Niantic has sent an email to its players across all games, inviting them to reserve their in-game username as their Niantic ID.
A Niantic ID is a new feature introduced by Niantic to unify the identity of players across all of Niantic’s games and experiences. As Niantic stated, the Niantic ID will unify all of a player's existing in-game usernames.
This does not mean that your in-game usernames will change. Rather, your existing (and future) in-game usernames will be connected to your Niantic ID.
You may reserve your Niantic ID by logging in to this website!
Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/17123/request-your-agent-name-as-your-niantic-id-today/
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A Niantic ID is a new feature introduced by Niantic to unify the identity of players across all of Niantic’s games and experiences. As Niantic stated, the Niantic ID will unify all of a player's existing in-game usernames.
This does not mean that your in-game usernames will change. Rather, your existing (and future) in-game usernames will be connected to your Niantic ID.
You may reserve your Niantic ID by logging in to this website!
Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/17123/request-your-agent-name-as-your-niantic-id-today/
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Are you interested in Niantic Lightship, the framework behind Ingress Prime and Pokemon GO? Then join us today at 6 pm UTC, at the top of the next hour, when Niantic officially releases the Lightship platform and makes it available to developers. Niantic has planned a 40-minute livestream in which Lightship and its function will be introduced and some demos will be shown. The main point of Lightship is of course the POI network as well as the AR features, which can already be found in Niantic games.
Please note: This event is more aimed at developers, so it is unlikely (but not impossible) that there will be news about Ingress.
Check out the stream here: https://youtu.be/XLI-Ka_pmiw
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Please note: This event is more aimed at developers, so it is unlikely (but not impossible) that there will be news about Ingress.
Check out the stream here: https://youtu.be/XLI-Ka_pmiw
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The 9th anniversary of Ingress is almost here! Niantic has now released details around the festivities.
The following bonuses will be active from November 15 at 17.00 UTC to November 29 at 17.00 UTC:
• 2x AP on all actions.
• 2x L8 resonators via portal
• Cooldown of the drone reduced to 9 minutes
• Doubled hackoutput of resonators and power cubes from portals of your faction
• Double hackoutput of XMPs and Ultra Stikes from enemy portals
• Increase inventory capacity to 2180 items for non-subscribed agents/Double items for subscribing/renewing subscription.
Plus the annual medal awarded after the event based on your level:
- Bronze: Level 3
- Silver: Level 9
- Gold: Level 13
- Platinum: Level 15
- Onyx/Recursed: Level 16
Also, there will be some special bundles in the store which can be bought during the event, including the NL-1331 Medal of 2020.
Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/17179/ingress-year-nine-persistence/
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The following bonuses will be active from November 15 at 17.00 UTC to November 29 at 17.00 UTC:
• 2x AP on all actions.
• 2x L8 resonators via portal
• Cooldown of the drone reduced to 9 minutes
• Doubled hackoutput of resonators and power cubes from portals of your faction
• Double hackoutput of XMPs and Ultra Stikes from enemy portals
• Increase inventory capacity to 2180 items for non-subscribed agents/Double items for subscribing/renewing subscription.
Plus the annual medal awarded after the event based on your level:
- Bronze: Level 3
- Silver: Level 9
- Gold: Level 13
- Platinum: Level 15
- Onyx/Recursed: Level 16
Also, there will be some special bundles in the store which can be bought during the event, including the NL-1331 Medal of 2020.
Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/17179/ingress-year-nine-persistence/
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Thia, the Community Specialist for Ingress, has had a two hour long call with @van_valdis, randomly picked from the Agents on the forum. In the call, a lot was talked about, including the future of Ingress and what is currently planned, including potential Live Events in mid-2022, Mission Days, and other things.
We want to make it clear that a lot of the things are planned and another lot of things are just ideas. It is not a guarantee that any of these things will happen, as plans can change or be canned completely. A few things are also personal ideas and wishes of Thia as an agent, not from Niantic as a whole, so they should not be seen as things Niantic is actively working on or is even aware of.
You can see the notes of the call here: https://telegra.ph/Thias-Forum-Call-11-09
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We want to make it clear that a lot of the things are planned and another lot of things are just ideas. It is not a guarantee that any of these things will happen, as plans can change or be canned completely. A few things are also personal ideas and wishes of Thia as an agent, not from Niantic as a whole, so they should not be seen as things Niantic is actively working on or is even aware of.
You can see the notes of the call here: https://telegra.ph/Thias-Forum-Call-11-09
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Telegraph
Thia's Forum Call
Thia, the Community Specialist for Ingress, has had a two hour long call with @van_valdis, randomly picked from the Agents on the forum. In the call, a lot was talked about, including the future of Ingress and what is currently planned. We want to make it…
Niantic's Brian Rose and Anthony Maas gave a talk yesterday at the Augmented World Expo 2021 about the integration of Niantic Lightship into Ingress. During this talk, there was a sneak peek at upcoming features that will encourage scanning.
