Pokemon Go Players Angry When Season of Alola Change Attacks Home Trainer

The Pokemon community was outraged after Niantic overhauled Incense’s spawn rate in Pokemon Go. Players claim that the new Seasons of Alola change punishes users who stay at home.

After years of waiting, Pokemon Go finally added Gen VII’s Sun & Moon Pokedex to the mobile title with the launch of Season of Alola.

However, the excitement for some was short-lived, after Niantic revealed that they would be rolling out a new spawn rate that would dramatically change the way Incense works.

Season of Alola made a big change to spawn rates, and Pokemon Go fans aren’t happy.

The spawn rate in Pokemon Go Incense has decreased in the Season of Alola

Seasons of Alola has officially kicked off, but on the eve of launch, Niantic surprised players by revealing that they were making changes to Incense’s spawn rate.

“We wanted to inform you of some adjustments that we will be making on March 1, 2022. For the Alola Season. Incense’s fixed bonus will be removed, but a new bonus that increases Incense’s duration from 60 minutes to 90 minutes will be replaced,” the blog post reads.

Although the increase in time seems like a positive, Serebii Owner Joe Merrick has pointed out that as a result, permanent players will encounter fewer Pokemon. “So Pokémon GO Incense reverts to 1 spawn every 5 minutes unless you move a lot. This leaves a lot of people game-broken again. Why does Niantic keep making decisions that don’t benefit real players? ” the site owner tweeted.

So Pokémon GO Incense reverted to 1 spawn every 5 minutes unless you moved a lot.

This leaves a lot of people game-broken again.

Why does Niantic keep making decisions that don’t benefit real players?

– Joe Merrick (@JoeMerrick) March 1, 2022

Merrick further analyzed the math for players and explained how some people might be able to see fewer Pokemon. “Yes, they increased the time, but let’s calculate. Before: 1 spawn every 90 seconds = 40 spawns per Incense. Now: 1 spawn every 5 minutes = 18 spawns per Incense,” he wrote.

Yes, they increased the time, but calculate

Previous: 1 spawn every 90 seconds = 40 spawns per Incense
Now: 1 spawn every 5 minutes = 18 spawns per Incense

– Joe Merrick (@JoeMerrick) March 1, 2022

The Go community has reacted to changes in anger on social media. “Do they seriously do this quietly after saying they won’t?” one player wrote.

“For example, ideas. For rural players like me, it just kills Pokemon Go again” and “It is really annoying that they are changing this. Two others tweeted.

Many Go users have expressed their concerns about how the Incense change will affect Trainers who are disabled.

“Aaand has been uninstalled. As someone with a disability that affects my ability to walk, the changes made to Go make it impossible for me to keep up,” one person tweeted.

At the time of writing, Niantic has yet to respond to the backlash. Because the change was not explicitly stated in their blog posts, some users only discovered it after seeing topic trends on social media.

While many are understandably excited about the launch of Season of Alola, the big change to fixed gameplay is sure to dampen the mood of Trainers who can’t get in.