Hoopa has appeared in Pokemon Go via mysterious new Elite Raids, but its arrival has been accompanied by bugs and issues plaguing trainers trying to enjoy their debut.
On October 15, Niantic launched the new Elite Raids, but they were immediately met with disappointment from fans. This was because the first round of Elite Raids eggs spawned at the same time the Pokemon Go Community Day raids were set to start.
Niantic ended up apologizing for how the Elite Raids impacted the Community Day spawns and pushed back the egg appearances to 6 PM local time instead of 5 PM.
But taking up Raid spawns was just the beginning of the issues players would encounter when attempting to partake in the new Pokemon Go Elite Raids. And there has been no shortage of complaints from players running into bugs and issues during the Elite Raid debut.
Waisted my raid pass now i only have one try left and have to wait hours to try again at the 2pm raid time waisted the whole 30min at the 11 am raid just trying to log in and join and then when i could join and finally defeated it the game froze and i couldn't catch it
— MELLOW FELLOW (@MELLOWF51484094) October 16, 2022
Players report wave of issues during Pokemon Go Elite Raids
The first issue arose when players showed up at the Elite Raid gyms, but no one else was there to raid with them. This made players pretty upset as these new raids are far too challenging for trainers to take on solo, and these Raids can only be attempted in person. No Remote Raiding allowed.
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No one showed up, thank you for letting us not invite friends to these. 🙄 pic.twitter.com/V8OJiWSnXN
— MysticTemplar07 (@MTemplar07) October 16, 2022
However, the second issue arose for players lucky enough to gather the number of trainers required to take the Elite Raid Hoopa down. Players are supposed to encounter rare spawns (Articuno, Wooloo, etc.) but a number of trainers reported that the rare spawn timer appeared, but rare Pokemon never spawned.
Some even claimed that following a successful raid, neither the time nor the spawns showed up.
Managed to get the raid done but no spawns. Very annoying. Maybe they only activate when 20 people are in the raid. Anyone able to test?
— Joe Merrick (@JoeMerrick) October 16, 2022
The third, and arguably most frustrating issue, made it impossible for players to defeat Hoopa. Thanks to a bug, players would defeat Hoopa within the time allotted but the Raid would continue as if the boss still had health. The time would then count down until it hit 0 and then claim that the player had failed the Raid.
Same 😑 https://t.co/Iu9GpSRhdI
— Viny-Chaos (@ChaosViny) October 16, 2022
Like many of Pokemon Go’s feature debuts, the Elite Raids have left players fairly disappointed due to the abundance of issues. And since these raids are very limited, a lot of trainers were left without being able to truly experience all that Elite Raids have to offer.