It's C.O.R.E. day for me. The featured number is 56.

HosetteHosette ✭✭✭✭✭

The number 56 is:

  • The sum of the first six consecutive primes
  • The atomic number for barium
  • The country code for dialing Chile
  • Part of the title of an Elvis movie, "Elvis 56"
  • The number of curls that Shirley Temple wore in her hair
  • The number of people who signed the US declaration of independence
  • The number of cards in the Minor Arcana of a tarot deck
  • The year one of my favorite writers, Carrie Fisher, was born (may she rest in peace)
  • The number of slots in my inventory that are consumed by Apex boosts that I can't recycle

I'm posting this mostly for @NianticThia's amusement, but it's also my monthly assertion my position on purchased items: If it consumes inventory space then I should be able to recycle it. If I can't recycle it then it shouldn't consume inventory space.

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  • TooLegitToExistTooLegitToExist ✭✭✭✭
    edited February 2022

    In Pokemon Go got a Safe lock toggle for Mass Transfer (Bulk Recycle) in settings for Legendaries, Mythics and Shinies

    Then why cant Ingress have the safe lock toggle setting to enable recycle of Prenium items (except Keylockers & Kinetic Cap)

  • HosetteHosette ✭✭✭✭✭

    @TooLegitToExist In Pokemon Go I can buy a hundred premium raid passes and then recycle them. I get one extra "Are you sure?" type popup to protect from accidental deletion. To me this is the most player-friendly way to go.

  • saarstahlsaarstahl ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 2022

    You'll lose your Sojourner streak in January 2073.

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  • Otrera35Otrera35 ✭✭✭✭
    edited February 2022

    @Hosette, are you aimng for 56 months of C.O.R.E. subscription? I wonder how many Apex boosts you have by that time? 261 perhaps? We can make a math problem from your 56 Apex boosts, lol.

  • VaskinCallVaskinCall ✭✭✭✭

    I have the same problem.

    The solution is to start using multiple apexes before bedtime (the time adds up and then expires while I'm asleep)


    I'd love to take beacons in my subscription (which are the most common ones - "encounter", "enlight badge", "resistance badge", etc.) - I use them regularly to protect portals from being flipped by a combat beacon.

  • HosetteHosette ✭✭✭✭✭

    @VaskinCall Sure, I could do that but I don't want the hassle and I don't want the 1K AP for using them. I really just want to delete them of get something that's more useful to me.

  • HosetteHosette ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Otrera35 At four per month that's 14 months worth but we got double rewards one month so it's really only 13 months worth. But sure, at 56 months of C.O.R.E. that would be 56*4 + 4 at a minimum, or 228. It's likely to be a few more than that because they will probably do double rewards again. At a maximum of 124 months my entire 500 additional inventory spaces would be fully consumed with APEX boosts. I would bet a large sum of money that this particular outcome never happens. (-:

  • VaskinCallVaskinCall ✭✭✭✭

    Yes, I understand.

    For myself here is the way out, and so completely agree with you, it would be much more convenient if the unnecessary for my game items, I could remove, and not to deal with this stuff.

  • Otrera35Otrera35 ✭✭✭✭
    edited February 2022

    I used 12 months as a reference for my calculation. Wouldn't it be nice if Niantic creates a Rewards Program for long-time CORE subscribers? For example, if an agent has subscribed greater than 12 months or upon the 1st year of being a CORE subscriber; Niantic can add extra 100 slots for their inventory. Each additional month or year increases the number of slots for each agent like 200 slots for the second year CORE anniversary of an agent. It would perhaps solve your problem. The other things that Niantic can do to offer incentives to long-time CORE subscribers are discounted prices for some items such as kinetic bundles, cubes, etc. besides the Fast track Help support incentive. The only catch is if Niantic is willing to retain its current CORE subscribers.

  • kiloecholimakiloecholima ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Hosette I can't remember if you've mentioned this before, but have you ever tried asking support to bulk delete them from your inventory? I'm just curious if that is a thing they would do, if requested. It wouldn't stop the ongoing problem from month-to-month, but 56 spaces freed up would be pretty nice.

  • HosetteHosette ✭✭✭✭✭

    @kiloecholima I haven't. Because of my job (essentially an SRE) I have a pretty strong bias toward solving structural issues rather than reaching for temporary, manual hacks.

  • why dont you, and this is a bit out there...


    just use the apexs?

  • HosetteHosette ✭✭✭✭✭

    @twoseventhree I'm a purist about my stats and badges. I don't add cosmetic badges to my profile and I try to avoid double AP as much as possible, and I don't want 1K AP for using a boost that doesn't impact the game board or gameplay.

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