'm sorry but this game is about either raiding or pvping (or collecting, which you have to raid for...) and both those activities need strong mons with stardust, candy, xls, etc... so you definitely have an edge when you pay.
@@yurishorino633 Well said. I dont think it is fully p2w but you have definitely an advantage if you pay. However as a f2p player myself im hitting the leaderboard from time to time just by avoiding the Master League. So it is possible to perform decently in PvP without spending money.
@@hdvblankyy Yeah! It is definitely possible but you are limited to a certain extent.
Absolutely pay to win
yep unless you pay its over id say.
Lol I love the guy but the fact he's trying to jumble words to make it sound better is not working we play we all know 😂
I still pay and sometimes don't win. I've been pulling back on spending unless its a raid boss legendary I really need
@@lewismcelroy6946I hit level 50 in under two years free to play
I agree
200 coins for 50 space capacity that's all I'm going to say
💯, why isn’t it the opposite
Coins aren't that hard to get though
me thinking the exact same every time I have to get storage...like, WHY????
You can have that every four days if you really apply yourself 😅
Why the need to max bags?i play everyday,still have pogo bag 4500 item bag 5700 be good at delete stuff you dont need
It’s so unfortunate that the it’s true
The old niantic felt like a member of a the community who understood our problems and resolved them and now niantic have also become like other big companies who get consumed by greed on gaining popularity
Except they aren't even gaining popularity.
@@Theparadoxd7 Yea they are losing it but they are lost In their own world
Niantic definitely tricked you into thinking they cared about you in the beginning of them game it was all an act to get an initial following they just stopped acting🤷
Its a buisness. Get over it.
@@Blazing_Shadow just like free2play people who brag about 5 bucks
It's pay to win to the extent that it's annoying, we old players know about it more than anyone. Even the bonuses during event that used to completely free earlier are locked behind paywals now
I’ve been playing for eight years. Have I won yet? I can’t tell.
They don’t want you to “win” or feel like you’ve completed the game, because people would stop playing. They’ll eternally rob you where they can of feeling like you’ve succeeded at completing the game.
none of us can LOL
I feel like the phrase "pay-to-win" invokes a specific image of other games where the "winning" is a lot more cut and dry, whereas with a game like PoGo "winning" is a bit different. That being said, yes. Without question.
If an immobile rural player has no balls, the default option Niantic expects them to take is to spend money. Obviously there are resources for adding friends and such so these things aren't as significant of an issue as you'd think, but it's just one of many examples on how PoGo operates in its own ecosystem of paying to win.
Good points
4:40 Daxi: "I don't think we have (plazas) in Canada."
Yonge Dundas Square: "Am I a joke to you?"
soon to be Sankofa
It’s not a plaza. It’s a concrete square with slots for water spouts. 😂
@@No-One-Important-Here it's a public square, aka a plaza. Look it up. I did.
@@PoolKid75 Excuse me. I wasn’t clear. Let me rephrase, It is a “square of concrete”. A concrete square (as in the shape not the location) can be misleading.
Yes, Yonge Dundas Square, YOU ARE A JOKE!!
I had a friend try to get into pokemon GO completely free to play and the thing that ended up pushing him away from the game was the storage. He would tell me that he would struggle to catch any new pokemon or spin any stops because his storage was always full and he didn’t know how to manage it. When it became clear to him that he couldn’t keep a copy of every pokemon with the basic storage Niantic offers he quit.
Pokemon Go is definitely pay to win from the fact that if you have no friends in your area to take down legendary 5 star raids, you can't get any legendaries.
The game is pay to progress 10x faster.
New York has gotten to host enough Go Fests already. It's time for Toronto to get one.
cope Sadge
??@@TheWaross
Would love to see one in Toronto
@JustinObi54 probably not gonna happen, but I would love to see it. At the very least a City Safari.
I'm just cynical 🫠
@@TheWaross okay but what's with the cope comment? Why are you being a troll about it? And who is Sadge?
