So I started playing Pokemon Go and after some research I realized that there should be paw prints in the Sightings Menu at the bottom-right. However, there are never paws displayed for any pokemon. I've never seen any paws, and the Pokemon are obviously not nearby at all as I can't see them. Is there a fix to this?
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5The proximity paw prints were removed completely a while ago. See: http://gaming.stackexchange.com/a/272615/145980 – Mage Xy Aug 15 '16 at 16:33
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@MageXy they had to make it harder didn't they... – Ali Bdeir Aug 15 '16 at 16:51
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@MageXy is there still a way to track down Pokemon? – Ali Bdeir Aug 15 '16 at 16:52
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Yes. Walk in a random direction and hope you encounter it. If the Pokemon disappears from your "nearby" list, you either walked too far or in the entirely wrong direction. Other than that, no. – Mage Xy Aug 15 '16 at 17:00
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Or someone catched it. – Sumurai8 Aug 15 '16 at 17:05
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@Sumurai8 Pokemon do not disappear if someone else catches them. They only disappear for you once you catch them, or once their spawn timer runs out. – Mage Xy Aug 15 '16 at 18:11
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@MageXy or if you fail to catch them and run away – gitsitgo Aug 15 '16 at 18:59
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Unfortunately no, Niantic updated the game removing the footsteps. You just have to go around and hunt down the Pokemon. All we can do is hope they bring it back.
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1Niantic is AB testing a new way of finding nearby pokemon, that makes it easier to locate pokemon than with paw prints. To be fair, considering the number of people that used third-party apps to locate pokemon, paw prints were widely considered to not be useful enough. – Sumurai8 Aug 15 '16 at 17:27