While all the most recent hubbub this week - on this blog, at least - was directed to the release of Pokémon Legends: Z-A, the most significant transformation in Pokémon Go this season, as the increase of its level cap, also happened during that time. That transformation also brings forth a new leveling journey along with other things for that journey. Since all of that has happened, it's a good idea to discuss about the happenings and even include my own take on those happenings, as what it brings forth for me.
So, while the associated XP Celebration event ended at the local time transition to October 15, after which the increase was expected to occur, there was actually a kerfuffle as its scheduling was actually the local time of the developers - that is, U.S. Pacific Time - meaning that most of the world got the increase on October 16. The usual reactions to a kerfuffle for the game - a common one by now - followed but didn't last long, and soon everyone was absorbed in what the level cap increase offered for their gameplay.
As expected, everyone leveled up proportionately to their earned XP, and those with at least 85.8 million leveled up to Level 70. At that point, they'll have to complete the tasks and either collect XP (or use their "banked" amount) to go to the next level. Furthermore, all the tasks, needed XP, and level-up rewards - the latter two even for all prior levels - can be seen, so Trainers know what they expect to get and need to do. This is a real improvement from the previous limited view, again one that maybe should have been implemented a long time ago.
Regarding these tasks for Level 71 and beyond, one in each set involves collecting a certain number of Platinum medals, while the rest are composed of long-form tasks that are supposed (or at the least designed) to take quite a bit of time to complete. Yet some "crazy" Trainers, however, might find a way to complete some of them in a single day... which in fact happened for the Level 71 tasks before they were stopped cold by a Level 72 task that explicitly requires it to be done within a span of seven days. As such, it'll take some time for the higher levels.
Because the XP can be seen and calculated, it is also easy to determine if one has enough for all those levels, regardless of the tasks needed to go through them. For example, I have 208 million XP, which is just a little more than what is needed to get to Level 80 by XP alone (203.3 million). Of course, that's only in a dream, and the reality of the tasks is what I'll be facing; that's pretty much the only thing to face, though, and whatever XP is earned along the way only "sweetens the pot" for what will take place after the tasks are done.
In any case, all of that constitutes the new leveling journey for Trainers in Pokémon Go with the new level cap. Yet it's a journey that is as familiar as it is new for anyone who gets involved with the game, for its task mechanism for higher levels is essentially recycled and the XP itself is never new. Only the spirit may be new along with a few of the numbers involved in the leveling progression, and that may just be spirited enough for the case of this game as it continues to provide the same challenges with all different Pokémon.
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