People would play casual matches if it wasn't all bots and zero rewards

Tasear · January 10

How about instead of play one rank match. It's one match of either or

DoubleCure · January 10

Yes, nowdays I honestly don't waste time playing casual. I can do the exact same thing in ranked, but with rewards.

The only thing some players may play it it's probably to try out new ideas without losing rank points.

Dragonfly102024 · January 10

Actually.... it's back and forth. As a consistent player of Unite, I have noticed both cpu's and real people on both sides. At certain times of the day, you are more likely to play against real people in casual and quicks, then at other times. The opposing cpu's do level up or increase in difficulty as you earn more Achievement points (you know, the number at the top left of your profile pic).

Yes, I agree it would be nice if they rewarded you with license points for games played regardless of type of game, like they used to do with the coins system.

But you know what bugs me... is that when I play most games, it is not for rewards but for love of the game and to see how far I can go. The rewards are just the icing on the cake. (As long as we can still unlock/earn the Pokemon we want to use).

Tasear · January 11

How about just 5 license journey tokens a day too. People would tilt less if casuals was another outlet

Tasear · March 9

https://community.pokemon.com/en-us/discussion/comment/115197#Comment_115197

But it's not worth trying new ideas against bots.

Dragonfly102024 · March 9

@Tasear & @DoubleCure, have you seen all the rewards that you can earn for playing the limited time casual battle Panic Parade? Lots of free stuff! AND the new solo challenges... If you complete all three missions for the first 3 battles (I haven't gone beyond that yet) you can actually earn 100 license points per battle! (So 300 lp).

Yes, these are part of the newer updates that just came out on Feb. 26. Maybe they actually listened to you and others (myself included) regarding to increase the rewards and/or the lp journey points earnings.

Side note... I played with and against real people in the quick battles Full Fury and Shivre city on both teams last night. It was intense but fun. Much more challenging then cpus.

The more people that play, the more likely you will get to face off, and hone your battle skills, against real people. By refusing to play or discounting the games then you are contributing to the necessity of cpus. No, I am not saying it's a guarantee that you'll go up against real people all the time, just that maybe you will have more of a chance or the percentage of games played against real people, that may increase as I have experienced.