Pokémon Go Gyms Are About To Get A Whole Lot Friendlier

If you’re sick of having your ass handed to you everytime you enter a Pokémon gym, fear not, that’s about to change.

Pokémon Go creator Niantic has announced that it will be making its gyms more beginner-friendly.

At the moment gamers can only bring the one Pokémon to a friendly gym to get it trained up. Now Niantic has said that will be pushed up to allow for six Pokémon at a time. The result should mean much faster progression of many Pokémon in training, ready for battles.

It also sounds like the gym levels will be adapted to suit the individual entering for battle, so as not to leave newbs out. Niantic said in its blog post: “No matter what your level, you can now have an impact on your team’s gym,” referring to the adaptation of CP (combat power) levels to suit the fighter.

This is pretty exciting for beginners who can now get more involved and progress faster through the game. This combines with the recent announcement that catching Pokémon should be a lot easier too. You will also be able to get medals for catching multiple Pokémon of the same type. Once you have these medals that in turn will increase the chances of you catching more Pokémon of that type.

All these updates will roll out soon when Pokémon Go gets its next major update.

Pokémon Go hack: Here's where to find Pokémon nests in the UK and London

Finding new monsters in Pokémon Go isn’t easy, but that’s partly because you’re looking in the wrong places. No matter how hard you look, you won’t find different Pokemon if you keep looking in the same places. So, if you want to capture something more interesting and exotic than Pidgeys or Zubats, you’re going to have to to explore outside of your usual areas. But where do you go? And is there a quick way to find the exact sort of Pokémon you want? The answer is actually a bit more complex than yes or no, and that’s where Pokémon nests come in.

What is a Pokémon nest?
If you’ve played Pokémon Go for a while now, you’ll probably notice that there are some areas which seem to swarm with certain types of Pokémon, and that’s basically what a Pokémon nest is. Simply put, a Pokémon nest is a location where large numbers of a Pokémon (excluding wasters like Drowzee) spawn in one place over a short period of time. If for example, say, four Abras can be captured over the space of 20-30 minutes in one location, then you’d call that hotspot a Pokémon nest.

It’s possible that Pokémon nests are a glitch, created due to a mistake in the algorithm that spawns Pokémon – but we won’t complain. When the nest phenomenon first appeared, we thought Niantic would get rid of it entirely – but it looks like Niantic is simply changing the Pokémon type each nest tends to spawn.

Where can you find Pokémon nests?
Pokémon trainers from around the world have worked together to find the nesting spots of Pokémon. Most Pokémon nests are in big cities, so there’s much more to see and do than just play Pokémon Go. However, don’t plan your city breaks just yet – the location of Pokémon nests have been known to change. As a rule, it’s worth checking to make sure the Pokémon nests you want to visit still spawns the Pokémon you want. Imagine taking a day off work to catch 34 Drowzees. Gutted.

If you live around London, you’re already in luck. A Poké trainer named I_am_Bruton_Gaste has posted the locations of all the Pokémon nest locations in London on Reddit. As well as the post, a helpful map showing the Pokémon nest locations has been created – although it only covers London right now. To give you a taste of what to expect in the Reddit post, Charmanders can often be found in Greenwich Park, Blackheath and the Olympic park.

If you find any more Pokémon nests, you can contribute to the post too – but if you’re not coming to London anytime soon, then it may be worth searching for Pokémon nests in your local town or city. There’s already a national Pokémon nests map for the UK, which is proving to be a valuable tool in the quest to be the very best, like no-one ever was.

Commuters ‘Pokemon Go’ out

Even with Pokemon Go's decline in users since late July, on Sept. 9, students went out to a Pokemon Go excursion held by the Commuter Student Association to catch the variety of Pokemon that Audubon Park had to offer.

"The excursion went well for CSA," Malik Thompson, English sophomore, said, "We had a decent number of people that went on it. People were friendly and talkative throughout so I hope some friendships were formed."

Pokemon Go, a game created by Niantic, has rapidly grown since its launch July 6 this year. With over a million locations to stop and visit, Pokemon Go popularizes local landmarks, transforming them into pokestops, locations where players called trainers can collect supplies, and gyms, where trainers can battle.

"The game brings people together in an effort to catch them all," Thompson said, "we actually found someone who was already playing the game at the park and they decided to tag along with us. It's a very social game since it gets the player to go out and travel."

The game's premise is to explore locations in order to find and catch Pokemon. Though the non-mobile Pokemon games include over 700 Pokemon, Pokemon Go only has the first 151 Pokemon.

Brianna McMorris, criminal justice junior and president of the Commuter Student Association, and Liz Johnston, psychology senior and social media and event planning chair, organized the event.

"In addition to hunting for some Pokemon, we were able to take in the sites that Audubon Park had to offer," McMorris, whose favorite Pokemon is Jigglypuff, said. "For example, the ducks, and not just the Psyducks we were looking for."

"All in all, the event was great and if the game regains its popularity, I would hope to do it again sometime."

The Niantic app continues to add features to improve gameplay such as the upcoming "buddy system" that would allow trainers to "walk" with their Pokemon.

"I think that the game is interesting," Liz Johnston said, "Pokemon games were always like this sit-down and shut up kind of thing. Now it's like this go outside and communicate with people. Squirtle was always my favorite Pokemon because he's adorable, and I had a turtle growing up."

The Pokemon Go excursion is only one of the association's events. The Commuter Students Association also held Commuter Appreciation Week, an event exclusive to commuters from Sept. 26 to Sept. 30. Approximately 64 percent of students live off campus.

‘Pokemon GO’ Latest News & Update: Niantic Confirms Pokemon Trading, Generation 2, Player Battles, Capture Features! Mew, MewTwo, Articuno, Moltres, Zapdos Available?

There is no doubt that a lot of "Pokemon GO" players are now eager to experience the updates and other expansions Niantic has in store for them. However, it seems like the waiting will be prolonged again after it has been reported that most of the exciting updates are still currently in the works.

On its official Facebook page, Niantic has confirmed that game developers are now working very hard for the incoming game update for all "Pokemon GO" players who are using iOS and Android devices. Coming along with the game upgrade is the much-anticipated Trading System, which allows fans to exchange their Pokemons to one another.

The new Trading System is expected to add hype to the game, which is now said to be declining since its first release. Not only will it add thrill and fun to the "Pokemon GO" game as it will also encourage players to interact with each other, too.

Another reason why "Pokemon GO" players should watch out for the upcoming updates is due to the arrival of the Generation 2 Pokemons, which may include the Legendaries such as Mew, MewTwo, Articuno, Moltres and Zapdos. While some gamers have claimed that these Pokemon types are already present in the game, Niantic has made it clear that no Legendary Pokemon has been launched as of yet.

Just like the original "Pokemon" TV series, there are reports claiming that Niantic is now considering the Players-versus-Player battle in "Pokemon GO." Rumors are rife that the game developer is going to release an update that would bring this feature to let fans fight with other players of the highly-successful game.

Game Rant has also divulged that a so-called Capture Feature is going to make lives of "Pokemon GO" players easier. According to reports, this kind of feature will allow gamers to view some important details about all the Pokemons inside their Pokedex.