Double 8s need to stay; if not for everyone, then as a Recursion bonus.

thesolothesolo ✭✭✭✭✭

We're not finished with this pandemic, at all. It's barely safe to get 4 agents together for a farm, let alone 8. The player base is dwindling and in many places, even without the safety issue, getting 8 agents together is too difficult.

Double deploy 8s need to stay. Period. If there are concerns about having too many 8s, then make it a recursion benefit, since we were promised one almost 2 years ago and nothing has been delivered since then.

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  • That's a great idea.

  • Yes totally agree

  • thesolothesolo ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 2020

    A P8 made by 4 people allows a small number of agents to flexibly drop 8s and then leave; if they do need to farm, they can easily do so being nowhere near one another. 8+ agents is just not safe right now.

    With all due respect, I don't think you know what the atmosphere is like in the USA right now.

  • GrogyanGrogyan ✭✭✭✭✭

    While you may disagree with the fact that P7s provide usable gear for doing stuff, Double R8s just means making little effort towards P8s and should be left for special occasions, for example August 8th or the anniversary day

  • I thinking about farming

    using VRMH/VRHS/ITO-/+ and a Fraker

    not so useful for lvl 7 gear.

  • Good idea !

  • I think it will always be a hard decision to find the right way in giving bonus and when to stop them. At the moment i think it´s too early because we are not even halfway through this pandemic.

    Also i agree with several voices of recieving benefits for being recursed or maybe get special benefits for tiering the recurse badge. Unlocking these for still beeing able to use the complete covid-19 bonus is the wrong decision!

  • mortuusmortuus ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 2020

    yes with all respect, my sister has lived in cali almost 10 years.. she is this week moving back to sweden after got heart broke 2 times and out of work 6 months so im fully aware.... but things cant be forever double r8 be happy u had it for this long.. i will miss it too sure but things gotta change also... u can still bump portals but maybe not at same time and if gather with ppl use distance and common sense and u should be fine..

  • mortuusmortuus ✭✭✭✭✭

    exactly, niantic isnt forcing anyone to gather 8 players to build p8, there are 24hours on each day and not all agents must be at the same time farm the same portal close together. if everyone will just use their common sense it will be all good with double r8 gone.

  • If the Ingress community isn't going to recover, double deploys should be permanent as a choice for the game. As a Covid measure, removing them now is fine.

  • Double 8R was introduced to be able to build L8 Portals without stuff getting crowded. Now as infection numbers in europe explode again its a very strange move to encourage people to gather again in person.

    Maybe ordered by Trump himself to eradicate europe? Who knows

  • grendelwulfgrendelwulf ✭✭✭✭✭

    They aren't encouraging people to gather together, they are saying these bonuses aren't necessary to play the game

  • In terms of removing Covid changes, I'm ok with that. But if the 'new normal' is far few agents, this is relevant.

  • More benefits?

    Recursion needs at least one benefit that isn't purely visual. Even though the loadout kits are nice, I wouldn't consider them to be a benefit.

  • KonnTowerKonnTower ✭✭✭✭✭

    We don't need perma double-deploy. I'd prefer to see allowing people to double deploy once a week or cycle, perhaps to a max of 3-4 portals with a raid-pass system like PoGo. You can't just allow permanent 8 farms from four people.

  • removing double R8 deploy will just show how playerbase decreased.

    with decreasing playerbase, on many places you wont get 8 people to uild P8s anymore. but this is just another point, how ingress community will march angry against any change, that can keep game relevant for new players. ingress desperately needs new players, and when you make hard for them even obtaining L8 resonators and bursters, they will think twice, there are now other options in AR gaming,

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