You might already have seen it passing by a few times by me, explaining that the buddy AR system is not working anymore as intended. While the error does now have a proper naming, it is still a big riddle on why the buddy AR system is not working, while all the other Pokemon and all other AR functions are working perfectly fine.
A while back, it was announced that shared buddy AR was going to be removed from the game. Something most people didn’t liked much, but we had to deal with it. The removal of the shared buddy AR experience might also have caused some backlash on the usual AR system.
We however can clearly see and feel that the game is having a hard time somehow, as we yet again experienced a Missingno-styled gift ( the daily free gift, but with glitchy text in it ), where everything was completely glitched out. We contacted Niantic inc for more details about this problem and if there would be any ways to resolve this issue.
The only answer we got from them was the usual “We are aware and the team is working on a fix, ” followed by a link to the known bugs page, which does not exist at all. However, besides the whole AR drama, some good QOL updates seem to come to the game. We already noticed some updates including
- If a Pokemon is related to an event, after several times, the progress of reformation of the Pokemon is faster than when you experience it for the first time.
- Giving a Pokemon buddy some quick treats makes the progression go faster.
- The last week’s event for Zarude went perfectly.
This week in the pokemon go store, you can spend up to 2.49 euro’s for a whole week of Team Rocket Encounters, including a super egg incubator and other goodies as rewards during the quest period. Be there quik! Before you know it, the event has ended.