This may have been asked before but what is it with all the q caps we are receiving? They were a great rare item in the beginning but now they are being recycled
Do you mean the quantum capsules from the IFS mastercodes? If so, it’s because they’re part of the mastercodes since we can’t have normal first Saturdays due to Covid.
That’s a question for Niantic and the FevGames team. I’m guessing it’s as a reward for figuring out the long passcode and for (usually) all of each Zone’s IFS completing the individual passcode challenges. And if you have so many, recycle them. Easy enough. Some people like gaining the quantum capsules. If you don’t like it, you don’t have to redeem the code. Or, just recycle the capsule.
Yeah, I think that’s why OP is posting, here in the official Ingress forums. Maybe hoping someone from Niantic will answer or that maybe they’ll offer up something different next month. I understand how to recycle things and I understand why the passcode exists. This will be the 10th month of virtual IFS, which is 30 quantum caps, lol. And also a buttload of hyper cubes (thank you for those).
So yes, it’s a question for Niantic and that’s why it was posted here...
It's for the mule farms, couple of backbacks muling cubes, couple backpacks muling shields, burster, resonators... So that the cheaters never have to hack gear again.
... I hope Nia realize the mistake at some point and stop the whole mess around mule accounts and quantum capsules.
It got out of control. I use Quantum capsules as a usual capsules at this point and recycle them. Hell, I got my first one hacked at level 11.5 after I played about 4 months and now we're getting 3 of them each month.
Quantum capsules should be removed from master codes.
Well, from my experience that would not really solve the problem, but at least would force cheaters to switch accounts, having a chance to mess up eventually.
I think is a good plan but it requires activity from Niantic in order to actually strike down backpacks and their respective owners.
Can Niantic identify a cheating account if it doesn't do anything?
So you can identify a backpack because they hack, where Niantic can't identify an account that has no actions except for duplicating in Quantum Capsules.
I really think you're discounting the fact that Niantic has all the information. If they wanted to eliminate backpacks, they really could...
Back to the topic at hand, what should the Ingress team swap out for March First Saturday? Would love some other VR item, even shields would be better. At least I'd use those...
I'm trying to stop the invisible army of multis that sit on hordes of quantums and never take action so you don't even know they exist.
Having to appear on COMM would at least allow us to report odd names, at the moment, it's a black box. The mere fact the mule would appear on COMM may be enough to get some people to stop doing it.
The passcodes are generated in advance, as seen last month by accidently giving out the March passcodes instead of the February ones. I assume the mastercodes will be the same, so for this month, we'll still have to "suffer" from the QCaps.
So you only need, at most, 25 Quantum's if you want to have everything stored, (and at least one capsule wont be at full capacity)
Having more than that seems useless, but you can still find uses for those extra capsules.
Here are some examples:
- Nice gift for a new player, giving them a Quantum or two full of low level gear.
- Share keys, specially useful to have strategic keys duplicating, why use regular capsules if you can share them with Quantum's and keep the duplicating process going?
- Drop them to get the enemy attention. If you now an enemy will be around, dropping an empty Quantum will make them pick it up, just to see if it has valuable gear... You can even fill them with something funny (medias, lvl 1 gear, whatever you think is anoying)
i miss the good old times with re-stock hack gives 1 ADA and 1 JARVIS
3 MasterCodes per month.
They can change to
1 code Gives Quantom
1 code Gives ADA/Jarvis
1 code Gives ITO (?) for exemple
this month (03/2021) is the 11º Virtual IFS... if you rendeem all 3 codes, all months you have now, at least 33 Quantom
in my time quantom is a very rare thing... isnt anymore... i only keep all because someday virtual ifs will end (soon i hope) and new players after that will say thanks for having a quantom as wellcome gift
Agree. Also, nerfing VR replication in Qcaps really makes them pretty worthless. The only thing they're good for now is replicating unicorn keys, which has its own detrimental effect on gameplay.
Quantum capsules replication should be directly tied to game activity. If you aren't playing then you don't need the replication anyway. And yes make it a comm visible action. Seems like an easy thing to do. Or just stop the ability to drop capsules from inactive accounts.
Oh hello there, our 12th virtual FS is nearly upon us. Perhaps we will be granted something other than quantum caps. If there is no change, that would mean 36 q caps by now...
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Do you mean the quantum capsules from the IFS mastercodes? If so, it’s because they’re part of the mastercodes since we can’t have normal first Saturdays due to Covid.
But why the quantum’s? Maybe quantum’s one month and something else the next month.... I’m nearing 40 quantum caps at this point...
That’s a question for Niantic and the FevGames team. I’m guessing it’s as a reward for figuring out the long passcode and for (usually) all of each Zone’s IFS completing the individual passcode challenges. And if you have so many, recycle them. Easy enough. Some people like gaining the quantum capsules. If you don’t like it, you don’t have to redeem the code. Or, just recycle the capsule.
