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Machina links in active areas are not much of a problem where I play. Players from both factions clear them regularly, and (unless they link two pita portals), they can be cleared with reasonable effort if they are in the way. The real nuisance comes from machina links in inactive areas that inhibit linking to active areas, and make it difficult to build even mid-sized fields (with edges of a few kilometers).

I think there is no solution that will make everyone happy. Some players consider machina as a nuisance, others enjoy clearing machina links and collecting the dropped keys for micro-fielding. Personally, I enjoyed the challgenge of making a strategic plan to clear a machina-infested area while building a multi-layer microfield at the same time.

Seems like you sent more than two messages that day and although I don’t speak French, google translate leads me to believe you were chatting in comms about whether someone was at a location or not…

Using comm will get you comm banned. Not a big loss really. Comm isn't a secure chat anyway. It's best to not use it for the game. They want everyone to use campfire instead

As another agent coined. Machina has two modes. Stupid and off.

What annoys me about Machina totally disappearing is not being able to obtain any more stats towards the Reclaimer badge, until the next anomaly.

If Machina was going to be a 'part time' addition to the game, it should never have been a badged achievement.

Wasting fuel, wasting fuel, wasting fuel...

You are wasting fuel on a mobile app with or without machina. If you stop machina is really doing someting good for the enviroment.

@mortuus I think that one of the values of Machina is to give people in low-activity areas something to do.

That's because RES opted to make that a priority, and ensured that all their players were moving around the playbox on a route that would maximise unique hacks.

Once again, sour grapes. Not conspiracy theories. Just sour grapes.