Pokmon Go gym update: do you like it?

Since two weeks the new Gym update was released. As I promised, I tested both the changes which have been introduced: the new Gym System and the Raid Battle.

Let’s start with the new Gym System! I explained in my previous article (Pokemon Go update: New Gym System!) the new gym rules. The major changes are: the pokemon motivation, the new reward system and the gym badges. Well, I should be honest: excepting some graphic changes, I was waiting for something more than just a rule adjustment. But let’s see more.

Battle

The most important point is about the fighting mode: in order to defeat the opponent, you should still tap on the screen as faster as you can and trying to avoid the opponent's attack. Probably it was the first thing to improve, because it’s still boring trying to put down a gym. If the motivation has the highest amount, you have to defeat 4-5 times the same pokemon in order to remove it from the gym, but every time you defeat it, it will have a smaller amount of CP, making easier the next battle.

Reward

You are able to collect max 50 coins each day, under certain conditions: you get 1 coin every 10 minutes when your pokemon is in a gym. The problem is that you get it only when your pokemon has been defeated and it comes back to you. I have, for example, a Snorlax in a gym since almost 3 days and I cannot get any reward until it will be defeated! That makes no sense… Before the update, you were allowed to get max 100 coins/21h and to control as many gyms you wanted; now you can get only 50 coins/day and a max of 20 gyms.

Badge

As expected, once you get a badge interacting with a gym, you could get bonus items spinning the disc: one more if you are in the same team which occupies the gym, one for each level has your badge (in the picture with Snorlax, the gym badge is at silver level)  

New Medals

By feeding pokemon and defending gyms, you can level up two new medals: Berry Master and Gym Leader. Like the other medals in the first block, they don't give you any bonus, for the moment.

So, to conclude this article, I'm still not completely happy with this new gym system. I hope Niantic will fix some bugs during the fight, the reward system and, hopefully, the battle mode, in order to make more interesting fighting against a gym.

See you in the next days with my next article about the Raid Battle Feature, the things are a little bit more exciting ;)