I activated Incense in Pokemon Go, which usually attracts Pokemon. However, this time I didn't see one Pokemon the whole 30 minutes. So I basically wasted an Incense (and a Lucky Egg I activated at the same time).
Can anyone help explain what went wrong? The pink cloud showed up but Pokemon didn't come.
Best Answer
Incense should guarantee a Pokemon spawn every 5 minutes when standing still, or every minute if you continuously move more than 200 meters away from the previous spawn. (Source). In other words, with a run time of 30 minutes, Incense should guarantee 6 Pokemon spawns minimum during that time.
The issue you encountered was likely a server connection issue at the time in 2016, during the initial spike in player numbers and a lot of weird server issues plaguing the game at the time.