Yes. Unlike most games it’s also pay to win irl
Something for go fest in the states that i feel like is overlooked is traveling. People think that anybody that's in the states could just drive there for a couple of hours or fly there for cheap is wrong, it's far. It's like flying from london to moscow, not to mention the expensive hotels
I’ve been free to play since 2016. The casual game experience is excellent. If you’re diligent with gyms you get like $3 worth of poke coins a week. The issue isn’t that you have to spend money on the game it’s that spending money on the game isn’t worthwhile and you have to spend hundreds of dollars to see any return
Ya it takes alot of money to really get value
the water is wet
Water actually isn't wet, it's a proven fact. Look it up.
So fire is burned?
Apparently that's debatable due to what does "wet" mean @joshwall4263
I don't think sinking money in the game gets you as much of an advantage as location does. The trade off urban players have for paying more to live in a populated city is vastly more spawns (for free IV, shiny, candy, Stardust, and exp grinding), Stops for free resources, in-person community raiding power, and multiple Routes for trying the Zygarde Cell RNG on; in-game they may only need to pay for Incubators and battle/raid passes, but they really don't need to pay for anything else to build up a healthy account (in terms of collection and battle teams).
For rural players, spending money can almost be a necessity to make the game more enjoyable and in some cases playable. The most desolate players may need to buy Balls just to keep playing, and because legendaries (except for Mythicals) aren't truly free anymore (not since they were in Research Breakthroughs), many of us need to spend money for remote raid passes to get any legendary at all, even Mega Pokemon depending on the community size. Some may want to get the paid Timed Research despite how dumb the concept is, just for extra encounters to make up for a lack of spawns. My point is, for rural it's paying to keep up with urban.
Good point about location
good stance on the ripple effect thing! I personally have a more active example which applies to me:
One day, in order to get tickets for a music festival, I joined a group chat via reddit. That lead to me meeting a bunch of my now closest friends all over the world. That lead to me traveling to asia, deciding to study there for an exchange programme and now moving to asia for work. Ive met friends, found love and learned so much, all because I wanted more info on how to get tickets for this festival. I understand its a process of many small steps and lessons and decisions like you said but it truly does feel like that one key moment lead to so much greatness.
Really appreciate you taking the time to go through the comments and actively getting back to us. Makes me feel seen and part of the journey. Keep up the great things dax, enjoy the remainder of the travels
Thanks for sharing that is an insane story - its crazy how every choice leads to completely different life
Paying in Pokemon Go allows you to reach certain things faster and have bragging rights. Is this considered P2W? Maybe, it depends on how you view the game and what goals you have.
For example, if you want to play Master League PvP and reach Legend, you need strong legendary Pokemon. What is the process of preparing a legandary for ML? Raiding. More specifically :
1) find a hundo or at least an 98 % with max attack iv
2) gather the necessary amount of candy and XL candy
3) use those candies to reach level 50 and teach a second charged move
The process above can be done for free by doing one raid per day, whenever the pokemon we want is on the rotation for 5 star raids. Let's assume it stays for a week. That results in 7 total raids, not much at all. However, if I spend money and buy a lot of premium passes, now I can do more than 1 raid per day. If I do 10 raids per day, now I have done 70 raids. More chanses for the hundo, more candy and more XL candy. So compared to an F2P, I will reach the pokemon to level 50 faster and this will allow me to participate in the Master League faster.
ok example, but when it comes to pvp, u can play other leagues that dont have legendaries. You can still reach legend that way, so no need to go hard on raids.
@@randomizerofdoom9255 totally that. Last season i got to 20 mostly by Little Catch cup. There I was using a lot Charcadet who worked perfectly. Ofc someone can say that i hatched him only because i paid for the incubators but You don't have to pay for them and hatch him anyway. It will just take longer.
Good example, I used to go hard on raids… especially when they were introduced, it didn’t seem a problem to spend money on this hobby cos I needed more coins than I could collect each day at gyms. Raids were fun, in person, and with fellow players who formed the local community when raids dropped.
I live out of the city so during Covid to keep up that intensity of playing I relied heavily on remote raid passes to continue to collect good mons and at same time contribute to others dex too.
