I just started playing Pokemon Go so I could play with my brother’s kids and I know very little.
I took over my first gym and then was wracked with guilt picturing small children crying their eyes out over their pokemon, so I started googling to see what the consensus was on player etiquette.
From what I understand, as long as a pokemon has been in a gym for 8.5 hours the owner will get the full 5o coins for the day. But I also keep seeing something about the coin reset at 12:01 and read that you shouldn’t take a gym between 11 pm and midnight and I really do not get it. Can someone enlighten me? I did see there had been changes to the game over the years so maybe the stuff I’m reading is not all up-to-date.
I haven’t played in years but, back when I played, the etiquette was similar to what everyone else has said: if it’s been in there less than an hour or so, let it stay. And if you aren’t going to be around to defend your gym and don’t especially need the coins, put a 10PP pokémon in there so it’s easier for a local to kick you out later.
Thanks, that makes sense about making it easy for someone to kick you out.