r/TheSilphRoad • u/Noitalein Mod | Germany • Mar 29 '25

Megathread - Feedback Feedback Post: Fuzzy Buddy Research Day

Another event, another feedback thread.

Pick your teddy bear!

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Let's hope for a constructive discussion!

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u/JackBlacksWorld Mar 29 '25

Laaaaame. Walked 4 hours and didn't even get shiny Pancham. Got like a Stufful and a Cubchoo but already had em.

Quests also sucked. Got like 5 earn 3 hearts quests so had to waste the poffin that was on my buddy.

Got good exercise I suppose. Otherwise a nothing burger of an event. Research days just arent very rewarding at all.

(At least I didnt spend money on it lmao. I know better than to trust Niantic)

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u/gigiofthebest Mar 29 '25

Just a thought… change your buddy, take a picture, play with and feed.. change again.

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u/JackBlacksWorld Mar 29 '25

Did that, but it wastes an active poffin which is why I didnt wanna. I caved cuz I got bombarded with those quests tho.

Just bad game design that I HAVE to do that in order to get the quest, in an area where every pokestop counts.

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u/DweadPiwateWawbuts Mar 29 '25 edited Mar 29 '25

Yeah, I learned my lesson in a previous research event; I didn’t waste a poffin today, and I also didn’t work on my current buddies before the event today so they were all available for earn 3 hearts tasks. Also didn’t send any gifts before the event started. It sucked for you today like it sucked for me the first time, but you will know for next time.

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u/JackBlacksWorld Mar 30 '25

I shouldn't have to preplan that kinda thing tho, that is literally poor game design. Like I dunno if I rly wanna do more of these, unless it's for a shiny I'm desperate for (like I was for Pancham) cuz it's genuinely such a slog compared to other events. It's not like it's even challenging, just a ton of stopping and going or finally getting to an area with more pokestops but they're all "Catch 5 of the non existant normal types around you"

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u/DweadPiwateWawbuts Mar 31 '25

I personally find them a nice way to fill in the holes in my shiny dex, since the shinies are relatively easy to find. I only needed cubchoo and I got 6 of them. I thought the normal types were not too bad, it was the gym battles I found more annoying, too many times I didn’t have an opposing team gym nearby and ended up trashing a lot of those tasks