The remote raid pass nerf changed how I play. I won’t spend more coins than i can collect at gyms. I no longer buy coins in the shop - a good 75-100€ a month saved by me; and I will only buy in for 0,99 cents community day events; the other themed events with more Pokémon behind a paywall just no that interesting to me.
Im a F2P so I Only really use money on some of the big events, but mostly just buying stuff with the coins I grind.
really dont think its pay to win, there is pay for making it "easier" with more changes if we are talking raids, but at raid hr, I meet up an take 2 with the daily's raid pass, only more if its a good legendary that will help me out in the long run(mega evo)
But think the way they use raid, are a pure money grab, where most of the time you dont really need it, an there are just as good alternativs that are easier to grind the candy for.
Last but not least, SHADOWS, again put in raids for money grab, but the grunts an leaders I personally find fun to do, the kinda better shiny odds on the leaders, but now just the normal shiny odds on some on those on grunts is nice + extra dmg, whats not to love there, since it take some "work" to do.
Just today I got my nr 3x 100% shadow, out of 6960 grunts an leaders. Chimchar, Staravia an Metagross.
I find that pacing is the key. How I pace myself determines my outlook on the game. If Im going hardcore and still missing out on something, I do feel the pressure of a paywall. If not, I can focus on different things, like medals, reaching Lv.50, figuring out new PvP tactics etc.
In short, yes. While its true you can get everything for free (the pokecoins system), its a lot slower so expanding storage is more pat to fast, but raiding is definetly pay to win, i can save coins for a month and the best offer ill be able to buy as f2p is the 1025 coins box with 15 passes, but another player can just buy 100 passes or more and theyll raid a lot more than me, therefore having an advantage in for example gbl. And yes, in person event are also p2w, you get early acces for some mons and stuff and youll defo get it easier than in the global fest
To sum up, pokemon go is p2w in pvp (specially in Master League) and even pve, since it grants you lot more of resources and better pokemon
Not really, it’s pay to PLAY, you can throw thousands of dollars down this thing and that’s not guaranteed you’ll get even ONE hundo. Not to mention shundos…
Niantic's major blunder is not providing signature moves for raid bosses. This issue extends to other Pokémon as well. Additionally, the boxes are essentially loot boxes, and there's the problem with the egg scam.
What app do you use to auto reconnect goplus after it disconnects every hour?
Seeing that Keldeo was only available through a ticket (December 2022) and hasn't been released since for free tells me it's pay to win.
Sometimes I find him when spinning pokestops. So he is available.
Keldeo it’s not relevant in pvp so that’s not a good example of pay to win, that would be more like pay to have a premium stuff even if it not helping you win more
@@guauguaugaming8061 Good point. I could be as many consider completing their Pokédex as "winning" the game.
But you're right, real pay to win could be found in raids.
Sure it will be released later
Whats the thing where if you hit the pokemon and the ball bounces back at it calles and how do you get it ❤
Pay to win isn’t just about winning. It’s about being able to buy power and making time consuming tasks quicker. Even if pvp didn’t exist. Spending money on things like raid passes and incubators allows a player to build up their roster and power much faster. A free to play guy may have like 10 raid passes and catches a nice legendary…but doesn’t have the candy to power them much. The player buying a bunch of raid passes will get more candy and probably a higher IV pokemon to power up just cuz more opportunities means better odds.
well its in the name pay to win right? So is it not about winning?
What is "winning" anyway? A lot of ways to "win" in this game that money can't help
Is this in response to my comment before about being a free-to-play player and reaching Level 48? (I haven't started watching the video yet).
I'm almost level 41 completely F2P. Been playing for almost 21 months. How long did it take you to reach level 48?
@@nancyzipperer8819 went from 35 to 48.5 in 15 months. 92 million XP in one year.
@@nancyzipperer8819I been playing for a month as a free to play and I'm at lvl 28. It's slow but doable.
The key word is “advantage”. Games are by designed to be competitive, whether it’s yourself or against others. Paying always give you an advantage otherwise why pay. Regardless if it’s collection or pvp. Paying will gives you advantage to get a Pokemon faster, powerup faster which help raid easier, better to obtain a legendary, shiny, better IVs, more storage. A person can spend a life time as a F2P and never complete their pokedex. So just picking PvP is the only advantage is a little incentuous. No hate here for any P2P, happy for y'all. Have fun everyone! The most important part is have your expectations set accordingly. As a F2P player, my expectation is very low as to getting what I want or need. Developer makes money by selling things that gives you advantage period!
