Niantic is not stupid, they know they will never eliminate bots, so what next?

[Rionage]

Niantic is not stupid which we already know, they are already aware of bots and associated problems so that is why they have been mass banning bot users. But they probably realised by now that bots will always exist and this combined with sharp decline of active players in the past couple of weeks means that they will instead try to co-exist with bot users. When trading is finally here, we will probably need to spend pokemon coins for trading, which washes clean the pokemon, making the traded pokemon legit no matter the source.

Players trading gets no coins for trading, because you trade pokemon for pokemon, the coins will just be a transaction fee. Niantic would have already made their money from each trade, so they will not care about what happens to the pokemon afterwards. But botters trying to transfer to their main account will be required to buy mass pokemon coins, and still have to level up main account normally. I am guessing two of the following will happen :
1. You will not be able to buy pokemon with levels higher than your trainer's level. Which makes perfect sense.
2. The higher level/CP value, the more pokemon coins you will need to spend to buy it. Want to trade a CP3000 Dragonite? Sure, 3000 pokemon coins please.

These are just two of the many possibilities Niantic might employ. I have seen some threads and replies about how botters will be able to exploit the trading system when it comes out. I just want to point out that it will not be that simple, and Niantic might use the system to exploit us. After all, they are the ones that write the rules in this game.

[adenahmed]

That second one makes no sense. Instead, I could see a future where you have to buy "trade-tickets", where you need to have tickets to trade. Perhaps where higher CP requires more tickets, but the tickets will cost the same. But honestly, this idea seems kinda wacky and it'll make them lose huge numbers. We all associate the game to be "equal" for everyone. This will just tip the scale. Can you imagine the reviews?

[truongloi]

i think ID pokemon = <117xxxxxxxxxx>
> 117 = region pokemon ~~
if i live region 140 and i have pokemon at region 117 ...
i will ban =)).. because i used sniper ....

[Rionage]

Thanks for the reply

Trade-tickets it might be, the idea is the same - higher CP/lvl pokemon require players to spend more money to trade. I think this is quite reasonable. I can't imaging that trading a CP3000 Dragonite costs the same as trading a CP10 Pikachu.

[truongloi]

i think :
If my account have level 10 , then i could trade pokemon level 10.

account level 40 can get CP10 pikachu, but the account level 10 could not get 3000CP Dragonite

and not paid when trade pokemon

p/s : sorry i speak english -,- verybad .

[paceaus]

I think if you use a bot and dont login first to capture pokemon, make name or choose the way you look you cant be banned as you never accept the terms of service / terms and conditions!!

so just make new ptc acc and bot on it without logging in.

[Rionage]

I think if you use a bot and dont login first to capture pokemon, make name or choose the way you look you cant be banned as you never accept the terms of service / terms and conditions!!

so just make new ptc acc and bot on it without logging in.

that is already known to be not true... many users including myself have already reported acc bans with account that was never logged in.

[gapracoolz]

that is already known to be not true... many users including myself have already reported acc bans with account that was never logged in.

How do you know someone was never login...not logic

Dragonite CP 3000 IV 100% just keep...what for trading when u hard to trading...just keep by yourself...if someone want your dragonite just tell him to buy compensation...it's simple minded

Just botting and get dragonite IV 100% and just keep, just keep until player legit never get dragonite IV 100%...Hahahaha

[Pix3]

Actually Niantic never cared about botters at first. It was because a lot of people file a complaint to Niantic that there were too many high cp Dragonites taking over gyms farming coins, players over level 35 like you guys, server stability issues (like botting 100 accounts a day)..... And people having trouble taking over gyms at like level 15. Then Niantic took action and start doing ban waves so it is fair for everyone. The ban waves slowed down a bit probably because less kids are complaining.

On Nintendo 3ds never costed a dime to trade with people. I don't think they will do that. They will probably stick more in the traditional way and make it a fair game.

[lp5115]

How do you know someone was never login...not logic

Dragonite CP 3000 IV 100% just keep...what for trading when u hard to trading...just keep by yourself...if someone want your dragonite just tell him to buy compensation...it's simple minded

Just botting and get dragonite IV 100% and just keep, just keep until player legit never get dragonite IV 100%...Hahahaha

RIP english

[Rionage]

RIP english

aye, I don't think he understood what I wrote in the post

[vailhor]

i think ID pokemon = <117xxxxxxxxxx>
> 117 = region pokemon ~~
if i live region 140 and i have pokemon at region 117 ...
i will ban =)).. because i used sniper ....

You can travel so that doesn't make sense...

[Tempbiz]

Not this cancer again.

[fenzzz]

Then more botters will be taking over gyms to farm for coins which will obviously make more complaints.
They actually do care because there will be more bots playing then legit players.

[HackerDex]

You're thinking too far ahead. You can't even level properly when you are legit and if you do then you get reported. Next you're banned. What a joke.