Is a hackstreak cycle completed by just hacking one single portal a day or do we have to get out on the street and hack several (how much) portals in row?
When the 'correct' answer is "just one" what indeed is the difference between Sojourner Streak? I'm fond of getting new medals anyhow😎
The difference is: you can hack 7 days in a row, stop playing/hacking for 3 days, hack 7 days in a row, quit again and still have 2 streaks completed and counting, while on sojourner you would be at 0 once again.
@WikiBlue@RushdieRR thanks for the reply on the differences between Epoch and Sojourner. However I still don't know if a streak is just one portal or a series of portals, at least I didn't found the answer yet between all the postings🤔
yes it's only 1 portal (any first Portal you hack in a day),
For the first 6 days, "any first Portal" you hack in a day will have a bonus of +500 AP and 2X output of hacked items. When you hack Portals for 7 days in a row, you will earn a bonus of 1000 AP and 3X output of hacked items on the 7th day. "Your first hack" each day will display a toast message indicating the Hackstreak status
"First portal" We can interpret the first portal by simply hacking 1 portal
Ah! I was looking at the opposite. That helps show the illustration. I was looking at it in reverse with going out from the cube and expecting the streak to go back into the cube (the cube mimicking the XM we see in cubes and power cubes)
The asymmetry is deliberate - it's also not centered on the middle of the hexagon which is a nice touch.
@NianticBrian Why did you exclude drone hacks from the streak? Some of us are still living under pandemic conditions, with curfew in progress, without a portal nearby. Trying to manage a daily hack and going out might be impossible for some.
One can use the drone to obtain or advance the Master Glyph Hacking and the Sojourner badges. I don't believe in exhausting a resource such as a drone will benefit Ingress Prime because it would counteract its main objectives. The objectives of Ingress Prime are what makes it unique.
And so does glyph hacking improve the hacking badge, so why have two? Also, conector should be removed too, since there is mind controler andiluminator...🙉😑
The connector, mind controller, and illuminator badges are connected to each other, but their objectives are to encourage players to explore and move. Unlike, using the drone and playing while sitting on one's couch. I do not oppose the sojourner and master glyph hacking badges, but overutilization of drones can lead to dependence and couch gressing.
I agree the image looks like it's a Unique Visit layer for drones, but that may be Niantic just helping players manage their Uniques as it's the only one missing. That doesn't guarantee they'll go the further step of adding a badge though.
Niantic is shifting towards development for when players get back out into the world, in all their games, so likely it's a "Give them tracking so they can set their own goals" not necessarily a badge to encourage people to not play in person.
Because HackStreak, only counts full weeks of daily hacks, it is very forgiving to miss a day, or more. As certain countries have differing changes to covid-19 lockdown periods
As opposed to Sojourner is is more demanding to keep it going.
Both Sojourner, and HackStreak should be considered a compliment of each other. Whilst fulfilling different challenge requirements, for stat chasers.
Hello fellow agents, good day! just a few inquiries and questions I don't think if I'm only one experiencing this error or bug today is my 3rd day streak for Epoch medals but the Medal was unable to unlocked ..
It's not the same as with sojourner 😉 you are now at day/hack 3 out of 7... once you reach day seven the streak is completed and the count will be 1 (towards the badge), after 3 weeks (of hacking every day) you will get the bronze badge.
Maybe it would be more clear if the "current hackstreak" number was displayed as x / 7, so in this case 3/7 in the now tab.
Now that it's been a week, we can confirm: the language of the announcement was ambiguous about day 7, but it's only the first hack of the day that gets the bonus. Which in retrospect is good, because that big a multiplier on an entire day would be pretty broken. But it does leave me thinking that a more modest all-day hack bonus, say 1.2 or 1.5X, or a selective bonus applied to one of a rotating set of item types, would be a nice little mechanic to plan around. My mind goes back to anomalies, somehow. Remember those? :)
I'll get gold when I go out later today. But I have three thoughts about it:
1. It feels almost almost too quick to be gold.
2. There's a very long gap between gold and platinum. Way more than any of the other gaps between tiers. Silver is x2 from bronze, gold is x2 from silver, and onyx is x2 from platinum. But platinum is x3.75 from gold.
3. If I had a say in designing the tiers, without disrupting it too much, I would have set gold at 10 or 12 instead of 8. That's without changing any of the other tiers.
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Slow badge to onyx just like sojourner
Thanks for the clarification!
Is a hackstreak cycle completed by just hacking one single portal a day or do we have to get out on the street and hack several (how much) portals in row?
When the 'correct' answer is "just one" what indeed is the difference between Sojourner Streak? I'm fond of getting new medals anyhow😎
Nice if @NianticBrian can give 2X AP if we pay for C.O.R.E. 1000AP to day 6 and day 7 we get 6000AP
The difference is: you can hack 7 days in a row, stop playing/hacking for 3 days, hack 7 days in a row, quit again and still have 2 streaks completed and counting, while on sojourner you would be at 0 once again.
