entitled? no, and yes they do want to collect coins, but entitlement doesn't come into it, there is no level that accounts for 100 CP weedles in Gyms, which get cleared out leaving useless level 1 gyms, for other people, that shock horror, want to also collect coins.
and no, I take 3 gyms a day because I live near 3 gyms, nothing to do with revive numbers, thats an issue Niantic have recently added, and this rubbish gets put in gyms, that then end up at 6 or 7.. I then have to somehow wade through Lapras and Snorlax with half, or near half CP to level the gym up myself to claim coins. when these players could have put something stronger in, and helped the team, or deterred the other factions from having a go in the first place.
and knocking a gym down to 1500/2000 and leaving it, you are not claiming coins, you are just removing stuff from a gym and stopping others claim coins, the gym hasn't changed hands. so its as valid a frustration as those people USING other factions players to remove stuff. if not possibly the same thing given I see a couple of multi-accounters around here.
it is still a valid question as to wtf is spooky about Drowzee, an already common pokemon for A LOT of people, and not cubone, which isn't, I do approach it with Positive attitude, but Ninatic seem to do their utmost to annoy the playerbase with stupid descisions, such as the non-existant tracker, the 30MPH thing, the revives vanishing from pokestops, because I used to actually discard them at one point along with potions and razzberrys because I hardly had space for pokeballs, and trying to block maptrackers, which over here right now, is easier to find nests then the silph road atlas, because where they are placed isn't always somewhere a lot of players go, and part of the enjoyment of those was to see whats going on elsewhere, especially if I was going there in the near future.
oh and given Niantics lack of information on such things its something to post about to see whether others are experiencing it, and to see if they have a workaround or, like me, seemingly get a load in a bulk 30 minute time period.
so what exactly am I entitled to? trying to catch some new pokemon? instead of having the most common thing in the entire region being even more common? that last post was expanding on something I posted before, with the rubbish in gym things.
Because I care for this game, and trying to, as you put it, enjoy it, gets rather bummed by such decisions, so correct it is supposed to be fun, but at the end of the day, you tell me how bummed you would be if they announced that pidgey and rattata spawns were to be on increased rate, during an event where there are bonuses for things you catch, because it is all well and good having bonus candy but it isn't really a bonus if its for common stuff, then its an irritant when the common stuff is replacing things you actually want candy for.
its not like I'm asking for 100% IV Dragonites ffs, just not to play Drowzee simulator, because Drowzees, at 400+ cp are not easy catches, Zubats I can manage, and ghastly has a lower catch rate then Drowzee
I have already said what I am going to do to enjoy the Halloween bonus despite the drowzee rubbish, so its not just Negative.
so hardly excessive posting, given the new patch the event. which BTW means I have to miss a day going out spinning a load of stops to stop my 10k egg hatching.
Competative? yes, but I earn my right to take and own these gyms through the effort and enjoyment of catching/leveling/hatching the decent stuff, its not like I'm level 33 with 3 dragonites like some people around here.
I play my way, other people play thier own way, but I still post here saying my plans etc, incase people want to follow the route, I take, but also not everyone lives in the same Biomes, so what they experience and what I experience are different, I like to see that myself, so I SHOULD not also post the pitfalls and problems of these same methods of play? Because some people level up as fast as possible, other people MIGHT see that as the best thing ever and encounter the pitfalls of having nothing to hold/take gyms with to earm coins for things like bagspace
so no its not entitlement its just the simple fact that Niantic are ignoring the playerbase and are not helping themselves with this Drowzee rubbish, yes Hypno is decent.. but really, it isn't spooky, while Cubone would be a far better option, given where you actually catch the thing in red and blue.
so as I sad, not entitlement, the entire point of the game is to catch em all, and given we don't have trading, which would give us a reason to catch all these drowzee in the first place, to trade with those without, we are stuck with the worst possible scenario, I just want an even playing field with the rest of the world, USA has plenty of nice nest parks, all my nearby nests are on Golf courses, or the main large park is currently Caterpie.
oh and I posted about ghastly because, for me over the past months, it has become more common then it used to be, gradually, and am curious if others have seen more of them over time.
everyone knows about Zubat.
so we shall see what happens regarding this, because the recent spawns have been very good, I just hope Niantic don't CHANGE current spawns for this event, and instead ADD them as extras, so then the extra stuff becomes another Halloween Bonus (in The normal stuff still spawns, as it did before, unchanged, and these bonus spawns are therefore extra dust).
oh while I'm here, catch rates, I want to know what your experience is regarding these badges, because so far I have found it easier to catch Red circle or dark orange then yellow-green area even if the red circle has a lesser badge buff (dragon) then say.. a pidgey or a zubat (2 badges in gold), because this hasn't really been worked out yet, in terms of what this badge buff does.
oh and my curveballs have stopped registering again, which isn't helping with the above research, as that is also a multiplier.
I did miss the 4x candy for buddies though.
meaning I have descisions on what to do.
Stick to dragonair (5KM per candy)
switch to Golem/Magikarp/Jigglypuff (1KM per candy)
go with Snorlax (again 5KM)
or Charmander/Grimer/ponyta/Vulpix (3KM)
oh and buddy pokemon again, before I finish, as looking up that info stumbled across this interesting thing
http://pokemongohub.net/pokemon-go-daily-quests-feature-discovered-in-the-game-metadata/
daily quests, NOW that IS a change i can get excited about, mentions thinks like Incubators... which is a rather nice reward for doing stuff, (again another thing i need those coins for :P)