[Prediction] Once enough kinetic capsule events occur...
Once Niantic has run a few kinetic capsule events to deplete agents of the kinetics given by converting quantum capsules, they will introduce new recipes for key duplication via kinetics.
Assuming agents had 20 kinetics given to them, we are deleting about half of those with one event. I'm sure there's a magic number they want to target before releasing and then increasing the price of kinetics (to push more to buy C.O.R.E).
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Only time I have kcaps is when I get them via a code or via CORE sub day. That's it. Hacking them? Yeah, sure, once every like 10k hacks.
Someone definitely needs to turn down the drops for the normal capsules though. I get one per every like 200 hacks. It's getting annoying because I see a capsule fly up when I'm hacking, but then disappointment sets in when you realize its a crappy capsule no one wants.
I hope you are wrong about any return of key duplication. I think Niantic made the correct decision to remove it. There is just no justification for it, you want keys, go get them, or work with your team to move them around. Being able to create keys for portals is just bad for gameplay and creating keys to a portal you have never even been to is just illogical. There were backpacks using quantums to breed keys. They now have kinetics just waiting for a use.
No reason for key duplication. That ship has sailed. If anything it would be nice if you could actually hack these kinetics a little more frequently. Right now they are beyond very rare. I know they want us to buy them but I just can't bring myself to spending any more money on Ingress. I still remember the days that players were extremely opposed to the selling of any items. Any mention of it would send shock waves through communities. Now everything is for sale.
Niantic want people to buy kinetics for money it has nothing to do that they will make key programs that would be just bad let it go
Hasn't everyone already used up all of the converted quantum caps?
I'm nearly 100% certain that Niantic will never enable key duplication again. They learned their lesson, although not before messing up the game (probably) permanently in some respects. There are now lots of portals that are so durable that they are essentially (and sometimes literally) inaccessible, which would only be a small problem if keys were commensurately rare like they used to be. The combination of nearly-inaccessible portals and thousands of keys in circulation distorts the gameplay in really bad ways, and means that the situation is likely to continue to be distorted for the lifespan of Ingress
Kinetics converted from quantum capsules? Those have been gone from my account for 8 months or more. If anyone still has any left, they're just the kind of person who doesn't use KCs and therefore nothing that Niantic does with KCs is likely to interest them.
The last two passcodes that yielded kinetic capsules are “invalid” when I tried to use them.
NIA is letting KC’s burn up. I hope they don’t allow key replication.
Inactive agents probably still have kcaps that came from converted quantums. And lots of them. Good point: that Niantic may be trying to run down the outstanding kcap numbers, by getting inactive agents involved in this anomaly via kcaps.
Also good point: that Niantic might introduce new programs, once the inactive kcaps backlog is reduced. I don't think it'll be keys, but it could be something else.
Sometimes I wish for something I could just do back and forth, like 2 RS for 1 VRS, and then 1 VRS for 2 RS. 😄
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I seem to get more than I can actually use
/shrugs
Given that the event purchase includes capsules, I doubt they're trying to 'deplete stocks before introducing something new'. People who bought the badge got enough capsules to already do the event, so they wouldn't be depleting anything when they bought the badge.
Kcaps come easy if you buy the packs. Outside of that...
Still have a few from two years ago when you basically couldn't go a hack without getting a KC. They are a pain to get right now so they only get used if I'm setting something up for either anomaly or to clear inventory space.
Due to the rarity of RKC nowadays when hacking, I won't be using all my stocks of them for this event.
I'm planning to hold 10 back for when they are really needed.