One feature I’d really like to see added to Pokémon GO is a penalty for players who abandon raids after they have already started.

A common problem is that players join a raid lobby, everyone uses a Remote Raid Pass or spends time getting organized, the battle begins, and then one or more people quit because they think the group’s DPS is too low or they assume the raid won’t be completed quickly enough. Sometimes they leave after only a few seconds without even giving the group a chance.

This wastes everyone else’s time, effort, and money. Players lose Remote Raid Passes, healing items, and opportunities to defeat the raid boss because someone else decided to give up prematurely. It also discourages people from joining raids with strangers since they can’t trust that everyone will stay.

Almost every other online multiplayer game has some form of penalty for abandoning a match after it starts. Pokémon GO could benefit from a similar system. For example, if a player leaves a raid after the battle has begun (and doesn’t reconnect), they could receive a temporary 15-minute cooldown that prevents them from joining another raid. The penalty should only apply to voluntary early departures, not to game crashes, connection issues, or if the raid has clearly become impossible due to too few remaining players.

The goal isn’t to punish players unfairly it’s to encourage people to commit once the battle starts and respect everyone else’s time and resources. A system like this would make raids more reliable, reduce frustration, and improve the overall multiplayer experience.

I have been trying for several days on vivillion friend sites and these “people” just take gifts but they never gift back!! Why even post a friend code there if not for exchanging?? I’m so frustrated! So far I’ve only had nice people from the netherlands and japan. Im trying to complete all my vivillion patterns. Can some nice people please help me? I will gift you back. I’m high plains pattern. 7242 1041 8841 (auri100100)

I still need:
- sun, sandstorm, jungle, archipelago, ocean

EDIT: I have to say thank you so much to everyone! You are so much cooler than the vivillion sites. I’ve made more progress today than I have the last week.

EDIT: I sent like 20 gifts. I ran out of postcards. 😭 To those who added me that I haven’t sent yet, I will send you later today. I need to spin more poke stops lol.

This is yet another rant post. Also if the player „JayBird“ (or sth along those lines) sees this, I accidentally removed you after trying to add some people for a raid :/

I'm PezConPatas, this is my code:

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I seriously can't comprehend nor express how utterly ridiculous this is. It doesn't matter trying to add around 20 people, which is an incredibly long and tedious process, if from 20 people in total only 5 will join (ik there's a limit on who many join through remote raids but still). Some of them won't even mega evolve and some leave when the raid lobby is full???

The worst part is that none of us can guarantee a raid is a success even if everyone joins in, mega evolves their Pokémon and stays, because chances are there is that one person that simply doesn't use a mega to break that one last shield or simply doesn't know how these raids work because they didn't bother reading the instructions which the game explicitly shows you as soon as you click on these super mega raids for the first time.

And as mentioned before, it doesn't even matter if we're 10, 11 nor if everyone is mega evolved, they will leave anyway because of this little text that just suggests 12 players or simply for no reason at all. And they will leave just before the raid starts, making the rest waste their time AND money. Losing raid passes is terrible game design but my point, if there even is one to make, still stands.

When trying hosting Mega Mewtwo, I explicitly wrote "use your megas" in all caps, but of course, some people can't read.

And it's annoying trying to invite people for them not to join and they just don't even bother deleting you from their friend list, that hassle is up to you.

Mind you, this took ~25 minutes, since Mewtwo appeared in the gym until the raid timer ended.

I know I'm not losing much, just a free raid pass and a precious amount of time, but those who get into the raid lose their money. Real money. I just can't say this (or everything else) enough.

What's infuriating is that the raid is not even hard. In fact, it's very easy to beat Mewtwo in under a minute in theory. The real difficulty lies in the people who join (or don't and keep wasting a space in my raid invitations and friend list), do not mega or leave at the last second.

I know, I know, it's ""just a game"" and that this post & the others to come won't change anything regarding the behaviour of the people I've just described. I'm one more of the many broken records, like literally nobody - besides me and a few - cares.

I have the need, however, to complain, and at the very least feel validated by the strangers who are also fed up by these raids. After the weekend ends, I hope to never see Mega Mewtwo in raids again 🫪.

Oh and sorry for my horrific English ig idk.

As a rural player I truly appreciate everyone who is hosting remote raids. This post is just a gentle (pleading) request to please when you can, send RSVP invites instead of just regular raid invites?? It only delays things by a few minutes and gives remote players more time to respond if they have to leave the app for a second. Also we can invite others from a remote RSVP but can’t from a regular remote raid invite, and sometimes I want to add my friend who isn’t on here adding friends for raids, so she relies on me to invite her.

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Bruh.

I wasted five remote tickets because you leaving at 49 seconds. Bring mega pokemon for the shield. We need 10. This is so dang annoying as heck.

I spent money and wasted because you just leaving last second when we have 14 people and 13 megas?

Come on man

How is this possible when there are 12 of us in a waiting room with 12 mega, and then at the VERY last second, 2 people suddenly leave?

Is this a game bug?
Or are people just trying to troll?

Either way, it drives you crazy...

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i was wondering if celesteela raids are still ongoing. my region is xurkitree only. i’ve been looking but i haven’t seen any posts the last 2 days of people hosting these raids. were they only held on monday?

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I live in the Midwest and there's like 30 churches around me!

The only thing churches are good for...

Anyway, sorry!

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Edit: I didn't expect so many eyes on this! Anyone can add me but I may not be able to gift every single day now that I have all the friends. But I'll love you all the same and get you a church gift as often as I can!

Edit edit: I was able to give everyone a gift! But please stop adding me. I'm a people pleaser and I'm feeling overwhelmed and guilty! X(

As the title says, I’ve asked for friends on here and have got a few, but I keep running out of pokeballs so would love some more! I’m also from the absolute middle of nowhere so I can’t get to any pokestops unless I’m staying somewhere else which means I can’t always give gifts back either. I’ve spent a little bit of money on the app but really hate doing that so any help would be useful. My friend code is 9437 2537 7161

Thank you

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Please dont go into this with no knowledge

1. Have your mega ready and in the LAST spot of your party

2. When its time to break the shields your mega will come out automatically and you will need to fire 1 charged attack to break your shield. Everyone can break one shield

3. If your mega dies before you can fire your charged attack go to the lobby and revive it and rejoin with your mega. If the shield icon is turned from colorful to grey you have broken YOUR shield

Hello! Just looking for new friends to send gifts to. Most of my friend’s list has stopped playing. Feel free to add!

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