Congrats. I find it useful for the expanded map (it shows raids that are further than your “nearby” display can reach). Other features require installing the app, which will probably be worthwhile; but don’t install it until you have the time to set up your account on it. (Last weekend I wanted to light a flare at a gym to attract others to raid a Shadow Articuno, and I couldn’t even view the map again, until I created and set up an account.)
Can confirm, I got it as well around 5 hours ago.
We have IST here with a time offset of UTC+05:30.
I visit forum couple of times in a day. First around 6:15 AM and then either 2:00 PM or 10 PM. Hence my presence time doesn’t coincides with anyone.
We were having it earlier, but Niantic removed it as they might got the idea that it is not working here !
This is a general query which I am asking from everyone of you. Since my area doesn’t have any Pokestop, so considering the hypothetical situation, if a Pokestop exists in image mentioned below :
And the position where my character is standing is my home, then till what range I can comfortably interact with that Pokestop ?
Make a circle a little bit nearer than the position of the balloon.
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Take a look, my player is as far as posible and on the screen there are Stops I could use, and others out of reach.
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Are all those Pokestops, and that gym can be interacted from the position where your character is standing ?
First part, I was in Madrid, Spain. There they have have these days around 35 degrees, but with danger of torments with hail up to the volume of golfballs.
Second part: what you see in the image is not so dense, there are places in New York for example, where you can reach without moving 10 stops and three gyms.
Take a look at this:
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First time I had heard this. Though temperature ranging around 35-40 is pretty common here, even in night, but hail falling in sunny day sounds quite adventurous, and it has certainly more adventure than daily adventure incense 
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How fun and easy it is to play there. Whereas my area is green and open, despite that it lacks any POIs according to Niantic Rules…
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I heard that Magma Storm Heatran is available during Dark Flames event…
How good actually the move is ?
Yeah, Heatran caught from the current rotation of raids has Magma Storm
According to GamePress, from PVE,
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Fire Spin and Magma Storm* is Heatran’s optimal set
Where it was once a niche-counter, Heatran’s June 2023 update gave it access to Magma Storm, which is everything that it could have realistically hoped for. While not enough to make Heatran a DPS King in such a competitive type, it was more than enough to make it the undisputed TDO option for most raids thanks in part to its phenomenal resistance set that includes a double-resistance to every single type in the game that’s weak to Fire. In this regard, Heatran may very well be an optimal counter in some situations despite lagging behind the big-names of the type!
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Thanks.
Had you tried it out in GBL or raids ? If so, is it worth for using Elite TM ?
The long-range spawn visibility bug creates a sub-game that’s kind of fun for a limited time – most of the faraway mons have already despawned, and when clicked on, wait about a second, before disappeaing into a puff of smoke. Almost like a shooting gallery game… poof, poof, poof … poof.
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Even with Magma Storm, Heatran is still behind Reshiram with Fusion Flare, if you have a hundo Reshiram, I would suggest to use the Elite Charge TM on Reshiram to get Fusion Flare
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Yeah, this happened to nearby spawns that are either caught or despawned
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In my app I have a function for augmenting the range, but I never use it exactly for this reason.
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When I reached rank 18 in GBL, I was on my way to rank 19, hence 20. But all of sudden, I lose my momentum so badly that I am not able to win even a single match in 2 sets…
And interesting thing to note is that, I only need around 4 wins to rank up. But then, I am not getting those wins as of yesterday !!
To keep fun, I used Shadow Mewtwo, and it fainted against Shadow Machamp’s Cross Chop !!
Weird. I’m pretty sure GBL up-ranks me every 5 matches, whether I win or lose.
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That happens when we around 6-7.
Afterwards, we need to win matches in order to rank up, excluding bonus levels(5, 10, 15, 19)
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