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More server friendly tappables

In Minecraft earth, the tappables let you get resources. One of the issues though is that they require a decent internet connection to collect, which makes sense, but is annoying for usage in areas with poor cellular coverage like in some more rural areas. A fix for this which could also help reduce cellular usage for everyone as well would be to move some of the "loot tables" for the tappables to the app. Of course, this could become a problem for seasonal drops and events, but it could be made to detect a poor connection and ask if you want to reduce cellular usage, or as an option in the settings menu for people on limited plans. If you have any ideas for how this could be implemented, leave it below in the comments. I think this could be a useful feature that a lot of people will like.
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    I agree. Neither WiFi nor cell data seems to work especially well for me. Either it gets hung up on the tappable and gives the lost connection popup or it crashes the game entirely. (In comparison, I've never had an issue with connection in the same area with the Niantic games).

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    I get a definite impression that the app would benefit from more caching ability. Even button-presses take multiple attempts in what feels like a brief loss of connectivity issue. Surely things as well-defined and non-multiplayer as crafting could be done on-device and request/results communicated with the server when it becomes available again.

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    Has nothing to do with servers, everything to do with your connection

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    @ImaginedTen2 I think they're talking about client-side storage to help reduce the issues with connectivity.

    But I do agree with the spirit of the post.