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

#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

Ficto collaborated with Niantic Labs to create an original series on Ingress!

What’s Ficto? Ficto creates shows that are produced for mobile phones, and interactive storytelling is a major part of the experience, putting you directly into the action.

Source: https://t.co/5GLp1hGsOX

@IUENG

Agent @RoLLeOwnZ, known in his area for changing faction each time that has recursed, has used the 2x AP window to do a new world record in Ingress:

From Level 1 to Level 8 in 10 seconds!

Sitrep: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/9352/lvl-1-to-lvl-8-in-10-seconds#latest

Video of the level up: https://youtu.be/vZ13m2bC4Ng

@IUENG

Dear Agents!

Scott Monahan's (Prime Hank) first feature movie is about to be released! Starring himself and Dakota Loesch (Enoch Dalby). Not only they play in the movie, but also Christopher Smith (1218 Hank) will appear!

You can find all the information about the upcoming movie in the link, where you can also support the creators in finishing the movie and releasing it to the public.

Let us show our love and support them in taking a step towards their dreams!

https://www.seedandspark.com/fund/anchoragefilm#story

Thanks @BTKrisztian for the report!

@IUENG

During the European night, Niantic released the much awaited news!

We reached the Base Target for the Didact Field Challenge! (In only 6 days!!)

We still could be able to reach the Stretch Target by the end of the challenge, keep pushing!

Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/9291/didact-global-challenge-sitreps

@IUENG

The NL-1331 European Tour cities and relative Ingress Mission Day Events have been confirmed! The tour will start on May 9th, 2020 in Munich, Germany!

May 9th - Munich, Germany
May 10th - Munich, Germany
May 13th - Barcelona, Spain
May 14th - Valencia, Spain
May 16th - Seville, Spain + MD
May 17th - Madrid, Spain + MD
May 19th - Bordeaux, France
May 21st - Nantes, France
May 23rd - Orléans, France + MD
May 24th - Paris, France + MD

The following three, to replace UK cities, cancelled due to issues by Niantic
May 26th - Lyon, France
May 28th - Bergamo, Italy
May 30th - Zürich, Switzerland + MD

June 3rd - Luxembourg, Luxembourg
June 4th - Antwerp, Belgium
June 6th - Brussels, Belgium + MD
June 7th - Utrecht, Netherlands + MD
June 9th - Amsterdam, Netherlands
June 11th - Cologne, Germany
June 13th - Hannover, Germany + MD
June 14th - Hamburg, Germany + MD
June 16th - Copenhagen, Denmark
June 18th - Gothenburg, Sweden
June 20th - Stockholm, Sweden + MD
June 23rd - Berlin, Germany
June 24th - Dresden, Germany
June 27th - Jihlava, Czechia + MD
June 28th - Vienna, Austria + MD
June 30th - Budapest, Hungary
July 3rd - Stuttgart, Germany

More info: https://ingress.com/events

@IUENG

NIA regret to inform you that they have decided to cancel Perpetua Hexathlon: Naha planned for February 29, 2020, and to postpone Mission Day Naha planned for March 1st, 2020 due to COVID-19 infections in the region.

Source: https://t.co/pZarBv3Hue

@IUENG

Latest update from Niantic about the Didact Field Challenge: at 42 hours from the finish line we are just 900k Control Fields away from reaching the Stretch Target!

If the trend is followed, we should hit 8M Control Fields by February 23rd!

Awesome work, Agents!

Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/9291/didact-global-challenge-sitreps

@IUENG

At 24 hours to the end of the global challenge, Niantic reports that 7,947,482 control fields have been established!

A new paid pack has been added to the in-game store to aid Agents in reaching their individual achievements: the Didact nano pack costs 5,000 CMU and contains 5 SoftBank Ultra Links!

@IUENG

Niantic, in collaboration with the Agents from Milan, has decided to cancel the Hexathlon Event and to postpone the Mission Day to a TBD date in compliance with the latest indications from the Government of Lombardy regarding the Coronavirus.

Confirmation from Niantic: https://twitter.com/ingress/status/1232092899975675904

Source: @carlobolla, orga member

@IUENG

With the latest update clocking in at 8,730,074 Control Fields, the Didact Global Challenge was won!

We now can benefit from
-2X drop rate of ADA Refactor/JARVIS Virus
-2X AP for resonators, links, and fields destroyed

Both bonuses will remain active until Monday March 2nd, 19:00 UTC!

