Joining a raid...sounds like a dumb question, but...
Is there a way to tell if other people are battling already? I know, some of you are thinking "duh, look around you" and yes, that works much of the time. But one of the gyms closest to me is in a multilevel building with lots of balconies. Really not possible to tell. I participated in a raid on a blastoise yesterday and got roasted on a spit - didn't know I was the only one until I had already used my raid pass. Is this all part of Niantic trying to make us talk to people? LOL. Dammit.
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Yep, definitely not going to try Tier 4 again by myself. Sticking to Tier 2 or lower unless I'm at an open area and see a large group of people near me, tapping on their phones, lol. Stinks, because I passed on a Tyranitaur raid this morning due to this concern, but I figured if a Blastoise chewed me up that bad, the Tyranitaur would probably floss its teeth with me.