@MikeW Hello Mr. Wu, Thank you so much for your reply. I honestly didn't expect that. It opened my mind for many things indeed. It's funny because 1 week after I commented here, Niantic released an update where you could go and catch 80+ pokemon from Generation 2 of the Pokemon series, which was something that many users were expecting. And more interesting fact is that Niantic's CEO John Hanke gave a big speech for the press by the time gen 2 was released stating 2 curious facts which were: - The "game" (they actually call it augmented reality) is about "events". Those are mostly focused on pokemon species appearing more frequently, such as "Water festival", where you could find plenty of water type pokemon, or "Halloween event", where you could find more ghost type pokemon. There's also "Douple XP" events to level up faster, and other types of events that are common in other games. - There will be 4 major updates in 2017 - one for each quarter of the year. So considering this speech by itself, I think it fitted perfectly to the expectations of most players, like me. It gives hope, and a feeling that they are actually doing something to improve the game. The "events" thing I think it's wonderful, because keeps you interested and always wondering what comes next. The "4 major updates" is even bigger and I think it's keeping the player base "alive". It's great to see my friends back playing the game, and hoping for even better things in the future. Not just thinking that Niantic doesn't give a.. to their player base. I think Niantic improved so much the communication with their customers that they were able to bring a whole new level of excitement and hope to the game and to their player base, and I don't see anymore so many frustrated users complaining about lack of new features. In the end, I think I underrated the company, and it was a great surprise for me to see that they aren't as "noobs" as I thought. Lol Let's see what comes next. Ps: I had the chance to see you in person at one of your presentations about Gamification at HP Global Meetup in San Francisco (2015), and since then it opened my mind so much about this process. It's a really interesting matter and so powerful to engage customers. Congratulations for all of your work in this subject. Thanks again for your reply. ArturF
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