According to this thread a previously existing limit to how many pokemon you are allowed to catch during a 24 hour period has been lowered.
Go above 500 pokemon caught during that period and you can't catch any more.
The following 24 hour period you're limited to 200 pokemon caught.
While this might seem like numbers well above what any player will reach, keep in mind that a lure spawns one pokemon every three minutes, or 20 per hour.
Popular clusters may sport five or more pokestops.
At at spawnrate of 100 pokemon per hour, plus natural spawns in the area, those 500 pokemon max caught could easily become an obstacle if you decided to travel to one of those places to spend a Saturday or Sunday gorging yourself on Pokemon Go.
I just heard this also. Horrible news. I know many days of grinding, dawn to dusk, I captured over 500 Mon. Don’t think I ever got to the 1,000 mark, at least was never soft banned for it. It is very bad news for those players that are still grinding for XP. Looks like those beloved 12+ hour days of throwing out lures in 4 - 5 stop locations, are all but over.
ReplyDeleteAnd it's an absolutely inane way to handle the bot problem.
DeleteAdd that Niantic first advertised their PoGo Plus and now want to punish players who use it extensively.