I start to believe we won't have a stable version of the game.
Yet we were told that after redact is not here we will see new features in the games as the devs won't need to support the old client. Any hints when we see that happening?
Just did a banner today first time with prime with 4 other players, it was the worst experience ever, all of us had issues after u hacked the portal in a banner it didnt register, those with iphones had to restart prime several times and it was so slow and buggy u didnt know if it counted or not until after a long time after... why is it this bad ??? i never had issues doing banner with redacted..... zero zip nada...
I also wonder when they switch to new backened server upgrade, is it ever gonna happen?
Yes, there are a few things. But we were advised multiple times in the past that until Redacted went away and the new backend server was setup, we wouldn't be seeing any new features for Prime.
Haven't seen a roadmap for 2020 yet. Haven't heard anything about the "new" backend server at all. Nothing new recently. Prime's been out for over a year now, with no real information on if we actually get anything other that the Recursed badge and wings for recursing at least once. There was talk about potentially receiving something bonus for recursing more than once, but nothing really has come from that. Unless you know something we (the normal agents) don't?
Custom Avatars are currently broken (activity ring is incorrect size/distance when interacting with portal) and per Ingress Support on twitter, we should switch back to the default one until it's fixed.
Lots of agents have been hanging around waiting for new stuff, but some are starting to get disgusted and walk away. Communities are shrinking. Looking for something to help keep people around. Updates, a road map, ect would help.
I'm digging the fact that I haven't had to restart for a long time. Stability is really good. Tiny new features are the gateway to testing larger new features.
We did get the Hexathlon, which brought us near-instant feedback and comparison to other agents, and there are rumors of tests for mission days that remove the need to be checked out by a POC agent.
It's definitely not "Rock Solid" as you put it otherwise I for one would still be online and playing,the game for me screwed up on December 21st during the umbra event and although still installed I can't even load the map or portals etc...it's just gone yet I still get alerts and new event notifications.
I hope your right on the "new update this week" as I've almost forgotten how to play and have started to get lazy again in front of the game console...I miss taking down my local Greenie Meanies !!
you know, you can add another 10 types of shields with different stickiness indicators, and add levels for turrets, but this will not be something completely new. many agents and me lack new game mechanics, we just don’t have what to do on a typical weekday, and we are tired of drawing triangles for more than 4 years.
Still not "rock solid" yet. Getting better, but it should be, as it's been out for a year plus now. I still have crashes after using the app for the normal 30-40 minutes or if I spend more than 5 minutes recharging portals (doesn't matter if I'm standing next to them, or if I'm recharging halfway across the US).
Portals on fire? Not really something that I'd say adds to the story of Ingress. I don't remember setting any portals alight. And it was never something that existed in Redacted, so it wasn't a parity feature. The portal images are still visible and you still see your flames in the portal details.
Lots of agents have been hanging around waiting for new stuff, but some are starting to get disgusted and walk away. Communities are shrinking. Looking for something to help keep people around.
Its been reported so many times, it no longer matters anymore. Either they fix the memory leak issues or they don't. Running S9 on whatever the latest Android is.
Looking at your stats, I can see you don't seem to play quite on the level that I do, so I wouldn't expect your experience to be the same as mine. (my week stats are more than double your month stats)
But if they don't switch over to the new servers and offer up some new content....
@EvilSuperHeros Don't look at the stats like that, I am super active, just my city doesn't have the 50k portals that other major cities have. Nor do I work or live in a portal dense area as a CBD.
This makes for very low link and field counts.
Though its quality, not quantity that counts.
But I digress
Prior to 2.38 the app would crash (freeze) relentlessly every 30 minutes
Since 2.38 no freezing or crashes
You mentioned that you are using an S9, but not the variant
As for the stor/lore behind it, well that is the portals themselves pushing out xm with the PoI pulsating so much that it shows the portal picture from our reality. The flame effect, while not ideal, enhanced this lore of Ingress. With it gone, portals are just nothing but a dot. As such, IMO Niantic have broken their own lore of Ingress Portals.
Portal pictures did not appear on the map in Redacted. Not a parity feature. Flames are not gone either, as they still appear in the portal view. So, wrong on both counts.
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Well, there are a couple of new features that are already in. Some since the early days of Prime.
Small things, but new, nonetheless
Oh and forgot Recursion
Just did a banner today first time with prime with 4 other players, it was the worst experience ever, all of us had issues after u hacked the portal in a banner it didnt register, those with iphones had to restart prime several times and it was so slow and buggy u didnt know if it counted or not until after a long time after... why is it this bad ??? i never had issues doing banner with redacted..... zero zip nada...
I also wonder when they switch to new backened server upgrade, is it ever gonna happen?
I have my doubts.
(surprised Pikachu)
Yes, there are a few things. But we were advised multiple times in the past that until Redacted went away and the new backend server was setup, we wouldn't be seeing any new features for Prime.
