They released some red portals that can make links and then nothing. It would be interesting to see something involving them. Oh and promote the game. We need more players.
January had three events (IFS, SS and a Battle Beacon Anomaly (BBA after this)). This year we have 2, no Battle Beacon Anomaly.
February had five events, (IFS, SS, BBA, a short Valentines event and a slightly longer Toast event). This year we have 2, no BBA, no Valentine’s Day event, and no Toast event.
March had four events (IFS, SS, BBA and a “mystery event”). This year we predictably have two three events, with the MZFPK event.
Honestly the battle beacon events were just sad. I don't think I know anyone that did any battling. Just deployed the battle beacons for a badge. That event could go away and nobody would notice.
Yeah they should have been called deploy beacons because was hardly any battles in my town both teams did it within their own team only so no battles at all... but hey we got the badge and nia got the money... xd
but why they dont start off the new year with some fun mini-events i cant really understand... they listen to the negative players and ignore the rest..
I'd like to see an event that turns every gray portal into a red portal and a badge for red resos destroyed. They don't need to link but hunting them down and destroying them could be fun. Then when the event is over turn all the remaining red portals gray.
We’ve just started February but events in the game will be over by next weekend. Nothing for Toast Week, or a Valentines/Palentines event like other games.
How does this help get new Agents? Especially from their other game which has this schedule.
Nobody cares about first Saturday or mission day in Ingress. Live events were many agents favorite thing to do. Anomalies drew thousands of players together in large cities. With the absence of live events there's little reason for many players to keep playing. Doing the same thing every single day gets old. It seems the game is barely surviving anymore. There's only a couple players left and nobody ever starts up the game. So long term survivability is low. It was a fun game when there were players but it seems they've all gone on to greener pastures.
@PkmnTrainerJ , maybe other Niantic games got more players, but nada as usual for Ingress Prime. Perhaps, more backpack accounts or bots recently sprang up in our area.
didnt thia say on twitter u can play it anywhere? so i asume as long as u have portals u dont have to travel but future anomaly sites u will have to play onsite for the other badges as this in march will be the last global badge
Yes true, i hope they release the details not just a few days before. But i still think it will be a mini hexathlon with 6 objectives perhaps but we need details depending where u live some might need extra heads up.
If it's going to be similar to a hexalthon than it's really trying to overcome certain stats. If it's going to be played anywhere, I guess a portal dense area is an overall good approach. Other than that, just have to wait and see.
There's still time to release the information on the event if they still plan on having one. If there's travel involved it would be good to know but it sounded like it could be something done locally. I'm sure they already know the format.
It would be nice to get a heads up for the events like location, date and type of event, for the rest of 2023 as early as possible to be able to do planning and make bookings at reasonable prices. All the details can be supplied later.
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Brian/Thia looking at General.
“Are they peeved? Do they want some communication? Yes.”
“Are they still playing and paying for CORE?” Yes.”
”No need to interact then. Back to the bugs section.”
They released some red portals that can make links and then nothing. It would be interesting to see something involving them. Oh and promote the game. We need more players.
Just for comparison this was Q1 last year.
twothree events, with the MZFPK event.Are Niantic going for a “less is more” approach?
Perhaps, that's when people thought a lot of cosmetic badges were being pushed too much.
Honestly the battle beacon events were just sad. I don't think I know anyone that did any battling. Just deployed the battle beacons for a badge. That event could go away and nobody would notice.
There’s a simple solution for that. Just don’t buy the badges. 🤷
and then it was an event with really nothing there
Yeah they should have been called deploy beacons because was hardly any battles in my town both teams did it within their own team only so no battles at all... but hey we got the badge and nia got the money... xd
but why they dont start off the new year with some fun mini-events i cant really understand... they listen to the negative players and ignore the rest..
The promised story after the Enlightened Victory of the Epiphany Dawn Anomaly series is also, missing.
???
All hints lead to an imminent update to the game, likely tasks. But this is just a guess.
We're just waiting for, something.
@NianticThia
Do yall think the ingress team will get larger or smaller over time?
Scale your expectations accordingly.
Quarterly sometimes twice quarterly HUGE things with buildup and payoff towards either story goal or some other goal.
I'd like to see an event that turns every gray portal into a red portal and a badge for red resos destroyed. They don't need to link but hunting them down and destroying them could be fun. Then when the event is over turn all the remaining red portals gray.
We’ve just started February but events in the game will be over by next weekend. Nothing for Toast Week, or a Valentines/Palentines event like other games.
How does this help get new Agents? Especially from their other game which has this schedule.
Nobody cares about first Saturday or mission day in Ingress. Live events were many agents favorite thing to do. Anomalies drew thousands of players together in large cities. With the absence of live events there's little reason for many players to keep playing. Doing the same thing every single day gets old. It seems the game is barely surviving anymore. There's only a couple players left and nobody ever starts up the game. So long term survivability is low. It was a fun game when there were players but it seems they've all gone on to greener pastures.
did we get new agents during the events last year?
Good question, but not one I’d be able to answer correctly
@PkmnTrainerJ , maybe other Niantic games got more players, but nada as usual for Ingress Prime. Perhaps, more backpack accounts or bots recently sprang up in our area.
@NianticThia we're just over a month away from the first global Anomaly.
Can you please provide details on what players can expect?
if there is specific regional requirements, we players really need to know now, so that we can plan our trips accordingly.
didnt thia say on twitter u can play it anywhere? so i asume as long as u have portals u dont have to travel but future anomaly sites u will have to play onsite for the other badges as this in march will be the last global badge
She did, however not knowing what to expect generally, makes it incredibly difficult to prepare.
Work and life are a priority over a video game.
Yes true, i hope they release the details not just a few days before. But i still think it will be a mini hexathlon with 6 objectives perhaps but we need details depending where u live some might need extra heads up.
Exactly. Instead of playing a certain spot you go somewhere that's either more active or more portal dense.
Depending on what the goals are, I might decide to play in a different city.
These are things to take into account.
What inventory do I need to prepare?
This is something where we will need to organise faction farms to get enough of the right gear.
If it's going to be similar to a hexalthon than it's really trying to overcome certain stats. If it's going to be played anywhere, I guess a portal dense area is an overall good approach. Other than that, just have to wait and see.
The longer we wait, the more expensive the travel plans will be. And could mean that such travel arrangements will just be too expensive.
There's still time to release the information on the event if they still plan on having one. If there's travel involved it would be good to know but it sounded like it could be something done locally. I'm sure they already know the format.
Im sure everything is ready just they will as always release full details to us kinda late...
It would be nice to get a heads up for the events like location, date and type of event, for the rest of 2023 as early as possible to be able to do planning and make bookings at reasonable prices. All the details can be supplied later.
If this anomaly is site specific then they should have already notified us. Otherwise I'm assuming it can be done anywhere.
Thia has said it can be done from anywhere for the March one