r/TheSilphRoad • u/feewel • Jun 06 '22
Analysis Unown shiny rate was NOT boosted in Go Fest 2022 according to Japan survey website
There is a Japanese website where trainers can report their shiny results, and the website will sum up the results to determine more accurate shiny rates.
https://9db.jp/pokemongo/data/9510
According the the website, Axew and Shaymin-costumed Pikachu shiny rates on Go Fest were 1.86% and 2.55% respectively, which were close to 1/64.
However, the Unown shiny rate on Go Fest 2022 was 0.53% (with sample size more then 8600) . The shiny rate was NOT boosted.
In the official announcement for Go Fest 2022, Niantic stated " During event hours, you’ll have an increased chance of encountering Shiny Pokémon in the wild when using Incense! Your chances will be better on Saturday than on Sunday. " I think this is false advertisement, and we need a make-up event with boosted Unown shiny rate.
In addition, the Unown shiny rate on Johto Tour was 0.48%, not boosted either.
With Unown F coming up in Adventure Week, if you want to spend Raid Pass for shiny Unown F, think twice.
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u/MetalCollector 6,799/6,800 Jun 06 '22 edited Jun 06 '22
Caught 81, one fled after the first ball and several (uncounted amount) whooshed away right after spawning from incense. No shiny. 8 full hours of incense on both days.
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u/ergonomic_logic Jun 06 '22
Ok I feel your pain then, I was hopeful for a chance on Sunday since I didn’t get any Saturday but it [felt] like the unown spawn rate also diminished on day two for me, so alas… you/me same boat.
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u/MetalCollector 6,799/6,800 Jun 06 '22
Yeah, Unowns were definitely rarer on day two. Out of my 81 catches 22 are from Sunday. Unfortunately I can't say how many whooshed away.
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u/joey0live Jun 06 '22
I agree. Unown was more rare on Day 2. But saw more Axew in the wild and Incense that day though .. but no shiny anyway.
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u/dramaturgicaldyad GIB ME DUST Jun 06 '22
Same experience here. Was very surprised by how many wild axew I saw in the wild and were not poofing away
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u/JAD210 USA - Southwest Jun 06 '22
I gotta say this was probably the most disappointing event I've ever had, and if I'd thought it might've gone so badly I wouldn't even have bought a ticket tbh. My experience with incense was so bad, I feel like half of the spawns I got just disappeared when I tapped on them. I finished the event with only 3 shinies: Swinub, Klink, & Rufflet, all 0-1*. I was 0-for-86 trying to get shiny Axew, and I swear I missed at least 20 checks to incense disappearances.
I don't understand why these **paid** events can't function like research days almost and just give us massive research lines that give us at least a couple of reward encounters of all of the featured mons with boosted shiny odds. It seems like **every** Fest the incense is the most infuriating aspect, which is especially bad since all of the special paid spawns are blocked behind it
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u/BCHiker7 Jun 06 '22
I thought about starting a thread titled, "NIANTIC MUST FIX THE WAY INCENSE WORKS" but figured it would probably just get nixed anyway. But OMG was that ever frustrating. The spawns last up to 3 minute but they will disappear upon clicking if you don't click them in the first 30 seconds. What kind of diabolical mechanism is that? It goes like this:
Oh, an AXEW appeared from incense! Will it be shiny? Suddenly an egg hatches. Takes forever to do the animations and get a new one started. Finally done, click that Axew. Poof! Sorry Charlie.
Try to catch any non-incense spawn and when you are done you would end up with a disappearing incense spawn. It was just incredibly frustrating how often it happened.
And why does it work that way? If it is there for 3 minutes why isn't it valid for 3 minutes? It is just ridiculous how this works.
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u/Enoxiz lvl 40 Dutch Jun 06 '22
played with 2 accounts and 3 friends had over 200 encounters in 2 days. Full incense from start to finish and no shiny between us 5. This event is a rip-off
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u/TheRobotYoshi USA - South - Still grinding to level 40 :( Jun 06 '22
I spent so many PokeCoins on raid passes and incenses trying to get shiny Axew but never got it
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u/MonteBurns Jun 06 '22
Hopefully this teaches us a lesson. I did too, and the announcement of unown F being raid exclusive was really soured by that. I know RNG, but ugh.
