Reworking Weekly Challenge Tasks?

Since their introduction last year (and their re-introduction in the late part), Weekly Challenges have become a facility for Trainers to group up, interact, and earn rewards by completing tasks. Even so, it's those tasks that determine whether a Weekly Challenge is actually a "challenge", and over the course of its implementation from several months ago, the tasks have actually varied in quality in this regard, so much so that a "rework" may be in order. That becomes the focus of this post, to discuss what has happened and how a "rework" could happen.

The "inaugural" week featured a task of "Catch 500 Pokémon", which for four Trainers could still be a bit of a challenge and require a few days to complete - even more so for fewer, for whom some more dedication is in order. Some weeks ago, there was also a task of "Hatch 25 Eggs", which also seems fairly balanced for four Trainers and still doable for fewer, though the task might be slightly pushing it toward the "trivial" realm. With that, it seems these tasks don't need to change for all they're worth - as the rewards that await at the end.

Meanwhile, other tasks do seem rather trivial. One task in a previous week was "Complete 25 Field Research tasks", which with the Daily Task and even just a few PokéStops for each of the involved Trainers could be completed in not even half of a week. Then there's the "Spin 150 PokéStops or Gyms" task, which might sound daunting but can actually be taken care of with a few "Lure Module sessions", and especially for four Trainers if they all spin five or six (or more) a day. An enterprising Trainer who participates could also complete it in one or two days... which has in fact happened to me and likely to many other Trainers as well.

Given the four tasks above, the "rework" would be in augmenting them. Since any group will be invariably filled by four Trainers (active ones too) due to them inviting others or by the game's "find-a-group" function, the tasks should reflect more of what they can do. That said, 40 Eggs, 50 tasks, and 200 spins would be perfect for augmenting the tasks that have been mentioned above, with consideration of the experiences of Trainers - mine and others. As for the addition of other and varied kinds of tasks, that may be up to the game itself to consider for now, and to implement later on when the time is right for a challenge.

Having gone through Weekly Challenges for four months, give or take, the tasks they offer for Trainers to complete can be considered "challenging" in some ways and less so in others. By this time, with the considerations above, there may be the need to ramp up the "challenge" slightly and rework some of the current tasks, while keeping future task possibilities at bay. As things proceed from there, some room for more challenges may then be in order.

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