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Re: STOP MACHINA, totally lost control (again)
I agree. Machina seemed so exciting at first. I thought it could make the game in areas with 1 or 2 players more interesting. Unfortunately, Machina has made those areas unplayable. I had my city well-maintained for a while, but a week away (and too far to recharge) led to my portals decaying and Machina taking over the entire city. Now I can't even play the way I've been for the past 8 years that I've had an Ingress account. I just don't see the fun in going out of my way and spending hours clearing out computer-generated links. It's like wanting to read a novel but choosing to read spam mail instead.
Also, I feel bad for that new level 1 agent who is surrounded by dozens of red portals. It's not a good first impression.
Re: STOP MACHINA, totally lost control (again)
Players generally fall in a spectrum between those that prefer to mostly combat and those that prefer to build.
if you’re a combat type (which I consider to be someone who has higher combat stats than build stats, especially if the combat stats are much higher) then it’s understandable that you may see rampant Machina as welcome, especially if you were in an otherwise fairly quiet area.
Personally, I prefer building. The best part of combat for me is making space to build some fields. If you’re like me, rampant derping Machina is a cancer.
Ingress works best when there is a balance of combat and building.
The current version of Machina is better than the unblockable first iteration, but it’s still unbalanced.
Re: Cancel Core until the Machina situation is handled
Just cancelled my subscription. It'll go one of two ways. Niantic notice people are cancelling and will do something or they'll just let it die.
Not stopping playing just changing the way.
Re: Ingress 2.124.1 Release Notes [Discussion]
They would never drop a big new update, right before an anomaly, then force a required update to the scanner. No, they'd never do something as foolish as that.... </sarcasm>
App crashes after new update
Was working yesterday then i noticed an update then it just crashes everytime i try and boot the game
Re: Machina is just killing player engagement.
This really was more of adjustments that probably should have happened a while back I think it's no question looking back that duplication of VR items and keys really was overpowered since MUFGs were implemented in 2015.
The second L7 reso was a temporary change due to covid.
Owning the portal provides a lower hack timer and you still have VRHS and VRMH to your benefit.
This does not change people being able to communicate to others for moving keys...a thing that always has been encouraged.
Re: STOP MACHINA, totally lost control (again)
Personally, I anticipate another Machina wipe after this series concludes like it did after the previous.
Then later it'll come back with even more fine-rune adjustments.
IFS Oxford, September 2023
Thanks to everyone for making their way to Oxford despite all the travel delays.