Sojouner progress is based on rolling 24-hour periods, while hackstreak is based on cycles per 7 days
@WikiBlue @RushdieRR thanks for the reply on the differences between Epoch and Sojourner. However I still don't know if a streak is just one portal or a series of portals, at least I didn't found the answer yet between all the postings🤔
yes it's only 1 portal (any first Portal you hack in a day),
For the first 6 days, "any first Portal" you hack in a day will have a bonus of +500 AP and 2X output of hacked items. When you hack Portals for 7 days in a row, you will earn a bonus of 1000 AP and 3X output of hacked items on the 7th day. "Your first hack" each day will display a toast message indicating the Hackstreak status
"First portal" We can interpret the first portal by simply hacking 1 portal
Ah! I was looking at the opposite. That helps show the illustration. I was looking at it in reverse with going out from the cube and expecting the streak to go back into the cube (the cube mimicking the XM we see in cubes and power cubes)
The asymmetry is deliberate - it's also not centered on the middle of the hexagon which is a nice touch.
I like the epoch and spec ops badges because it encourages physical activity. Time to move agents and unlock achievements!
@NianticBrian Why did you exclude drone hacks from the streak? Some of us are still living under pandemic conditions, with curfew in progress, without a portal nearby. Trying to manage a daily hack and going out might be impossible for some.
Please re-consider this.
It is a permanent badge. Those of us who can't move around yet, will be able to in the future. We're not going to miss out on some limited time badge.
things one day will return back to normal so this badge is fine as it is. but i do think we should also get a drone badge.
One can use the drone to obtain or advance the Master Glyph Hacking and the Sojourner badges. I don't believe in exhausting a resource such as a drone will benefit Ingress Prime because it would counteract its main objectives. The objectives of Ingress Prime are what makes it unique.
Unless it is a big troll, the 4th layer almost confirm a drone badge for unique visits. Why else would a layer for it being added?
And so does glyph hacking improve the hacking badge, so why have two? Also, conector should be removed too, since there is mind controler andiluminator...🙉😑
Create/request portals that will be accessible for you to hack.
The connector, mind controller, and illuminator badges are connected to each other, but their objectives are to encourage players to explore and move. Unlike, using the drone and playing while sitting on one's couch. I do not oppose the sojourner and master glyph hacking badges, but overutilization of drones can lead to dependence and couch gressing.
I agree the image looks like it's a Unique Visit layer for drones, but that may be Niantic just helping players manage their Uniques as it's the only one missing. That doesn't guarantee they'll go the further step of adding a badge though.
Niantic is shifting towards development for when players get back out into the world, in all their games, so likely it's a "Give them tracking so they can set their own goals" not necessarily a badge to encourage people to not play in person.
This I have already raised, and it was answered.
Because HackStreak, only counts full weeks of daily hacks, it is very forgiving to miss a day, or more. As certain countries have differing changes to covid-19 lockdown periods
As opposed to Sojourner is is more demanding to keep it going.
Both Sojourner, and HackStreak should be considered a compliment of each other. Whilst fulfilling different challenge requirements, for stat chasers.
Hello fellow agents, good day! just a few inquiries and questions I don't think if I'm only one experiencing this error or bug today is my 3rd day streak for Epoch medals but the Medal was unable to unlocked ..
@NianticBrian
The badge increments by one at the conclusion of every 7 day streak. The soonest to unlock the bronze badge would be 14 days.
The "Now" tab you've shown is for your "Current Streak". However, you don't get your first point until you complete your first 7 day streak.
you thought is that easy huh?
It's not the same as with sojourner 😉 you are now at day/hack 3 out of 7... once you reach day seven the streak is completed and the count will be 1 (towards the badge), after 3 weeks (of hacking every day) you will get the bronze badge.
Maybe it would be more clear if the "current hackstreak" number was displayed as x / 7, so in this case 3/7 in the now tab.
Hope we can get view of earn AP from hacksteak. Now we dont see the 500AP we get. @NianticBrian
Now that it's been a week, we can confirm: the language of the announcement was ambiguous about day 7, but it's only the first hack of the day that gets the bonus. Which in retrospect is good, because that big a multiplier on an entire day would be pretty broken. But it does leave me thinking that a more modest all-day hack bonus, say 1.2 or 1.5X, or a selective bonus applied to one of a rotating set of item types, would be a nice little mechanic to plan around. My mind goes back to anomalies, somehow. Remember those? :)
Got to Gold Epoch today. Liking how it looks in gold. Looking forward to it being Onyx around this time next year.
I'll get gold when I go out later today. But I have three thoughts about it:
1. It feels almost almost too quick to be gold.
2. There's a very long gap between gold and platinum. Way more than any of the other gaps between tiers. Silver is x2 from bronze, gold is x2 from silver, and onyx is x2 from platinum. But platinum is x3.75 from gold.
3. If I had a say in designing the tiers, without disrupting it too much, I would have set gold at 10 or 12 instead of 8. That's without changing any of the other tiers.