Agents, you are invited to join the Perpetua Hexathlon in Tijuana, Mexico on February 29th, 2020!
You don't want to miss this chance for a day filled with Ingress Challenges and for the shiny Perpetua Medal!
Cross-Faction group: https://t.me/joinchat/JU7WxhN5z8_ol4LyOQjkHg
@IUENG
You don't want to miss this chance for a day filled with Ingress Challenges and for the shiny Perpetua Medal!
Cross-Faction group: https://t.me/joinchat/JU7WxhN5z8_ol4LyOQjkHg
@IUENG
Agents, test your skills at the Perpetua Hexathlon Event in Ruse, Bulgaria on 29.02.2020!
Fill your weekend with fun among friends while playing Ingress throughout the local beautiful architecture
Cross-Faction Chat:
https://t.me/RuseHexathlon
@IUENG
Fill your weekend with fun among friends while playing Ingress throughout the local beautiful architecture
Cross-Faction Chat:
https://t.me/RuseHexathlon
@IUENG
Are you a POC or in the orga team for a Hexathlon event?
Ruck the Box signups are now available for all Hexathlon sites! If you are hosting an Ingress event in 2020 and are interested, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/pD8VsdcT4z1ME2nn6
This form is not participants. February 29 sites will be announced by next Friday. More details available on the form.
Source: Goruck Team
@IUENG
Ruck the Box signups are now available for all Hexathlon sites! If you are hosting an Ingress event in 2020 and are interested, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/pD8VsdcT4z1ME2nn6
This form is not participants. February 29 sites will be announced by next Friday. More details available on the form.
Source: Goruck Team
@IUENG
Google Docs
Ruck the Box Request Form
Ruck the Box is available on Sundays from 9:45AM - 1:00PM during Mission Day.
Hexathlon sites in 2020 have the opportunity to request a Ruck the Box event in their city by submitting this form. We will not send a Cadre for sites not currently hosting other…
Hexathlon sites in 2020 have the opportunity to request a Ruck the Box event in their city by submitting this form. We will not send a Cadre for sites not currently hosting other…
The vintage Akira Tsukasa medal (originally released in 2016) will be available on the in-app Store for one week from Fri, Jan 31 19:00 UTC to Fri, Feb 7 19:00 UTC.
Source: https://mobile.twitter.com/ingress/status/1223140853025144838?s=19
@IUENG
Source: https://mobile.twitter.com/ingress/status/1223140853025144838?s=19
@IUENG
Archives: Akira Tsukasa (30,800 CMU)
* Akira Tsukasa (2016) in-app medal
* Resonator at your access level x10
* Power Cube at your access level x10
* Portal Fracker x1
* Rare Heat Sink x3
* Rare Multi-hack x3
Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/8929/archives-akira-tsukasa-2016-loadout-on-the-in-app-store
@IUENG
* Akira Tsukasa (2016) in-app medal
* Resonator at your access level x10
* Power Cube at your access level x10
* Portal Fracker x1
* Rare Heat Sink x3
* Rare Multi-hack x3
Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/8929/archives-akira-tsukasa-2016-loadout-on-the-in-app-store
@IUENG
We went on a Mission Day cruise! Will it happen again? Not exactly — but we’re proud to announce that we’re running Ingress at Sea II! This will not be an official event, but we had so much fun the first time, we’re doing it again anyway!
📆 When: November 15th through November 22nd, 2020
🗺️ Where: Departing from San Juan; visiting Aruba, Bonaire, St. Maaten, and Curacao on the recently rebuilt Freedom of the Seas
And just a reminder! Today is the last day for the less expensive deposits on the next Ingress cruise! We had SO much fun last year and would love to have you along.
missiondayatsea.com for more info!
