During the Christmas season, Niantic rewards many trainers with new stops and gyms for Pokémon GO. Are you among them?
There’s more to celebrate than just the current Christmas event in Pokémon GO. As the developers explain, many PokéStops and gyms will be added around the world in the coming days.
Ingress players create more PokéStops
On Twitter, the Niantic team confirmed that the Pokémon GO app will soon be enhanced with more content. They say that with the help of Ingress players from around the world, interesting locations have been found. The Operation Portal Recon ensures that important locations are reported and then verified.
If a location is accepted, it transforms into an Ingress portal and possibly also into PokéStops or gyms.
We are looking forward to seeing how the environment for trainers will change in the coming days. Currently, urban players still have a significant advantage over rural players, as there are usually many stops and gyms in the city. In the countryside, these are rarely found.
On Reddit and in our Pokémon GO group on Facebook, trainers are already reporting that they suddenly find new stops or gyms. Here is the corresponding thread on Reddit.com
The downside of Ingress help in the countryside
At first glance, many players are happy that there could be more stops in their area. On the other hand, one must also consider that these stops are suggested and submitted by Ingress players.
So, if you do not play Ingress in addition to Pokémon GO, you have to rely on the help of other players. In villages, where there are already fewer players, it is difficult to find active Ingress players. Thus, the system turns in circles.
Fortunately, Niantic is already looking for developers who are apparently to create a new method for submitting stops. This time without the help of Ingress.
