Two things could have spoiled the event for me: Firstly, that the creatures were extremely difficult to beat and secondly, they had the potential to run away after the raid instead of being caught. I had the advantage of living in a big city, where you could raid repeatedly and usually found enough support. Thus, connection issues with remote raids only affected me to a limited extent (although I also got kicked out once).
In smaller towns, with fewer or even no gyms, the event would definitely have lost a large part of its fun factor. The focus was clearly on the raids – even though the special research and collector tasks kept players busy alongside.
Overall, I had relatively few gameplay barriers that could have spoiled the event for me. My biggest enemy this time, however, was the weather. Especially Saturday was not at all conducive to playing: icy cold, wind, rain and even light snowfall were on the schedule. Without the event, I certainly would not have gone outside; Sunday was a bit better. Nevertheless, the question remains whether such a “big event” for Pokémon GO would not be better placed in slightly warmer months – at least in March instead of February.
Overall, I think I will remember the Hoenn Tour positively – although it could certainly have been even better. Now it will be exciting to see how the coming weeks develop with the new season.
Max Handwerk Freelance author at Mein-MMO
How did you like the Hoenn weekend? Did you participate in the Hoenn Tour? What was your absolute highlight? And what do you wish for next time? Feel free to let us know here on MeinMMO in the comments and discuss with other trainers.
Certainly, bonuses like catch distances, more XP, and especially an increased shiny rate would have made the event even more interesting, no question. Some variety on the second day would have also benefited the tour. But overall, the event was still good without it. The proto raids were the clear highlight – the powerful special forms of the two monsters were simply an extremely exciting goal. Additionally, I had accumulated a lot of raid passes from the past that I could now use.
Two things could have spoiled the event for me: Firstly, that the creatures were extremely difficult to beat and secondly, they had the potential to run away after the raid instead of being caught. I had the advantage of living in a big city, where you could raid repeatedly and usually found enough support. Thus, connection issues with remote raids only affected me to a limited extent (although I also got kicked out once).
In smaller towns, with fewer or even no gyms, the event would definitely have lost a large part of its fun factor. The focus was clearly on the raids – even though the special research and collector tasks kept players busy alongside.
Overall, I had relatively few gameplay barriers that could have spoiled the event for me. My biggest enemy this time, however, was the weather. Especially Saturday was not at all conducive to playing: icy cold, wind, rain and even light snowfall were on the schedule. Without the event, I certainly would not have gone outside; Sunday was a bit better. Nevertheless, the question remains whether such a “big event” for Pokémon GO would not be better placed in slightly warmer months – at least in March instead of February.
Overall, I think I will remember the Hoenn Tour positively – although it could certainly have been even better. Now it will be exciting to see how the coming weeks develop with the new season.
Max Handwerk Freelance author at Mein-MMO
How did you like the Hoenn weekend? Did you participate in the Hoenn Tour? What was your absolute highlight? And what do you wish for next time? Feel free to let us know here on MeinMMO in the comments and discuss with other trainers.
The GO Tour: Hoenn has concluded and it is time to take stock. Overall, as one could tell, the event was indeed slimmer than previous tours or even GO Fests. But considering that one did not have to pay for a ticket, this was also to be expected.
Certainly, bonuses like catch distances, more XP, and especially an increased shiny rate would have made the event even more interesting, no question. Some variety on the second day would have also benefited the tour. But overall, the event was still good without it. The proto raids were the clear highlight – the powerful special forms of the two monsters were simply an extremely exciting goal. Additionally, I had accumulated a lot of raid passes from the past that I could now use.
Two things could have spoiled the event for me: Firstly, that the creatures were extremely difficult to beat and secondly, they had the potential to run away after the raid instead of being caught. I had the advantage of living in a big city, where you could raid repeatedly and usually found enough support. Thus, connection issues with remote raids only affected me to a limited extent (although I also got kicked out once).
In smaller towns, with fewer or even no gyms, the event would definitely have lost a large part of its fun factor. The focus was clearly on the raids – even though the special research and collector tasks kept players busy alongside.
Overall, I had relatively few gameplay barriers that could have spoiled the event for me. My biggest enemy this time, however, was the weather. Especially Saturday was not at all conducive to playing: icy cold, wind, rain and even light snowfall were on the schedule. Without the event, I certainly would not have gone outside; Sunday was a bit better. Nevertheless, the question remains whether such a “big event” for Pokémon GO would not be better placed in slightly warmer months – at least in March instead of February.
