Pokémon Go fans feel one crucial change could make Gmax Remote Raids so much better

Niantic recently allowed trainers across Pokémon Go to finally take part in Remote Max Battles, giving trainers a chance to take on Gigantamax raids without the need to find 20+ local trainers for a chance at beating and catching these elusive Pokémon. The experience has been lacklustre, though, with trainers fuming about the current Remote Raid system, even calling for a complete rework to make Remote Raids more appealing and stop a lot of trainers from dropping out of these risky raids. https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSilphRoad/comments/1l0yk38/hosting_gmax_raids_needs_a_serious_rework/ When you enter a Remote Raid, you use a Remote Raid Pass the moment you go into a battle, and at the end of the battle, the game takes 800 Max Particles from your inventory for a successful bout. This has led to a lot of trainers calling for one major change to reduce some of the current risks that come with Remote Gigantamax Max Battles—and we are entirely onboard with the idea. "Only one change is actually needed." A Redditor said on a recent thread. "Don't consume the Remote Pass until the battle is won. Bam, it's solved." The reply was then swarmed with other trainers agreeing, saying it really is "that simple" to make raids far more appealing and less of a risk, as then you aren't losing anything for trainers dipping or failing something that requires a lot of micromanagement to invite 20 trainers at a time. Others have called for an extension to the number of trainers you can invite to Remote Gmax raids, or allow you to invite all 20 at once instead of groups of ten over a set period of time. After my own experience with so many failed Rillaboom Gmax raids this past weekend, I have to agree, as so many failed because clown trainers left on the one-second mark to leave other trainers for dead. It only takes a handful of trolls doing this, or not having a strong enough team for the raids, to ruin it for everyone. Ditchers or inexperienced players who leave can make or break a Gmax Remote Raid. I had a raid fail by the smallest of margins. If those trainers had turned up and done some minor chip damage or cheered on the other teams, we might have won far more raids than we lost. I really do hope Niantic makes some changes to the format soon and actually listens to trainers' feedback. It's sorely needed right now. The post Pokémon Go fans feel one crucial change could make Gmax Remote Raids so much better appeared first on Destructoid.

Jun 2, 2025 - 13:04
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Pokémon Go fans feel one crucial change could make Gmax Remote Raids so much better

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Niantic recently allowed trainers across Pokémon Go to finally take part in Remote Max Battles, giving trainers a chance to take on Gigantamax raids without the need to find 20+ local trainers for a chance at beating and catching these elusive Pokémon.

The experience has been lacklustre, though, with trainers fuming about the current Remote Raid system, even calling for a complete rework to make Remote Raids more appealing and stop a lot of trainers from dropping out of these risky raids.

https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSilphRoad/comments/1l0yk38/hosting_gmax_raids_needs_a_serious_rework/

When you enter a Remote Raid, you use a Remote Raid Pass the moment you go into a battle, and at the end of the battle, the game takes 800 Max Particles from your inventory for a successful bout. This has led to a lot of trainers calling for one major change to reduce some of the current risks that come with Remote Gigantamax Max Battles—and we are entirely onboard with the idea.

"Only one change is actually needed." A Redditor said on a recent thread. "Don't consume the Remote Pass until the battle is won. Bam, it's solved." The reply was then swarmed with other trainers agreeing, saying it really is "that simple" to make raids far more appealing and less of a risk, as then you aren't losing anything for trainers dipping or failing something that requires a lot of micromanagement to invite 20 trainers at a time.

Others have called for an extension to the number of trainers you can invite to Remote Gmax raids, or allow you to invite all 20 at once instead of groups of ten over a set period of time. After my own experience with so many failed Rillaboom Gmax raids this past weekend, I have to agree, as so many failed because clown trainers left on the one-second mark to leave other trainers for dead. It only takes a handful of trolls doing this, or not having a strong enough team for the raids, to ruin it for everyone.

Ditchers or inexperienced players who leave can make or break a Gmax Remote Raid. I had a raid fail by the smallest of margins. If those trainers had turned up and done some minor chip damage or cheered on the other teams, we might have won far more raids than we lost.

I really do hope Niantic makes some changes to the format soon and actually listens to trainers' feedback. It's sorely needed right now.

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