@IUENG

Tijuana 🇲🇽 awaits you 🙌🏾 Enjoy the city, meet new agents and participate in these three events:

🥇 Perpetua Hexathlon
🏜️ Mission Day
🎒 Ruck the Box

For more information contact @Maf33 or @invazorZim7

@IUENG

Niantic has announced a new feature available at the start for only some Agents:

"Portal Scanning is an opt-in feature that allows Level 16 and recursed Agents in the US to upload Portal Scans that contain the following information:

* recorded images and lighting conditions
* time and location of the Portal Scan
* how the mobile device moved during the Portal Scan
* mobile device and camera specs

Multiple Portal Scans can be taken at each Portal, and can help our team of researchers with different camera angles and positions. To help you keep note of your Portal research progress, successfully uploaded and approved Portal Scans will count towards a new Scout medal:

* Bronze: 50 Portal Scans
* Silver: 250
* Gold: 1,000
* Platinum: 3,000
* Onyx: 6,000

Similar to our multiphased app releases, which release to more Agents over time, we’ll also open Portal Scanning to more Agents, Access Levels, and countries as soon as we’re able.

Finally, we also plan to host non-competitive, cross-faction photo walk events to meet with Agents, answer questions, and demonstrate how to upload high-quality Portal Scans. More details on these photo walks are coming soon, so stay tuned."

Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/9558/portal-scanning/

@IUENG

Niantic released update to version 2.41.2 of the Ingress app and which includes the following changes:

Release Notes

New Feature: Added Portal Scanning, an opt-in update to Portal Edit options that enables Agents to scout additional information at existing Portals.
For more information view our post.
UI: Updated Boostscategory icon in inventory carousel to support new Boosts
Bugfix: Fixed [ Store sync error, please try again. ]error message on startup
Bugfix: Fixed Portals appearing faded or dim on some devices
Bugfix: Fixed off-center mission waypoint descriptions

New known issues

UI: Selecting or deselecting the Settings menu Game notifications (Portal under attack, etc.)checkbox may initially appear not to have saved your selection; however, your selection is saved when you exit and restart Ingress.

@IUENG

During the night, Niantic announced that the roll out of Ingress 2.41.2 is being paused because of missing translations.

The company will update us when the roll out process is ready to begin again at this forum thread: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/9560/ingress-2-41-2-release-notes

@IUENG

Perpetua: Hank Johnson medal appeared on the store in-app!
Stay tuned for more information!

Thanks to @aristogeiton1

@IUENG

The Perpetua digital bundles are now available on the Store until Thursday, March 5, 2020 at 19:00 UTC!

The Perpetua digital bundles include the following items:
Perpetua: Roland Jarvis medal or Perpetua: Hank Johnson medal or Perpetua: Yuri Nagassa and
- L1 Resonator x120
- Common Heat Sink x10
- Common Multi-Hack x10
- Nemesis Beacon x3
30,800 CMU

The Perpetua: +Ultra complete package will incoude:
- Roland Jarvis, Hank Johnson, and Yuri Nagassa in-app character medal
- L1 Resonator x360
- Common Heat Sink x30
- Common Multi-Hack x30
- Nemesis Beacon x13
- Portal Fracker x1
90,000 CMU

Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/9591/perpetua-digital-bundles-now-available-on-the-store/p1?new=1

@IUENG

Today is Hexathlon Day!

We would like to remind you to hack the registration Portal: it will be ornamented for 1.5 hours before the start. Doing so will enable you to compete for the Perpetua Hexathlon Badge and the Elite Medal!

To obtain the Hexathlon Badge you'll need to complete all these 6 challenges (any Portal counts):

• Destroy 6 enemy Resonators
• Deploy (not Upgrade) 30 Resonators
• Gain 30 Glyph Hack Points
• Make 36 successful Portal Hacks
• Deploy 5 Mods on friendly Portals
• Acquire 6 Artifacts (Artifacts are Media items dropping from specially-ornamented Portals during the Event window. A map of these portals will be dropped by the Registration Portal)

To obtain the Elite Medal you will need to reach the top 10% in any of the challenges' Leaderboard.

Although some Events have already started in the APAC region... It's time to move: good luck, Agents!

@IUENG

Agent @BGraca sent us the group picture from the Hexathlon Event in Porto, Portugal! Large attendance in the city!

@IUENG

Next up we have the group shot from Chiang Mai, Thailand! Agents of both factions posing in the sun have enjoyed the event to the fullest!

Thank you, @Saltedeggfries

@IUENG