@IUENG
📆 When: November 15th through November 22nd, 2020
🗺️ Where: Departing from San Juan; visiting Aruba, Bonaire, St. Maaten, and Curacao on the recently rebuilt Freedom of the Seas
And just a reminder! Today is the last day for the less expensive deposits on the next Ingress cruise! We had SO much fun last year and would love to have you along.
missiondayatsea.com for more info!
@IUENG
Agents, Ingress Prime v2.39.3 has been announced! It should come to your scanners in the next days!
Release Notes
• Feature: Added four core-shell avatars: Spiritualist; Skeptic; Alchemist; Dreamer.
• UI: Updated visuals for inventory items to increase contrast and vibrance on low and mid-tier devices.
• UI: Added CMU cost below featured bundles in the inventory carousel Store category.
• Bugfix: Action circle radius for Scanner [Resistance] and Scanner [Enlightened] agent avatars set to 40.0m.
• Bugfix: Fixed issue preventing repeat Store purchases.
• Bugfix: Fixed endless spinner on Regional Scores GLOBAL tab.
• Bugfix: Fixed automatic slot advancement when deploying resonators.
• Bugfix: Total item count updates after redeeming passcode on Android.
• Bugfix: Updated animation to reduce ghost resonators on map screen.
• Bugfix: Improved performance to reduce pending attack error messages.
• Bugfix: Fixed Back button behavior on Voluntary Agent Recursion screen on Android.
• Bugfix: Speculative fix to address randomly occurring faction selection.
Source: Ingress 2.39.3 Release Notes
@IUENG
Release Notes
• Feature: Added four core-shell avatars: Spiritualist; Skeptic; Alchemist; Dreamer.
• UI: Updated visuals for inventory items to increase contrast and vibrance on low and mid-tier devices.
• UI: Added CMU cost below featured bundles in the inventory carousel Store category.
• Bugfix: Action circle radius for Scanner [Resistance] and Scanner [Enlightened] agent avatars set to 40.0m.
• Bugfix: Fixed issue preventing repeat Store purchases.
• Bugfix: Fixed endless spinner on Regional Scores GLOBAL tab.
• Bugfix: Fixed automatic slot advancement when deploying resonators.
• Bugfix: Total item count updates after redeeming passcode on Android.
• Bugfix: Updated animation to reduce ghost resonators on map screen.
• Bugfix: Improved performance to reduce pending attack error messages.
• Bugfix: Fixed Back button behavior on Voluntary Agent Recursion screen on Android.
• Bugfix: Speculative fix to address randomly occurring faction selection.
Source: Ingress 2.39.3 Release Notes
@IUENG
Today is the first saturday of the month, which means that all around the world, Agents are gathering for the monthly Ingress First Saturday Events!
Unfortunately we will have to recode our website which collects all of your pictures so this may be the last month uploaded to the map for now, nonetheless, keep sending @carlobolla, @Gigathunder or @Gloomyqueen your event's group picture to populate our FS photo map once it gets restyled!
@IUENG
Unfortunately we will have to recode our website which collects all of your pictures so this may be the last month uploaded to the map for now, nonetheless, keep sending @carlobolla, @Gigathunder or @Gloomyqueen your event's group picture to populate our FS photo map once it gets restyled!
@IUENG
Spiritualist (Purple), Skeptic (Blue), Alchemist (Green) and Dreamer (Orange) Avatars are out!
Each can be bought for 2500 CMU in the game, which will you buy?
Ph. @InvestigateXM
@IUENG
Each can be bought for 2500 CMU in the game, which will you buy?
Ph. @InvestigateXM
@IUENG
This will be the look of the Requiem Anomaly in Munich! The Event will be held on May 9th, 2020!
As reported on the event details page, FREE On-site and Off-site Activation Tickets will be available for this Event! These tickets (after participation is verified) will enable you to be counted in the Anomaly Score and receive:
• 2x AP during the Anomaly Event
• The medal in this image
• A report of your anomaly actions
⚠ Remember! You will have to hack at least 13 Anomaly Portals (if on-site) and recharge an Anomaly Portal at least once or provide Intel services to the Agents (if off-site)!
