Ahead of Pok\u00e9mon Go Battle Week: Timeless Travels (Jan. 19 to 24), Niantic just announced the event\u2019s paid Timed Research will be canceled.<\/p>
In a Jan. 17 tweet<\/a>, Niantic Support gave players a heads-up that the Timed Research ticket won\u2019t be appearing in the shop as previously announced for Battle Week alongside Annihilape’s debut<\/a>. The Raging Battles Timed Research would have included three Rare Candy, one Rocket Radar, Stardust, and two Premium Battle Passes as rewards. The company did not specify the reason why the paid Timed Research was pulled from the event.<\/p>
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While you might expect players to be disappointed about less content for the event, a lot of Pok\u00e9mon Go<\/em> fans are far from upset. In fact, are poking fun at Niantic, saying it\u2019s a loss for the company<\/a> and a win for the players<\/a>.<\/p>
To be fair, this would\u2019ve been the ninth paid ticket in Pok\u00e9mon Go<\/em> for January, and the month isn\u2019t even over yet. Even Joe Merrick, Serebii\u2019s webmaster, stated that the amount of paid tickets has become\u00a0 \u201ca bit excessive.\u201d<\/a> He also suggested that Niantic make Timed Research free and leave paid tickets for Special Research, stating it\u2019s \u201cbad practice\u201d to have paid Timed Research. This is because Timed Research has an expiration date, and you could be losing out on rewards if you cannot complete the tasks on time. In other words, even if you pay for Timed Research, you still aren\u2019t guaranteed the rewards.<\/p>
And aside from this being yet another paid ticket situation, this is far from the only oopsie from Niantic as of late. Just last week, the company addressed an issue where Shiny Tornadus was not appearing in Raids<\/a> like it was supposed to. As an apology, affected players were given a special bundle in their shop. <\/p>
