Drop all links during this lock down


I've noticed over the past few weeks, agents are still travelling out over great distances to create large fields.

For those under the fields they have 2 choices, the right choice is stay at home and stay safe, the other is to go out and take down the fields. Many are putting themselves and others in danger for the sake of a game and going ot to take down fields.

The more others see this happening, the more other players will head out thinking it's ok to do so or thinking they are helping their team. This has got to the point where cars full of players are travelling 100 miles or more to make/take down fields.

For a month or so I'd suggest that all links are dropped and no longer be able to create new links. Make it part of the storyline that a virus has cause issues in the portal network and linking is no longer possible.

When lockdowns are starting to be lifted more widely, then set a count down timer for when linking will be back on board and then sit back and watch the fun return.

During the time of no linking, double the AP for all other tasks including glyph hacking.

This will give the incentive for players to stay closer to their local portals, not to travel and to be less combative and more team play will come from planning the return of links.

At the minute many players are becoming tired of those players not following gov guidelines and are moving towards Pokémon go.

Comments

  • I'm not suggesting denying people playing, but you have to consider those who only play ingress but have a medical vulnerability that means they cannot leave the house. I've seen these players targeted and fielded over then trolled. That's pushed others out to help.

    Health comes before games and this is an unprecedented time. Turning linking off would push players to visit those local portals that often get left, will allow players to find the portal gems that often get missed in the pursuit of big fields and will pause the bitterness that I've seen building.

    I'm fortunate enough to be able to cycle out to take down fields, when I do I've got abuse. not everyone can or should go out and I'm quite happy to give up linking for a period of time for the sake of others in the community.

  • HydracyanHydracyan ✭✭✭✭✭

    There are players alone in a small cities or far neighborhoods, they're already damaged by the longer decay, preventing them to link will just make them leave the game.

    Removing the core function of the game is far more damage (to Niantic's wallet) than a few rogue players.

  • mortuusmortuus ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 2020

    its unfair if some players in cities with total lockdown go out and play and the other players respect staying home and cant do much, is that good play to u or ? unfair to take advantage if a team of players cant play and go do your own thing, this double r8 nonsense must stop....

  • RostwoldRostwold ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 2020

    You don't have to travel to make links, you just have to have keys and line of sight. If there was nothing in the way I could make a triangle 200km long and 1.9km wide without ever moving more than 1km from my home.

    Also delivery drivers are key workers and will travel long distances, why shouldn't they play while taking their compulsory rest breaks?

  • mortuusmortuus ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 2020

    no its not. they dropped the optima challenge for everyone ? was that fair ? same here... either everyone can play or nobody.. not something inbetween...

  • JynnanTonnixJynnanTonnix ✭✭
    edited April 2020

    I've tried to limit my play to my local area where I live and just walking / cycling distance from my home, trying to efficiently link every available portal rather than fielding over multiple uncaptured portals. this is in contrast to some other agents both, ENL and RES have not paused their Ingress journeys at all, carrying on play over large areas with reckless abandon.

    Perhaps a solution would be to temporarily suspend the leaderboard for the Cells in countries in lockdown or indeed worldwide, also your illuminator score is paused so there is little or no advantage in travelling large amounts to make big fields?

    In this scenario You would still be able to make fields, gain AP, gain numbers towards connector and mind controller, so you could continue in a safer manner.

  • mortuusmortuus ✭✭✭✭✭

    no its weird to me they allow normal play with cells etc yet remove all challenges nl tours etc... makes no sense to me....

  • HydracyanHydracyan ✭✭✭✭✭

    Perfect time to add scoreboard for portalcaptures and xm recharged.

  • Maybe they can cancel the rule about field in the field

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