Pokémon GO released the patch notes for part of version 0.219 (1.185 for iOS). One change pertains to the selection of raid attackers and is immensely important for the game. The community says that this change was long overdue.
What kind of update is this? Since August 31, the update with version number 0.219.0 has been rolling out gradually for players. On September 8, the developers published the patch notes and explained what changes come with the update.
We show you all important patch notes in German and why the community is particularly excited about one change.
0.219.0 Patch Notes in German
What has changed? In the following overview, we show you the patch notes and categorize them:
- Features
- The notification about a found mysterious part has now been moved to the battle rewards
- The screen with the raid rewards has been beautified
- Quality of Life
- The suggestions for battle teams now weight the “damage per second” value of a Pokémon more strongly
- The display duration of XP notifications has been reduced
- Improvements in the displayed German language
- Trainers can now save their trainer achievement card multiple times on their device
- Bug Fixes
- A bug has been fixed where remote raid invitations were still displayed even though they had already expired
- A bug has been fixed that prevented trainers from getting a rematch after battling Team GO Rocket
- A bug has been fixed where the shadows of sunglasses in GO League battles were not displayed correctly
- A bug has been fixed where event Galar Pokémon were not displayed in the event Pokédex
- A bug has been fixed that displayed an incorrect evolution for Umbreon and Espeon
- A bug has been fixed where the daily spin at the PokéStop counted even when the trainer’s pockets were full
- A bug has been fixed where the button for “New Attack” looked clickable even though the trainer did not have enough stardust
- A bug has been fixed that briefly showed the map during the animation of a hatching egg
Why the change to battle teams is so important
This is what the community says: One change from the patch notes that is being celebrated on reddit is the battle teams. It has been stated:
- “In my opinion, this is huge”
- “If it actually works, a long-overdue improvement”
- “But I bet that the damage for [Pokémon with] two charge attacks is still calculated as average, so the best attacker has less weight than one with just one charge attack.”
- “And goodbye, Shuckle”
What makes this change so good: If you join a raid to defeat a raid boss alone or with a group of other trainers, Pokémon GO first suggests a “recommended team” for this scenario. For this, the game searches your Pokémon collection and places attackers in your 6 slots that it deems “good”.
Unfortunately, this selection in the past included some pretty bad Pokémon and good ones were ignored or weighted less. Thus, the game often suggests Shuckle as an attacker. Why Shuckle is almost always a bad choice in Pokémon GO.
Especially beginners and casual players often don’t know better and rely on this pre-selection by the game. As a result, open groups that include casuals and beginners often struggle to deal enough damage. Therefore, if this change is really well implemented, it is significant.
What do you think about the changes from the latest update? Do you consider this improvement important, or have you never had any problems with people coming into your raid groups with the “wrong attackers”? Share your experiences with us here in the comments on MeinMMO.
In the coming weeks, Niantic has a lot planned. See all events in September 2021 for Pokémon GO here.
