The PvP league for Pokémon GO has been running for a few weeks now, but many trainers are complaining about numerous bugs. Some fans even say it’s worse than during the beta.
This is the PvP league: It was supposed to be the next big feature of Pokémon GO. You can play against other trainers worldwide and climb ranks.
Especially for fans of PvP tournaments, it seemed to be really exciting, but now bugs often rule the league. Often you lose a round because annoying errors occur.
Players are angry – PvP league is unplayable
These are opinions from trainers: There are tons of reports on Reddit that the PvP league is plagued by bugs and that it simply isn’t fun because of them.
Recently, player “wolfrain007” wrote on reddit: “Is anyone else frustrated that the first season of the PvP league feels more bugged than the preseason, which was advertised as a beta?”
There were some responses from trainers. Players report that they have lost numerous matches because bugs disrupted the match. Others even say that the battle mode is currently unplayable and crashes every time against the team leaders in PvE battles.
What bugs are being mentioned? The list of errors is long. Here are the most prominent cases:
- The opponent can suddenly use more than 2 shields
- The charge attack cannot be used immediately when clicked
- Due to connection issues, you sometimes cannot do anything for seconds
- Per set, you can sometimes perform more than 5 battles
What does Niantic say about the errors? The developers of Pokémon GO are well aware of the issues. Shortly before the PvP league officially started, a patch fixed numerous bugs.
In our interview with Matt Slemon, the Lead Product Manager at Niantic, we asked him this exact question. He said: “We know that the quality of the PvP league is good; otherwise, we wouldn’t have launched the first season.”
Slemon also adds that they are closely monitoring the errors and will continue to make adjustments in the future. Nevertheless, it seems that Niantic finds the league good enough that it continues to run diligently.
Until the bugs of the PvP league are fixed, players can benefit from the increased balls available now.
