It's been over two years since remote raids were introduced in Pokémon Go, and a little less than that for its invitation aspect. The latter has proven to be extremely helpful, as is the greater scope of the feature itself. Even so, there is one intricacy that remains after all this time, which is when one doesn't want to or cannot raid remotely, and therefore "declines" or has to "decline" a remote raid invitation. It's an infrequent issue, but it can and does happen, which is why it deserves some discussion.
Nowadays, remote raid invitations can come from any friend anywhere and anytime, which means that it is completely possible to have multiple raid invitations at one time, and even if there is an intent to raid even just one of them, it automatically means declining the other(s). It is fine if the invitations are for the same raid (which I've been told has happened for and by a friend) but by and large, the invitations would be for different raids in equally distant places. One time, I've received three invitations at the same time in the latter situation, and I've had to pick and choose which one I actually wanted to raid, leaving the others to be declined.
The situation of a Raid Hour or a Raid Day will lead to raids being present in many places at the same time, and if one isn't raiding them locally, then one is likely to raid them remotely. Of course, if one is preoccupied with (assisting) the former, then one will likely be declining the latter, whether or not the inviting party or parties realize that. I too have personally had invitations to raids in other places during such events while I'm dealing with assisting my local, on-site raid fellows, and more often than not, I've had to decline incoming invitations for that reason, which hopefully the inviting parties recognize. It is as I've described in my post proposing the expansion of the online status, which ought to alleviate the situation somehow.
A related matter to the declining affair is changing one's mind about declining them. It may be that someone really needs help with a raid because there were not enough participants the first time an invitation was sent, and the second time is the indication that things are as such. In that case, it may very well be wise to not decline the invitation the second time and to just go for it, provided sufficient resources. It's rare that this happens even for me, as most would already have the raid complete or have given up on it, but if it does happen, then declining surely may not be the best response.
Remote raids will (likely) continue to color raid affairs in Pokémon Go even after things settle down somewhat, so the matter of responding to the invitations for them still becomes relevant in that situation. And one such response is to "decline" them, which may become necessitated or even inadvertent with certain circumstances. It's a hard thing to do - even to make up one's mind about the decision - yet the response may be expected and normal despite everything that could just possibly affect it as an intricacy.
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