Even better, I just walked for a mile and Pokemon Go recorded it as less than a kilometer. Should have been 1.6.
Pretty bad for an app that relies on tracking distance?
Pokémon Go |OT| As in "Go Outside"
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Even better, I just walked for a mile and Pokemon Go recorded it as less than a kilometer. Should have been 1.6.
Pretty bad for an app that relies on tracking distance?
perfectchaos007
Member
I thought the speed limit was 20 KMH? I know some people have gotten it to work while driving slowly (I do not condone this), so I thought it was higher than 5 KMH for sure.
They mentioned adding battling and trading in the future, along with more pokemon generations; most likely testing the waters, and it still needs some work, particularly the servers.
The Living Tribunal
Member
OK, this is fucking ridiculous.
spyroflame0487
Member
Well no, the idea is that if you're traveling a certain speed, you're likely traveling in a vehicle or something. So the game is taking into account that you're walking or riding a bike but anything faster means you're not really "playing" it...or at least playing it how they want to.
They want you to walk around to find Pokemon and hatch eggs. It's kind of like the whole thing with the PokeWalkers where people found new ways to cheat the step counter to access other Pokemon.
EDIT: Servers down again? tfw im actually going out now and can't do anything.
Should have made the OT
Pokémon Go |OT| Servers are Gone too.
I mean, it's understandably frustrating to the end user. I went to a park nearby during my lunch hour and couldn't access anything, and it kinda sucked. And of course most people won't care what's going on behind the scenes.
But yeah, from the perspective of reading a bit into what's actually going on, it's looking like the scope of this launch was pretty bonkers.
Yeah. Hopefully they will adjust some of this, based on feedback. SOME kind of progression for runner and cyclists, even if "reduced" (you know, not 1=1 meter, I can see how that would be unfair for really fast folks) would be really awesome.
Hahah.
I mean, when I first heard about the "soft launch" with no announcement, keeping the US release way delayed and still not having many countries officially launched, I thought it was somebody screwing up, or terrible planning. Now, I'm thinking it was "jesus christ we need to do everything we possibly can to keep this from collapsing under its own weight in the first 48 hours."
Even if it's not an intensive ping-reliant multiplayer game, there's a hell of a lot of GPS data being flung around and world state updates happening every second.
I don't think having a limit is ridiculous, they certainly don't want people driving around and playing this. But if it really is that low, then yeah, they should raise it.
Been addicted for the last 2 days. Walked more than 40 km's with my 10000 mAH powerbank. My trainer level reached 13, at 12 I gained access to great balls, which is great for 300-400 CP pokemon. Can't wait to receive my Go Plus cause this shit will continue on distracting me. My current dex and most powerful pokemon are as follows:
if there is an OT, it is already avaiable most of the times
Yeah 20km/h would be fine. That's faster than runners and if I'm going over that in my bike I'm either in an all-out sprint or going downhill (which I shouldn't get credit for). If it's 5km/h, that is seriously under "brisk walk" speed for a lot of people. Standard human walking cadence averages between 3-4mph and that's 3.1.
It's just server problems, just sit tight.
bruh
JetBlackPanda
Member
was most of that yesterday? I can't do shit today without sever errors and timeouts.
CountAntonius
Member
I caught like 5 yesterday while riding in a car. I wasnt driving. It works well but they mean the speed limit for hatching eggs.
It's not though, at least for me. Android still has to download the APK
KiefbladeMaster
Member
Yeah, I was driving with my brother earlier going 40 and I caught a Pidgeot in the middle of the road. The servers crashed for me after but still.
It was telling me it wasn't available in U.S as well, but then I just googled pokemon go and followed the link to the store and it was available lol.
Already Torn
Banned
I'll run a 5k tomorrow if the servers are working and see if I got close to hatching my egg. Then we'll know if the speed limit is reasonable, I don't plan on taking much more than 20 min.
888
Member
That's unrelated- we're talking about step counting (mostly for hatching eggs)
Holy fuck dude. Look at your arsenal. I want a 565 Scyther ;_;
DeployThatPizza
Member
Hatching eggs is based on distance, not step counting.
I didn't have to run to get the 2km egg to hatch. Just walked around my park.
Also its clear this is just the beginning for sure. I can see them sorting out servers and the basic elements of the game before adding in any trading or PvP battles aa you don't want servers to be going down while doing either of those two things.
Also its clear this is just the beginning for sure. I can see them sorting out servers and the basic elements of the game before adding in any trading or PvP battles aa you don't want servers to be going down while doing either of those two things.
Brian_FETO
Banned
For the second time today I got thru, made my character, hit ok and I'm just stuck looking and spinning my character
Is it loading or already dead
Is it loading or already dead
Illusive_Juan
Member
How many of you are using your google login vs the pokemon club one?
Robin64
Member
I guess it is, because you have to turn the screen upside down.
DarkConfidant
Member
It is. The Pokemon name will get people hooked, and the microtranscations and money saved on mapping efforts by the Google Maps team will pay for the improvements.
I'm giving it a chance, but I could easily see getting bored of this due to lack of depth after a few weeks.
It is free* though.
888
Member
ah ok. thanks for the clarification.
DeployThatPizza
Member
I'm using the Google login and I can play the game.
salamander150
Member
Thanks! Yeah I was able to check in and see my adorable bulbasaur. Too bad the server kicked me out before doing anything else lol
Already Torn
Banned
Yeah, that's the problem. Walking is boring and for human turtles. I should be able to hatch eggs while running.
Feels like you can't play this if you're trying to create a new pokemon club account. I'd assume almost everyone is using google or had a pokemon club account already made before this.
Well, my timezone is UTC+02. But no it it was kinda evenly distributed. Had one hour long server errors today though. I'm not even bothering right now.
Spyder_Monkey
Banned
Is there anyway to stay signed on? Otherwise it's a no go for me.
Well look at mr fast as hell over here.
No but seriously that's fast as hell. My next goal for a 5k is to get under 28
Hmmm you may be confused. We're saying there's a speed limit MAX- you might not be ABLE to run.HowZatOZ said:
I don't know what you mean exactly, how are you distinguishing those two concepts? You certainly can't drive 10km in 5 minutes and hatch an egg.DeployThatPizza said:
fuck yes
You don't get signed out when the servers work.
Really? I can't find any of them, well except for Pokémon camp...which looks like a toddler's game. I mean at least in Pokémon Go, features an older looking avatar for once
Brian_FETO
Banned
I got a Squirtle woo
Uh guys
I think I just caught Missingno
The legend lives on.