"Scanner Crates" have already been playtested and are said to be an AR geocache, which you can apparently find with the camera at portals. They contain "rare in-game items."
Niantic is also currently working on "community goals," which can be experienced together with others. The rewards of these "shared experiences" will also be shared.
How these two features will be combined with portal scanning is not yet known. It is also unknown when these features will be officially announced.
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"Scanner Crates" have already been playtested and are said to be an AR geocache, which you can apparently find with the camera at portals. They contain "rare in-game items."
Niantic is also currently working on "community goals," which can be experienced together with others. The rewards of these "shared experiences" will also be shared.
How these two features will be combined with portal scanning is not yet known. It is also unknown when these features will be officially announced.
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Niantic shared on the Ingress Forum the appearance of these Beacons over certain Portals of Special Interest.
They invite you to report sightings on the Forums using #Ingress2S #BattleBeacon
Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/17218/breaking-news-new-xm-construct
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They invite you to report sightings on the Forums using #Ingress2S #BattleBeacon
Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/17218/breaking-news-new-xm-construct
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Agents are reporting the first sightings of "Rare Battle Beacons" in the Auckland, New Zealand area. These logs are visible from the Intel Map.
Intel: https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=-36.849829,174.818369
Thanks Agents @van_valdis, @mortuus82 and @Hartunatunak!
📸 Check this post's comments for Agent's screenshots!
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Intel: https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=-36.849829,174.818369
Thanks Agents @van_valdis, @mortuus82 and @Hartunatunak!
📸 Check this post's comments for Agent's screenshots!
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The Rare Battle Beacon is a variant of the normal Battle Beacon and was spotted in some cities yesterday. This is what we know:
- After a Rare Battle Beacon appears, a 10-minute countdown starts. Only after that the fight for the portal begins.
- Instead of 5 checkpoints, there are only 3 checkpoints, which are measured after 3 minutes each. Each checkpoint gives 3/4/5 points to the faction that controls the portal during the checkpoint.
- The new Battle Beacon variant does not reverse the allignement of the portals after a checkpoint. Links and Fields therefore remain standing and are not broken.
- The new Battle Beacons have only appeared in cities where a Mission Day has taken place in the past.
- The Battle Beacons appeared on portals just after a Checkpoint has passed.
It is unknown if and when the new Rare Battle Beacons will be available for purchase in the store or if they will randomly appear above portals in the future.
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- After a Rare Battle Beacon appears, a 10-minute countdown starts. Only after that the fight for the portal begins.
- Instead of 5 checkpoints, there are only 3 checkpoints, which are measured after 3 minutes each. Each checkpoint gives 3/4/5 points to the faction that controls the portal during the checkpoint.
- The new Battle Beacon variant does not reverse the allignement of the portals after a checkpoint. Links and Fields therefore remain standing and are not broken.
- The new Battle Beacons have only appeared in cities where a Mission Day has taken place in the past.
- The Battle Beacons appeared on portals just after a Checkpoint has passed.
It is unknown if and when the new Rare Battle Beacons will be available for purchase in the store or if they will randomly appear above portals in the future.
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As many of you already noticed and also reported, Ingress together with all the Niantic games are down from 17.50 UTC.
The problem seems to come from an external service used by the games, in particular with Google Cloud system.
Status: 🟢 (18.20 UTC) Issue resolved, services recovering
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The problem seems to come from an external service used by the games, in particular with Google Cloud system.
Status: 🟢 (18.20 UTC) Issue resolved, services recovering
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A new update containing bugfixes was released for Ingress Prime.
In v2.85.1, the following bugs were fixed:
- Inventory now remembers your last-viewed tab
- Using a Power Cube immediately after deploying a Boost does not hide the XM meter.
Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/17273/ingress-2-85-1-release-notes/
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In v2.85.1, the following bugs were fixed:
- Inventory now remembers your last-viewed tab
- Using a Power Cube immediately after deploying a Boost does not hide the XM meter.
Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/17273/ingress-2-85-1-release-notes/
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Ingress
Ingress 2.85.* Release Notes
Bug Fixes • Fixed: Inventory remembers your last-viewed tab, so reopening Inventory can reopen the Portal Keys tab. • Fixed:
Which portal best represents your city or country to a non-local? Thia is looking for portals which is a "must see" for a tourist or agent in your region. Share your portals (along with an Intel link and a brief explanation) in the forum!
Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/17294/chatter-what-portal-do-you-feel-best-represents-your-town-country/p1
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Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/17294/chatter-what-portal-do-you-feel-best-represents-your-town-country/p1
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Nine years have passed since Ingress first released. Throughout all the updates and new gameplay features, there are a few things that haven't been touched, like the score system. Since it released, there's only one way to increase the score: Capture MU.
What other things would you like to see that could influence the score? Note that this is just a fun poll though of by us, Niantic is not in any way involved in it.
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What other things would you like to see that could influence the score? Note that this is just a fun poll though of by us, Niantic is not in any way involved in it.
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What other elements should be able to affect the Ingress Score? (You may select more than one answer)
Final Results
25%
ALL Fields (Including those already made before the cycle)
37%
NEW fields only (made during the 175 hours cycle)
47%
Total captured Portals
10%
Rare Battle Beacons won (assuming distribution outside of MD cities)
41%
AP gained by Agents
6%
Other (leave a comment!)
The 1st of december is slowly starting across the world and, as it is tradition for this period of the year, a new edition of hackventcalendar is starting, thanks to the team at missionday.info!
🎄 Let's save christmas again! 🎄
Many cities confirmed sightings of Anti-Claus, and some report they might have glimpsed his three camels.
We are reasonably sure he is back, and also the cause behind the rising number of lockdowns and restricted travel options - exactly like last year. So, there is only one thing to do: connect remotely and fight Anti-Claus - let's save christmas again!
This year too, we will have a corona-compliant edition. And the hackvent team simplified the input of stats and pictures: their TG bot can optionally help you with this. All tasks will be offered in English, Spanish, German, French and Japanese!
Advent calendar website
Info channel
English chat
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🎄 Let's save christmas again! 🎄
Many cities confirmed sightings of Anti-Claus, and some report they might have glimpsed his three camels.
We are reasonably sure he is back, and also the cause behind the rising number of lockdowns and restricted travel options - exactly like last year. So, there is only one thing to do: connect remotely and fight Anti-Claus - let's save christmas again!
This year too, we will have a corona-compliant edition. And the hackvent team simplified the input of stats and pictures: their TG bot can optionally help you with this. All tasks will be offered in English, Spanish, German, French and Japanese!
Advent calendar website
Info channel
English chat
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The festivities are over and the 9th anniversary medals are slowly reaching the agents' profiles! Be aware that it may take some time before it reaches you, the Onyx medals will be distributed first, then Platinum, Gold, etc.
The NL-1331 2020 medal sale will also be extended as some agents are having problems accessing the store. Currently, December 31st is planned to be the last day in the store.
Source (NL-1331 2020): https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/comment/158021/#Comment_158021
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The NL-1331 2020 medal sale will also be extended as some agents are having problems accessing the store. Currently, December 31st is planned to be the last day in the store.
Source (NL-1331 2020): https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/comment/158021/#Comment_158021
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The Ingress team has released a video in which they review the ninth year and share their best memories from the past years. We have subtitled and translated it for you! All you have to do is enable the subtitle feature on Youtube.
Check out the video here: https://youtu.be/3bqgax7PtKA
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Check out the video here: https://youtu.be/3bqgax7PtKA
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YouTube
[Subtitled] Ingress Year Nine Reflections
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Niantic and Ingress teammates share their favorite memories in celebration of Ingress Year Nine and look to Year Ten.
Niantic and Ingress teammates share their favorite memories in celebration of Ingress Year Nine and look to Year Ten.
Agents are reporting that the Via Lux Beacon is available for free on the Ingress in-app store! (One free per Agent)
UPDATE: We were informed that the Beacon was made free in some areas by Niantic to remember the passing of beloved Ingress Agent @Aeoro82. We bring our condolences to their friends and family.
Screenshots of the deployed beacons should be sent to @png85 who will publish these together with any condolences in the channel @KubisVerbrechen.
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UPDATE: We were informed that the Beacon was made free in some areas by Niantic to remember the passing of beloved Ingress Agent @Aeoro82. We bring our condolences to their friends and family.
Screenshots of the deployed beacons should be sent to @png85 who will publish these together with any condolences in the channel @KubisVerbrechen.
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New version of Ingress 2.86.1!
As asked by multiple Agents, Niantic has added a new feature!
When Adventure Sync is enabled, a push notification is sent to alert Agents when their Kinetic Capsule Program has completed running.
Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/17391/ingress-2-86-1-release-notes
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As asked by multiple Agents, Niantic has added a new feature!
When Adventure Sync is enabled, a push notification is sent to alert Agents when their Kinetic Capsule Program has completed running.
Source: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/17391/ingress-2-86-1-release-notes
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Niantic, on their social media, has advised Agents that the Scout ornaments have been re-activated on Portals!
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