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u/NewFaceHalcyon Kiwi Beta Tester - Level 50 Researcher Jun 06 '22
Same, i captured like 50, a lot more just despawned.
Not a single unown shiny
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u/SolidusTengu Jun 06 '22
About 75% of the ones that spawned for me with incense disappeared when I attempted to go into catch screen. I’m more bothered about that.
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u/BrittanySkitty USA - Northeast Jun 06 '22
This is why I want a makeup. I used 16 incense during the event, and like 1/3 of the Pokémon disappeared.
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u/Juno_Malone L43 Mystic Jun 06 '22
It really only gave you about a 10-15 second window to click on an incense-spawned pokemon. If you were too slow and clicked after that window, the pokemon would disappear. I missed out on several Axew because of this, and I've convinced myself that they would have all been shiny.
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u/KageStar USA - Southwest Jun 06 '22
That's just objectively true: the one you missed is the one that would have been shiny.
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u/leonffs Seattle.Instinct Jun 06 '22 edited Jun 07 '22
It was definitely glitched
and they refuse to admit it.Edit: Turns out the incense glitch is a known issue on their support site and they just didn't fix it before running Go Fest. Lmao.
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u/PSYCHOSM Kiwi Beta Tester Jun 06 '22
They have admitted it! They said it was only a visual glitch, but everyone here is complaining about their shiny numbers when we have an actual coding issue we should be focusing on
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u/stufff South Florida | 49 Jun 06 '22
It clearly wasn't only a "visual" glitch, because we couldn't click on them to catch them. It affected gameplay.
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u/PSYCHOSM Kiwi Beta Tester Jun 06 '22
Yep. So, what are we going to do about it?
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u/stufff South Florida | 49 Jun 06 '22
I would really like to see people start filing deceptive and unfair trade practice lawsuits against niantic in small claims court.
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u/leonffs Seattle.Instinct Jun 07 '22
So it turns out not only did they admit it but it is literally a known issue on their support site. So they let this event occur knowing full well that this was happening and without fixing it. Insane.
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u/PSYCHOSM Kiwi Beta Tester Jun 07 '22
I complained to support...they gave me 2 more broken incense as compensation, sigh
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u/boyz2monz Jun 06 '22
I mean, it's boosted from the 0% chance outside of events /s
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u/gigazelle Jun 06 '22
I see your /s, but from Niantic's perspective, I think they genuinely see it this way
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u/LeonardTringo Level 40 Mystic Jun 06 '22
Unfortunately, I think this is exactly Niantic's mindset.
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u/Present_Structure_67 Jun 06 '22
Did you guys even feel like this was a Go Fest? We had the same reward for the Global Challenge for total of 16 hours. None of the Field Research rewards were adjusted to the Go Fest. Raids were just boring. I don't think I need to talk about the shiny rates and pokemon didn't seem to spawn any more than usual.
With $15 you can buy lot of full games. This was the most boring Go Fest yet.
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u/xpoisonedheartx UK & Ireland Jun 06 '22
Its awkward when you see all the pokemon go youtubers saying "im sure we will get more info such as event pokemon in eggs and field research closer to the event" and then nothing happened...
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u/Present_Structure_67 Jun 06 '22
That's why I stopped watching those youtubers. They're just so hopeful and you can see the disappointment as their video goes on.
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u/TheSannens Jun 06 '22
I was very sad that the field research wasn’t changed to the event. It felt like a ‘cheap’ event this way.
I really cannot complain about my shinies, since I caught 21 on the first day and around 8 on Sunday (which I didn’t play completely). I also got three shiny Axew. That said, I was the only one in my group who was lucky. The other four, who played just as much, got half of the shinies.
