100 % Ariel no hesitation <| sep |> I hope what you learned was correct because that book was full of misinformation . <| sep |> That ' s a lot of nugget players to be keeping around . I reckon keep saric but if you really need the scoring then do it . <| sep |> Which is kinds ridiculous to think because these are the people standing in line and the rich are back home not really having as much issues as the poor . They will start having the issues once the taxman starts giving them a visit in march , asking for the source of the crores they just deposited in 5001000 notes . <| sep |> Of course Niantic is targeting casuals because that ' s a large majority of their market . That being said , I don ' t know if the gym system was ever complicated . Tap screen , tap , tap , tap , see flash , swipe to dodge , continue looped cycle . The mechanics of how a gym battle will never change it seems . But , I think most players agree casuals and hardcore that prestige values while training should increase to their original . That gives some incentive to hardcore players , which is the group that constantly invests cash into the game , to hold onto gyms . While also allowing casual players to quickly bring down a gym with 1 , 000 prestige per defender killed . If the game turns into something where time and skill play no factor whatsoever , all the hardcore level 32 ? players have nothing to do in this game if a level 25 player can take down a level 7 gym in a short time . It would be dumb of niantic to not cater to casuals because they ' re a smart business . Equally dumb to lose their dedicated hardcore fan base if the game appears to have no incentivereward for time , money , skill , teamwork , etc etc .