Would you switch teams?

Personally I would probably switch as my daughter persuaded me to join valor. I had been about to be instinct. Now I'm lvl 32 in town of minority valor, surrounded by lots of lvl 10 blue and yellow gyms. And... said daughter ditched the game at lvl 23. In favour of "overreach" lol

Oops, that was "Overwatch"

i m thinkin same too.
I might wanna switch to yellow for the bird.

I might want to switch to Instinct for the color, unless they release black and blue outfits that look as good as black and yellow ones. Blue highlights in gyms look meh on my avatar.

As for the yellow bird, I dislike its looks either. Lazy design: unnatural-looking spikes and too few of them.

I already used my name change, so no.

Maybe, if they make Thunderbolt even better, like doing 90 damage.

The only reason I'm happy my 5 year old nephew chose Instinct for me is the possibility of Zapdos.

No I wouldn't.
Zapdos is better than Molteres, but as an Instinct player, I really would have hard days in my city. Mystic is really dominating, but outside of the city, Valor holds many stable gyms what I don't want to loose. Instinct gyms over level 5 are nearly not existing.

And I really hope, if the birds are team-specific, you aren't able to trade them. It would only causes many players to have multiple accounts...

I honestly thought from the beginning that which team you chose would give you that specific bird. Then i read that Instinct also favors hatching compared to evolving or leveling. Everything About instinct pulled me in. I really hope the birds are team based.

I'm already Instict so no... I was smart and didn't just do my favorite colour or I would be valor and possibly be stuck with the ugliest legendary in the world.

I wouldn't, Mystic forever! But I hope my family would join me, as somehow - as level 5 clueless noobs - we all ended up on different teams....

As much as I would hate to, I probably would. My town is predominately team red, and I ended up choosing team yellow. The few Gyms we do manage to set up and keep running always get maxed out quickly, and I don't shave people out, so that just means there's less for me to choose from. I'm hoping that the Gym rework will also help with this.

i dont think they will do that. it might be super hard to get all 3 legendaries but why would that make it so you will only get one and the other spots on your dex will just be empty.

Zapdos looks like a child opened paint and had no knowledge of bird anatomy. It's legs don't make any sense and the beak is just atrocious. Better yet, what exactly are you going to do with a bunch of Electric attacks despite having something like Jolteon in stock? Will you really have him as a defender against potential common attackers Golem/Rhydon/Tyranitar with Stone Edge? The double rock weakness isn't enough to complain about for Articuno and Moltres as Zapdos still has a a rock weakness. Ice can be used on many important powerhouses (including Zapdos) and Fire is a common weapon for all around. Moltres also has the most resistances including double resistance to Grass and Bug. I can only imagine these birds as attackers and Electric is bust apart from Vaporeon and Gyarados.

Mystic minority? haha what! Probably the only town in the world. I would switch to mystic, way more possiblities to put pokemon in gyms and the gyms will hold out for longer.
Zapdos is the coolest bird but I would still choose mystic. I'am valor btw.