What me and my husband have learned is when you spend money on the game, the shiny chances increase. We have played and not spent a dime and didn’t get any shinys. We spent some money and the very same day shinys appeared lol ninantic rewards you when you spend actual money I swear lol
I need to come play with ya'll then. I pay and my shiny luck is trash. 😂
Pure coincidence ahah
Opposite for me. I've spent more money since the Origin raids than I did in my time playing from 2016 till then, and my shiny rates have gone down significantly. I think I've maybe caught a dozen since the Origin raids, comm days notwithstanding.
ETA, went out with a buddy today to hatch some eggs. Got a shiny Litleo from the free timed research. I know they're boosted odds right now, but the timing on that is glorious.
That's just confirmation bias, and I've seen worse RNG than what this game has.
This is how religion starts. It’s just confirmation bias.
What I find is the most expensive is double moving legendaries, and maxing them out for the Master League. I would like my Shadow Mewtwo to have Psystrike and Shadow Ball, but I don't even have it to level 40 yet. The most obscene show of wealth is watching Brandon Tan do a raid with six, maxed out, Shadow Metagross,
Is reaching level 50 winning? I am halfway through 45 and haven’t spent a dime.
This game is CLEARLY Pay 2 (something). The way I see it, there is no 'winning' at pogo. If you dwindle the p2w aspect to the only place that's 'competitive' it would be GBL, and even still you can 'win' the battle, but there is no ultimate 'war' to win. There is no "I beat pogo" there is only "I accomplished what I set out to do in pogo".
true good point about there isn't really winning in pogo
As long as you’re paying to get something before others then it’s a pay to win. Trying to dumb down this game by saying “it’s only collecting Pokémon” is trying to convince yourself and others it isn’t.
Im trying to keep an open mind and understand the situation - you are not winning just cause you have something before others that's not the definition of winning
Essentially what it boils down to if there is a multiplayer aspect to the game that allows you get ahead or progress faster buying spending money, it’s P2W. Call of duty used to have stat changing variants in supply drops that made it pay to win.
Tour event in NYC next year!! Unova is based off of NYC.
Is reaching level 50 winning? I am halfway through 45 and haven’t spent a dime. And I just won my 100th showcase.
Definitely enjoy your ramble sessions and intuitive thoughts. I have issues with lacking inner confidence. I feel im more conceeded/arrogant instead 😅
I JUST got my carbink up to level 50 with the last event. And now it's not really as meta, so those who had it up to level quickly by attending GoFest have an advantage over me, and more time to learn to play the team in PvP, etc. We would still need to put time in to the game to learn about PvP specifics, etc, but I spent a TON of time hunting this one pokemon, that I could have been spending on PvP instead if I were able to have the Pokemon sooner. It's not a clear "win," but definitely an advantage, and that's just one Pokemon. I do appreciate the discussion. :)
I'm unsure if I grasp your justification here. I believe there's no valid blame on players who used real money to gain advantages in shiny collecting or to build a more competitive team in GBL; it's their decision, and they earned their rewards from the game they deserved. If your aim is to ascertain whether PoGo fits the definition of a pay-to-win game, the answer can't be more straight: yes.
Can anyone give me friend code for Pokemon go who plays daily?
Funny video, I appreciate all your videos, thank you bro!
Daxi, for PvP Players it is "pay to win". Yes you are right. You can have a Hundo Palkia O. and still loose, but for the free to play player it is near imossible to get one legendary to level 50.
