Increased Limits in Go... Indefinitely?

Some things that can be done in Pokémon Go are limited, most often on a daily basis. Every so often, these limits are relaxed, which makes things a little easier... but also, often for a limited time, after which the limit is reaffirmed. This leads to the wondering of relaxing or increasing these limits indefinitely, without being tied to a specific time period. I've identified a few of these limits that could be increased in this manner based on personal experience, and they're worthy of some discussion.

Currently, friendship has quite a few limits of its own. A Trainer is limited to 200 friends, after which one must remove a friend to add another. For a community of small players, this limit may be fine, but for players who maintain large communities and/or travel far and wide, 200 might seem small; I myself am nearing this limit with all the friends I maintain. A better limit would perhaps be 250 or 300, and they could be purchasable rather than applied for all, just for those who actually need it. Gifts too are limited to 20 being opened a day, and Lucky Friends have made Best Friend gifts feasible to be opened; I would suggest 25 from here on out to allow for 5 Lucky Friends feasibly. Increasing these limits would probably resolve quite a bit of friend woes.

Trades, as an adjunct to friends, have their own limits too. The act of trading itself has a limit, but I and some of my friends rarely reach this limit, so it's likely not a major problem overall. What does become a problem is that there is an increasing number of Pokémon that can only be traded by way of a Special Trade, which now includes Purified Pokémon. When this kind of trade occurs only once a day for a Trainer, it could become difficult to trade away hard-to-get Pokémon rather than to transfer them immediately (waste not, want not). Special Trades can occur multiple times at special events, but these may be far and few between for some. It would perhaps be wise to increase the limit to two a day; this would at least allow a little freedom in scheduling Special Trades, especially between Lucky Friends.

One last thing with limits is raids. Though there really is no limit to how many raids can be done a day, what does become a limit is how many passes one has for that purpose. For those who don't often purchase Premium Raid Passes or are loath to spend them on anything else other than Level 5 raids for Legendary Pokémon, this may become a problem. One may get more than five free passes during certain Raid Days, but these too don't often occur enough to take advantage of them, let alone for anything other than the featured Pokémon. Therefore, to be able to have two free passes per day indefinitely may help. It may close a potential revenue through Premium Raid Passes, but this could be made up in other means.

Pokémon Go gets more complex over time, as is the nature of many games. What adds to that complexity are the limits imposed on certain things as above. With that, those limits may just become a hindrance to further progress. Were they to be relaxed or increased from this point forward, not necessarily for a limited time as with certain events, it could prove to be useful for a good number of Trainers out there, including me. It may just lead to lots and lots more boundless adventures for them.

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