The rules for #AbbadonPrime are now live. You can still register for the XM Anomaly!
RULES HERE!
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RULES HERE!
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All Niantic's tests in the previous days have brought their results! Shards are back in the Anomaly Events! We missed them a lot, what about you?
Stay tuned for our rules summary posts, first of which is coming out in the next hours!
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Stay tuned for our rules summary posts, first of which is coming out in the next hours!
@IUENG
#AbaddonPrime Anomaly Rules: Explained!
Niantic released new rules for the upcoming Anomaly Events! We will try to make them simpler and to summarize the most important points in the next few days.
Overview
In this Anomaly, Agents will compete to claim final control of the Osiris Universe for their Faction. Agents of the winning Faction who received an Osiris Sequence Anomaly medal will receive the exclusive Osiris Sequence victory medal as well.
3x AP and an in-game Badge will be granted to anomaly participants (sent after the event).
1.5x AP will be granted to all users in the Anomaly period.
No global challenge is set for this Series.
Advantages
Having won one Anomaly Series and a Darsana Lens each, here are the advantages for the two factions:
ENL|Known measurement times and portals with same ornament in ONE city of choice
RES|Hank Johnson will drop artifacts to the Resistance Agents in a city of choice
BOTH|Can command ONE neutralisation of all enemy portals in ONE city of choice (but Niantic hints this might not work...)
Faction Leaders' choices to be made public by Niantic.
Field Preparation
The Anomaly Zone will be ornamented in red for the duration of the Event, and will be neutralised 20 to 90 minutes before the Anomaly start. (Again, it may not work... Genoa 🙄)
Links or field covering or crossing the Anomaly Zone may despawn in any moment.
Coming up next: Scoring!
@IUENG
Niantic released new rules for the upcoming Anomaly Events! We will try to make them simpler and to summarize the most important points in the next few days.
Overview
In this Anomaly, Agents will compete to claim final control of the Osiris Universe for their Faction. Agents of the winning Faction who received an Osiris Sequence Anomaly medal will receive the exclusive Osiris Sequence victory medal as well.
3x AP and an in-game Badge will be granted to anomaly participants (sent after the event).
1.5x AP will be granted to all users in the Anomaly period.
No global challenge is set for this Series.
Advantages
Having won one Anomaly Series and a Darsana Lens each, here are the advantages for the two factions:
ENL|Known measurement times and portals with same ornament in ONE city of choice
RES|Hank Johnson will drop artifacts to the Resistance Agents in a city of choice
BOTH|Can command ONE neutralisation of all enemy portals in ONE city of choice (but Niantic hints this might not work...)
Faction Leaders' choices to be made public by Niantic.
Field Preparation
The Anomaly Zone will be ornamented in red for the duration of the Event, and will be neutralised 20 to 90 minutes before the Anomaly start. (Again, it may not work... Genoa 🙄)
Links or field covering or crossing the Anomaly Zone may despawn in any moment.
Coming up next: Scoring!
@IUENG
#AbaddonPrime Anomaly Rules: Explained!
Niantic released new rules for the upcoming Anomaly Events! We will to make them simpler and to summarize the most important points.
Scoring Pt.1
The Anomaly will be divided in 4 challenges running at the same time over the 3 hours of the Event.
9 measurements for Capture Battle and Shard Battle will happen every 20 minutes, in 2 minutes windows around these local times (PM):
2:50, 3:10, 3:30, 3:50, 4:10, 4:30, 4:50, 5:10, 5:30
Challenge 1: Capture Battle
In this challenge, the Faction controlling the most Portals in the Anomaly Zone wins. Regular portals are worth 1 point, Volatiles (highlighted in orange) are worth 3 and will constantly change position over the course of the Event. The highest score for each Faction in any measurement will be their raw score for the challenge. 100 scoring points will be distributed between the Factions, proportional to their raw score.
Up next: Scoring pt.2
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Niantic released new rules for the upcoming Anomaly Events! We will to make them simpler and to summarize the most important points.
Scoring Pt.1
The Anomaly will be divided in 4 challenges running at the same time over the 3 hours of the Event.
9 measurements for Capture Battle and Shard Battle will happen every 20 minutes, in 2 minutes windows around these local times (PM):
2:50, 3:10, 3:30, 3:50, 4:10, 4:30, 4:50, 5:10, 5:30
Challenge 1: Capture Battle
In this challenge, the Faction controlling the most Portals in the Anomaly Zone wins. Regular portals are worth 1 point, Volatiles (highlighted in orange) are worth 3 and will constantly change position over the course of the Event. The highest score for each Faction in any measurement will be their raw score for the challenge. 100 scoring points will be distributed between the Factions, proportional to their raw score.
