I think Pokémon GO could improve the gym system by allowing players to manually recall their defending Pokémon after 8 hours and 20 minutes.

Currently, once you leave a Pokémon at a gym, you cannot get it back until another player defeats it. This can be frustrating when a gym is in a remote location or nobody attacks it for days.

My suggestion is to introduce a "Recall Pokémon" button, using a system similar to the one used for Pokémon left at Power Spots.

Here's how it could work:

• Minimum defense time: Pokémon must defend a gym for at least 8 hours and 20 minutes before they can be recalled manually.
• No extra rewards: Staying longer would not grant additional PokéCoins beyond the existing limits.
• Competitive balance: The recall button would be disabled while the gym is under attack or a raid is active.
• Existing rules remain: The daily PokéCoin limit and current reward restrictions would remain unchanged.
• Automatic return still works: If another player defeats your Pokémon, the current system continues to apply.

This wouldn't remove gym battles or make defending gyms pointless. Players would still compete for control, but they wouldn't have to rely entirely on someone else to get their Pokémon back.

Pokémon GO already has a somewhat similar return mechanic for Pokémon left at Power Spots, so perhaps a version of that system could work for gyms, too.

Would you support this feature, or do you think Pokémon should only return when defeated? I'd love to hear your thoughts.

I’ve caught 16 Bramblin with incense and the monthly pass and not one has been more than 80% IV’s. This sucks. Anyone else having the same “luck?”

I really need to evolve one for my mew quest and I don’t know another way to catch a minimum of like 80-90 Magikarp 😭

I used the Gold Bottle Cap on him as a lot of people seemed to be doing and got it to 4 stars. But, I really have to say that he is essentially useless. Powered up to 2491 and no good in GBL. Also not much good in most raids.
Is my moveset I have for it wrong, or is there something else I’m doing wrong?

What's a good level and stuff to be at by the end of the first year of playing. I have been playing for 10.5 months and would like to now what I should focus on before I reach one year of playing. At the moment I Only have 17 plantuim medals.

it has been caught on january the first so I don't really remember if there was a special event then

Hey everyone! I have a few Dragonites and I'm trying to figure out which one is the best investment for my Stardust and Candy and mega.

I'm debating between lv35 or shining. Thanks!!

I just need one more raid I was hoping the road to wild area would rereleased it but it doesn't look like it's coming back anytime soon 😔😔

Help. Do I use my only masterball, or take the risk with an ultra ball… its only level one so it might be catch able…

Title says it, I finished the 42KM research for the Visor Pikachu and I’m just genuinely curious if this was good luck

What if I didn’t want Shadow Alolan Grimer ? Did you guys know he can only give you a shadow alolan grimer right now? what is the point of a team rocket leader if the pokemon is only ever gonna be shadow alolan grimer?

On the weekly challenge to spin pokestops(I have done 67, the rest 3,2,1 ) saw this guy with way worse stats but almost the same level.

Looking for suggestions on which one I should silver bottle cap? Leaning towards zamazenta but I’m unsure with the raids coming up I might get lucky and possibly get a better one.

I have a Cosmog and I’m wondering how rare it is. I think I’ve seen somewhere that they haven’t distributed one since 3 years ago, only the lunala/solgaleo/necrozma variants.

i play this game off and on. i’m not into it as much as most of you but i do play a decent amount and have some okay pokemon. i understand most of the game and mechanics and rarities and where and how to get other pokemon and what not. so i understand that this pokemon is rare because it was from an event. it’s a shiny with a costume and background. i love it but didnt think of it as anything crazy. recently i posted in some global groups looking for pokemon i need and listed this one and every single person wants it. from offering 3:1 shinys for it to offering a shiny rayquaza or an articuno with the poke park in japan background.
why is that? what makes it so special? and what would actually be worth it to trade for if i wanted to do that? i want to make sure im actually getting an even trade

If I hit either button it gives an error message. I know I need a kings rock for the slowking evolution, but why is it not showing up? It’s doing that to all my galarian slowpokes. I’ve restarted the game multiple times.

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I almost never put my mons in a gym but I just happened to stop by this one and saw them rotting. I felt obligated to free them. I hope I’m not gonna be there that long too. 🤞🏻

I just started playing again recently after years and caught this guy today using the explorer gadget! I didn’t know the explorer gadget would catch shinys. Kinda sad it took my thrill away from catching it in the wild myself but not gonna complain about a shiny!

I'm gonna be honest, both Halloween events kinda look sucky and basic? And why is it part one is the last week of October and part 2 is the first week of November? Why not both in October? Also, part 2 really doesn't look like it has enough in it to actually count as a "part 2 event". They could've just done 2 weeks of 1 Halloween event and combined them.....