Tier 2 raid rewards have been a joke - 1/2 rare candy per raid

I just did a Tier 1 today (Magikarp...remember that I don't have a Gyarados yet?)

Anyways, I got 1 Golden Razz Berry...that's it. 0 Rare Candy. Maybe 1 revive, but my kid tapped my screen so I couldn't see what else...Definitely no TMs.

Honestly, I think spending a pass on anything less than a 3 is a waste...(unless you need the dex entry).

I've done 2 Tier 2 raids and got all of 1 rare candy so far...0 TMs of course.

My problem currently is there doesn't seem to be that many people doing Tier 4 raids so a waste of a pass if you can't win. Maybe I need to be "social".

It appears that the higher the level of the raid then the better than chances of decent rewards.

...not that it is a disadvantage to the solo player or anything.

... and beating raid 3 or 4 with additional players is much easier than solo raid 2, and raids became boring very quickly with same mons. I did 21 raids and mostly the best reward was 3000 xp, some revives (which I am throwing away due the full bag), not TMs but so far 8 rare candies. That's it.

Could the drop rates have gone down? I feel catch rates have. I've done 3 level 3's and 5 level 4's the past 2 days and no TMs

I did one Tier 4 raid. It gave me 17 revives and nothing else. Thanks to that, I haven't made the effort to do another one since.

They can be just as crappy lower tier raids.

Duoed Alakazam today with a pal. 3 rare candies and some revives. I haven't seen a TN in days. I still have 2 of each - so far I've spent one of each. They've all come from lv3 and 4 raids. Probably only 1 from Lv3s. I almost never catch the boss either.

After doing 25, or so, raids, I have found it is not that hard to find a group for a tier 3 or 4 raid. I've done three tier 4 and gotten 2, 1 and 0 TMs respectively. I always seem to get some rare candy. I haven't gotten TMs from level 1, 2, or 3 raids. My impression is that TMs are more likely, if you contributed more to taking down the boss than the other trainers did, but I am not certain of that. I kind of suspect that if you keep using your free passes and do whatever level raids, you will probably get a very occasional TM, something like getting evolution items.
However, I was definitely more anxious about getting TMs before I got the few I did.
I don't worry about coming to an empty lobby, because I look for other people standing around with their cell phones out, and maybe strike up a conversation with them.

I've been averaging approximately one TM per every four tier 2 level raids

would you expect to do a boss solo in an MMORPG? the game is supposed to be social set up a local group if there isn't one already and hit those ***/**** eggs or gear up to hit the weaker *** solo.

The rewards are extremely swingy. I have gotten from 0 to 3 TM's on a single level 4 raid. Yesterday I got 10 rare candy for soloing Machamp. Other times you get nothing but revives. It's the usual RNG that is a main component of this game.

LV 1 and 2 Raids are not worth the pass unless you just need the candy for something. If there's a Muk raid, and it's nearing the end of the day and I haven't already used my free pass, I'll knock it out just because I want the candy for eventual power-up.

But don't do it expecting you'll get a TM.