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Niantic has released the Release Notes for version 2.91.1!

In addition to the info that Niantic Social is now available for all agents, text color has been adjusted in some areas for better readability. The performance during portal scanning has also been improved.

Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/18840/2-91-1-release-notes

@IUENG
April 23rd is Community Day across all Niantic Games! Being close to Earth Day, on April 22nd, this Community Day will focus strongly on the safeguard of our planet.

Multiple locations across the world will host an in-person event and Jacksonville, FL, USA in particular will host some special ones including a NL-1331X meetup, a Mission Day and a speech held by John Hanke, Niantic's CEO, at Sandlot JAX, a paid event hosted by GORUCK.

The following XM-degradable Programs will be enabled on your Kinetic Capsules:

๐Ÿ”ธ5x L8 Resonators to 40x L1 Resonators
๐Ÿ”ธ5x L8 XMP to 40x L6 Ultra Strikes
๐Ÿ”ธ5x L8 Ultra Strikes to 5x L6 XMP
๐Ÿ”ธ1x Aegis Shield to 8x C Portal Shields
๐Ÿ”ธ1x VR Multi-Hack to 8x C Multi-Hack
๐Ÿ”ธ1x VR Heat Sink to 8x C Heat Sink

The distance for all programs will be halved from 8 to 4km and the Optima Kinetic Capsule metric be re-enabled allowing Agents to improve it!

Finally, the Earth Day 2022 Medal will be available on the in-app store for 2500 CMU!

Source: https://bit.ly/ING-2022-EarthDay-EN

@IUENG
The Comic Sans Link Challenge is over! As indicated by Niantic, it seems that one of the event bonuses is now permanently active:

Linking portals that are less than 500 meters apart will remain possible even under a field!

Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/18859/allowing-links-shorter-than-500m-under-fields

@IUENG
During the European night During the American day, Niantic has activated a new feature of Niantic Social! You can now access regional chats that connect you with agents from the same score cell. You can choose between a team chat, which can only be accessed by your faction, or a cross faction chat, which can be read by both factions.

You can access this chat as follows:
๐Ÿ”ธ"Menu" -> "Score" -> Under Top 3 Agents "See More" -> "Speech Bubble" (this will open the team chat, which can only be seen by your faction).
๐Ÿ”ธ"Menu" -> "Niantic Social" -> "Regional Chat" -> "Faction Chat"/"Cross Faction Chat".

Niantic also added more devices for portal scan meshing! Check to see if your smartphone is now supported.

Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/comment/167523/#Comment_167523

@IUENG
Niantic announced a new game: Peridot!

After thousands of years of slumber, Peridots (or Dots for short) are waking to a world vastly different from the one in which they used to roam, and theyโ€™ll need our help to protect them from extinction.

Youโ€™ll foster your own Peridots as you embark on this experience. These are creatures who feel so real, youโ€™ll love every moment raising them from birth to adulthood. While you explore the world together, youโ€™ll get to learn more about your cute new friends, develop a bond as you nurture and play with them, and work with other players to diversify their species.

This is the first time since Ingress that Niantic has launched a first-party game!

You can check out the website and subscribe for updates, including for when the game launches in your region, here: https://playperidot.com/

@IUENG
As the re-run of the DroneNet Swag packs draws near, Agents who purchased a Kit on the last Niantic Supply drop have received an mail where Niantic reassures them that the technical and quality issues found with those orders will not be replicated in the future.

@IUENG
Niantic has re-added the DroneNet Mark III Kit to their swag store!

This kit will contain:
๐Ÿ”ธPurple foil IQTECH Research & Development envelope
๐Ÿ”ธIngress DroneNet decal sheet
๐Ÿ”ธDrone Mark III enamel pin
๐Ÿ”ธDroneNet embroidered patch
๐Ÿ”ธVery Rare loadout card
๐Ÿ”ธNL-1331 5 year medal card
๐Ÿ”ธDrone Mark III medal card

The price for this pack is $25 with sales starting on April 22nd.

Additionally, Toast plushies are still in stock! The 7.5' one costs $25 and the 15' one costs $35.

DroneNet Mark III Kit: https://nianticsupply.com/products/ingress-drone-mark-iii-kit-re-drop
Toast Plush: https://nianticsupply.com/products/ingress-toast-plush

@IUENG
The Kythera Anomaly has started! Agents will have until April 18th 2022 @ 1100 UTC to deploy Battle Beacons and help their Faction win this Event!

Niantic will deploy their own battle beacons on April 17th between 1430 and 1730 local time!

A bundle containing the 2015 Klue Badge and 10 Rare Battle Beacons will be available in the in-app store for the duration of the event. The price is set to 30.800 CMU.

It's time to move!

Scoring rules: https://t.me/IUENG/5860

@IUENG
Agents are reporting issues with the Kythera counter in their profile. The metric doesn't appear to increase correctly and the Kythera badge doesn't get awarded when 10 Beacons are interacted with.

We'll edit this post as soon as more details are available from Niantic.

Issue: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/18915/kythera-conger-doesnt-go-up-and-doesnt-award-badge/

๐Ÿ”ด 11:46 UTC: Issue opened
๐ŸŸ  12:21 UTC: Niantic is aware of the issue and are working on fixing it.
๐ŸŸข 12:33 UTC: Official communication from Niantic, no data is lost and count will catch up shortly. According to agents the issue is resolved.

@IUENG
Have you heard of Wordle? The puzzle game has taken the internet by storm with its simple but still challenging premise. Now, agent @rei0000 has released the Ingress version of it: Glyple!

In Glyple, you must guess a random glyph within six moves. Hints are only given after one move, then you will be shown which lines were correct and which were wrong.