Also, a paid After-Party ticket is available. This will enable you to participate in a "cross-faction after-party with entertainment, refreshments, and exclusive experiences"! Don't miss it!
Source: https://ingress.com/eventdescription/anomaly/anomaly-2020-munichgermany
@IUENG
As reported on the event details page, FREE On-site and Off-site Activation Tickets will be available for this Event! These tickets (after participation is verified) will enable you to be counted in the Anomaly Score and receive:
• 2x AP during the Anomaly Event
• The medal in this image
• A report of your anomaly actions
⚠ Remember! You will have to hack at least 13 Anomaly Portals (if on-site) and recharge an Anomaly Portal at least once or provide Intel services to the Agents (if off-site)!
Also, a paid After-Party ticket is available. This will enable you to participate in a "cross-faction after-party with entertainment, refreshments, and exclusive experiences"! Don't miss it!
Source: https://ingress.com/eventdescription/anomaly/anomaly-2020-munichgermany
@IUENG
#Didact Field Challenge. Start: 02.14.20 19:00 UTC. End: 02.24.20 19:00 UTC. More details incoming.
https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/9032/coming-soon-didact-field-challenge
@IUENG
https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/9032/coming-soon-didact-field-challenge
@IUENG
It looks like, with the newest Ingress Prime Update, Niantic may have started looking into blocking custom recoveries for Android Phones. Agent @gollam found out that deleting the TWRP folder from your phone or SD card memory will avoid the block for now. If you don't want to miss your sojourner hack, follow this instruction to be able to log back into the game.
What about you? Are you experiencing the same issue? Join our discussion group and let us know!
@IUENG
What about you? Are you experiencing the same issue? Join our discussion group and let us know!
@IUENG
Starting Valentine's Day, Feb 14 at 19:00 UTC to Feb 24 at 19:00 UTC, a global challenge will be issued to all Ingress agents to defeat Didact.
During the global challenge window :
2X drop rate of ADA Refactor
2X drop rate of JARVIS Virus
2X AP for resonator destroyed
2X AP for link destroyed
2X AP for field destroyed
A Didact Field Challenge medal will be awarded to agents who accomplish the following milestones during the global challenge window:
Bronze: 100 fields created
Silver: 300 fields created
Gold: 800 fields created
Agents can also track their progress via a Didact: Control Fields Created stat on their agent profiles. Additionally, a temporary Didact loadout kit (8,000 CMU) will soon become available on the in-app Store with L1 Resonator x200, Common Heat Sink x8, SoftBank Ultra Link x3
This month, there are two global challenge goal tiers:
1. BASE: 5,500,000 control fields established
2. STRETCH: 8,000,000 control fields established
Successfully defeating Didact by meeting either the BASE or STRETCH goals by Feb 24 at 19:00 UTC will result in the continuation of the following modifications:
BASE: 2X drop rate of ADA Refactor; 2X drop rate of JARVIS Virus continues to Mar 2 at 19:00 UTC
STRETCH: 2X drop rate of ADA Refactor; 2X drop rate of JARVIS Virus; 2X AP for resonator destroyed; 2X AP for link destroyed; 2X AP for field destroyed continues to Mar 2 at 19:00 UTC
Failure to defeat Didact will result in the temporary drop rate and AP exploit ending on Feb 24 at 19:00 UTC upon termination of the global challenge. Please note that failing to secure the global challenge will not affect Didact medal achievements already awarded to agents during the challenge window.
Status updates with progress towards the global challenge BASE and STRETCH goals will be posted daily in the community forum starting Mon, Feb 17.
Good luck, agents. We are all counting on you.
Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/9174/didact-field-challenge-feb-14-24-2020
@IUENG
During the global challenge window :
2X drop rate of ADA Refactor
2X drop rate of JARVIS Virus
2X AP for resonator destroyed
2X AP for link destroyed
2X AP for field destroyed
A Didact Field Challenge medal will be awarded to agents who accomplish the following milestones during the global challenge window:
Bronze: 100 fields created
Silver: 300 fields created
Gold: 800 fields created
Agents can also track their progress via a Didact: Control Fields Created stat on their agent profiles. Additionally, a temporary Didact loadout kit (8,000 CMU) will soon become available on the in-app Store with L1 Resonator x200, Common Heat Sink x8, SoftBank Ultra Link x3
This month, there are two global challenge goal tiers:
1. BASE: 5,500,000 control fields established
2. STRETCH: 8,000,000 control fields established
Successfully defeating Didact by meeting either the BASE or STRETCH goals by Feb 24 at 19:00 UTC will result in the continuation of the following modifications:
BASE: 2X drop rate of ADA Refactor; 2X drop rate of JARVIS Virus continues to Mar 2 at 19:00 UTC
STRETCH: 2X drop rate of ADA Refactor; 2X drop rate of JARVIS Virus; 2X AP for resonator destroyed; 2X AP for link destroyed; 2X AP for field destroyed continues to Mar 2 at 19:00 UTC
Failure to defeat Didact will result in the temporary drop rate and AP exploit ending on Feb 24 at 19:00 UTC upon termination of the global challenge. Please note that failing to secure the global challenge will not affect Didact medal achievements already awarded to agents during the challenge window.
Status updates with progress towards the global challenge BASE and STRETCH goals will be posted daily in the community forum starting Mon, Feb 17.
Good luck, agents. We are all counting on you.
Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/9174/didact-field-challenge-feb-14-24-2020
@IUENG
Ingress
#Didact Field Challenge: Feb 14-24, 2020
Starting Valentine's Day, Feb 14 at 19:00 UTC to Feb 24 at 19:00 UTC, a global challenge will be issued to all Ingress agents to defeat Nemesis associate, Didact.
Brian has commented:
"Yes, 800 fields created in 10 days versus 2,000 fields created in 14 days is a less difficult challenge. But I'd like more people to try and continue through the duration of the global challenge window versus hitting 500 fields created then giving up with many days still remaining. There's also room to play with difficulty across global challenges, and Dec 2019 fell on the lighter side. If agents feel Didact is also too easy, then we can up the difficulty for Optima, Lucida, and beyond.
Regarding nothing happening if agents fail to successfully defeat Didact by creating 5.5M fields, I haven't yet come to appreciate the idea of punishing players for failing to meet a global challenge goal. I like positive reinforcement or rewarding players when they succeed, so ending the temporary hack and AP bonuses felt like enough here."
Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/comment/66728#Comment_66728
Thanks to @aristogeiton1 for the link!
@IUENG
"Yes, 800 fields created in 10 days versus 2,000 fields created in 14 days is a less difficult challenge. But I'd like more people to try and continue through the duration of the global challenge window versus hitting 500 fields created then giving up with many days still remaining. There's also room to play with difficulty across global challenges, and Dec 2019 fell on the lighter side. If agents feel Didact is also too easy, then we can up the difficulty for Optima, Lucida, and beyond.
Regarding nothing happening if agents fail to successfully defeat Didact by creating 5.5M fields, I haven't yet come to appreciate the idea of punishing players for failing to meet a global challenge goal. I like positive reinforcement or rewarding players when they succeed, so ending the temporary hack and AP bonuses felt like enough here."
Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/comment/66728#Comment_66728
Thanks to @aristogeiton1 for the link!
@IUENG
The Didact Field Challenge has officially begun! We remind you the tiers for the in-app medal!
Bronze: 100 fields
Silver: 300 fields
Gold: 800 fields
To complete the challenge and defeat Didact we need to create 5.5M control fields globally and to obtain even more advantages, we need to create 8M!
Good luck, Agents!
