This sounds great and all and I get that the whole point of things like raid bosses is to get more people back into the game but I think a lot of players that don't live in big cities are still going to struggle and loose interest quickly.
There are 4 gyms and 4 stops in my town and they have been level 10 mystic for as long as I can remember plus I'm pretty sure I'm the only Instinct player in a 30 mile radius >.<
Of course I'm not moaning... just trying to start my own "underdog tale" where the spunky trainer battles impossible odds to become the very best, like no one ever was.
Well the new gym system should help benefit people with a hometown advantage, plus they will have to go out and manually feed the pokemon on the gyms in order to retain them, their lack of effort will assist you in trouncing the crap out of them.
Fair point, I must admit after reading this post I dusted the game off today and got back into the swing of things, even caught a few new pokemon (Cyndaquil specifically, yeah it's been soo long I missed the gen 2 launch). All the local gyms are "under construction" so I guess this update is coming pretty soon.
Yeah, gyms are currently down. But now is your time to find some new pokemon to join you, evolution them up, and get ready to bring some pain!!!
Also you can try finding more players of your faction via facebook, reddit, or google+ just to name a few. A lot of times if you create a group for your area you get people trickling in, there may be more than you think.
If you have any Go questions feel free to fire them out whenever, I really do enjoy augmented reality game and love helping other people enjoy it too.