Overall, I think I will remember the Hoenn Tour positively – although it could certainly have been even better. Now it will be exciting to see how the coming weeks develop with the new season.
Max Handwerk Freelance author at Mein-MMO
How did you like the Hoenn weekend? Did you participate in the Hoenn Tour? What was your absolute highlight? And what do you wish for next time? Feel free to let us know here on MeinMMO in the comments and discuss with other trainers.
The Hoenn Tour was a good event with room for improvement, but does not belong in February
The GO Tour: Hoenn has concluded and it is time to take stock. Overall, as one could tell, the event was indeed slimmer than previous tours or even GO Fests. But considering that one did not have to pay for a ticket, this was also to be expected.
Certainly, bonuses like catch distances, more XP, and especially an increased shiny rate would have made the event even more interesting, no question. Some variety on the second day would have also benefited the tour. But overall, the event was still good without it. The proto raids were the clear highlight – the powerful special forms of the two monsters were simply an extremely exciting goal. Additionally, I had accumulated a lot of raid passes from the past that I could now use.
Two things could have spoiled the event for me: Firstly, that the creatures were extremely difficult to beat and secondly, they had the potential to run away after the raid instead of being caught. I had the advantage of living in a big city, where you could raid repeatedly and usually found enough support. Thus, connection issues with remote raids only affected me to a limited extent (although I also got kicked out once).
In smaller towns, with fewer or even no gyms, the event would definitely have lost a large part of its fun factor. The focus was clearly on the raids – even though the special research and collector tasks kept players busy alongside.
Overall, I had relatively few gameplay barriers that could have spoiled the event for me. My biggest enemy this time, however, was the weather. Especially Saturday was not at all conducive to playing: icy cold, wind, rain and even light snowfall were on the schedule. Without the event, I certainly would not have gone outside; Sunday was a bit better. Nevertheless, the question remains whether such a “big event” for Pokémon GO would not be better placed in slightly warmer months – at least in March instead of February.
Overall, I think I will remember the Hoenn Tour positively – although it could certainly have been even better. Now it will be exciting to see how the coming weeks develop with the new season.
Max Handwerk Freelance author at Mein-MMO
How did you like the Hoenn weekend? Did you participate in the Hoenn Tour? What was your absolute highlight? And what do you wish for next time? Feel free to let us know here on MeinMMO in the comments and discuss with other trainers.
However, there was nothing to be seen of this, and we trudged through the second event day with the same contents that were already there the day before.
Considering that the Hoenn Tour could largely be played for free, it was a successful event from my perspective that one actually cannot complain about. There were plenty of contents, and except for Jirachi, players had the opportunity to fill their Pokédex.
Compared to other paid events or community days, however, the Hoenn Tour lacked an incentive. Especially on the second event day, I was mainly only engaged with the game on the side to do some raids and hatch my eggs. Therefore, there was clearly a missing bonus – or at least a focus on another area during the Sunday.
With the exception of the server issues, it was basically a successful event for me, with certain reservations. It could have been one of the best events if there had been a little extra effort.
My MeinMMO colleague Max Handwerk was also on the go this weekend – you can read his assessment here:
The Hoenn Tour was a good event with room for improvement, but does not belong in February
The GO Tour: Hoenn has concluded and it is time to take stock. Overall, as one could tell, the event was indeed slimmer than previous tours or even GO Fests. But considering that one did not have to pay for a ticket, this was also to be expected.
Certainly, bonuses like catch distances, more XP, and especially an increased shiny rate would have made the event even more interesting, no question. Some variety on the second day would have also benefited the tour. But overall, the event was still good without it. The proto raids were the clear highlight – the powerful special forms of the two monsters were simply an extremely exciting goal. Additionally, I had accumulated a lot of raid passes from the past that I could now use.
Two things could have spoiled the event for me: Firstly, that the creatures were extremely difficult to beat and secondly, they had the potential to run away after the raid instead of being caught. I had the advantage of living in a big city, where you could raid repeatedly and usually found enough support. Thus, connection issues with remote raids only affected me to a limited extent (although I also got kicked out once).
In smaller towns, with fewer or even no gyms, the event would definitely have lost a large part of its fun factor. The focus was clearly on the raids – even though the special research and collector tasks kept players busy alongside.
