Pokemon GO Gets a New Medal Update to Hold On to Loyal App Players
The latest Pokemon GO update is released for one main reason - to make an attempt to keep loyal players from abandoning the app.
Niantic, the maker of Pokemon GO, swore to update the game every few weeks and so far, the company has been keeping that promise. The new update revealed may not be as crucial as the nest update announced days ago. However, it is helpful to players nonetheless.
In a report by Forbes, the latest update to the cult app game focuses on the use of medals players earn as achievements after finishing specific objectives. The majority of these medals are acquired after constantly catching particular types of the pocket monsters. With the new update, medals earned can already be used to so that catching that certain kind of Pokemon will be easier in the future.
Niantic explains the update stating, "These new bonuses will give you a better chance of capturing Pokémon with a related type. For example, as you reach a higher tier for the Kindler Medal, your bonus to catch Fire-type Pokémon such as Charmander, Vulpix and Ponyta increases."
In another explanation posted by iTech regarding the medal update, the description discloses how bonuses can help the player advance into a new level if he or she repeatedly catches pocket monsters that are under the same kind. The question is what if the Pokemon is of two different types?
In case that a Pokemon is a double breed, the bonus will be the average of the bonuses from both types. For instance, the monster is a breed of both ice and fire types. The bonuses will be the average of the ice and fire aspect of the Pokemon.
Recently, trainers who have advanced their levels have noticed that the higher level you are, the more difficult it has become to catch a monster. More and more Pokemons could break out of the balls while trainers catch them, causing the players to use more balls than necessary.
Since this new update allows trainers to level up more easily, perhaps the next update for Pokemon GO will address the difficulty of catching pocket monsters at certain levels.
