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Final Darkrai count was 9/17. There were two raids I lost, though. One I tried knowing that it probably wasn't going to work and another which I thought we had enough for but one or two of the players were too weak.

Haven't done a regi yet today, but only planning on using my two daily passes (one from yesterday, one from today) at most. Plus supposedly they have a t4 difficulty and timer so they should be a lot easier regardless.

keyblader1985 posted...

Mead posted...

So Niantic is just flat out charging $8 to access the next in game event? That seems like some bullshit if so

Yeah, I'm not supporting it on principle. (And because I'm working this weekend.)

I'm not really opposed to it because prior to this one the events were in-person and people -- including myself -- had wanted the opportunity to participate. This particular one is junk, so I won't be participating... and likely I'll never shell out real money for PG (unless they start gating exclusive, worthwhile stuff behind paywalls), but I like having the option.

As for this event, it's just:

1) Early access to Regigas, who will be an EX boss anyway and, even if you don't get him as an EX, will likely come out to normal raids at some point like every other EX boss

2) Up to 10 daily passes you can claim during the time period, which is worse than getting premium passes. Plus the only t5 is Regis, which generally suck. (Although it's not bad if you're a shiny hunter.)

3) One Unova and one Sinnoh stone. Sinnoh stones are super-common from PvP & trainer battles. Unova stones are rare.... but not much uses them atm and they'll be common in the future.

4) An exclusive medal and a currently-exclusive trainer pose. The trainer pose will likely be re-released, but the medal will probably always be exclusive.

So is it worth it? I certainly don't think so. However, I prefer this to something locked behind a Go-Fest, plus we're getting some pretty cool other benefits right now (reduced egg distance, some decent Pokemon are common)
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