Overall, I had relatively few gameplay barriers that could have spoiled the event for me. My biggest enemy this time, however, was the weather. Especially Saturday was not at all conducive to playing: icy cold, wind, rain and even light snowfall were on the schedule. Without the event, I certainly would not have gone outside; Sunday was a bit better. Nevertheless, the question remains whether such a “big event” for Pokémon GO would not be better placed in slightly warmer months – at least in March instead of February.
Overall, I think I will remember the Hoenn Tour positively – although it could certainly have been even better. Now it will be exciting to see how the coming weeks develop with the new season.
Max Handwerk Freelance author at Mein-MMO
How did you like the Hoenn weekend? Did you participate in the Hoenn Tour? What was your absolute highlight? And what do you wish for next time? Feel free to let us know here on MeinMMO in the comments and discuss with other trainers.
In Pokémon GO took place the big Hoenn Tour this weekend. Now it is over and our MeinMMO author Franzi gives a rather mixed review of the event. What she particularly liked and what things were missing for her to make it the “best event,” she explains to you.
What event is it about? In Pokémon GO, the big Hoenn Tour took place this weekend – one of the highlights of the game. The 16-hour event is now over, and I feel rather mixed about it.
I have summarized the reasons for this below.
Almost one of the best events of the game
For me, the annual GO Tour is one of the events that I definitely don’t want to miss in Pokémon GO. Therefore, it was obvious that besides writing for MeinMMO, I would try to participate in the Hoenn Tour this weekend. And I have to say, the game mostly surprised me positively.
While I have spent money on the special event ticket in previous years to utilize all the content, this year it was not necessary. The event itself could essentially be played completely for free. Only the special research ‘Masterpiece Research: Fulfilled Wish’ for Jirachi had to be purchased if one wanted it.
For a free event, the Hoenn Tour was really strong and provided countless contents in my opinion. These highlights particularly convinced me:
Cool new raid bosses: For the first time, you could encounter Proto-Kyogre and Proto-Groudon, the strongest attackers of their type. But they weren’t that easy to beat, which made it a special challenge and thus ensured even more fun. They were my absolute favorite of the entire event.
Legendary Pokémon in the wild: With a bit of luck, depending on the chosen team, you could encounter Latias and Latios in the wild. These caused headaches for trainers, but could also be found as Shiny with a bit of luck.
Regional Pokémon:The regional Pokémon from the Hoenn region were also available. Especially on Shiny-Relicanth, I had my eye on. It was available in shiny form for the first time alongside Qurtel and Tropius and could hatch from 10 km eggs. Unfortunately, I haven’t been successful yet, but I still have five 10 km eggs left – fingers crossed!
Creative researches: With the Spooky Quests, Niantic opted for a different, mysterious design of field research through which players could secure ghost Pokémon. Additionally, many other researches were provided.
Shinys: Although there was no generally increased shiny rate for the Hoenn Tour, I was still able to enjoy one or the other shiny that I didn’t have in my collection yet. My absolute highlight was Shiny-Latias and Shiny-Groudon.
For this reason, the Hoenn Tour seems really successful at first glance – but somehow not. I missed 3 things to make it one of the best free events of the game. I have summarized what they are below.
1. Special event bonuses
Those who know Niantic’s paid events from previous years will know that besides the many contents that all players could secure this year, there were also one or two bonuses.
This was not the case this year – neither candy bonuses, nor additional XP, stardust, free raid passes or reduced hatch distances were granted to trainers. These are usually available during the monthly community days.
And exactly these bonuses were needed to offset a few barriers that dampened the fun:
Purchase of raid passes: To trigger the Protomorphosis on Kyogre and Groudon, you must collect corresponding amounts of Proto energy. And this was available almost exclusively in raids in a very limited quantity. The daily free raid passes were therefore not enough to secure enough energy. Thus, players were forced to spend their coins or money for passes.
Since the raids were also quite difficult, there weren’t often enough players on-site, especially in more rural areas, which is why players often had to resort to remote raids. Thus, I also spent a lot of money on remote raid passes.
Purchase of incubation machines: Similar additional costs could also arise with regional Pokémon. So, Relicanth, Qurtel and Tropius could only be found in the rare 10 km eggs. Those hoping for a shiny here had to get hold of one or another additional incubation machine.
Purchase of additional items: Besides raid passes and incubation machines, the event could also cost a lot of lures, incense, as well as revives and potions for the raids. Those who did not have these in sufficient quantities had to order supplies – as there was no bonus with, for example, extended duration for incense and lures.
