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So research breakrthrough gave Moltres for 10 minutes?

Some friends got Moltres, and there are reports of some people even getting a shiny one. I guess i have to pay more attention next time there is a raid boss or research reward rotation since these bugs have been rather useful (like being able to TM shadow ball to mewtwo when Giratina appeared)
But this does make me wonder what kind of quality control, if any, does Niantic have...and if people who wanted a shedinja and got a Moltres can complain and get something in return...

Asked by FerLG6 years 6 months ago

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Niantic's always had bugs and issues here and there but lately their QC has taken a massive nose-dive, in particular since Gen 4 began rolling out. Between unreleased errors found in the game master to those that have made their way to the public we have:

- The stat rebalance that borked everyone's HP and its immediate reversal
- Mewtwo and Shadow Ball for about 10 minutes
- Giratina-A's release with Giratina-O's unnerfed stats
- Pokemon with multiple forms have had incorrect stats in the game master (Rotom, Wormadam, Shaymin)
- Vespiquen given incorrect gender ratios
- Game master stating an evolution requirement for Phione -> Manaphy (to the unaware; Phione does not and has never evolved into Manaphy)
- Luxio hatching from 10k eggs instead of Shinx
- Evolving Grotle not counting for "evolve an evolved grass type" research
- The first wave or two of Deoxys EX passes

And these are all within the last 2-3 weeks or so. I don't know what's going on at Niantic but they've gotten very sloppy in very little time with regards to some of the more basic aspects.

I was actually in that group of people who would rather have gotten the Shedinja. I already had a L15 96% not shiny Moltres from an earlier research that I'll never power up because I already have a L37 Overheat Moltres and a plethora of L25 Sky Attack Moltres to choose from. I didn't really need a second one.

I had have my fill of Moltres too but i decided to wait a bit since i was afraid claiming the reward too soon after the change would give me Suicune. It's really shitty you have to wait one week now.
You made me remember i had a Deoxys EX raid cancelled a week in advance for no reason. Until the Regis everything was going actually fine but the downfall started with the EX raid switch and gen 4. I was thinking that the tie in with the Switch games would up their game but Niantic seems to be working as usual which makes me worry the tons of bugs that may show up while trying to obtain Meltan

The Switch games are Gen 1 only featuring the Nutto Brothers. With the major issues being post-Gen 1 specific (i.e. more major than a move pool switch in Mewtwo's case) I don't see any pressure put on them beyond the Nutto stuff, which Gamefreak will probably hold their hands through anyway.

There were still bugs and annoyances here and there but the game was arguably at its most stable during the Regi months. Any big uproars had to do with exclusivity, now it's from stuff just not working right.