Haven't seen a roadmap for 2020 yet. Haven't heard anything about the "new" backend server at all. Nothing new recently. Prime's been out for over a year now, with no real information on if we actually get anything other that the Recursed badge and wings for recursing at least once. There was talk about potentially receiving something bonus for recursing more than once, but nothing really has come from that. Unless you know something we (the normal agents) don't?
Custom Avatars are currently broken (activity ring is incorrect size/distance when interacting with portal) and per Ingress Support on twitter, we should switch back to the default one until it's fixed.
Lots of agents have been hanging around waiting for new stuff, but some are starting to get disgusted and walk away. Communities are shrinking. Looking for something to help keep people around. Updates, a road map, ect would help.
2.38 is rock solid, most of the remaining issues are fairly minor.
We are also due for an update this week, as last week was christmas holidays.
We have had one parity feature removed due to players complaining, a rather critical effect that forms the story backbone
New feature added lately, purchasable player avatars, Toast anyone?
Patience is a virtue, specially with Niantic.
I'm digging the fact that I haven't had to restart for a long time. Stability is really good. Tiny new features are the gateway to testing larger new features.
We did get the Hexathlon, which brought us near-instant feedback and comparison to other agents, and there are rumors of tests for mission days that remove the need to be checked out by a POC agent.
Things are changing.
And fast cubing, capsule naming, and fast linking.
@Grogyan
We have had one parity feature removed due to players complaining, a rather critical effect that forms the story backbone
Which one is that?
It's definitely not "Rock Solid" as you put it otherwise I for one would still be online and playing,the game for me screwed up on December 21st during the umbra event and although still installed I can't even load the map or portals etc...it's just gone yet I still get alerts and new event notifications.
I hope your right on the "new update this week" as I've almost forgotten how to play and have started to get lazy again in front of the game console...I miss taking down my local Greenie Meanies !!
you know, you can add another 10 types of shields with different stickiness indicators, and add levels for turrets, but this will not be something completely new. many agents and me lack new game mechanics, we just don’t have what to do on a typical weekday, and we are tired of drawing triangles for more than 4 years.
Did you try clearing your cache and clearing your storage, reinstalling etc?
Support this idea: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/7781/redfection-the-xm-parasite
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Still not "rock solid" yet. Getting better, but it should be, as it's been out for a year plus now. I still have crashes after using the app for the normal 30-40 minutes or if I spend more than 5 minutes recharging portals (doesn't matter if I'm standing next to them, or if I'm recharging halfway across the US).
Report it support, with your device and operating system.
I have an S9+ Exynos running Pie
Not a single crash since 2.38.
The portal pic.
In Redacted this was a basic 2d plane
Prime gave it an effect of the pic in flames, which added to the story of Ingress.
Parity feature removed. 😢
The nearby portals is still incredibly annoying, and of negative use. If any parity feature should be removed, its this.
Portals on fire? Not really something that I'd say adds to the story of Ingress. I don't remember setting any portals alight. And it was never something that existed in Redacted, so it wasn't a parity feature. The portal images are still visible and you still see your flames in the portal details.
Lots of agents have been hanging around waiting for new stuff, but some are starting to get disgusted and walk away. Communities are shrinking. Looking for something to help keep people around.
THIS.
SO.MUCH.THIS.
Yup,tried all that normal stuff before I made the post.
Its been reported so many times, it no longer matters anymore. Either they fix the memory leak issues or they don't. Running S9 on whatever the latest Android is.
Looking at your stats, I can see you don't seem to play quite on the level that I do, so I wouldn't expect your experience to be the same as mine. (my week stats are more than double your month stats)
But if they don't switch over to the new servers and offer up some new content....
@EvilSuperHeros Don't look at the stats like that, I am super active, just my city doesn't have the 50k portals that other major cities have. Nor do I work or live in a portal dense area as a CBD.
This makes for very low link and field counts.
Though its quality, not quantity that counts.
But I digress
Prior to 2.38 the app would crash (freeze) relentlessly every 30 minutes
Since 2.38 no freezing or crashes
You mentioned that you are using an S9, but not the variant
It was, and something that is missed.
As for the stor/lore behind it, well that is the portals themselves pushing out xm with the PoI pulsating so much that it shows the portal picture from our reality. The flame effect, while not ideal, enhanced this lore of Ingress. With it gone, portals are just nothing but a dot. As such, IMO Niantic have broken their own lore of Ingress Portals.
@Grogyan I think you're ascribing far more thought to it than even Niantic did. "Flames are cool, lets make flames".
Still, not parity since it didn't exist in Redacted.
Portal pictures did not appear on the map in Redacted. Not a parity feature. Flames are not gone either, as they still appear in the portal view. So, wrong on both counts.
So I must be lying?
I don't think so.
Portal pic on the game map was there in Redacted, just no effect.
I really don't know why no one else did, it was quite a common thing for as long as I can remember, 6 - 7 years
Portal pic on the game map was there in Redacted, just no effect
The portal image never appeared on the main game map, except in the navigation/mission boxes.
Your recollection is wrong.
Pics or it didn't happen.