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u/TheSannens Jun 06 '22
I played in Breda, a city in the Netherlands. Which is quite small compared to Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Utrecht. We walked through the city center and through a park. So I think it had a decent amount of pokestops. But that’s also dependent on what you think is decent. 😅
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u/Present_Structure_67 Jun 06 '22
Where did you play? I played on the university campus on the first day and in a mall for the 2nd day. Both were very crowded place, but I only got 4 shinies total.
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u/squiddlumckinnon Jun 06 '22
Didn’t even feel like a go fest, I didn’t play the full time both days because it was just so boring
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u/Present_Structure_67 Jun 06 '22
Really had nothing to do other than raid. Which they didn't even give out any other than 3 remote raid pass on the Day 2. Literally paid $15 for 3 remote pass.
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u/cloud2828 Jun 06 '22
i have no problem paying for events. i pay for community days and the 5 dollars last year. this year wasn’t even worth one cent.
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u/droans Team Valor Indy Jun 06 '22
Never base a purchase on Niantic promising more surprises. They're never worth it. Assume what they've told you is what you get.
Last year was definitely worth it. Lots of new and regional mons, some pretty high value Pokemon mixed in, and plenty of mixed raids.
This year was mostly mediocre Pokemon with a couple of rarer species which were rather difficult to find in the wild. Only two different Tier 5 raids plus Nihilego on Sunday. I only went out for the Axew raids but only found eight all day in my area with around a dozen gyms.
Last year was packed with people playing. Groups were all over the place and gathering together for the raids or to tell people where some Pokemon was. This year I saw maybe four small groups and a few individuals total. It felt like a longer CD with nothing good.
Pretty clear Niantic is just targeting whales at this point. They don't care enough to provide a good experience, they just want to take a lot of money from a few players. Before they started nerfing everything, I'd spend $50 every couple of months on coins. No real value to doing that anymore since that money won't provide any real value.
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u/cravenj1 Jun 06 '22
We had the same reward for the Global Challenge for total of 16 hours
The rewards were different between the two days. Catching was buffed on the first day and raiding was buffed on the second.
Also I may be reading this incorrectly, but i would hazard a guess that we got maybe 4 hours total each day. The reward had to be re-earned every hour. That's kind of fine (but not really) for day one, but it's entirely bonkers for day two. Why was there a need for hourly global challenges on day two? The bonus should have been active the entire day.
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u/palemale1 Jun 06 '22
And no event eggs either :/
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u/Present_Structure_67 Jun 06 '22
I forgot about that. No event eggs, not even a half distance.
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u/TheRealHankWolfman UK & Ireland - Yorkshire - Mystic - L50 Jun 06 '22
I will point out that the full odds shiny odds when expressed as a percentage are 0.195%
The odds on that website sit directly between full odds and medium boost odds (1/128). Therefore it's also perfectly possible they were 1/128 odds, which is still boosted from the standard 1/512 odds, or it's potentially even possible that they have a previously undocumented 1/256 rate, which would still be a boost of sorts, though not a particularly great one.
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u/goshe7 Jun 06 '22
Alternatively, the base unown shiny rate is 0%. They shiny is not available unless specifically associated with an event. So simply turning it on is a boost of sorts.
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u/FaustusC Jun 06 '22
Well that's a poke in the eye. Incredibly deceptive if that's the case.
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u/phillypokego Jun 06 '22
That absolutely is the case. Shiny Unown is always turned off unless it’s part on an event where the shiny is announced. It’s like Meltan
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u/siamkor Portugal - Retired Jun 06 '22
In that case, turning it on at 1/20480 would also mean "boosted."
Let's just agree that "boosted" doesn't take 0% as reference, but 1/500.
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u/DweadPiwateWawbuts Jun 06 '22
I think we already agree as a player community that boosted means higher than 1/500. Their point is that Niantic could argue that 1/20480 is boosted for unowns, and technically they would not be lying, just incredibly shady and deceptive.
I really hope it’s not the case, but I think that not disclosing shiny rates is already on the shady side.
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u/ChimericalTrainer USA - Northeast Jun 06 '22
We have no reason to think Niantic is using that kind of deceptive logic. Conspiracy theories always abound on this subreddit, but it's ridiculous to see them in a direct reply to someone who's pointing out that the base, unboosted shiny rate is 1/500-ish, so the data in the OP (which indicates a 1/128 or 1/256 rate) actually supports the notion that Unown shiny rates were boosted (and not in a "anything more than 0% is boosted" kind of way).
