Pokémon Go developer sorry for "technical issue" which saw recently-nerfed Remote Raids offer worse Shiny odds
Pokémon Go developer Niantic has apologised for a «technical issue» discovered by players this week which affected the odds of encountering the game's much-coveted Shiny Pokémon when battling bosses using a Remote Raid Pass.
Niantic will now return any Remote Raid Pass used on these bosses, and hold an additional «special event» to make up for the error.
Remote Raid Passes were recently nerfed by Niantic to make them less attractive for players to use, with a limit on the number of times they can be used per day and a more expensive price tag. The discovery that Remote Raid Passes were giving lower-than-expected Shiny odds left fans wondering whether this was yet another change by Niantic.
Speaking to Eurogamer, however, a Niantic spokesperson confirmed the issue had simply been an «unfortunate technical error».
The suggestion that raid boss Shiny rates had been quietly nerfed gathered traction online this week, when crowd-sourced data from a reliable Japanese fansite was analysed by users on top Pokémon Go reddit TheSilphRoad.
Data logged by Japanese players pointed to a major discrepency in the number of Shiny Pokémon being encountered in recent raids — the current crop of which are largely designed to be played using Remote Passes.
Aggregated Shiny chances for current Legendary Pokémon appeared lower by several orders of magnitude compared to Pokémon Go's standard 1/20 odds. Indeed, the data appeared to show chances of 1/64 or 1/126 for encountering a Shiny Pokémon.
Impacted Trainers will also be granted a Remote Raid Pass for each one used in these Raids during the affected time, plus 1 extra directly to their Pokémon GO account.
When players buy raid passes — specifically Remote Raid Passes at their
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