Gym territory and reputation part six

So, I promised a piece about side effects.

The most obvious ones follow the saying that misery loves company.

You're likely to attract a whole lot of enemy fire. People simply dislike to see status quo changed in a negative way.

However, you're also likely to see occasional help from team mates who normally wouldn't play at those gyms.


A third side effect occurs if the gyms become heavily contested. Multiplayer boss raids will become easier to run at the gyms due to the increased attention those gym occupy in people's minds.


The fourth is simply a matter of reputation. Contested gyms do get a reputation, and some of that reputation will cling to the players most active in infamous gyms -- and that was the main point from the very beginning, wasn't it?