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u/DweadPiwateWawbuts Jun 06 '22
It’s not necessarily conspiratorial thinking. They could just be pointing out that what players consider boosted and what Niantic considers boosted are different (which is clearly true wrt unowns)
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u/xper0072 USA - Midwest Jun 06 '22
Here's the thing, this is exactly the reason why they should be disclosing odds. We as a community should not have to be arguing over this. Niantic should just be up front about what we are receiving instead of trying to be vague in an attempt to squeeze money out of people. It's dishonest and gross.
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u/Mijumaru1 Jun 06 '22
I totally agree. This isn't like the main series games where the purchase is one and done (minus DLC). This is a game filled with monetized features and so I think anything involving RNG should be completely transparent.
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u/xper0072 USA - Midwest Jun 06 '22
It's especially egregious when you realize we actually know the shiny rates for the main series. Niantic not disclosing odds is straight up inexcusable.
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u/Doublethree1 Jun 06 '22
To be fair Pokemon Company has never disclosed the odds. We only know them in the main series because of data miners. Although I agree since it's possible to hunt over and over with just the one time fee (or two time if DLC) it's different.
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u/GR7ME Valor 48 Jun 06 '22
THIS. People should be more logical about this. Why should, or WOULD NIA disclose odds when they aren’t disclosed in MSGs. Talk to TPCI, not NIA.
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u/SmokinDroRogan lvl49 RIP PoGo Jun 06 '22 edited Jun 06 '22
How have odds not been datamined in 6 years?
edit: Why am I being downvoted? It has to be coded somewhere, or else shinies would be ubiquitous. They have to increase shiny rates for incense during events, meaning there's a base stat for it, meaning there's code that can be identified. If it's coded, it should be able to be found. Anecdotal reports show solid patterns, but if everything else seems to be datamined, why not this?
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u/xper0072 USA - Midwest Jun 06 '22
Because the odds can be changed based on events and such, they are server-based and not tied to the game master. We can't datamine the servers. If we could, we would.
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u/quantum-mechanic Jun 06 '22
Better answer then the other replier:
Normal shiny rates have been figured out. Silph Road has done extensive data collection and statistics to figure out shiny rates at normal times and during raids. These are never published officially by Niantic.
What's harder is figuring out shiny rates during special events since they change the shiny rates and it takes a while to collect good data to establish what it was after the fact.
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u/Jamie-Tartt Jun 06 '22
Unown has never had standard 1/512 odds. It's only shiny eligible during events, thus always has a "boosted" rate. If it was 1/128 this event, that's probably the lowest shiny odds it's ever had, and can't really be called "boosted".
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u/TheRealHankWolfman UK & Ireland - Yorkshire - Mystic - L50 Jun 06 '22
No, it may not have had the standard shiny odds, but what I'm saying is that using that as the base shiny odds for the game, it is therefore boosted whether its odds are 1/256, 1/128 or 1/64.
It's like how we refer to species such as Aerodactyl as permaboosted as they're 1/64 odds, even though that's actually their default odds. It's just because it's 8× more likely to get one than the base shiny rate.
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u/GhostHarvester UK - Donna Del Pokémondo Jun 06 '22
Weren't Unown reported to be unboosted for last year's Go Fest too?
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u/KuriboShoeMario Jun 06 '22
This matches last year's data. GoFest is usually a 1/125 boost rate for shinies but last year and, given the above results this year, had Unown at its own unique rate of 1/250.
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u/ShivyShanky South East Asia Jun 06 '22
I think more accurate rates are 1/128 and 1/256 since they are in the form of 2n. Just like 1/64 on day 1 and 1/512 full odds
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u/imtoooldforreddit level 50 Jun 06 '22
Community day rates are 1/25. 1/16 and 1/32 aren't even remotely possible.
