Yeah, you get a gym badge for *any* first interaction with a new gym (attack, deploy, spin), they just weren't operational until a few hours after gyms went live. I'm pretty sure the bar below a gym badge is its "XP" to next badge level. Attacking a gym gets a lot of badge-XP, spinning and feeding berries give very small amounts. I think defending gives a decent amount but it's only tallied when the pokemon returns, and I didn't get any for a Pokemon I put on right after gyms opened probably due to roll-out issues. I'm sure it will all settle out soon.
My current concern is with Raids. They recently opened up to players Lv 31 and up, which includes me, but what worries me is Raid notifications. Apparently nearby raid notifications go out up to an hour or two before the raid starts, which is good since you don't have to drop everything immediately to go get it. But I've heard people say that "nearby" raids seem to only be actual in-sight from your current location, which really sucks if true. I have half a dozen gyms I can get to from my house reasonably quickly by walking/biking/driving, but zero are actually on-screen from home. So unless the notification range expands I'll basically never know raids are happening unless I get extremely lucky and stumble into one when I'm out walking anyway. :/
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Date: 2017-06-23 07:35 pm (UTC)My current concern is with Raids. They recently opened up to players Lv 31 and up, which includes me, but what worries me is Raid notifications. Apparently nearby raid notifications go out up to an hour or two before the raid starts, which is good since you don't have to drop everything immediately to go get it. But I've heard people say that "nearby" raids seem to only be actual in-sight from your current location, which really sucks if true. I have half a dozen gyms I can get to from my house reasonably quickly by walking/biking/driving, but zero are actually on-screen from home. So unless the notification range expands I'll basically never know raids are happening unless I get extremely lucky and stumble into one when I'm out walking anyway. :/