That's not really "skewed". If the point of Guardian was to 'guard' a portal, then recapturing it within a time frame or just keeping it alive would be what the whole point is.
I always thought it was crazy that the idea of Guardian was to bury a portal in the wilderness and never visit it.
It's exactly skewed; if recapturing it quickly regains your streak on a badge, then anyone with a nearby portal will instantly gain the badge. There's no point in badges that have no challenge to them.
Guardian never meant burying a portal in the wilderness, though that was a tactic. As was using a seasonal durable, or capturing a portal in a dense area that goes unnoticed, or farm portals, etc. Hundreds of agents earned guardian on unlikely, visited candidates, not on portals tucked away in the forest.
All of my attempts at earning it that were remote/out of the way were hunted or spoofed down. I earned onyx on a portal less than a mile from my house.
I got lucky on mine too. The first two attempts got destroyed like less than 5 days before the badge, by player who didn't usually went to that region, so I'm very suspicious about it. The final attempt was the closest portal north to me, that I aways saw him as the two closest portal (that helped me to never forget it), and one day I decided to go there and left it with only 4 resonators. By that time the guardian hunter werent active player anymore.
Guardian never meant burying a portal in the wilderness, though that was a tactic. As was using a seasonal durable, or capturing a portal in a dense area that goes unnoticed, or farm portals, etc. Hundreds of agents earned guardian on unlikely, visited candidates, not on portals tucked away in the forest.
This is largely the method everyone used, which is my point. It is skewed, because you're not guarding anything. It's like burying a tin can in the woods and hoping no-one saw you.
you were hunted. none of that happens by accident. i was actively hunted for over 6 months. i got a legit 150 days (not the special 140 days, even though i had several 145,146,147,148 days) before the official sunset of the badge.
i mentored people who completely lost interest when some yahoo grabbed their guardian at 148 days.
this whole debacle underscores the importance of not having "forever" streaks. or "all time" streaks. if Guardian had been don along the same lines as the current "epoch" medal, a lot of bad blood could have been avoided.
Curious how they would keep the guardian secure. Agreed the continous hold was a pain, especially if you broadcasted often. I remember when they got rid of it. Lots of spoofers...
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I personally like a variation of this where if you can take back the guardian before the next checkpoint, it doesn't count as being lost.
Oh yes, a local player recently in my cell lost his almost 1000 old days portal so surely this still exists..
Yeah scrapers are still running for sure. And bots.
Time has passed, changes have happened, but today I can see, in the new Mark II drone, that the hunt is on again!
I'm very glad to witness this new feature. Perhaps is not inspired at all on this suggestion, but I don't care, I'll take the credit anyway :)
This was always dismissed in the past because of how skewed this is to anyone with a couch/work portal.
it's skewed toward people who walk by a portal on the daily. (i.e., i don't think it's skewed at all)
That's not really "skewed". If the point of Guardian was to 'guard' a portal, then recapturing it within a time frame or just keeping it alive would be what the whole point is.
I always thought it was crazy that the idea of Guardian was to bury a portal in the wilderness and never visit it.
Just like it is on pokemon go Gyms.
Old guard would actually be a streak, and this a total time hold.
It's exactly skewed; if recapturing it quickly regains your streak on a badge, then anyone with a nearby portal will instantly gain the badge. There's no point in badges that have no challenge to them.
Guardian never meant burying a portal in the wilderness, though that was a tactic. As was using a seasonal durable, or capturing a portal in a dense area that goes unnoticed, or farm portals, etc. Hundreds of agents earned guardian on unlikely, visited candidates, not on portals tucked away in the forest.
All of my attempts at earning it that were remote/out of the way were hunted or spoofed down. I earned onyx on a portal less than a mile from my house.
I got lucky on mine too. The first two attempts got destroyed like less than 5 days before the badge, by player who didn't usually went to that region, so I'm very suspicious about it. The final attempt was the closest portal north to me, that I aways saw him as the two closest portal (that helped me to never forget it), and one day I decided to go there and left it with only 4 resonators. By that time the guardian hunter werent active player anymore.
Guardian never meant burying a portal in the wilderness, though that was a tactic. As was using a seasonal durable, or capturing a portal in a dense area that goes unnoticed, or farm portals, etc. Hundreds of agents earned guardian on unlikely, visited candidates, not on portals tucked away in the forest.
This is largely the method everyone used, which is my point. It is skewed, because you're not guarding anything. It's like burying a tin can in the woods and hoping no-one saw you.
you were hunted. none of that happens by accident. i was actively hunted for over 6 months. i got a legit 150 days (not the special 140 days, even though i had several 145,146,147,148 days) before the official sunset of the badge.
i mentored people who completely lost interest when some yahoo grabbed their guardian at 148 days.
this whole debacle underscores the importance of not having "forever" streaks. or "all time" streaks. if Guardian had been don along the same lines as the current "epoch" medal, a lot of bad blood could have been avoided.
Curious how they would keep the guardian secure. Agreed the continous hold was a pain, especially if you broadcasted often. I remember when they got rid of it. Lots of spoofers...