Pokemon Go players
around the world are still trying to catch ’em all—a feat made much easier with
Niantic’s “Nearby” tool.
Made available in
August to a handful of folks in San Francisco, the Nearby tracker—which helps
users figure out where Pokemon are hiding— is now rolling out to parts of
Arizona, Seattle, and the rest of San Francisco Bay area.
If that seems like an
odd collection of locales, you’re not alone. Friday’s Twitter announcement—though
met with excitement (more than 1,000 retweets and 5,000 “likes”)—was ridiculed
for its slow development and limited release. “Why not [enter city/country name
here]?!” people wrote in response to the app’s news.
Niantic did not
immediately respond to a request for comment.
While the world
anxiously awaits access to the “Nearby” tracker, all Android and iOS owners can
tap into the latest update, available now on Google Play and the App Store. It
includes minor text fixes, as well as access to the previously announced daily
bonus/streak bonus scheme, which earns players a prize for their first catch
and PokeStop visit each day; continue for seven days in a row to score a larger
reward.
“These new bonuses
will give you a better chance of capturing Pokemon with a related type, Niantic
said in an October blog post. “For example, as you reach a higher tier for the
Kindler Medal, your bonus to catch Fire-type Pokemon such as Charmander,
Vulpix, and Ponyta increases.”
Trainers can work
their way to a new tier by catching a number of same-type Pokemon. If a monster
has multiple types, your bonus amounts to the average of your bonuses for each
type. So if you snag a flying-and-psychic character—one worth plus-one and the
other plus-three—your average bonus equals plus-two.
Finally, when you
defeat a rival gym leader, you temporarily become the only player able to place
a Pokemon in the open gym. Other changes reflect on prestige: The amount a
rival gym loses when you defeat a regular member has increased, while that gained
by training at a friendly gym has been lowered.
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