Last weekend, the big Pokémon GO Fest 2022 took place, but not all trainers were satisfied with their haul. In particular, the shiny rate came under criticism. We at MeinMMO wanted to know how many shinies you caught and show you how poor the rate really was.
What kind of event is it? Every year, a big Pokémon GO Fest takes place in Pokémon GO. On June 4th and 5th, it was that time again, and you could look forward to numerous spawns, raids, bonuses, and research.
Especially ticket holders were supposed to receive an increased shiny chance and thus hoped for a variety of colorful specimens. However, this rate is now criticized by many players. We will show you what happened.
Survey shows your shiny yield at GO Fest 2022
During the two-day “GO Fest” weekend, trainers in Pokémon GO could enjoy a lot of special features. The Ultra Beast Anego made its debut in the game, and some shiny specimens, like Milza, also celebrated their debut.
Those who bought a ticket in advance for about 17 euros could also enjoy additional goodies and even had an encounter with the mysterious Pokémon Shaymin. For many trainers, a high shiny yield was most important.
However, even during the event, the shiny rate sparked a lot of discussions on social media. Some reported that despite playing actively, they could hardly catch any shiny monsters.
For this reason, we wanted to know how many shinies you caught at GO Fest 2022 and whether you played with or without a ticket.
Majority caught less than 7 shinies
As of today (June 9, 2022, 12:45 PM), a total of 6,666 people participated in our survey about your shiny yield. Of these, 5,474 participants reported playing with a ticket. The other 1,192 players were without a ticket.
Here are the results: We wanted to know how many shinies you caught during GO Fest. The following answers you provided:
- 1,868 votes (28%) “0 to 3 (With Ticket)”
- 1,486 votes (22%) “4 to 6 (With Ticket)”
- 1,041 votes (16%) “0 to 3 (Without Ticket)”
- 934 votes (14%) “7 to 10 (With Ticket)”
- 691 votes (10%) “11 to 20 (With Ticket)”
- 253 votes (4%) “21 to 30 (With Ticket)”
- 242 votes (4%) “More than 30 (With Ticket)”
- 83 votes (1%) “4 to 6 (Without Ticket)”
- 37 votes (1%) “7 to 10 (Without Ticket)”
- 14 votes (<1%) “More than 30 (Without Ticket)”
- 10 votes (<1%) “11 to 20 (Without Ticket)”
- 7 votes (<1%) “20 to 30 (Without Ticket)”
What does the survey show? This result makes it clear that a large part of ticket holders caught less than 7 shinies. The share among trainers without tickets is similarly low. When looking solely at the numbers of trainers without tickets, as many as 87% caught a maximum of 3 shinies at the event.
Among ticket holders, it was only 34%. Thus, the chance of finding a shiny was still somewhat higher for ticket holders compared to players without a ticket. Additionally, it can be noted from the provided data that 8% of all survey participants were able to catch more than 20 shiny specimens. Again, the ratio of ticket holders was higher than that of those without.
However, only about a third of trainers (with and without tickets) were able to catch 7 shinies or more.
“I’m really disappointed”
The fact that this result is unsatisfactory for most trainers is also reflected in the comments below our survey on MeinMMO as well as in our Facebook group. These vary widely. While a majority was very dissatisfied with the shiny yield, other trainers still found it to be a successful event. Here are some comments:
- Celine: “So, I thought for a long time and ended up buying the ticket … Catastrophe … 2 shinies in 2 days … very disappointing … Some caught 5–10 shinies and some 0–3 … The money was absolutely not worth it … Such a shame … And yes, I used incense and also activated a lure module at a PokéStop … I walked a lot, totaling 25–30 kilometers on Saturday and 15–20 on Sunday … nothing, just nothing … The chance was not increased … Never again …”
- Mr. Silver: “This is the 3rd time in a row I bought a ticket for the Go Fest and I ultimately have to say: Never again! The chances of shiny Pokémon are too unequal. I am one of those trainers who comfortably walks 20 km a day at such events and catches hundreds of Pokémon. It seems, however, that some trainers (and always the same ones) catch a ton of shinies and others (also always the same) get at most 5 shiny Pokémon a day with similar effort. For me, I caught around 900 Pokémon over the two days – of which only 6 were shiny. No shiny Milza despite over 30 raids and only 3 new shinies that I didn’t already have. Other trainers had 40 shinies with the same catch rate. I will not participate in this again in the future. I’d rather spend my money more reasonably and wait for the Community Day with the relevant Pokémon.”
- Sebastian: “I’m really curious about how people play who don’t catch a single shiny with a ticket. Do they just stay at home with incense or do they also move around in a larger area where there are stops with lure modules? It’s hardly achievable if you play somewhat decently. Personally, I found the shiny chance perfectly fine. The crux of the matter was simply that many of the spawns were not available as shinies (Mollimorba, Toxiped, Arktip, Gelatini, Tropius, Pantimos, Qurtel, Golbit, Stalobor, Algitt, Pam-Pam). That was up to 50% of all spawns, especially from incense.”
- Darkmagician: “Shinies were scarce, totally accurate. At such an event, every trainer (player) should be relatively satisfied. The assumption is that Niantic forgot to increase the normal rate. It seems they’ve not changed the normal gameplay flow. Very frustrating and somewhat disappointing. The event itself was very visually appealing. I found it successful and there were many good ideas in it.”
- Tiquy: “Unbelievable … I’m really disappointed! With a ticket from my 7 wild shinies, 6 were old (2x Samurzel, 3x Meditie, and 1x Bummelz). I expected more from the 2 days with a ticket; I walked for 8 full hours on Saturday.”
- Klaus S.: “That was the worst event.”
- Dine S.: “Honestly, we actually found the event pretty cool! On Sunday, the many XP in raids and 2 Rocket encounters, aside from the 2 new monsters, we also had 2 regionals that we didn’t have before. We had fun!”
Too short spawn time: Another point of criticism that repeatedly arises in the comments is the short spawn time of the respective monsters. There are numerous reports on social media that Pokémon in the incense sometimes appeared for only a few seconds and immediately disappeared when clicked.
A meme under the name “Accurate Promo Image” is even circulating on reddit:
And EricMeqithorn also writes on MeinMMO: “I was really annoyed by the especially short spawn time from incense. I could hardly catch anything.”
Whether the poor shiny rate possibly has to do with this short spawn time cannot be determined. Niantic has not yet commented on the criticism regarding the low shiny yield. If there are any new updates, you can find out on MeinMMO.
How satisfied are you with the shiny yield at GO Fest 2022? Let us know in the comments and discuss with other trainers.
In the upcoming weeks, a lot will be happening in Pokémon GO. We will show you all events in June and which ones are worth it.
