Trainers,
For a second day in a row, this is not a drill, a new wave of EX Raid passes has gone out, targeting an EX Raid on March 17th!
PS: Please make sure to complete our EX Raid survey!
Although this wave isn’t as curious as the previous one for March 10th, as highlighted in our previous article published yesterday, March 8th: New round of EX passes just went out for March 10 raid; it certainly comes as a surprise to everyone and questions our understanding of of the EX Raid system.
Some, like the image shows below, have the unfortunate situation of having three passes in their inventory:
This is the third invitation wave after Niantic’s recent acknowledgement that the invitation system should work differently now. Therefore, we once again urge all of our readers to take part in our EX Raid survey and share it afterwards, especially to players who did not get an invitation.
A few early observations (similar as yesterday’s, which might hint towards a new yet distribution pattern):
- Some players are reporting raiding today for the first time at the Gym where the raid is to take place;
- The system once again seems to be using S2 L13 cells for the invitations, but this is pending more research. If that proves to be the case, we could potentially see more EX Raids in a given area than we used to see before the last 3 waves;
- Again and unfortunately, some players are reporting raiding daily, hitting the proper gym and still not getting an invitation. We don’t know why is this still happening;
- In case you can’t attend an EX raid, reach out to Niantic’s Customer support.
In any case, check out our Mewtwo raid guide: counters, weather, capture chances, IVs and CPs, power up your Tyranitars and be prepared.
Reminder about the time zone bug:
We also take this opportunity to remind all Android users that update 0.93.4 finally fixes the time zone bug. Ping your local community to update, as this also influences the time on your EX Raid pass – there could be trainers missing out tomorrow’s EX raid due to this bug! More information here.
