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Re: "Claim 1 Kinetic Capsule Program" is a horrible bounty
Actually the problem with the mission bountie was that some players are very into making banners. And those same players were unable to deal with making the decision to skip that task and not get a complete day. The ability to choose one thing over another and to accept the consequences is one of those things that make 'adulting' such a challenge.
Re: Unintended Change of Ingress Damage Report Mail Address
Sounds like grounds for a GDPR violation filing if one resides in the EU and support does not respond for requested assistance.
Re: Unintended Change of Ingress Damage Report Mail Address
mine is still being sent to another email
Re: Updates to supported devices including Scanning
Why? What would that accomplish? Why are you comparing an orange to a flaming dumpster fire?
Re: Find friend list
They may be thinking of Campfire, which does have a Friends feature tied to your Niantic account. This can be found by tapping the Campfire within the main options after pressing the "menu" button in the bottom middle of the main screen.
Re: "Claim 1 Kinetic Capsule Program" is a horrible bounty
Okay back to serious.
Do I think claim 1 Kinetic Capsuslr is a horrible bounty? No.
@Hosette compared it to the Mission bounty saying that one could be done in 5-10 minutes and it can.
However, these are also aimed at new players who may have no Missions they can get to. They do have their free KCap though and can do simple ones with lower level gear such as the Peace Beacon.
It also has the benefit over the Mission one that an Agent doesn’t need to either mess up their banners/do 6 missions.
I think the best solution here is that you can swap one Bounty for free a day. So if you know you’re unable to walk 8km that day, or there’s no enemy fields you can get to so you can break their links you can swap it out for another randomly picked one.
Re: Ingress website gets a cosmetic makeover
Shush, they are a new company, its a BETA site, its uhh...oh wait, its on PAR for Ingress. Half finished, we QA it for them, they might fix in the future, ect. Don't get your hopes up. They keep acting like they are trying to be all grown up and maybe actually advertise their game, but yeah whatever.
Re: Please support filing proof-of-presence data in game to discourage unfair gameplay
All of these ideas can be faked by a mildly dedicated user, and will be intrusive and offputting to a legitimate player.
Easy to subvert, annoying to comply. Worst outcome for everyone.
Re: 2024 niantic still sucks / Let spoofers
Ingress has Overclock as it's MFLA. Which is pretty effective.
I do realise that there are a few players with under spec'd devices that cannot do Overclock. This is both a technical limitation of the VPS feature due to the ARDK version ingress uses, and players not willing to upgrade their devices.
Have already proven many times before that a capable device doesn't mean selling a kidney. Many people, in fact most people do not realise the older mobiles on the market, that are 2-3 years old are an option if on a tight budget.
@holdthebeer the video you posted, is a great video, shows one of 2 things is happening
Either there wasn't enough low light scans done or quality scans.
Or there isn't enough light for your device to Localise with. Although I have personally done Overclock on even lower light levels.
Carrying a torch is a good idea, both for personal safety and to help localise yourself to the wayspot. Though, I do wish that the Ingress team had the option to turn on the device's flash (used as a torch in android and ios) to assist with low light situations
Uploaded scans is a 2FLA, and while the Ingress team do have access to the database, they don't have the resources to check every potential spoofer.
There are also automated systems in place to check for bad scans, feet for example.
Re: 2024 niantic still sucks / Let spoofers
It was acceptable as an event, but if MFLA was enabled and did not let me destroy the portal, I'd be mad.
If you aren't spoofing or cheating then it won't be an issue.
Only an issue to those that do, and they are the ones we need to stop cheating!