Example: I got a hundo Reshiram. I play free to play. How should i get all the XL candys ? Walk with Reshiram ? Come one. 20 KM and the XL candy is not garantueed. I walk 20 to 35km a week. So this way would take years. Lets look on raids. I only earn 50 coins a day. Not garantueed. The three raid box cots 250 coin. So i need 5 days to get this box. With this box and the daily pass i make four raids. When i get enough people to make the raids. With a mega evolution, what will i get (wenn i cought every Reshiram) 5 XL candys. So you can calculate how many raids i need to geht this one on Level 50. With the free coins, its a long way. And the other problem is: Reshiram spwans one time (?) a year. For one or two weeks. So i need all the raid passes. I need the people for the raids. I must cought it. And i must have in this one or two weeks the time by myself. So again. It will take years for a free to play player to max it out. Its not neccesary for my raiding. The pokemon collection. But for PvP ists important to get the legendary to level 50. Yes i can fight with Dragonite. But it has not the damage output then other dragons. Espaccially legendarys. Sory for by bad englisch. I hope you understand everything what i mean. Oh sorry, what i forgot: mathematical probability. Yes, it is possible to make one raid and get the hundo. But the chance for people which a raiding a lot is higher to get one good legendery, then a "normal" (not only free to play) playerwhich is doing only one raid a day or a few the week. And my last words: What is with the stardust. Its not all about the candys. You need the dust. Peoply who raid a lot, hatched eggs a lot, buy starpieces and so on, will get the dust easier. So, is that not a defintion of pay to win !?! You need the dust for power up all pokemon. GL, UL and ML.
Loving that mustache again. Also, the world is already in chaos lol.
Are you doing a meet up in New york
Great topic. In my 2 cents - You absolutely can get more out of the game by paying for stuff. "More" meaning stronger and/or rarer mons, more shinies, etc etc. From going to Go Fests, buying remote raids or incubators, etc, pretty clear how you can end up with a lot more stuff than a free to pay player. But what does "win" mean in PoGo? To me winning implies some sort of contest or competition, so my mind goes to PvP. But we always hear about how little of the player base plays PvP. So if we put that aside, then what does it mean to "win" in PoGo? There's not really any other built in competition systems in the game (other than minor things like showcases), so on this side I struggle to say it's truly pay to win by definition. But in the spirit of "pay to win" as we know it today, yeah PoGo definitely fits the mold since you can get a lot more out of it by opening the checkbook, even if you don't have to in order to have a successful collection or experience
Shinies are also pay to win. Legendary raids are 1/20 odds for a shiny. Your average free to play player won’t be able to do 20 raids while one legendary is out, while a p2w player can do like 60 if they use 5 remote raid passes a day and their daily. Even more if they buy premium passes too
Your yap sessions are entertaining:)!
I'd say that it's more play to keep playing, which is fine as long as it's fun. If it's not fun, don't keep playing. That's where I'm at with the game as a F2P player. I play until I've done what I can.
I don't mind that actual premium options are paywalled. My resentment comes from an unfair way to do it. So, if you're at a disadvantage to get them because you can't access a ton of gyms within a walking distance, I have a problem with that.
It's a very nuanced argument that as you were in this video, tough to define. PvP is pretty clear since a person who pays to play this game has more resources than a F2P player with extra stardust, candy, etc. Going back to when you were talking about collecting, I think completing the dex/collection would be the "winning" part for Pokemon GO since that is the whole purpose of the game. So Pokemon limited to egg hatches and raids favor the player who pay for this game since they have more opportunities.
With all that being said, it doesn't mean that doing this game for free makes it impossible to play, which is why it's tough to define Pokemon GO as P2W beacuse a F2P has the ability to match those who pay for this game, if you are smart enough and have the resources. You can do trades to complete hard to get Pokemon for your dex. You have lucky trades to improve odds of getting a hundo Legendary Pokemon. Spawns that happen at GO Fest will happen across the world and be readily available to everyone.
Pokemon GO has done a good job at balancing the F2P with a person who pays to play this game on average. I think the only difference you would see would be on the extremes of someone who pays a lot for this game and one who grinds this game a lot as F2P. If everything is equal, the advantage would always belong to the pay to play player due to having more opportunities, which is what paying this game ultimately gives. But the amount of people who fall under that would probably be around 1% of the total player base, if that.
To me, it’s more of a win to lose. I got a Galarian Articuno an hour ago and then it glitched the encounter. Cool spawn, then lost it without a chance to try to catch it.
