In Pokémon GO, players are plagued by network errors on June 1st. Trainers from other time zones are reporting issues during the raid hour. Is our event also in danger?
What are the problems? Players in Pokémon GO are reporting “network error” and “network error 2”. These messages are preventing them from interacting with gyms in the game. Raids and battles against gym defenders are therefore impossible. However, it seems that not all players are affected.
Niantic has already responded and released a statement about it.
Niantic responds to network errors, players demand compensation
What the developers say: In a tweet, the developers address the affected trainers. They write: “Trainers, we are currently investigating reports of ongoing server issues in the app. We apologize for the inconvenience and will provide an update here when we have more information. Thank you for your patience.”
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When do the errors occur? Trainers report that they can log into Pokémon GO. However, as soon as they try to interact with a gym, the error message appears.
This is particularly frustrating on Wednesday, June 1st, because from 6:00 PM a raid hour with Kyogre starts. Trainers from other time zones, where the event has already taken place, are complaining about the problems. After all, in order to start a raid yourself, you must interact with a gym.
On Twitter, trainers are demanding under Niantic’s tweet that they be compensated for the problems. “Yes, tell that to my wasted raid passes that I paid for. Every time I got to the catch screen of Kyogre, the game froze and I couldn’t log in for 10-20 minutes,” writes user SarahLouiseeeox.
Many other players have had issues with the raids and now want to be reimbursed for their passes that they could not use properly. In the past, Niantic has already held apology events due to server issues. However, whether there will also be a make-up date with free raid passes for the raid hour is still unclear.
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