Summary
- Mega Rayquaza raids in Pokemon GO now give significantly less Mega Energy, disappointing fans hoping to evolve their Pokemon quickly.
- Niantic announced a rerun of the event to make up for the issues, but players are still struggling to gather enough Mega Energy.
- Players who have never Mega-evolved Rayquaza must wait for the next event to gather enough Mega Energy, impacting gameplay.
Pokemon GO fans are unhappy over the fact that the Mega Rayquaza raid gives less Mega Energy than it did previously, as it has prevented many players from being able to Mega evolve their Pokemon. Considering that Rayquaza is the Pokemon that requires the most amount of Mega Energy in Pokemon GO, players were expecting that they would get enough to be able to evolve in a couple of raids if not one.
While fans had been eagerly waiting for the return of Mega Rayquaza as part of the Shared Skies season, the event turned out to be buggy for Pokemon GO fans. To make it up to the community, Niantic announced a rerun of the event to ensure fans who missed a chance to get the Pokemon get another shot at the raid. Initially, fans were quite happy about the announcement as it completely removed the Elite Gym requirement from the Pokemon GO Mega Rayquaza raid. However, it seems like the event still has caused some trouble for fans.
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Over on the Pokemon GO and The Silph Road subreddits, several fans have expressed their disappointment over the Mega Rayquaza event. Some noteD that they had the required amount of Meteorites but were still unable to Mega Evolve because of not having the required amount of Mega Energy. While the former was mostly attributed to players not being around enough PokeStops, the latter was due to a change Niantic made as part of the Pokemon GO Mega Rayquaza Makeup event. In the new event, Niantic drastically reduced the amount of Mega Energy players got for winning battles.
How Much Mega Energy Do Players Get From Defeating Mega Rayquaza in Pokemon GO
During the initial Pokemon GO Mega Rayquaza Elite Raid, players got around 200 Mega Energy for winning a raid, but that number got drastically reduced to around 70 for the makeup event. This amount varies depending on how long players take to defeat Mega Rayquaza, but the drastic change has made it extremely difficult for players to Mega evolve their Pokemon. Some players stopped after doing a couple of raids thinking they already had enough, only to realize later on that they would not be able to Mega evolve their Pokemon. In fact, some players were expecting the initial Elite Raid itself to give around 400 Mega energy, so seeing that number drop down even further hasn't gone down well in the community.
What makes things even trickier is that players who are evolving Rayquaza for the first time have to rely solely on winning raids to get the required amount of energy. Once they have Mega Evolved Rayquaza even once in Pokemon GO, they can get 100 Mega energy for walking 20km with the Pokemon. While even that is not easy to complete, it still gives fans a way to gather some Mega energy. On the other hand, players who have never Mega-evolved Rayquaza will need to wait until the next event to get Mega Rayquaza in Pokemon GO.
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