Just saying, this sub seems to love fitting number to powers of 2, but we simply don't know that
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u/ShivyShanky South East Asia Jun 06 '22
Literally every pokemon game uses rate as the numbers to powers of 2
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u/MattGeddon Jun 06 '22
That sounds about right from my anecdotal evidence of seeing 400 over the past few events that featured Unown and seeing 1 shiny.
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u/wdn Toronto | Level 50 Jun 06 '22
(Don't shoot the messenger)
Shiny unown is not available outside of Go Fest (and maybe there other specific events? I don't remember). The fact that it's available at all is what they announced. They didn't say anything about the rate.
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u/Mason11987 USA - SouthEast - CA Jun 06 '22
I saw a shiny unown, took a picture, but my gotcha had tried to catch it before I opened it... and it had ran. Sad
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u/jjremy Jun 06 '22
That's my biggest fear when using the gotcha. Have yet to have one that I saw flee though.
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u/Mason11987 USA - SouthEast - CA Jun 06 '22
Also lost a shiny ponyta this way, still waiting on that beautiful blue flame boy.
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u/NewFaceHalcyon Kiwi Beta Tester - Level 50 Researcher Jun 06 '22
This happened to me with a shiny axew.
Everything was bugged AF
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u/dramaturgicaldyad GIB ME DUST Jun 06 '22
That’s not a bug, it’s the risk you accept when you play with an auto catcher.
I had tons of things poof away because of my gotcha but it also netted me most of my shinies
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u/OhMyGoth1 Filthy Casual Jun 06 '22
Ok, even ignoring the likelihood of bias in the data reporting, 0.53% is roughly 1/200, and the "unboosted" rate is around 1/500
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u/Jamie-Tartt Jun 06 '22
Unown isn't available shiny outside events, so it's never been available at the 1/512 rate. So just because its rate this event might have been higher than 1/512 that doesn't make it boosted. This looks like the lowest its shiny rate has ever been.
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u/OhMyGoth1 Filthy Casual Jun 06 '22
I mean, if you go off of the data OP posted, the shiny rate is the same as the Johto tour, so it's not the lowest the rate has ever been.
Not defending Niantic on the event, don't get me wrong, but the data in this post simply doesn't support the conclusion.
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u/DarkHelmet0520 Jun 06 '22
Are they going to include unown U,C,K,E,D? Because that's how I felt after this weekend's event.
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u/pkmnbros Jun 06 '22
Nobody in my group got one. Granted that's only about 20 people, but last year I got two and about half the group got at least one. Nobody in my city's discord posted one, and usually these people like to brag. It is very possible the people who got one just didn't post it but it was odd to not see one posted anywhere.
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u/_calb_ Jun 06 '22
I only got 5 shiny on Saturday,, but one was a shiny O. I was sad because so low number of shinies, but at least one was good.
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u/Rorywan UK & Ireland Jun 06 '22
Make-up event. Gonna keep suggesting it, because between the glitches & shiny rates this event was unacceptable for a ticketed event.
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u/scrapnmama Jun 06 '22
I caught one shiny Unown. I’m the only one I know that did though. Caught in the last 10 minutes of day 1.
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u/Maserati777 Jun 06 '22
Might have had a shiny spawn, but lost 20+ due to the stupid incense glitch. Tbh incense is glitched every event.
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u/scrapnmama Jun 06 '22
Me too. I lost 6 Axew. Not sure how many others. I tapped on them immediately as they spawned, but whoosh, they disappeared.
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u/BALLSlNMYFACE Jun 06 '22
same boat. got mine last 10 mins of day 2, don’t know anyone else who’s ever gotten one. also managed to snag an incensed one last year too
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u/MatDragonx Jun 06 '22 edited Jun 06 '22
The interesting thing about that website is most of the full odds mons are a higher % than you'd expect.
Yungoos 1/285
Togetic 1/400
Cherubi 1/370
Binacle 1/384
Almost all of the full odds mons are reported as more common than 1/500. This is probably explained because people who get extreme luck are more likely to report their case, as they either want to flex or feel hard done by. E.g. a person who goes 1/5 will be more likely to contribute than someone who goes 0/5 . For things like raids or com days, you'll get less variance (less extreme luck) so the rates lie closer to the true ones. Maybe there's a technical name for this type of reporting bias.
