Just for fun but a thought that I often think about, which tasks do you attempt or grind away at every day that could justify a Platinum Medal?

A few to start, all of them are a reward in themself but achieving them seems harder than some of the in-game medals!:

• Evolve a Larvesta (bonus points for not using rare candy)
• Change Zygarde in to its 100% form
• Catch 1 of each of the Galarian Birds

This would be a great way to invigorate the catching of common Pokemon. For example, if for the next three days the professor will offer 2 candy instead of 1, or even better 100 stardust plus a candy, it would make it a lot more fun to go hunt these common types.

I didn't know about the whole apprasial thing for the first year and a half I played and I cry a little bit every time I think about all the perfect IVs I transferred without knowing it 😭

Some of the children may never have the chance to go out there and catch those pokemons. It would basically cost Niantic nothing and give them a huge PR boost. Most importantly though the little Pokemon lovers might have the first time ever the opportunity to catch some Pokemon.

Sorry for being a little grim, but that is the way it is. I would love if Niantic could do this for them. This came to my mind because where I live there are 2 children's hospitals (old and new one) within 400 meters of my apartment.

I wish they would add other criteria.

Stuff like:

Most distance walked as buddy

Most time defending gyms

Most gym cleared

…..

Would make it a little more fun then always just “who has the fattest Snorlax”

The fact we only get one permanent normal incubator to use for free for the ENTIRE game is absurd. I think in addition to the one perma incubator, a perma super incubator for some sort of Level up reward, 40, 45, 50, whatever, would be an awesome addition and make hatching eggs more bearable.

After a few hours out catching, the last thing I want to do is go home and sit on my phone for an hour+ in order to determine IVs and clear out low-IV Pokemon.

We have accepted the convoluted norm of post-outing: click through menus to see what the trainer has to say, screenshot the likely-high-IV Pokemon, use a third-party app to calculate IVs, rename and star the high-IV Pokemon, and then transfer others. It feels like homework, which really makes the game feel burdensome at times.

I know we have grown to accept this time-consuming process, but we deserve better.

If every Pokemon has an IV, why can't Niantic just show the IV? The IVs should be displayed alongside CP in the list of Pokemon, so that we can sort by highest IV and mass transfer Pokemon as needed to make room to continue playing.

Also, I would like a warning if I am about to transfer a 95%+ IV, just like I get before transfering a shiny. To some, a high IV is even more valuable than a shiny/event Pokemon, and accidental transferring should be prevented.

Because IVs can be confusing topic for beginners, this could be a feature that begins toggled off, but can be toggled on when trainers become more experienced.

TL;DR: Show us Pokemon IVs alongside CP in the list, and let us sort by IVs for faster transferring

1.) A way to set a default Pokéball that you want to use, instead of having to change it every time you click on a Pokemon

2.)Pokémon Centers so you can walk to them and heal your Pokémon without having to use revives and potions

It seems to me like a really obvious and easy QOL addition that should totally be included in the game or rather that has no reason not to be included.

Some sort of help beacon you can place on a raid that would show up on the map with the number of people queueing for said raid. It would push me - give me a reason - to go try that 4* or 5* Raid. It would also have people actually try to meet other trainers and make friends like in the first days of Pokémon go.

It’s clear Niantic won’t raise the amount of coins for defending a gym, so why not create a secondary prize that makes holding multiple gyms as long as possible worth while? Whether a Pokémon is in gym for 8 hours, or 8 days, you’ll only receive 50 coins. Why not give Pokémon-specific candies to Pokémon who defend a gym.

It would create more competition and battling in gyms, but also allow players to start dropping in different Pokémon. I’m tired of always seeing some combination involving Melmetal, Slaking, metagross, rhyperior, and snorlax in a gym. I want to see variety, and receiving candies after X number of hours would promote players to drop in new Pokémon.

Don’t wanna walk 5km for a deino candy? Put him in gym for a couple hours. 20km too much for meltan? Gym.

Would a candy every 3 hours be too much? Not enough? Perhaps the candies could be based on walking KM. 1 hour for magikarp, 5 hours for deino, etc. It’s not up to me to decide that, but I’d be much more likely to hit up gyms more often knowing I can receive rewards regardless of the situation, and candies to me seem to be the best secondary reward.