You can play Glyple as often as you like! We wish you a lot of fun and success while guessing.

You can play here: http://reirei0000.github.io/glyple/public

@IUENG
The first scoring update of the Kythera Anomaly is here!

The resistance slightly leads on Agent-deployed Battle Beacons, but the distribution of the 260 points is perfectly even!

Agent-deployed Beacons
ENL 66,352 (130) - (130) 66,592 RES

NIA-deployed Beacons
ENL 0 - 0 RES

Chart: https://bit.ly/3xBsHe2

@IUENG
โš ๏ธ Public Service Announcement

IUENG will be taking a break for today and tomorrow!
The admins and mods will be enjoying Easter Day (and Easter Monday) with their loved ones.

Score Updates for Kythera will still be posted, although with a couple minutes delay.
Thank you for your understanding :)

@IUENG
Scoring update at 14:45 UTC

Agent-Deployed Beacons
ENL 147,214 (126) - (134) 156,999 RES

NIA-Deployed Beacons
ENL 18,420 (185) - (101) 10,113 RES

Total predicted score
ENL 311 - 235 RES

Live map: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1pKyr9mEkWMXc25IauyqUGMn1sMSnbkTc

Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/18922/kythera-phase-1-interim-report

@IUENG
Scoring update at 01:00 UTC

Agent-deployed Battle Beacons
ENL 181,227 (125) - (135) 195,932 RES

NIA-deployed Battle Beacons:
ENL 43,522 (699) vs (588) 41,525 RES

Total predicted score
ENL 824 - 723 RES

Live map: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1pKyr9mEkWMXc25IauyqUGMn1sMSnbkTc

Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/18922/kythera-phase-1-interim-report

@IUENG
Kythera Anomaly - Phase I Results

With the score of 825 vs 735, the Enlightened win the first phase of the Kythera Anomaly!
Congratulations, Agents!

The final score was as follows:

Agent-deployed Battle Beacons:
ENL 198,882 (125) - (135) 215,633 RES

NIA-deployed Battle Beacons:
ENL 43,267 (700) - (600) 42,262 RES

Results map: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1pKyr9mEkWMXc25IauyqUGMn1sMSnbkTc&usp=sharing
Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/18935/kythera-phase-1-final-report

@IUENG
The second round of the Drone Mark III kit will go online tomorrow at 1pm UTC!

As a reminder, the kit contains the following items:
๐Ÿ”ธIQTECH Research & Development Envelope
๐Ÿ”ธIngress DroneNet sticker sheet
๐Ÿ”ธDrone Mark III enamel badge
๐Ÿ”ธDroneNet embroidered patch
๐Ÿ”ธVery Rare Loadout Card
๐Ÿ”ธ"NL-1331 5 Year" medal card
๐Ÿ”ธ"IQTech Dronenet 2021" Medal Card

A kit is $25 plus shipping, $50 or more includes free shipping!

@IUENG
The Niantic Supply Shop is now featuring a new ingress-themed piece of swag!

"Explore this strange world with the NL-1331X van. Show your love for adventure and discover more intel, wherever the portals take you."

The NL-1331X t-shirt is now available for purchase in sizes ranging from XS to 3XL!
The price of the t-shirt is $25 and you can find a handy size chart (Metric - Imperial) to help you choose the right one!

If you plan on purchasing the Dronenet kit tomorrow, you can combine it with the t-shirt to eliminate shipping costs!

You can buy the shirt here: https://nianticsupply.com/products/ingress-tee-nl-1331x

@IUENG
- - Internal communication - -

Carlo is waited on the IUENG chat to blow out the candles! ๐ŸŽ‚

Happy birthday to the best guy we could ever have in the team, the smiling, adorable, smart Carlo!

We wait you all in the chat to sing him Happy birthday in your language! ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰

@GigaThunder & @GloomyQueen for @IUENG
Don't forget, the second round of the Drone Mark III kit is now online!

As a reminder, the kit contains the following items:
๐Ÿ”ธIQTECH Research & Development Envelope
๐Ÿ”ธIngress DroneNet sticker sheet
๐Ÿ”ธDrone Mark III enamel badge
๐Ÿ”ธDroneNet embroidered patch
๐Ÿ”ธVery Rare Loadout Card
๐Ÿ”ธ"NL-1331 5 Year" medal card
๐Ÿ”ธ"IQTech Dronenet 2021" Medal Card

A kit is $25 plus shipping, $50 or more includes free shipping!

At the moment, there are still ~1000 kits left for purchase.

Buy here: https://nianticsupply.com/products/ingress-drone-mark-iii-kit-re-drop

@IUENG
With the new dynamic link feature, Agents have created a group with the purpose of upvoting great portal pictures so that they can become the new main portal picture!

The "Portal Picture Like Exchange" is a group that wants to discover portal pictures from around the world and help improve the portal network by upvoting newer and better photos so that old or bad pictures are removed as the main portal picture. You uploaded a picture that is better than the current main portal picture and you need a few more upvotes? Or do you want to explore places and portals all around the world and improve the portal network while doing so? Then you can join the group below.

Please note that requests to upvote pictures with the intent to troll or manipulate will be removed. This includes trying to upvote pictures which include any sort of (faction) identification.

Invite link: https://t.me/+O3jX8S5yDr5hYTAy

@IUENG
In the latest Niantic Supply Store Newsletter, a series of 7 new Swag Kits has been announced!

The Ingress X Series are 7 limited-edition kits which will drop throughout the next few months up until the Ingress Year 10 Anniversary!
In the next week, you will be able to pre-order all 7 kits in an exclusive bundle, although these items are limited in stock.

More intel will be released soon. Stay tuned!

@IUENG