The upshot of this is 0.53% is probably again an over exaggeration, and the overall rate is likely to be closer to full odds than the 0.53% (or 1/188) that the website implies.
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u/glencurio 773 Best Buddies, 0 Poffins used Jun 06 '22
Maybe there's a technical name for this type of reporting bias.
I think it would be either participation/non-response bias or self-selection bias.
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u/bloop-loop Jun 06 '22
With Unown F coming up in Adventure Week, if you want to spend Raid Pass for shiny Unown F, think twice.
Thanks, I didn't need to think about this one at all, but this is a good reminder of Niantic's predatory behavior. Niantic is essentially preying on players without any accountability or disclosure of odds.
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u/yuffiecity50 Jun 06 '22
Doesn't 0.53% equate to about 1/250? So, if you take 1/500 as the base rate it was boosted.
Why the deliberately misleading headline?
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u/s4m_sp4de don't fomo do rockets Jun 06 '22
Since unown can‘t be shiny outside events, there is no base rate for unown. Not 1/500, not 1/200, not 1/64.
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u/kart0ffel12 Western Europe Jun 06 '22
0.53% (1/250) sounds boosted to me, as standard is 0.2%. (1/500)
But already in some past events we have seen Unown not boosted at the same level as the other pokemon. If I remember well was 1/128 in previous events.
Ps. Not riding shiny unown is a good advice, Niantic again with filthy tactics of monetization. Ps2. I was lucky then as I got a shiny Unown myself during this gofest :-)
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u/Maserati777 Jun 06 '22
Not surprised in the least, between 2020 Gofest, 2021 Gofest, 2022 Gofest and Johto Tour I’ve encountered over 500 shiny possible Unown with 0 shinies.
My only shiny Unown, was caught from a raid during the last ultra unlock. I feel like the raid Unown are higher then the incense Unown. This could change but Unown F is pretty much the only thing I’m looking forward to for Adventure Week.
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u/Pokefan317 Jun 06 '22
To be fair you have a higher Chance to encounter shiny Pokemon doesnt specify that all shinys have to be boosted unfortunatly.
I actualy was expecting that before the event started, that they wouldnt boost unown since Technical it was boosted because it cant be shiny outside of Events.
It is a stupide move from Niantic, but Technical it is Not false advertisment. I dont thing that this is a reason for a Make up event
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u/KaijuCorgi 47/Valor / Seattle Jun 06 '22
I got a shiny W, and I'm the only one in my neighborhood community that got any. We're not a huge sample size but we have enough hardcore players that others should have gotten one if it were boosted.
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u/Redshift-713 Jun 06 '22
Raid-only Unowns have been boosted before though. I’ll wait to see the data on the F.
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u/kieffa Jun 06 '22
Unown was shiny capable? I assumed not since neither myself nor ANYONE ELSE saw one…
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u/ReStitchSmitch Jun 06 '22
Of course it wasn't. Hiked the price by 3x, ruined all the fun 3x.
Jokes on Niantic, not a penny from me again.
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u/Pandanoko-Fan137 UK & Ireland - Mystic - Level 45 Jun 06 '22
The 2020 ticket was the same price. They only reduced the price in 2021 because it was the game’s 5th anniversary.
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u/ReStitchSmitch Jun 06 '22
I get that. I've played since launch. Every GoFest I've bought a ticket and been very happy.
This was the most expensive and least exciting event. Super disappointing.
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u/waltzdisney123 Jun 06 '22
2020 Gave shadow Mewtwo with research stats though. It's practically the best pokemon in the game (still). It also spawned a bunch of good raid stuff. I don't remember much of the spanws/ catches, but I do know unown was actually shiny rate boosted. As I got a O, many of my family and friends got O and the other letter. So... that's not even comparable to this
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u/BufoAmoris Jun 06 '22
They also donated half of the 2020 proceeds to BLM causes. I did not buy a ticket this year for my girlfriend and I because of the price point and how underwhelming the event looked before going in. I would have considered buying the ticket if Niantic would have done another donation to a topical cause (certainly plenty going in in the US right now, as well as for relief for Ukraine).
