Which devices do you use? What are the error messages, if any?
It is sort of disappointing, yeah. It's where you want to walk when catching Pokémon, not in the busy streets of the city. It would be cool if they'd spawn more around active players in the more remote areas. Wouldn't have to be as often as in the cities, just often enough for it to be worthwhile, and walking with your eyes fixed on the screen wouldn't be nearly as dangerous either, as it would when surrounded by busy traffic.
I hatched another egg yesterday (in the middle of school hours, too), and I got a Magikarp. Still a long way from getting a Gyarados, haha. Currently trying to hatch another 2km egg. How many eggs have you hatched so far?
I did hear about the naming an Eevee something specific trick, but I thought that was just a rumour. I guess I will wait to name/evolve my Eevees until I'm at a higher level, as well as any other Pokémon. Would be cool if I could find an Abra or Cubone, though, then those would be the first I'd evolve. I like my Drowzee at 204 CP, and I also have a Fearow at 220 CP. Thanks for the tips, machine! You're really helping me a lot, haha. (:
I did consider joining Instinct for that exact reason, but, as I said, I settled on Valor because of its colour, haha. I have also considered ways to work together with another team, i.e. Team Instinct, so we could easier beat the Mystics. Problem is I know too little of the game to come up with anything useful.
I have found and caught 28 different Pokémon, and I'm nearly at level 8, so I have made a bit of progress since school began. It is a lot easier to play in the city, after all.
I like the updates. The game crashed a lot for me before, but since the updates it's been working like a charm, haha, and I have no problem finding any Pokémon. I haven't heard about the new nearby feature you mentioned, but I hope it's as good as you say. (: I'm mostly glad they added an option to change your name, albeit just as a one-time-only thing (if I understood correctly). When I find a better and more fitting name for myself, I'll definitely change it. How about an option to change teams, you know, as another one-time-only feature?