Would you accept help from a spoofer?
I entered an Entei raid with 6 players today which should have been enough but after going inside I saw they were all below lvl 27 with the exception of me(lvl 35). We were slaughtered. After the third attempt with 20 minutes left before the raid ending, 2 spoofers arrived. I know for a fact they were spoofers because we were at field of a large park and there was no one around except us(real ppl). Unsatisfied with the situation but we accepted the spoofers aid. I caught a 95% iv Entei and received 3 TMS 6Rare candies.
Would you guys have accepted the spoofers help or walk away and losing a raid pass?
Also in the past have you knowingly accepted spoofers help in raids & gym battle while continuing the battle?
Answers
I accepted help from a spoofer once against Lugia. 11 of us failed, but only 3 of us were at a decent level. We put out a call for help on discord and this guy "shows up". I didn't like it, but I didn't want to waste my pass, and most of the group couldn't stay around much longer. I don't remember my rewards, but I know I didn't catch the Lugia. I figured it was karma!
I definitely consider so-called "air support" among the least objectionable practices spoofers partake in. It definitely shows they are lazy, but can also clearly be helpful if people don't have the numbers and/or power to take down a raid. The only time it's a bad thing is if the raid has 20 people attempting it IRL and the spoofer would end up stealing someone's spot who is physically there.
TLDR: I wouldn't lose any sleep worrying about it
I accept it once with my only mewto raid.
Its on an unpopular sponsored gym in my city, but rather close to my house so no one in my grups has the invitation
Only four people show up, i try to do private battle with them, but when one said he is at level 24, i just said go to the lobby and join everyone else that not in the spot, end up with 14 trainers..
Yes i accept it cos i dont want to loose my chance at mewto, EX pass still quite rare in my city..
I'm torn.
I've called in Air Support on Discord in the past, but I hate it when a spoofer takes down a gym I'm currently fighting. The way I see it - the way I justify it to myself - is that these raids are designed for multiple people, and that it can be extremely difficult to organize enough people to come and do a raid. Even in a big city - I live in a city of 1,000,000 +/- people, and I have watched as the gym that's a 1 min walk (2 min if the streetlight is red) has at least 4 Entei raids that I can't do because there aren't 4 other people willing to do them during that exact hour. I'm posting on Discord. I'm tagging in people I know and people who have been active in the chat that day. I'm keeping people apprised on the status. When I can't drag my wife out, I'll at least take her phone to the raid so I'm double-phoning it to try to get the numbers up to minimum. Sometimes I can even get my daughter to come and add a tiny degree of extra damage that might make the difference between beating the Boss or losing.
I'm doing all I can to get a raid done, but I can't do it alone.
So if there are Spoofers around, I'm fine with them coming in to help. All their help means is that I get rewarded for my effort. Sure, they get rewards too, but they aren't taking anything away from me beyond maybe a few extra balls for damage. And while that is annoying... 8 balls (and the associated rewards) is better than 0 balls.
