New defenders

Since I have a bunch of Wobbuffets that are easy to hit by alphabet search I've started dropping those. Never fails to get me returned in around an hour. So it's an automatic 50 coins.

Diversity!

Anyone in the pika family with a hat can hold down a gym year round now

My girls all about her miltank

If I see a dull defender, I will not attack the gym. If they are both dull and insultingly weak, I will feed the poor bastards. If you want me to send your defender home, place something interesting. If you want me to send him home only after a few hours, place something that is strong at the beginning.

I started tossing in the same defenders. those who can faint then be transferred for candy when they return. no need to waste potions or revives.

I still toss on my Blissey or Snorlax on, but that's more because they aren't generally great attackers. Now I tend to put on my Steelix's, Skarmony's or for fun, Ditto's.

After 3 days now of no one taking down any of my gyms, I'm starting to rethink this strategy. I even chose gyms that used to be held by Mystic 90% of the time (I'm Instinct), but nope. 3 days now, no coins.

I totally prefer the old system, even with shaving and CP placement (shaving isn't much of a problem here with high turnover). Right now I'm totally not bothering with coins from gyms, and I'm never buying any coins.
In fact, I'm considering quitting PoGo altogether. 1 more bullshit update and I'm really quitting.

Still use my Snorlax and Blissey.

I'm happy to put back my sweat old defenders: Eggys, Poliwrath and Slowbro.

And for diversity and fun, here are the mons I've put at least once since the gym rework: Donphan, Ursaring, Shuckle and Forretress

Lanturn is a cool gym defender, it's got high stamina and only two weaknesses. I know it's coin inefficient, but I had my Steelix last nearly 2 full days at a gym, which was super cool given that it's a different Pokemon. I enjoy using Kingdra (even though Dnite bodies it), Wobb, Wigglytuff, Crobat, Miltank. Saw some cool things over the past few days defending gyms, such as Kingler, Rapidash, Slowbro, Slowking, Politoed. I actually don't take over those gyms because I appreciate the uniqueness of defender choice.