I have started playing last month. I'm already lvl 28 from being f2p. I also just caught Galatians Zapdos this morning. It's possible but time consuming.
@@flarexero2161 I got Moltres in its Galar form a while ago, I wasn’t saying it’s impossible.
(Not tryna flex but it was my Xmas Gift, I caught it on Christmas Day)
@@CaptPuppyGamer oh, I don't see it as a flex at all. In fact, I'm happy for you. You caught the one that has escaped me twice 😂
AWWW NO RIP!!!
Amo estos vídeos daxi❤
I'm an AVID Mac Miller fan, and I'm wracking my brain trying to think what album the phrase "Plazas and Patios" reminded you of... Are you thinking of the song "Suplexes inside of complexes and duplexes" or something like that
It’s complicated, this a season I’ve only played master league, I’m playing with Lando, Dialga A and Palkia O, and I noticed something, yeah I have a strong team but so everyone in my league level does too, then when everyone has very strong teams it all comes down to luck, the one with the luck of having the positive lead and safe swap it’s more likely to win.
And for example even if I have a level 50 landorus, Dialga and palkia, a random guy with a level 35-40 layover and two level 30-40 charmers in the back it’s gonna destroy me all day.
So in the end it is pay to participate and the luck it’s gonna define the rest cause even if you are the player with the highest skill in the world with the strongest Pokémon, you will loose against someone with the counters to your team.
its more like "pay to get ahead" particularly when things like extra poipole or cosmog encounters are behind paid tickets
and then for extra incubators and raid passes and such too
I started to play because I want to fill my Pokédex at Pokémon Home... But the players and community are so amazing, I really love the game.
in summary: it’s not necessarily pay to win unless you want to get to where you want in the game faster and pvp.. I love plazas
Is water wet?
11:00 hatching is where you can easily draw the line that it’s p2w you have to buy incubators to get those pokemon no other way. Perfect example at the moment is shiny Larvesta. A casual player that is full of eggs won’t even be able to get the eggs for the event before getting rid of old eggs. I feel they should give a weekly or even monthly research to earn incubators even if one time use. Not being able to delete eggs and forced to buying incubators will always deter casual players. If you could earn an incubator it would help casual players so much with such a small change. Imo
Pokémon go is pay to win, but free to enjoy.
when i play pokemon go my biggest fear is that i bother people in any way shape or form. so im really tryin to listen and see what is going on around me when i play. to the point that i wish other people would do the same for me XD. like in the netherlands its quite common to walk on the other side of the road when ur walking on a road. so that you can see cars coming towards you and know when to jump aside pretty much. or thats how iv been taught. and i get so frustrated when other people dont do the same, see me comin and then dont make space for me to continue..
Now it is. There is a low-key transition of removal of free items and events. Now it feels like you will have to spend more.
Maybe they could add a platinum medal or something that shows who paid zero or the least. That would be a good level 60 challenge.
Can it go to the Netherlands?
It's about the odds, the more passes you have the more consistent the odds are. Raids are the most important thing to farm since they tend to be one of the best things to collect
Definitely not for most players. Most players are collectors, and every Pokemon is given for free eventually. Free players can do raids just fine. Most collection goals are personal goals. Complaints about "pay to play" almost never mention PVP. Most people confuse FOMO regarding special events for "pay to play" but it's not. There is just a delay between a Go Fest (or other event) release and public release.
Of course, Pokémon Go is a pay-to-win game!
Even if an exclusive pokémon from a paid ticket comes out for free for everybody else at the end of 6 months, it's still pay-to-win. Because when everyone has access to it, the game's meta has already changed probably for another pokémon behind a paid ticket.
Within those 6 months (or more), that brand-new paid pokémon could be the heaviest of its type. And being so, it will guarantee a victory on any showcase - when the contest's rule is for the overall heaviest of that specific type - over everyone who has not purchased the ticket. Not to mention the Battle League because you already spoke about that.
Also, free-to-play players have very limited resources to do raids and hatch eggs. Considering that recently, most new releases are behind those methods.