2. Error-free gameplay
An even bigger problem in my view were the recurring server issues. I particularly had game crashes on the first event day while I was on the go or participating in raids. The game sometimes froze, requiring me to restart it completely. And according to reports from other trainers on social media, I wasn’t alone in this.
In my opinion, this should not happen in such a large and planned event. Niantic should have known in advance that the demand for the event would be particularly high at certain times. I expect the developers to provide enough server capacity to prevent crashes of this kind.
In past events over the last few years, it has gone significantly better. Niantic should definitely improve on this in the future.
3. Different focus on the second event day
I was most disappointed with the second day of the event. Although you could benefit from spawns for a total of 4 hours longer than last year’s Johto Tour, I expected more from it.
I was sure until the last minute that Niantic must have planned a big surprise here, with which no one would have expected that on this Sunday there would be a focus on another topic. But nothing happened. A lot could have been possible, such as:
Release of Mega-Rayquaza: One of the top surprises would certainly have been the release of Mega-Rayquaza, as the legendary Pokémon rushes in during the conflict between Kyogre and Groudon to end the turmoil and first triggers a mega evolution. This would have fit perfectly into the context of the game’s story.
Event attacks: Alternatively, Niantic could have also unlocked specific event attacks that could have been secured during evolving. This would have been a completely different incentive when catching wild monsters.
Rocket takeover: A Rocket takeover could also have been conceivable. Because Team Rocket might have noticed one of the biggest events in Pokémon GO and therefore cause trouble – at the local event in Las Vegas, Team Rocket even played a big role.
However, there was nothing to be seen of this, and we trudged through the second event day with the same contents that were already there the day before.
Considering that the Hoenn Tour could largely be played for free, it was a successful event from my perspective that one actually cannot complain about. There were plenty of contents, and except for Jirachi, players had the opportunity to fill their Pokédex.
Compared to other paid events or community days, however, the Hoenn Tour lacked an incentive. Especially on the second event day, I was mainly only engaged with the game on the side to do some raids and hatch my eggs. Therefore, there was clearly a missing bonus – or at least a focus on another area during the Sunday.
With the exception of the server issues, it was basically a successful event for me, with certain reservations. It could have been one of the best events if there had been a little extra effort.
My MeinMMO colleague Max Handwerk was also on the go this weekend – you can read his assessment here:
The Hoenn Tour was a good event with room for improvement, but does not belong in February
The GO Tour: Hoenn has concluded and it is time to take stock. Overall, as one could tell, the event was indeed slimmer than previous tours or even GO Fests. But considering that one did not have to pay for a ticket, this was also to be expected.
Certainly, bonuses like catch distances, more XP, and especially an increased shiny rate would have made the event even more interesting, no question. Some variety on the second day would have also benefited the tour. But overall, the event was still good without it. The proto raids were the clear highlight – the powerful special forms of the two monsters were simply an extremely exciting goal. Additionally, I had accumulated a lot of raid passes from the past that I could now use.
Two things could have spoiled the event for me: Firstly, that the creatures were extremely difficult to beat and secondly, they had the potential to run away after the raid instead of being caught. I had the advantage of living in a big city, where you could raid repeatedly and usually found enough support. Thus, connection issues with remote raids only affected me to a limited extent (although I also got kicked out once).
In smaller towns, with fewer or even no gyms, the event would definitely have lost a large part of its fun factor. The focus was clearly on the raids – even though the special research and collector tasks kept players busy alongside.
Overall, I had relatively few gameplay barriers that could have spoiled the event for me. My biggest enemy this time, however, was the weather. Especially Saturday was not at all conducive to playing: icy cold, wind, rain and even light snowfall were on the schedule. Without the event, I certainly would not have gone outside; Sunday was a bit better. Nevertheless, the question remains whether such a “big event” for Pokémon GO would not be better placed in slightly warmer months – at least in March instead of February.
Overall, I think I will remember the Hoenn Tour positively – although it could certainly have been even better. Now it will be exciting to see how the coming weeks develop with the new season.
Max Handwerk Freelance author at Mein-MMO
How did you like the Hoenn weekend? Did you participate in the Hoenn Tour? What was your absolute highlight? And what do you wish for next time? Feel free to let us know here on MeinMMO in the comments and discuss with other trainers.
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