Up next: Scoring pt.2
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Niantic wishes Agents a happy #EarthDay!
"We're wowed by the number of you who spent time this weekend giving back and cleaning up our beautiful planet. There's another set of events next weekend (and another tier of rewards to unlock)!"
Find an event near you
#AugmentingReality
Source: https://t.co/Nw2ySWnJEh
"We're wowed by the number of you who spent time this weekend giving back and cleaning up our beautiful planet. There's another set of events next weekend (and another tier of rewards to unlock)!"
Find an event near you
#AugmentingReality
Source: https://t.co/Nw2ySWnJEh
Ingress Updates [ENG]
Niantic announces their initiatives for Earth Day 2019! Because of the huge success of last year’s Earth Day campaign, the company has teamed up again with Playmob, gaming-for-good engagement platform, and 15 NGOs to host cleanups in communities near you…
Here is our previous post with the rewards for participating at the Playmob Events!
Let's get to 7000 participants!
Don't forget to report your experience by tagging @NianticLabs and using #AugmentingReality!
@IUENG
Let's get to 7000 participants!
Don't forget to report your experience by tagging @NianticLabs and using #AugmentingReality!
@IUENG
#AbaddonPrime Anomaly Rules: Explained!
Scoring Pt. 2 (This one's long, forgive me)
Challenge 2: Shard Battle
During Anomaly Periods, Shards will spawn on some Anomaly Zone Portals. Some others, will be marked as Research Portals (purple for the Resistance, yellow for the Enlightened). Shards and Research Portals positions will change at the end of every measurement.
Approximately every 3 minutes, Shards will try to jump between linked portals, provided both are L4 or higher. Whenever a Shard reaches a UNIQUE Research Portal, 1 point is assigned to the relative Faction, regardless of the Faction controlling the Portal. Unique visits are reset when the measurement ends.
• Shards won't backtrack to Portals they've been to in the past 7 minutes.
• If rogue actions are recorded, Niantic may move Shards to Portals of their choice.
• If a Shard spawns on a Research Portal, it won't score any points.
The highest score for each Faction in any measurement will be their final score for the challenge. This score will be compared with the other Faction's creating scores on percent base. (100 maximum points).
The Faction which wins the Shard Battle at each city will align a Niantic researcher to their Faction.
Kaohsiung: Enoch Dalby
Amsterdam: Stein Lightman
Chicago: Oliver Lynton-Wolfe
Up next: Scoring pt.3
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Scoring Pt. 2 (This one's long, forgive me)
Challenge 2: Shard Battle
During Anomaly Periods, Shards will spawn on some Anomaly Zone Portals. Some others, will be marked as Research Portals (purple for the Resistance, yellow for the Enlightened). Shards and Research Portals positions will change at the end of every measurement.
Approximately every 3 minutes, Shards will try to jump between linked portals, provided both are L4 or higher. Whenever a Shard reaches a UNIQUE Research Portal, 1 point is assigned to the relative Faction, regardless of the Faction controlling the Portal. Unique visits are reset when the measurement ends.
• Shards won't backtrack to Portals they've been to in the past 7 minutes.
• If rogue actions are recorded, Niantic may move Shards to Portals of their choice.
• If a Shard spawns on a Research Portal, it won't score any points.
The highest score for each Faction in any measurement will be their final score for the challenge. This score will be compared with the other Faction's creating scores on percent base. (100 maximum points).
The Faction which wins the Shard Battle at each city will align a Niantic researcher to their Faction.
Kaohsiung: Enoch Dalby
Amsterdam: Stein Lightman
Chicago: Oliver Lynton-Wolfe
Up next: Scoring pt.3
@IUENG
Ingress Updates [ENG]
A message from the Parisian Ingress Community As many of you may already know, the Notre-Dame cathedral of Paris has been ravaged by flames earlier this week. The fire started under the spire in the evening, and by the time people noticed it was already too…
Many cities have answered the call for action of Parisian Agents to build a Nova to commemorate Notre-Dame de Paris!
In this picture we have the Starbursts of Paris, the one starting from the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Dnipro and the another one starting from the Cathedral of Annunciation in Kazan!
A great thank you to every agent who participated, a sitrep with all the starburst created for this occasion will be online soon!
@IUENG
In this picture we have the Starbursts of Paris, the one starting from the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Dnipro and the another one starting from the Cathedral of Annunciation in Kazan!
A great thank you to every agent who participated, a sitrep with all the starburst created for this occasion will be online soon!
@IUENG
Niantic announced a new Global Event! Starting at 10AM PDT (UTC -7) April 25th, Dark XM will appear in the Scanner!
Portal Decay will have more effect and to counter this, we will have to create long Links between Portals!