And let's not forget that only a tiny percentage of the player's base (mainly renowned CZcamsrs) has the luxury to afford to have Spacial Rend or Roar of Time active for hours and hours.
sometimes, people just play casually and not really looking to "win". those people might have low expectation because they put in little to none to the game. maybe Niantic should focus on getting these people to spend a little more (probably a huge portion of their player base), rather than "squeezing out the juices" from people who regular spend money on the game.
Considering how many pokemon are locked behind paywall tickets, and new Pokemon that have been locked behind raids and eggs probably says otherwise.
Plus the amount of raids you would have to do if you want good Ivs on legendary Pokemon.
like that $8 Keldeo ticket and Go fest tickets are usually $15 for a mythical.
The real question is “Is pokemon go free to play?”
Isn't it?
HAHA true
Getting perfect/excellent IVs to take down legendaries and raids is real. You need paid extra passes just to have the OPPORTUNITY to get better IVs. Not to mention Niantic fixes raid Pokemon IV chances based on levels and such.
You didn’t need a 44 minute video to answer the title’s question. It OBVIOUSLY is. Want to raid for a good shiny legendary? Fork over some cash. Want to try for shiny larvesta? Buy those super incubators. Want to play GO fest with better odds? Gimme the dough. Want to grab a SINGLE catch card? Boy you paying for travel, living space, AND the event ticket. Want the research we’ve been hyping up all season? Oop. It came with a price tag. (And in the forseeable future, a “monthly subscription” will be set in place. The only things not tagged with a price are normal wild spawns, the one daily raid, the single incubator, and I guess sending gifts as long as there isn’t an event ticket to conveniently expand that for a little monetary compensation.
Collection is still paid to win. You need storage, shiny hunting, pvp IVs all these things you will not get if you don’t invest and time alone and gym grinding won’t bridge that gap. No experience that the game offers is free.
Certainly waiting to move scoped the area in pogo and it has 15 gyms in the furthest stretch from the suburbs of Atlanta GA area and 2 gyms directly at my place I'm moving too. With countless stops surrounding it
The way I see it is if you don't have/want to spend a lot of time playing the game then you pay for items to help you reach your goal (hatching eggs/collecting shinies) faster. I feel like non paying players are punished time-wise compared to those who pay. Meaning that if you want to play the game without paying, you'll need to invest a lot of time to be able go get what you want.
Essentially the only people who can play for "free" are casual players. If you want to be more than a casual player then no matter what you need to use money.
Yes it's pay to win, obviously. All the best pokemon come from raids and some eggs. Also having to spend to have the bag space/storage is one of those things the big streamers never really think of but it's a dogshit value/money spent.
He knew the answer when he came up with the title 😂
I just looked up 29 Celsius, and I’m super jealous I just had to work in 100 Fahrenheit weather in Texas
You should ask the question - is PoGo pay to have fun? since the "win" concept is different and kinda non-existing in literal way
i think my issue with pogo is the sheer amount of overseas only events like go fests should just be like com days and be global only otherwise the rich people that travel get way better exclusives (also the pokemon sleep event was super pay to win you needed a 50$ go plus just to participate)
Hatching eggs. I know I didn't start really advancing in the game until I started throwing money at incubator.
lol yo daxi!! Had a great birthday! Caught a shiny marill on my bday! Caught my first shiny skarmory today! And you’re thinking about the song kool aid and frozen pizza by Mac miller 😂 🤟🏾🤙🏾
It's not really pay to win, it's mainly pay to expand, because you can have no stops or gyms and free to play and still have a good time
You pay to get Pokemon that you can't get if you don't pay, either to complete the pokedex or to have some very exclusive costumed pikachu/eevee
I definitely think it’s PAY MORE TO GET MORE OUT OF THE GAME.
For example these random paid Timed Researches or paid Special Researches in the shop ranging from $.99 to maybe $4.99 for extra XP & Stardust and maybe a new shiny pokemon or mythical.
The end goal of the game I think for the majority of us players is to get to LVL 50. And hopefully one day LVL 60 will be the new goal.
I think it’s more P2W for those who really hardcore play PVP & actually enjoy maxing out & powering up their pokemon for battles. Or maybe they one day hope to join the PVP Championships, which is very cool & versatile about PokemonGo.
