Niantic acknowledges an Error with the recent wave of EX Raid invites (Feb 26 EX raid)

Trainers,

Niantic has recently acknowledged that the distribution mechanism used for the Recent EX Raid invites (Feb 21 Invites) was incorrect and executed an older version of the code.

The following fixes for the EX Raids were shared by Niantic in a recent blog post (“An Update on EX Raid Battle Invitations”, Feb 7, 2018):

• Trainers with a higher level Gym Badge are now even more likely to receive an invitation for an EX Raid Battle at that location.
• Similarly, Trainers who complete more Raid Battles (at any location) the week before EX Raid Battle invitations are sent will now have a greater chance of being selected.

Apparently, these will be completely put in place with the next wave.

Unfortunately, due to some Error, the old version of the code got executed and EX Raid passes were distributed using the older system.

Niantic Acknowledges on Facebook Post:

“Trainers, the most recent EX Raid Battle invitations were not as wide-reaching as we had hoped. We discovered an error that executed an older version of code, which did not include the fixes we’d previously introduced. We’re sorry for the confusion, and we will make sure that the next round of EX Raid Battles appropriately executes the improved code.” – source Pokemon GO Facebook

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