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Re: Research Bounties activated
Excellent work to the dev team on new content! @NianticBrian! Thank you for a new feature.
When I'm sitting at a full inventory with XMP 8 and plenty of other items, can I forego claiming the bounty but still get credit on the day? I'll be testing that tonight. I'd rather not dump level 8 gear to get level 7 gear. Again, not sure exactly how it works yet.
Also I agree missions are a tough one, could it be replaced when distance walked in km? Rearranging your mission banners is a major concern. Wouldn't be so bad if we could delete missions off our profiles.
Bravo!
Re: Research Bounties activated
Yes. The second stat appeared after I completed my four tasks.
Re: Research Bounties activated
Day 1:
Day 2:
Some of rewards are quite good :)
Seems like I will miss a point for "Research Days Completed" stats on day 2 because "Complete 1 Mission" Bounty would just break my mission banner rows.
Re: Research Bounties activated
Going to echo that I don't know how good of an idea the "1 mission" objective is as well. Most agents are in two camps - want to keep their banners in order or don't want to do missions at all.
"Complete 1 mission" gives me less than 24 hours to find and finish a banner, which is a stark contrast from the rest of the missions in here. There will be some days that I cannot finish simply because of this mission.
I think the gear is good, though a mix of levels instead of just 7 would be nice (L4-8 resonators, any L8 cubes/bursters).
Re: Research Bounties activated
It actually sounds good, tbh. And having its own metric hints us the posibility of a new tiered medal.
The only issue I see for now are the “complete 1 mission” tasks. Banner lovers aren’t going to like these ones, unless they have access to a banner they wouldn’t mind to repeat.
Re: Research Bounties activated
Mission objectives are terrible when you've completed every single one in a 50km radius.
Research Bounties activated
Share which tasks you’ve got and rewards to help build up a list!
Niantic Facilitates Weaponised Reporting
It has become clear that some players are making use of the reporting system to “try it on” and see if they can get players they don’t like playing the game banned (or warned).
I’m all for having a reporting system but Niantic should not be just falling for eloquent arguments or pack reporting. There should be substance and evidence that is adequately reviewed before actions are taken like warnings or bans. Some things are obvious of course like clear comms abuse or where real evidence or incriminating logs exist.
Also the lack of ability to effectively respond or interact with Niantic is shameful when there’s a claim made where evidence could be provided without compromising the identity of the reporter. For e.g. repudiation of a spoofing claim, or where reasonable portal submissions are flagged as abuse by others because the location of the submission effectively identifies the submitter.
Niantic is facilitating players weaponising the reporting system to dispense with legitimate, fair and well-behaved (but challenging in game play) opponents.
This is victimising innocent players and creating bad will towards Ingress and Niantic and between communities.
@NianticThia I hope you will bring this up with the relevant parties to help create a fairer process with improved burden of proof and not just having a “talk to the hand, you’re banned” approach.
QOL request: in the Scout Controller later change the color of the rings if you've already scored
If you already scored three points on a portal. With the volatiles jumping around and having not used the layer for awhile it's tough to know what portals I can still score more points on.



