One of the most popular monsters in Pokémon GO are the shiny specimens. Many trainers try to catch as many different ones as possible to fill their Pokédex. However, the community is currently upset. We at MeinMMO have looked into what happened and will show you.
This event is currently running in Pokémon GO: Currently, the Hyperbonus events are taking place in Pokémon GO, which were earned by trainers during the GO Fest. The events provide a good opportunity to catch one or another shiny specimen. In the 2nd part of the Hyperbonus , Pokémon GO trainers could encounter Kangaskhan and Scyther in raids.
These are two regional Pokémon that cannot otherwise be caught in Europe. Many players tried to get a shiny specimen of these monsters and completed countless raids, but unfortunately often without success. For some trainers, it is clear that something must be wrong. They share their frustration on reddit.
These are the reactions from the community
Trainers on reddit are upset about the low shiny rates and are sure that these have changed during the 2nd Hyperbonus event.
Fegodev writes that based on the gathered information from The Silph Road, it is recognizable that the chance of getting a shiny was greater at the beginning of the event than towards the end. This shows him, “that the shiny rates for Scyther and Kangaskhan were manipulated” (via reddit.com).
Other Reddit users agree with him and share their raid rates. Luckyvonstreetz writes that his buddy completed over 250 Scyther raids, but didn’t hit a single shiny (via reddit.com). Allatain also had no luck with a shiny specimen after 224 raids (via reddit.com).
Other trainers like TheKronianSerpent, on the other hand, write that they had a shiny on their second attempt (via reddit.com). The player reddituser2323233 did only two Scyther raids and managed to get a shiny both times (via reddit.com).
Why are shiny rates so different?
The fact that such different experiences were made is, however, not entirely unlikely. The rates for the respective shinies are not officially known in the game. For this reason, various trainers have collected and compiled their rates. One platform for this is the community of The Silph Road.
This community tries to learn more about the backgrounds and processes of Pokémon GO with the help of trainers, data miners and interested parties. They create their own statistics and share their information with other trainers of Pokémon GO.
According to these sources, the average probability of getting a shiny specimen is about 1 in 500 (via thesilphroad.com). However, this is not a guarantee that you will definitely find a shiny on the 500th attempt.
Those who are lucky can rejoice over a shiny after the first attempt. Others need far more than 500 attempts.
Exceptions are only special events, such as Community Days, where the shiny rate has been officially adjusted. However, that was not the case for the 2nd Hyperbonus. Even for legendary Pokémon, the rates are generally a bit higher, so trainers are likely to have more luck with those.
Community demands transparency of shiny rates
The background for the allegation that the shiny rates were manipulated is a previous mistake that Niantic made regarding the shiny rate during another event. In that event, Galar-Ponyta was in raids and could be caught in its shiny form for the first time.
Many players spent numerous raid passes during this event to obtain a shiny specimen, unfortunately without success. As Niantic later announced, the shiny rate was disabled, making it impossible for trainers to encounter a shiny Ponyta.
Trainer fegodev addresses this issue in his post and writes: “After all, Niantic has ‘accidentally’ disabled shinies in the past and poorly compensated those who had already spent hundreds of raid passes to get shinies.” (via reddit.com).
To avoid this problem in the future, some players are now demanding more transparency regarding shiny rates. Lord_Emperor is even convinced that Niantic is obliged to disclose such odds under Google’s terms of use (via reddit.com).
Whether Niantic will take this demand to heart and will publish shiny rates in the future is unknown. If there is any information on this, you will find it here, on MeinMMO.
What is your opinion on the shiny rates in Pokémon GO? Were you able to obtain a Kangaskhan or Scyther in the 2nd Hyperbonus? Or do you also believe that something has been changed regarding the probabilities? Feel free to share your opinion with us here on MeinMMO in the comments!
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