Yeah, I think that’s why OP is posting, here in the official Ingress forums. Maybe hoping someone from Niantic will answer or that maybe they’ll offer up something different next month. I understand how to recycle things and I understand why the passcode exists. This will be the 10th month of virtual IFS, which is 30 quantum caps, lol. And also a buttload of hyper cubes (thank you for those).
So yes, it’s a question for Niantic and that’s why it was posted here...
It's for the mule farms, couple of backbacks muling cubes, couple backpacks muling shields, burster, resonators... So that the cheaters never have to hack gear again.
... I hope Nia realize the mistake at some point and stop the whole mess around mule accounts and quantum capsules.
It got out of control. I use Quantum capsules as a usual capsules at this point and recycle them. Hell, I got my first one hacked at level 11.5 after I played about 4 months and now we're getting 3 of them each month.
Quantum capsules should be removed from master codes.
There should be a limit of them, like 10. I think it is enough.
Or after a certain number of duplications, became a regular capsule.
Agree, switch the master code output to other items often? VR MH, HS, Shields? Pack of bursters?
We are swimming in Quantum Caps.
@NianticBrian
Please don't stop the hypercubes or portals will die ! :) lol.
I'd happily get vr gear rather than quantum capsules at this point
An interesting case I haven't heard before. I think duplication is limited based on what's inside of it and the capacity.
Maybe a time window where they don't duplicate or since it's XM that the replication might come out not perfect
They should stop duplicating items X days after player last does a COMM visible action. (Capture, destroy, link etc).
Agreed.
Why visible? Are you trying to 'catch' them?
Can Niantic identify a cheating account if it doesn't do anything?
I think is just to prevent the backpacks that never do anything but duplicate, this will force them to get out.
Well, from my experience that would not really solve the problem, but at least would force cheaters to switch accounts, having a chance to mess up eventually.
I think is a good plan but it requires activity from Niantic in order to actually strike down backpacks and their respective owners.
Can Niantic identify a cheating account if it doesn't do anything?
So you can identify a backpack because they hack, where Niantic can't identify an account that has no actions except for duplicating in Quantum Capsules.
I really think you're discounting the fact that Niantic has all the information. If they wanted to eliminate backpacks, they really could...
Back to the topic at hand, what should the Ingress team swap out for March First Saturday? Would love some other VR item, even shields would be better. At least I'd use those...
I Just want more cubes, because thats what I waste in IFS now.
No need for anything else. 10 Hypercube, 10 lv8 cube, fireworks, etc.
You had me until fireworks.
I'm trying to stop the invisible army of multis that sit on hordes of quantums and never take action so you don't even know they exist.
Having to appear on COMM would at least allow us to report odd names, at the moment, it's a black box. The mere fact the mule would appear on COMM may be enough to get some people to stop doing it.
Shields, or any mod really. Packs of bursters or resonators.
Definitely ADA or JARVIS
ITO EN - can be handy but I don't use them enough to want more.
Just a friendly bump to anyone from the Ingress team who might be checking the forums before the weekend...
🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼
Yeah I hope there won't be more quantum capsules this time..
The passcodes are generated in advance, as seen last month by accidently giving out the March passcodes instead of the February ones. I assume the mastercodes will be the same, so for this month, we'll still have to "suffer" from the QCaps.
Inventory is limited to 2000 items
With CORE you can have 2500
So you only need, at most, 25 Quantum's if you want to have everything stored, (and at least one capsule wont be at full capacity)
Having more than that seems useless, but you can still find uses for those extra capsules.
Here are some examples:
- Nice gift for a new player, giving them a Quantum or two full of low level gear.
- Share keys, specially useful to have strategic keys duplicating, why use regular capsules if you can share them with Quantum's and keep the duplicating process going?
- Drop them to get the enemy attention. If you now an enemy will be around, dropping an empty Quantum will make them pick it up, just to see if it has valuable gear... You can even fill them with something funny (medias, lvl 1 gear, whatever you think is anoying)
i miss the good old times with re-stock hack gives 1 ADA and 1 JARVIS
3 MasterCodes per month.
They can change to
1 code Gives Quantom
1 code Gives ADA/Jarvis
1 code Gives ITO (?) for exemple
this month (03/2021) is the 11º Virtual IFS... if you rendeem all 3 codes, all months you have now, at least 33 Quantom
in my time quantom is a very rare thing... isnt anymore... i only keep all because someday virtual ifs will end (soon i hope) and new players after that will say thanks for having a quantom as wellcome gift
Do these codes go away though? A new agent could put in the codes from April 2020, right?
Agree. Also, nerfing VR replication in Qcaps really makes them pretty worthless. The only thing they're good for now is replicating unicorn keys, which has its own detrimental effect on gameplay.
Quantum capsules replication should be directly tied to game activity. If you aren't playing then you don't need the replication anyway. And yes make it a comm visible action. Seems like an easy thing to do. Or just stop the ability to drop capsules from inactive accounts.
Oh hello there, our 12th virtual FS is nearly upon us. Perhaps we will be granted something other than quantum caps. If there is no change, that would mean 36 q caps by now...
C'mon Niantic, pleaseeeeeeeee