VERY BAD NEWS SANTA MONICA PIER LOVERS
VERY BAD NEWS SANTA MONICA PIER LOVERS
The Santa Monica Pier is now dead for real. (R.I.P.)
During the event today there were hardly anyone playing at the Santa Monica Pier! The worst part was that only 4 of the 15 pokestops were lured today and if you have been there you know that all 15 have been active since the game came out. Since the spoofers were luring the pokestops this whole time everyone benefited. I miss them now because there were very few pokemon spawning today. Add in the usually horrible phone connection problems that most people have there and you have to question if its worth going there anymore. I was there for two hours and nothing good spawned. Best catch was possibly a magikarp that I personally collect. The funny thing was that there is a nest outside of the pier at a park that had 4 Electabuzz (nest) and a Aerodactyl. I should have not wasted my time walking across the street!
Since there were very few people there on the first day of an event it is obvious that other people already figured out that the pier is no longer the best fishing hole.
Do not fly out here if your goal is to try the pier. Not until things change.
Any locals have the same thoughts or???
Answers
I feel your pain...So one of the best places to get rare mon, spawning Tyranitar, Unown, an insane amount of dratini, larvitar and other rares is now not lured 24/7...In top of that you admit those lures were from spoofers and bots, and still complain about it? I can't believe, seriously, really glad Niantic is at least starting to do something about illegal playing, hope all cheaters/bots are down and they balance the game a little bit for other players that are not from Santa Monica.
Do you know how many "rares" I have caught during the last month? One, yes, one dratini in 30 days of gameplay, not a single stop lured if it was not by me since Valentines event, also not a single Larvitar since event started (1 in the wild since gen2 release), so I'm sorry, but I don't buy your complain.
Long Beach is way better than Santa Monica Pier. Just go to the water near the Aquarium. Parking is much easier at Long Beach, there are no issues with phone reception and you can catch much better stuff out there. I used to spend all day and night out at Long Beach and I had a lot of fun out there; lots of restaurants, a movie theater, shopping, the aquarium.
