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Re:Apple says Pokémon Go is the most downloaded app in its f... by Rayearth on Friday July 22, 2016 @05:31PM (#12146916)
When I first heard that multiple players can fight in the same gym battle instance, I got excited with the hope that there might be the conventional raid versus boss combat mechanics present - a main tank, positioning being important, taunts and so on.

Of course gym battles are a lot more simple and fixing the many issues both combat-wise and in general take priority compared to adding such mechanics in.

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Re:Apple says Pokémon Go is the most downloaded app in its f... by btown on Saturday July 23, 2016 @10:46AM (#12149600)
It's also very difficult to design for mobile devices - not due to processor or screen size, but due to unavoidable latency spikes on LTE. You'd essentially need an in-universe explanation to reconcile conflict resolution with user expectation. "But my move registered and I stunned that guy, but he still killed me!"
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Re:Apple says Pokémon Go is the most downloaded app in its f... by fabrika on Saturday July 23, 2016 @11:22AM (#12149731)
An author of another real-world game, Cheapshot here.

It's not an issue, LTE is fast enough. For multiplayer we take into account every bullet and sync dozens of players in real time.

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