Pokémon Go Event Rollup, 3/29/2019

OK, the next few days are going to be relatively packed for Pokémon or otherwise, so this is pretty much the last opportunity I have to write up a rollup of this month's events in Pokémon Go. And that's perfect, because not only this is near the end of the month, but there has also been a boatload of events for the game with lots of benefits for those Trainers who decide to take part in them all. And if they're active like I am, they surely would have, even if the extents are different.

Before going into this month's notable events, I have to dip into the previous month. Soon after I had posted last month's event rollup, another Limited Research event showed up. This time, it featured the Pokémon Clamperl, which had not been unleashed up until that point. In many ways, this particular incarnation could be considered as an expansion of the event's concept, both in terms of content (Field Research from PokéStops) and featured Pokémon (one that hadn't been seen before). This kind of event needs to be discussed in another post, but for Clamperl I can say that I've achieved the optimal goals, including getting both of its evolved forms Huntail and Gorebyss. I'll continue to explore Limited Research before delivering my overall take on it.

Then there were two Special Raid Week(end)s, one of them being for Latias during the last week of February, and the other being for Rayquaza two weeks ago. For the former, as it was revealed, it was going to be a Raid Weekend, which somehow turned into a Raid Week perhaps due to popular demand; it featured its Shiny form as well, which to my delight, I received on the last day. For the latter, it was just a weekend occasion with no Shiny form (at least not yet), which was celebrated by those who hadn't gotten one or who had awaited its return. After having obtained good results with these as well, I and my raid fellows now wonder when the former's kin (Latios) as well as the latter's Shiny form will come.

Early in this month, there was a one-week Battle Showdown event, which is a repeat of a similar event in May last year. Fighting-type Pokémon took the stage in the wild and in raids, and everyone was rewarded with double Stardust bonuses and double "Gym Points", something that is counted in the progression of Gym Badges. I primarily used the opportunity to gain as many extra Candies as possible for my Fighting-type Pokémon - which I didn't quite take advantage of last year - and to accelerate progress on certain Gyms. Others used it to teach new moves to those Pokémon and look for new Shiny forms (of Mankey and Machop). With such packed rewards, it wouldn't be surprising that this occurred.

Lastly, there was an Equinox event which just ended a few days ago. The event primarily featured Grass-type Pokémon, and the Community Day for Treecko was nicely situated within it, providing a way to prepare for it before and finish it up afterwards. As with Battle Showdown above, the Pokémon were also present in raids and new moves were available. Perhaps the biggest change wasn't for the featured Pokémon type, but for Lunatone and Solrock, which received their Shiny forms and changed regions. Objective selection was more or less like the above as well, though united with Community Day and divided with the region change of the two Pokémon.

These are all quite a boatload of events, and even their payload of benefits are packed. No matter how much activity was devoted to these events, it's still worth it to take insights from what has passed, which is pretty much a function of these rollups. And the most important insight is that there was just much of everything but much results as well. It may just be that after the next few days have passed, this spate of events in Go may just appear meager compared to what's in those days.

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