Hatching eggs in "Pokemon GO" seems pretty straight forward right? After all, just travel the required distance for the eggs to hatch and then it's done. Or so players assumed.
But it turns out that the notion is quite a simplistic assumption. There are other factors that play an important part in the Pokemon egg hatching process in the "Pokemon GO" game, factors that need to be understood to maximize one's progress.
"Pokemon GO" Tip & Trick - Travel Speed Matters, Walking Is Best When Hatching Pokemon Eggs
Players soon found out from experience that the distance travelled is not the only factor the game considers when hatching eggs in Pokemon GO. In fact, the travelling speed also has a bearing when hatching Pokemon GO eggs.
When devs laid down the parameters of the "Pokemon GO" gameplay, they probably considered that the best way to experience being a Pokemon master is to have players move around by foot. That is understandable, Pokemon masters in the tv series walked around a lot.
Apparently, there is a speed cap placed in the "Pokemon GO" gameplay when it comes to hatching eggs Pokemon eggs. Travelling in fast moving transportation such as trains and cars will not count; the game seems to know that the player is no longer walking.
For players who commute daily through gridlock traffic, the congestion could be an advantageous to the "Pokemon GO" gameplay. Travelling at speeds below 20 miles per hour, according to WikiHow, would be best to hatch Pokemon GO eggs.
Of course, travelling below 20 mph may not be practical for those who are not stuck in traffic. But this is not stopping creative people with coming out with Pokemon GO tricks, cheats and hacks to go aroung that minor problem.
Some suggest placing the phone on moving common household items. Players claim they were able to hatch Pokemon Go eggs by taping their phones in ceiling fans, a moving toy train, the spokes of a bike wheel, on top of phonographs and the list goes on; one is limited only by the imagination.
"Pokemon GO" Tips and Tricks - Travel In A Straight Line For Pokemon Eggs Hatching
Distances travelled, as far as hatching Pokemon eggs is concerned, is not the actual distance a player walked to reach a destination. It appears that walking a straight line provides the maximum result as compared to walking in a curved path.
In Reddit post, one player explains how the "Pokemon GO" app measures distance travelled. In a nutshell if two players depart from point A to reach at point B, the players who walked a straight line from A to B will have the same distance travelled as the player who took a more complicated route thereby covering more distance from A to B. For the app, it's just the same.
This would be useful indeed for players who want to get the most distance logged in the "Pokemon GO" app for hatching Pokemon eggs. If a more straight forward path is available, it should be taken because taking a more complicated one would result in the same progress but is more time and energy consuming.
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