Niantic made a critical update to Pokemon GO to put an end to certain types of cheating
Before the update, they implemented bots to search the game world for Pokemon and generate reports for their stats. They include metrics like movesets, height, and weight. The beasts would always appear with the same stats, making hunting the right Pokemon too easy and systematic.
• Level 1 trainers: Pokemon finds same as Level 1 (IV, Moveset, Height, Weight)
• Level 10 trainers: Pokemon finds same as level 10
• Level 25+ trainers: Pokemon finds same as Level 25+
• Levels below 25: Pokemon finds random unless player levels match
These measures will discourage attempts at hacking or circumventing the game rules. Maybe Pokemon GO will indeed become a fairer game world now. Though very little can be done to make cheaters give up trying.
• Level 10 trainers: Pokemon finds same as level 10
• Level 25+ trainers: Pokemon finds same as Level 25+
• Levels below 25: Pokemon finds random unless player levels match
Level 30+ was the cutoff point for Pokemon before – meaning they couldn't spawn with any better stats than they would in the presence of a level 30+ player. This might remain partially true, but the randomness of various stats stays the same only after level 25+ now.
These measures will discourage attempts at hacking or circumventing the game rules. Maybe Pokemon GO will indeed become a fairer game world now. Though very little can be done to make cheaters give up trying.
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