But there is also the FREE TO PLAY players who may take longer to reach LVL 50 but still enjoy the game either way because they are collectors of shinys, hundos, or just have a favorite pokemon they love to collect.
I am from Switzerland so logicaly my answer is neutral :D
I think, the game has a good balance. Paying definetly speed things up - big times.
But you get 50 coins for free each day - which makes 350 a week. Saving up - you can buy Raid passes... which is the only thing you need to buy after you focused in the beginning on item bag and pkm storage (you are too weak for ready anyway). Also the game always has a way to pay without money (great League and master League). What do you need? Great IV-PKM and Stardust. As long as you have to walk and catch and can't buy stardust - in my eyes - Pokemon go isn't pay to win. If you wait long enough, hard to get by pokemon are free in a event in the future.
I don't feel PoGO is a Pay to Win game. That being said, if you do spend $$ on the game it will give you a big advantage to make your Pokemon team stronger and larger due to the items you receive (Especially for Legendary/Ultra Beast Pokemon). Also, I could do 1 free raid and get a hundo and my friend could do 200 raids and not get a hundo. It is like playing the lottery, as long as you have one ticket, you could win but with 200 tickets you have a better chance of winning.
im a huge fan of the dry heat. Canada vs vegas or spain , its just different , its hot but its way less gross and sticky
1)YOU USE PALKIA EVOLUTION WHICH IS PAID MAKE EXTRA SPAWNS leads to (AUTOCATCHER)which is absolutely win it gives you free shiny's with stardust definitely paid to win
3) You hatch 12 eggs in a same time which give you 100,000 dust with Starpie its 150,000 which free player use 1 incubator at a time
4)ELSE YOU ALREADY TOLD
I see your points but really r u winning just cause you have more dust - its not cut and dry
Ha go fest ever been to Canada? They have to bring it here eventually for us Canadians. It’s not really fair if they just won’t have go fest at Canada so we can enjoy it too and save money as well.
Thank you for the shout out! I love your content 🙏
Definitely - as an intermediate lvl player(37) that never uses money on pkmn go i def can't catch/get as many legendaries from 5 star raids as the remote raid passes costs so much. I feel Niantic should decrease the prices of the raid passes or increase their odds in the weekly research breakthrough box
Dude. I mean this with the greatest of respect. But seriously go and get checked for ADHD. I have ADHD and you're just like me on tangents! Medication helps me concentrate and stay on point. Getting the diagnosis is one thing. But honestly once you know it's there and you get the support, you find you can harness it as a super power. I love your content and you've helped me out massively with this game! Just want to pay back the help!
The answer is YES! On to watch the video to see how I did in this terribly difficult test.
29 is hot 😂 here we got 48 today 😅
It gets hotter in Canada to I don't know what this guy is smoking the feels like was 45 the other day sweat central and it's humid heat its awful 😅
28 is still hot, 48 is boiling. if we want to look at it that way none of us should complain cause being on the sun is way hotter
i'm gonna be completely honest, pokemon go is only pay to win if you normally do raids and specifically master league pvp; i have been able to reach veteran and expert rankings without ever doing master league, and usually i only keep mons that are pvp iv friendly, so i do not have much legendaries, xl candies, rare candies, etc. i do think, however, that pvp is probably the best way to get more items fast such as stardust, rare candies, fast & charge tms, and even weekly legendaries in raids. so if you want more items without paying, GET GOOD AT PVP IN GREAT AND ULTRA LEAGUE
Talking about the heat when its 107 on a good day here in Arizona😵😵💫
Pokemon is about collecting them all the more rare the better. The fact that raids is one of the best way to get these very rare pokemon and its one of the best ways to get hundo/shundo it is pay to win since getting hundo/shundo pokemon is a win in my opinion.
Def in rural places like where i live were the community is me and my wife doing these rare raids f2p is impossible we live 40km away from the first bigger city (20k people).
So getting pokemon like rayquaza is close to impossible f2p in rural places and that also makes it pay to win.
Maybe in big citys its less pay to win.