A new Medal will be obtainable for this event and it will have 3 tiers: 5km, 50km, and 250km TOTAL. A new Scanner statistic will be enabled to track your progress!
If we manage to reach 400.000 total Portal Captured over the current baseline, the threat will be stopped, and the Bonus AP for June's First Saturdays will be increased to 3x!!
Challenge ends on April 30th, 10AM PDT (UTC -7)
Source: https://t.co/45898wYxbR
@IUENG
Portal Decay will have more effect and to counter this, we will have to create long Links between Portals!
A new Medal will be obtainable for this event and it will have 3 tiers: 5km, 50km, and 250km TOTAL. A new Scanner statistic will be enabled to track your progress!
If we manage to reach 400.000 total Portal Captured over the current baseline, the threat will be stopped, and the Bonus AP for June's First Saturdays will be increased to 3x!!
Challenge ends on April 30th, 10AM PDT (UTC -7)
Source: https://t.co/45898wYxbR
@IUENG
Niantic announces EOS for Android devices with version 4 of their operating system
"Ingress Prime is ending support for devices running on Android 4 KitKat. Agents using devices with this operating system will no longer be able to access Ingress after July 1, 2019. We encourage Agents on Android 4 to upgrade their operating system to keep access to Ingress."
More details on the dedicated support page
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"Ingress Prime is ending support for devices running on Android 4 KitKat. Agents using devices with this operating system will no longer be able to access Ingress after July 1, 2019. We encourage Agents on Android 4 to upgrade their operating system to keep access to Ingress."
More details on the dedicated support page
@IUENG
Ingress Updates [ENG]
Niantic announced a new Global Event! Starting at 10AM PDT (UTC -7) April 25th, Dark XM will appear in the Scanner! Portal Decay will have more effect and to counter this, we will have to create long Links between Portals! A new Medal will be obtainable for…
Andrew Krug has clarified in the Agent Academy Group that, if the 400k Portal Captured over the baseline won't be reached, the Medal for cumulative Link distance won't be awarded.
You can start right away working on the Link goal though, you don't have to wait until 400k captures are reached.
@IUENG
You can start right away working on the Link goal though, you don't have to wait until 400k captures are reached.
@IUENG
Niantic unveiled the Characters that will be at each #AbaddonPrime Anomaly Site!
Carrie Campbell will be in Kaohsiung City on May 4th.
P.A. Chapeau will be in Amsterdam on May 11th.
Ezekiel Calvin will be in Chicago on May 25th.
Source: https://t.co/FUJ2DIDANP
@IUENG
Carrie Campbell will be in Kaohsiung City on May 4th.
P.A. Chapeau will be in Amsterdam on May 11th.
Ezekiel Calvin will be in Chicago on May 25th.
Source: https://t.co/FUJ2DIDANP
@IUENG
Dust off your walking shoes and your weight plates, Agents! It's time for another #BannerRuck! Here's how to earn that sweet #BannerRuck patch:
1. Grab at least 4 buddies and at least one who has never rucked before.
2. Put at least 10 lbs in your ruck and load up that #Ingress mission banner you've always wanted to try, with at least 10km walking distance built into the banner.
3. Post your completed adventure photos to instagram before May 31 with the following hashes: #bannerruck #goruck #ingress @goruckingress Include photos of the ruck, your completed banner screenshot, and proof of at least 10km walked from your tracking app of choice. Don't forget to follow us on Instagram @goruckingress !
It's time to move!
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1. Grab at least 4 buddies and at least one who has never rucked before.
2. Put at least 10 lbs in your ruck and load up that #Ingress mission banner you've always wanted to try, with at least 10km walking distance built into the banner.
3. Post your completed adventure photos to instagram before May 31 with the following hashes: #bannerruck #goruck #ingress @goruckingress Include photos of the ruck, your completed banner screenshot, and proof of at least 10km walked from your tracking app of choice. Don't forget to follow us on Instagram @goruckingress !
It's time to move!
@IUENG
More clarification from Andrew Krug on the Dark XM Event starting in exactly 19 hours! On his group, he posted these points (which we shortened for brevity):
1: The baseline measurement will be taken at event start. (X)
2: Players need to capture and own X + 400,000 more Portals to unlock the Dark XM Medal.
3: X + 400,000 Portals do NOT need to be owned on April 30th. Whenever X + 400,000 happens that will unlock the medal.
4: Daily snapshots of how close to the goal the players are, will be provided (times tbd)
5: The tiers are 5km, 50km, 250km. They are bronze, silver and gold. They will count towards leveling.
6: You can achieve the gold with one link or lots of links. Distance is cumulative
7: You can start making links immediately at 10am PDT on April 25th. You do not need to wait until the threshold is achieved.
