Akira Tsukasa's 2016 vintage medal coming
IngressJP twitter account posted Akira Tsukasa's vintage medal that appeared in 2016 will appear in the in-app store. It is limited to one week from 4:00 am on Saturday, February 1 to 4:00 am on Saturday, February 8
https://mobile.twitter.com/IngressJapan/status/1223131848542310400
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Ingress twitter account confirmes it: https://twitter.com/ingress/status/1223140853025144838
I wonder if the price will be the same as the December one. 33k CMU is a bit pricey but then again we are supporting Niantic and a way to gain medals for those of us that were unable to attend anomalies for various reasons. :)
We kept the price the same as the Umbra: Researcher and Archives: Hank Johnson loadout kits; however, we updated the contents of this kit to remove XMPs at your access level and previous Very Rare items and replaced them with the Portal Fracker to help with farming. More info and official announcement can be found here: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/8929/archives-akira-tsukasa-2016-loadout-on-the-in-app-store
I went to buy the medal. In my opinion, it’s not worth the asking price with the nerfed load out. I’ll be skipping this one.
@ClutterCutter what were the items from the Dec loadout that you preferred to be included in this one?
Much better, more sane loadout, and gives a nod to team play again.
Uuhh I really like that you switched out the XMP with Fracker especially since tomorrow it's First Saturday! :D
The whole point of this package is the medal itself, the gear is just sprinkles on top to sweeten the deal especially now with a nice Fracker in the package, great for tomorrows FS and for L8 farms! :)
@NianticBrian love these featured archive character bundles! But since I already have this I'll wait for the next month. Hoping for more rare character medals.
We have L8 farms all over and can get what you offer in a few hacks. I would have liked more power cubes, and pinks instead of purples.
As for now, I dont have a badge in the store.... 🤷
@NianticBrian
When is it going to be available?! 🧐
Never mind 😂😂 I see it on my own Screenshot 😇😂😂
Did you miss last month's thread where half the community was threatening and degrading Niantic for selling pink gear and L8 XMP's crying it was a Pay2Win game? As it was stated by someone else, the medal is what you are paying for and the items are just there for flavor (although the fracker is honestly king here). Seeing as this thread is relatively quiet, I think most of the community might be pleased?
Pleased or not, I will not be buying.
yes the badge doesnt seem to exist for me in the store , what happend?
hahahah thats got to be the funnest comment in the thread^^ :-)
I did the same mistake. If I recall the previous was displaying the medals on store, it would be better. Probably sell better, many players don't follow gamenews and would be surprised with a fancy medal there instead of just another package.
Not him but, I would like hypercubes more than regular l8. And I missed the flips. They're already free every month at ifs, why not in this package too? Some people make so much noise for a one-time (in a month) expensive buy.
22€ for a medal is too expensive IMO
if were 3€ everybody would buy it
If were for free everybody would definitely get it. The black market price is ever bigger and there is demand for them. They need revenue and this is a good way (I would also be happier if it was cheaper, but 3 is almost for free).
Remember this isn't a obligatory item, it was originally offered years ago. They are just giving those who still want it a way to get it. I believe it is for the same price it was before. In burger current, they cost up to 4 combos or a week of daily subways here.
It's expensive for me, but not to everyone. I got the ADA one, because Wendy is a cute and I like ADA (even though I'm ENL), maybe I will the the legacy ADA too (shame they won't be together, I'm hoping for legacy ADA and Jarvis being together).
You can’t judge what “the community” wants by reading the loudest comments on a thread.
Only Niantic will know for sure, but I’m fairly certain almost no one wants this bundle at the current price point.
You are correct. I cannot judge what “the community” wants by reading the loudest comment. But I can compare a thread that quickly climbed to over 210 comments to this thread of less than 30 comments and reasonably conclude that if there isn’t rioting going on, then the bulk of the community is not as dissatisfied as they were for the previous load out. If we also read Niantic Brian’s official post of this, he states the current load out is in response to the feedback that he received in the previous thread.
I dont like old characters medals in Prime with new story and characters. I hope Niantic stop selling old characters medals in Ingress Prime.
If you don't want them, don't buy them. It's a very simple process to understand.
How about selling new badges rather than devaluing badges that a lot of people put effort/money into to gain?
Or, add old one's as a reward included when challenges are met.
Next old Klue will be for sale, which some people sold their souls to get.
Way Ingress have them when we are on Ingress 2.0 now and have new characters. Nothing to do with new Ingress Prime.
That trademark Niantic attention-to-detail and technical expertise is evident - the fracker is identified as "beacon" in the audio readout of the items in the purchase.
Because they are vintage and from the archives.
thank you for devaluing long term player accounts
I'm not sure I get how this "devalues" player accounts? It's a character badge. It has been available for sale before, but with a different "collection" mechanic.