@IUENG
Bronze: 100 fields
Silver: 300 fields
Gold: 800 fields
To complete the challenge and defeat Didact we need to create 5.5M control fields globally and to obtain even more advantages, we need to create 8M!
Good luck, Agents!
@IUENG
ofer2, engineer for Ingress in LA, shared an interesting summary about current and future developments regarding the new server infrastructure for the game. It's a very interesting reading (especially if you are interested in the history of Ingress' origins at Google), but for brevity's sake we decided to summarize and focus on the most interesting parts of the article.
Tuesday will mark the start of the next round of testing by Ingress' Engineering team: but what are they testing?
Basically, the rising cost of maintaining Ingress on the same infrastructure as it's always been since the beginning, forced the team to choose between immediately jump to their new platform (on which Pokémon Go was built, which supports many more players and features high performances at a reduced cost), but disappoint the community by delaying new significant game features, or reduce the cost of the "classic" infrastructure by finding reductions within itself.
The second option was chosen, but this meant not taking advantage of some great features that are automatically built-in for games built directly on the newer infrastructure and having to insert them in the game manually.
In order to reduce infrastructure costs, they moved the servers in a low-cost computing environment, but much work is still in order to make sure all of Ingress' features work perfectly even in this new environment. Tuesday will mark the start of this new round of work. Once this is completed, Intel and client servers will be tested, cleared from bugs and deployed. At that point, the team will be able to focus on new features to revitalize the game, some of which are already in the works!
We are grateful to the dev teams for their hard work and transparency, but also excited to see all the new features they will come up with! Stay tuned for more updates on this topic!
Original article (go read it, it's really interesting): https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/9267/about-the-ingress-server-history-and-plans
@IUENG
Tuesday will mark the start of the next round of testing by Ingress' Engineering team: but what are they testing?
Basically, the rising cost of maintaining Ingress on the same infrastructure as it's always been since the beginning, forced the team to choose between immediately jump to their new platform (on which Pokémon Go was built, which supports many more players and features high performances at a reduced cost), but disappoint the community by delaying new significant game features, or reduce the cost of the "classic" infrastructure by finding reductions within itself.
The second option was chosen, but this meant not taking advantage of some great features that are automatically built-in for games built directly on the newer infrastructure and having to insert them in the game manually.
In order to reduce infrastructure costs, they moved the servers in a low-cost computing environment, but much work is still in order to make sure all of Ingress' features work perfectly even in this new environment. Tuesday will mark the start of this new round of work. Once this is completed, Intel and client servers will be tested, cleared from bugs and deployed. At that point, the team will be able to focus on new features to revitalize the game, some of which are already in the works!
We are grateful to the dev teams for their hard work and transparency, but also excited to see all the new features they will come up with! Stay tuned for more updates on this topic!
Original article (go read it, it's really interesting): https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/9267/about-the-ingress-server-history-and-plans
@IUENG
In the European night, we were informed that Ingress Prime v2.40.1 is already rolling out to your scanners!
