Or the motivation, I guess as botted users start claiming gyms it becomes a problem but until they implement trading each user is silo'd by the game mechanics
>I guess as botted users start claiming gyms it becomes a problem //
It might be a nice problem for Niantic if that means non-hacking users pay to improve their own pokemon to try and beat the botted gym users? Provided the numbers of bots is relatively low it probably won't be a problem they feel needs fixing. I guess if someone is claiming more than a few gyms it's going to get flagged and they can probably easily spot if it's genuine or not?!?
Gyms can't be held for very long, in any scenario other than remote destinations that nobody visits (like a reef 2 miles from the coast or a desert monument). 3 Perfect Pokemon of the highest tier will be burned down by 6 Pokemon of various quality (multiple people using 6 at a time), especially with the rock-paper-scissors counters available.
That's been my experience too, taking gyms is considerably easier than successfully holding them for any length of time.
That said, you only really need to hold it long enough to claim your coins, and the XP for fighting rival gyms is probably more valuable in the long run.