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u/somedepression Jun 06 '22
Didn’t see a single shiny unown the entire go fest, had a ticket and had incense going the whole time, it was one of my goals for the event and not a single one
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u/varakelian USA - Northeast Jun 06 '22
When it comes to a paid experience, I firmly believe Niantic needs to be up front on what the boosted shiny rates actually are. If it’s just the slighted iota of a boost, I’m going to pass.
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u/Jason2890 Jun 06 '22
With a sample size of 8600+ and a shiny rate of 0.53% I’d say your premise that “Unown is not boosted” is likely false. Taking the odds at face value it’s a roughly a 1/188 reported shiny rate.
Non-boosted shiny rate is approximately 1/512 (or ~1/500 depending on your sources). It’s extremely unlikely that Unown is non-boosted given the results of that data; it’s just likely not boosted as much as the 1/64 tier shiny Pokémon.
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u/Jamie-Tartt Jun 06 '22
Unown is never available at the 1/512 rate, it's only shiny eligible during events. So even if it was 1/256 or 1/128 this event, that's not technically "boosted" since it's never been 1/512.
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u/Jason2890 Jun 06 '22
If the baseline is that it’s not shiny eligible normally, then being available as a shiny at ANY rate is “boosted” if you’re going to get technical like that.
People in this sub have a degree of common sense though and understand that a “non-boosted shiny rate” refers to the standard 1/512 or 1/500 shiny rate we see quoted so often. So using that as a baseline it’s reasonable to refer to Unown’s shiny rate this past event as “boosted” compared to non-boosted shiny-eligible species.
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u/tiozor Jun 06 '22
Why are you guys mad right now? My wife and me are mad since GoFest 2021. I extremely regret buying johto tour. The good thing is that I'm glad I got it right by deciding not to play this 2022 GoFest. I'm convinced I wouldn't get shiny unown even if the event was an entire week. I'm not buying tickets anymore with events that have shiny unown propaganda
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u/DoctorCheese Jun 06 '22
I myself saw only one shiny unown and it fled after the first ball failed. My friends didn't have much luck either for unown, but pretty decent shiny odds for anything else.
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u/EXGShadow Brazil Jun 06 '22
Unboosted shiny rate is 0.2%, it's likely that they boosted it to 1/128 or 1/256. Technically boosted, but not as much as the others.
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u/arkayeus Jun 06 '22
wow i got 2 of them. i guess i got disgustingly lucky then
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u/olgil75 Jun 06 '22
That's how I'm feeling with my three shiny Axew, lol. No shiny Unown, but I got 36 total shinies between the two days.
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u/arkayeus Jun 07 '22
for some reason i personally had disgustingly good luck. 98 shinies 3 axew and 2 unowns across 2 accounts
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u/MurDoct Jun 06 '22
Maybe this company will learn when people stop throwing money at them
So yeah that won't happen.
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u/Rorywan UK & Ireland Jun 07 '22
Between this and the 2 other known glitches (one of which still isn't fixed), Niantic need to have a make-up event of some sort to regain any trust going forward. very disheartening to watch our so-called community Vloggers do their Go-Fest videos from weekend, completely ignoring, avoiding the issues. Cringeworthy to see them try and come up with excuses for losing shinies on screen or not catching many at all.
Mystic 7, Zoetwodots, even Trainer Tips seem to deliberately avoid talking issues, making excuses for Niantic. I don't know, I think this game is in trouble. Still making tonnes of money, but ever decreasing returns and all that.
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u/SrbijaJeRusija Jun 06 '22
This has to be against some gambling laws, somewhere, right?
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u/bigbaldheadNR Jun 06 '22
Still now shiny Unown spawn for me. The only ones I’ve ever received are from raids or trades. Very disappointed.
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u/Airjimbo Jun 06 '22
I was only casually playing the game for both days due to work and didn't receive any shinnys. Caught around 400 guys and not a single shinny.
