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I was thinking maybe instead of x2 Tuesday, have the time period dedicated to an unique gameplay.

Like for the month of January, the 4-9 pm Tuesday period allows agents to deploy 4 mods. (x2 AP wouldn't be a thing here)

For February, agents can throw 16 links (x2 the normal amount) out from portals.

and so on

I recall my comment on the new years resolutions thread for 2023

What’s your New Years Resolution as an Agent and what should Ingress’ be? — Ingress

The personal goals for 2023 were achieved - I co-hosted a first saturday in London in February 2023 and I recursed as blue shortly after the Brighton anomaly. My personal targets for 2024 will be to level up all the silver I can to gold in my badge profile, recurse again and contribute towards a large mission banner in London.

The new years resolutions I suggested for niantic were advertising the game better and restoring the 90 second cooldown time down from 300 seconds. Niantic haven't advertised ingress at all as far as I know so this new years resolution for niantic gets carried over into 2024. With respect to cooldown, the introduction of overclock has somewhat mitigated the negative effect of the 90 seconds back to 300 seconds decision. So that more portals can be overclock hacked, and so that scanning related badges can continue to be earnt by players who want them niantic's 2024 resolution should be to roll out scanning support across more mobile hardware.

They need try new formats of challenges to attract new players not just the standard FS and SS, its already for sure it will be less anomalies next year for some reason the sites go down from 3 to 2 why....

Not sure why agent ops is so delayed cant they just take the code from the other games they all run on unity anyways

Silence everywhere. Awww! Is there anyone alive? Administrator? Moderator of this forum? Are you guys still alive? How is Brian doing there and are there any surviving employees? How is the last programmer doing, and do you have someone responsible for the plot in the game?

Is anyone actually keeping an eye on this whole sad situation?

The forum of the once great game is empty. No more than a few dozen players meet there for periodic communication. The gaming base and online are decreasing everywhere you look.

There is a dominance of bots all around, farming resources, recharging resonators, and so on. And many other problems!

Nobody wants to listen to the players, and therefore they leave the game en masse. And many are simply tired of the game without interesting updates.

Niantic staff! I am creating this topic for you!!! So that you can finally take a look at how sad the state of your game is! Read the forum, chat with players! At least make some bug fixes or a bot detection system. I'm not talking about new functionality or plot. Please pay attention to your dying game!!!

This message will be sent to all official communication channels from the Niantic company. I ask all concerned agents to help in drawing the attention of company employees to the problems of the game.

Ingress is still around in 2024. That's pretty amazing already. I'm not sure the players are still around though. Many have switched over to the newer better looking games. Instead of the generic triangle looking icon used for the player it would be nice to see a character instead. The game feels extremely basic compared to other games. Some kind of visually appealing animation would be nice. Something to give the game a more current feel rather than looking like a ten year old game. And yes fix the lag. With as few players left there should be no server lag anymore.

Agents, your attention: The schedule for covert operations in January, February, and March is now established. Additional directives and detailed intelligence for each operation will be disseminated as you approach the execution dates. Stay alert.

January

6 December 2023 to 6 January 2024: Operation Chronos

• Stay prepared for new directives

6 January: First Saturday (#IngressFS)

• Register through Fev Games

14 January: Second Sunday (#Ingress2S)

• Event takes place from 00:00 to 23:59 LOCAL time
• Complete any 6 unique Ingress Missions to increase your Second Sunday medal by 1 count

February

3 February: First Saturday (#IngressFS)

• Register through Fev Games

11 February: Second Sunday (#Ingress2S)

• Event takes place from 00:00 to 23:59 LOCAL time
• Complete any 6 unique Ingress Missions to increase your Second Sunday medal by 1 count

17 February: XM Anomaly - Sites: Adelaide, Santiago

March

2 March: First Saturday (#IngressFS)

• Register through Fev Games

10 March: Second Sunday (#Ingress2S)

• Event takes place from 00:00 to 23:59 LOCAL time
• Complete any 6 unique Ingress Missions to increase your Second Sunday medal by 1 count

16 March: XM Anomaly - Sites: Macau, Porto

On XM Anomalies 2024

NIA Researchers have detected XM signals indicating Anomalies on the following dates:

• 17 February 2024 @Adelaide, Santiago
• 16 March 2024 @Macau, Porto
• 18 May 2024 @Naha, Chicago
• 15 June 2024 @Kuching, Budapest

On Ingress 2sDay

The Ingress 2sDay #Ingress2sDay events feature a double AP bonus every Tuesday, 4pm to 9pm local time until further notice.

On Ingress First Saturdays

Please be reminded that beginning Jan 6, 2024 the First Saturday medal will be awarded to in-person participants only.

On Ingress Second Sundays

The Ingress Second Sunday #Ingress2S events were deployed to foster reconnaissance and exploration. We are now advancing this operation by integrating diverse methods for medal acquisition. Until March, completing 6 unique Missions remains effective. However, be prepared for an alternate array of challenges in subsequent Second Sundays.

On Ingress Mission Days

Apply to host a Mission Day here!

Agents, your input and recommendations have been invaluable and continue to shape our strategies.

Remain vigilant at all times. When engaging in XM investigations and operations, adherence to local health and security protocols is imperative.

For current intelligence on Ingress field activities and operational enhancements, consult Ingress Newsregularly. Stay informed, stay prepared.

— Ingress

I really hope Operation Chronos is not scanning

Looks like agent ops will not come anytime soon atleast not before q1 ugh so besides chronos nothing really to look forward

@MoogModular Grouping banners would also make life much easier for people like me who mainly do individual missions. I treat missions as travel souvenirs and trying to find single missions among the huge list of banner segments is like trying to find a needle in a haystack explosion. Rolling banners up is a win for people who enjoy banners and want to see the whole banner in a single view and it's also a win for people who don't enjoy banners and would like the mission list to be easier for us to consume.

But the API needs to be updated to also establish banners - grouping the banners would be such an improvement in the app for missions. It would be like using the Bannergress website.

oh look at that