>>29078999>We hope things will balance themselves out when new Pokemon come.New pokemon won't balance out the fact that the gym sitters mons are at 3k+ while the non-sitters are at 1k-2k depending on luck. Add in the fact that the new update that makes boosting gyms easier has these 3k mons at 7+ deep all over so they're extra hard to knock down.
New mons will bring people back, granted, but as soon as they see they can't break past that deep wall of giant mons held by sitters who spoof to retake gyms they're just going to get frustrated and quit.
Returning players WILL be under-leveled because they weren't playing. As it is the average gym out here (small town) is held by level 25-30s who, again, are mostly gym sitters. They will be higher up still from all the free boosts by the time new mons come out. A returning player will take months to level up even close to competitive and that's if they don't get frustrated and leave first after weeks of failure.
Outside of catching/evolving mons gyms are all we have. It's a huge chunk of gameplay that won't be accessible and already isn't accessible to many players.