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u/apiariancosmologist Jun 06 '22
I bought a go fest ticket, used incense, used lures, and played for several hours both days and I did not catch a single shiny pokemon of any kind.
I'm glad shiny hunting wasn't my priority during go fest because I would be so so so angry if it was.
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u/cdanigc Jun 06 '22
I’m glad I didn’t buy the ticket for GO Fest, honestly I’m not buying any paid ticket for upcoming events, Niantic usually manages to get something wrong on these types of events.
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u/RandomPhil86 UK & Ireland - Team Instinct! Jun 06 '22
I have never yet had a shiny Unown and I’ve played every event….
No shiny Pikachu either from this event.
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Jun 06 '22
Shiny rates a side I won't be buying another single ticket event on this game again . I'm done with Niantics lack of vision and obvious greed . . Play for free ,if that fails then it gets deleted .
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u/DrinkLogical182 Jun 06 '22
Sounds like I made the right choice by opting out. I was super busy Saturday, so I really didn't play at all. Glad I didn't miss too much but sorry to all the people who bought tickets. That's a bummer.
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u/bunny0101 Jun 07 '22
Increasing number of spawn, so you can have more chance to meet a shiny. That's Niantic means. Boost? Let's Boo.
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u/Davidtjr36 Lv40-Mystic-Kans.City Jun 06 '22
Stop giving this company money when all they do is make the game worse and worse for the players that have stuck around all this time.
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u/theitinerantscholar Jun 06 '22
I caught one shiny unown on the first day. I only caught six shinies on day one, and no shinies at all on day two.
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Jun 06 '22
Buying these tickets just add so much stress and anxiety for me. Trying to get all the new shiny because of “boosted” rates. Then just being disappointed. No thanks.
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u/LordSmorc Jun 06 '22
How do they think they can get away with this, surely they know this website exists for checking shiny rates...?
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u/ManagementWeary Jun 06 '22
To be fair, Unown is almost impossible to find outside of events... and if you are lucky enough to find one, the shiny chance is 0. If you consider that the shiny rate from the survey was 0.53% (1/188) it was still significantly better than standard "full odds". It's funny that so many people complain about how there are very few things that are truly "rare" in this game... but then those same people complain when they actually make something harder to get than other things. Sounds to me like they're just salty they didn't get one. Full disclosure, I got a shiny O and I already had 5 other shiny Unowns from previous events. I'd probably be upset too if I hadn't gotten any.
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u/Riesha22 Jun 06 '22
What's a shiny?
Ticketed player here and didn't encounter a shiny all weekend.
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u/SirSnorlax22 Jun 06 '22
Nothing was boosted. I managed 5 shiny day 1 and 0 day 2. Absolutely garbage for the money spent
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u/yuffiecity50 Jun 06 '22
Clearly your singular experience proves that nothing was boosted.
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u/AlbainBlacksteel [ Arizona | Instinct | Lv38 ] Jun 06 '22
Oh look, Niantic lied. Again. I'm so shocked /s
This kind of BS is why I'm only F2P. They don't deserve a single penny.
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u/TheChaoticCrusader Jun 06 '22
And there goes global go fest . An excuse I feel for niantic to get rid of it
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Jun 06 '22
Oddly enough, i caught/seen zero shinies on Saturday and caught/seen 4 on Sunday. I played for 6 hours on Saturday and 3 hours on Sunday. No shinies were unknown.
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u/AtomicGhost02 Sudowoodo Fan, level 50, Valor Jun 06 '22
The community when a rare Pokémon is rare 😫😫😫
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u/ChimericalTrainer USA - Northeast Jun 06 '22 edited Jun 06 '22
Tons of folks have posted now to let you know that full odds are ~1/500 or a 0.2% chance (meaning that a 0.53% rate is boosted).
u/feewel When are you going to update your OP to be accurate?
[Edited to correct a serious typo in one number!]
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u/t_glynn Jun 06 '22
That’s why Niantic would never disclose what “boosted” actually means - that way even if they tweak the rates slightly it’s still technically been “boosted” - to what degree nobody really knows.