8: Portal decay will be increased but will slowly return to normal.
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1: The baseline measurement will be taken at event start. (X)
2: Players need to capture and own X + 400,000 more Portals to unlock the Dark XM Medal.
3: X + 400,000 Portals do NOT need to be owned on April 30th. Whenever X + 400,000 happens that will unlock the medal.
4: Daily snapshots of how close to the goal the players are, will be provided (times tbd)
5: The tiers are 5km, 50km, 250km. They are bronze, silver and gold. They will count towards leveling.
6: You can achieve the gold with one link or lots of links. Distance is cumulative
7: You can start making links immediately at 10am PDT on April 25th. You do not need to wait until the threshold is achieved.
8: Portal decay will be increased but will slowly return to normal.
@IUENG
In the early morning, Niantic has decided to stop the rollout of Ingress Prime v2.21 due to a bug which prevents Agents from linking correctly. Fixes to this bug and improvements to be able to skip link animation will be included in v2.22!
Source: https://twitter.com/NianticHelp/status/1121232008380739588
@IUENG
Source: https://twitter.com/NianticHelp/status/1121232008380739588
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Twitter
Niantic Support
Agents, we discovered a bug in the Ingress Prime 2.21 release that affects the ability to make links. We’ve decided to stop releasing 2.21 and roll features and bug fixes from this release into 2.22. Thanks for your understanding!
#AbaddonPrime Anomaly Rules: Explained!
Niantic released new rules for the upcoming Anomaly Events We will to make them simpler and to summarize the most important points.
Scoring Pt. 3
Challenge 3: Artifact Collection
Certain Portals in the Anomaly Zone will be highlighted with a blue symbol for a brief period of time, and upon hack will drop a media item which is part of a set. 5 sets with 6 items each (representing coloured shapes) exist.
The Portals which become active and drop Artifacts will change constantly.
Agents are required to keep the hacked medias in their inventory for well after the Anomaly ends, to allow for counting.
A single Agent's score is the number of unique artifacts in his inventory, plus 10 points for every unique complete set in his inventory.
A Faction's score is the average of its registered and checked-in players.
This score will be compared with the other Faction's creating scores on percent base. (100 maximum points).
Up next: Unique Portal Hacks and Total Scoring
@IUENG
Niantic released new rules for the upcoming Anomaly Events We will to make them simpler and to summarize the most important points.
Scoring Pt. 3
Challenge 3: Artifact Collection
Certain Portals in the Anomaly Zone will be highlighted with a blue symbol for a brief period of time, and upon hack will drop a media item which is part of a set. 5 sets with 6 items each (representing coloured shapes) exist.
The Portals which become active and drop Artifacts will change constantly.
Agents are required to keep the hacked medias in their inventory for well after the Anomaly ends, to allow for counting.
A single Agent's score is the number of unique artifacts in his inventory, plus 10 points for every unique complete set in his inventory.
A Faction's score is the average of its registered and checked-in players.
This score will be compared with the other Faction's creating scores on percent base. (100 maximum points).
Up next: Unique Portal Hacks and Total Scoring
@IUENG
#Stealth #Anomaly
If you'll be earning a Tiered Patch for Chicago or Amsterdam's Stealth event, please fill out the following form so we can have your patch ready for you on site: https://goo.gl/forms/v3B5xGLortVvefH43
Please note patches are first come/first serve and limited to the first 100 agents to finish each tier. Currently there are only Platinum & Onyx left with a few Silver. If you'll be earning Gold, please fill the form out as well even though there will not currently be a patch for you.
Source: Goruck team
@IUENG
If you'll be earning a Tiered Patch for Chicago or Amsterdam's Stealth event, please fill out the following form so we can have your patch ready for you on site: https://goo.gl/forms/v3B5xGLortVvefH43
Please note patches are first come/first serve and limited to the first 100 agents to finish each tier. Currently there are only Platinum & Onyx left with a few Silver. If you'll be earning Gold, please fill the form out as well even though there will not currently be a patch for you.
Source: Goruck team
@IUENG
Google Docs
Tiered Patches for Upcoming Stealth Events
If you have met requirements and are owed a tiered event patch at an upcoming anomaly event, please fill in the form below to have your patch/patches ready on site.
Badge tiering:
1st Stealth event - Traditional Grey (received at completion of event, please…
Badge tiering:
1st Stealth event - Traditional Grey (received at completion of event, please…
The Agent Academy website posted this nice infographic collecting all of the clarifications emerged in the last hours! Share it with your communities!
Source: https://www.agentacademypodcast.com/infographic/dark-xm-threat-infographic/
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Source: https://www.agentacademypodcast.com/infographic/dark-xm-threat-infographic/
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