
Despite the fact that Pokémon GO has been out for about a month now, the game still suffers from its fair share of hiccups and glitches. Sure, it's not the unmitigated mess that it was in the first week, but the removal of the three step glitch among other instability issues still show that Niantic has definitely got its work cut out. Now, players in the New York City area have begun talking about a new glitch, one where eggs can be placed in gyms.
It's not currently known exactly how players have been managing it (don't get curious, you fiends), but the issue is evident in how it effectively makes gyms unbeatable. Seeing as how eggs have no HP and no moves, they cannot be fought, meaning that anybody who has a Pokémon or an egg in that gym can collect endless Defender awards until the exploit gets patched out. Here's footage of what happens:

Niantic hasn't acknowledged the exploit yet, but we'd bet it's scrambling for a solution right now. Hopefully, it'll be addressed in the next update.
What do you think? Have you seen this at a gym near you? Will you play by the rules, or will you try to utilize this? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
[source reddit.com, via kotaku.com]
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Oh boy...I cannot wait for people to start exploiting this and making the game unplayable again.
Whoever does this, dishonor on you and dishonor on your cow. Play nice!
"Niantic hasn't acknowledged the exploit yet, but we'd bet it's SCRAMBLING for a solution right now." Ha ha ha. Classic comedy. :l
You see this is why we can't have nice things
Seems the code's been cracked.
I thought this was already possible with Exeggcute.
Ban them all
These people are too chicken to play properly and are making Pokemon Go a shell of the game it should be. Niantic ought to fry their accounts. This is really making my blood boil!
@MitchVogel
LOL. XD
Are you using Mushu "quote" when he slapped by Mulan ?
Banhammer in 3...2...1... maybe next week. -How to ban cheaters Niantic Style
For cheater, when they got all they want, they will get bored quickly. Cheating just only annihilate the essential of fair playing.
This kind of activity just gets me hard boiled >_<
... anyone?? No?
Ok.
I kind of think that this wasn't done on purpose... the owner of the egg shown in the video is only level 5, so it's possible that they simply didn't have any Pokemon with high enough CP to place in the Gym, causing the game to glitch and allow an egg to be set instead.
I've also noticed a glitch where a Pokemon will appear in your Pokemon list just before it hatches... so it may have registered as being able to be set in a Gym before it registered as having hatched.
@Anti-Matter Oh yes
@sillygostly Exeggcute is a seed, not an egg.
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