Release Notes
UI: Portal visuals on map screen are larger on both oblique and top-down views to make them easier to view
UI: Hacked item animation loads in all three vertical slots to show hack output more quickly
UI: New mission medal screen to view mission medals earned
UI: New ( i ) item info button added to the bottom of power cube, deploy, attack, and portal mod carousels to aid new recruits with helpful information
UI: Tap disambiguation screen shows portals
UX: Inventory carousel consolidates items into fewer categories: Resonators; Weapons; Cubes; Mods; Media; Capsules; Lockers; Boosts (Portal Frackers, Beacons); Store
UX: Inventory carousel updated to -4, 0, +4 layout (versus previous 0, +14 layout). Inventory carousel starts at 0 position (Resonators) by default, then remembers last viewed inventory category. Items that agents access most often are located closest to default 0 position (swipe left or swipe right). Items agents access less often are located furthest from default 0 position
UX: Inventory manage screen updated to enable bulk recycling of multiple item types. Weapons category: XMP; Ultra Strike; Refactor. Mods category: Defensive, Offensive, Hacking, Linking
Bugfix: Fixed insufficient XM error when XM is available
Bugfix: Updated recharge efficiency to clarify when agents are out of range of recharge distance
Bugfix: Mission medal spinner disappears when loading is done
Bugfix: Fixed in-app Store purchasing issue on Android
Known issues
UI: Media objects on the manage screen displays generic thumbnails, not specific thumbnails
Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/9266/ingress-2-40-1-release-notes
@IUENG
Release Notes
UI: Portal visuals on map screen are larger on both oblique and top-down views to make them easier to view
UI: Hacked item animation loads in all three vertical slots to show hack output more quickly
UI: New mission medal screen to view mission medals earned
UI: New ( i ) item info button added to the bottom of power cube, deploy, attack, and portal mod carousels to aid new recruits with helpful information
UI: Tap disambiguation screen shows portals
UX: Inventory carousel consolidates items into fewer categories: Resonators; Weapons; Cubes; Mods; Media; Capsules; Lockers; Boosts (Portal Frackers, Beacons); Store
UX: Inventory carousel updated to -4, 0, +4 layout (versus previous 0, +14 layout). Inventory carousel starts at 0 position (Resonators) by default, then remembers last viewed inventory category. Items that agents access most often are located closest to default 0 position (swipe left or swipe right). Items agents access less often are located furthest from default 0 position
UX: Inventory manage screen updated to enable bulk recycling of multiple item types. Weapons category: XMP; Ultra Strike; Refactor. Mods category: Defensive, Offensive, Hacking, Linking
Bugfix: Fixed insufficient XM error when XM is available
Bugfix: Updated recharge efficiency to clarify when agents are out of range of recharge distance
Bugfix: Mission medal spinner disappears when loading is done
Bugfix: Fixed in-app Store purchasing issue on Android
Known issues
UI: Media objects on the manage screen displays generic thumbnails, not specific thumbnails
Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/9266/ingress-2-40-1-release-notes
@IUENG
Ingress
Ingress 2.40.1 Release Notes
We are starting the rollout of Ingress 2.40.1 which includes the following changes and updates: UI:
Field creation (and destruction) has surged in the first 48 hours of the Didact global challenge, with agents taking advantage of this first weekend to establish an aggressive start.
Additionally, Niantic will establish a trendline after receiving 72 hours of agent stats, and will include this forecast in future SITREPs. Given the already noticeable surge in agent activity, it is likely that agents will exceed the BASE goal of 5.5M control fields established before the global challenge window closes. Achieving the STRETCH goal is still to be determined.
BASE TARGET: 5,500,000 control fields established
STRETCH TARGET: 8,000,000 control fields established
Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/9291/didact-global-challenge-sitreps
@IUENG
Additionally, Niantic will establish a trendline after receiving 72 hours of agent stats, and will include this forecast in future SITREPs. Given the already noticeable surge in agent activity, it is likely that agents will exceed the BASE goal of 5.5M control fields established before the global challenge window closes. Achieving the STRETCH goal is still to be determined.
BASE TARGET: 5,500,000 control fields established
STRETCH TARGET: 8,000,000 control fields established
Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/9291/didact-global-challenge-sitreps
@IUENG
#Didact SITREP 17-FEB: A trendline has emerged based on the first 72 hours of agent stats, and agents are expected to defeat Didact and exceed the BASE target of 5.5M control fields on or around Feb 19. However, it is currently too close to call the outcome of the STRETCH target. If agents maintain current activity through the end of the global challenge window, then they should be able to establish 8M control fields by Feb 24 at 19:00 UTC.
Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/9291/didact-global-challenge-sitreps
@IUENG
Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/9291/didact-global-challenge-sitreps
@IUENG