I agree very strongly with this! Personally I still play constantly (and even have it turned on right now whilst typing this) and still do go out for regular trips just for GO, but the recent events are what are keeping my interests so high at the moment. I've seen sooo many more people out playing GO recently and it's been such a refreshing sight. You do have to wonder how they'll keep this up as I'm sure they can't always have this many events running (at least without risking power creeping the entire community by a mile), but I'm loving the state of the game right now and I'm hyped to see what the next month or two brings - especially with Easter on the horizon!It helps that they're finally being more consistent with events and things like that, so I actually feel like I have a reason to play.
This was one of the first reasons I stopped playing as much as I did. On the way to/from work, there were 30 Pokestops each way that I would hit, now there are only about 5 or 6 that I can actually grab along the same route. I understand why they did it, but definitely frustrating when that was one of my main opportunities to play each day.I really want to play actively again, but the speed limit for pokestops has made the game more frustrating for me. There aren't many pokestops where I live so I relied on my bus ride to and from work to go through and collect balls/items, yet now, for 90% of them, I can't get them due to 'going too fast' and that makes me run out of catching items more often than not. Bluh. =( But I will try to find a solution eventually!! Do miss GO a lot!
This is why I stopped playing. I'm limited in the areas that I have time to get to, so I mostly play when I walk around the neighborhood. Since I live in the suburbs with the closest Pokestop being ~2 miles away in either direction (and both are difficult to get to by walking), I see nothing except for the same Pokemon that I've always seen.Also I primarily play at home, or around my complex, or around my workplace, and there's really not much that spawns around here. So playing isn't really that exciting. I wish it was, and sometimes I try but I'm usually disappointed.