The PvP league in Pokémon GO was an entry point into trainer battles for our author Noah, but the numerous bugs are causing great disappointment right now.
I was never a fan of the PvP mode in Pokémon GO. However, the new league has introduced me to trainer battles, and I gradually started to enjoy the fights against other players.
But I haven’t touched the PvP mode for two weeks now. Too many bugs ruin my fun and spoil any chance of a fair fight.
The worst part: Pokémon GO hasn’t changed anything about it in a month but just lets it happen.
PvP league is full of bugs and Niantic is doing nothing about it
This bug drives me insane: The list of errors is long. I’m particularly affected by the error with quick moves. A Dialga with Fire Spin, for example, cannot constantly use the quick move and keeps lagging.
The charged move also cannot be used quickly; you often have to click multiple times to use it.
It is especially annoying when my Dialga with over 4000 CP is defeated by a Dialga with under 3000 CP. My opponent apparently has no issues with the bug in this case.
What other bugs are there? Trainers report various issues with the PvP league:
- You can’t even get into the battle and instead lose directly
- The rewards can sometimes not be claimed at all
- The lower screen sometimes doesn’t respond in battle, so you cannot use a charged move
- Opponents can use more than 2 shields
There are many more problems. They show that Niantic has a lot to do before the PvP league can leave its testing phase and the first season in Pokémon GO starts.
What bothers me the most: I fully understand that there are bugs and that especially in the testing phase not everything runs smoothly. But the number of bugs and the low willingness to act from Niantic is disappointing for me.
How can it be that for almost a month you can’t effectively use Pokémon with quick moves, even though they belong to the best monsters in the league? For me, there is no fair fight here and as long as Niantic does not fix these issues or at least noticeably change something, the league and thus the PvP mode have become totally uninteresting for me again.
What does Niantic say about the bugs? There is little from the developers on this. On their website, they write that they are aware of the bug with quick moves and intend to fix it in an upcoming update.
On reddit , a delighted player shared this news and wrote that Niantic wants to finally fix the bugs in the upcoming update. The developers responded and only said that this does not necessarily happen in the next update but only in one of the upcoming updates. They even took away the slight breeze of hope.
The situation regarding the PvP league is not looking good. Many trainers are frustrated due to all the bugs. For example, Tobiasz95 says on reddit: “The PvP league is currently unplayable and Niantic simply does not care.” It remains to be seen whether Niantic can turn the tide by the first season start.
In my opinion, the raids in Pokémon GO also need a fundamental overhaul:
