Well, I ordered two subscriptions to increase my chances of getting a rarity - any duplicates go straight to my box of First Saturday potential prizes, so I'm fine with a few dupes. However, both kits have been identical so far for the two delivered sets: I expected to see a bit more randomization. They'll go to a good cause either way, but it's still a bit frustrating. I feel like someone forgot to shuffle the deck. 😂
From the first two kits, 4 of my characters are duplicates as well.
Klue Kit
1X Kadoma Smiles, 1x OLW, 1x ADA
ADA Kit
1x Kadoma Smiles, 1x OLW, 1x Hank Johnson
I'm not sure what year the ADA card is from in the Klue kit. It has a picture of ADA inside a phone (scanner device :p )
I'm waiting until the entire run is over before redeeming any of my characters so I can place them on my profile however might look snazziest to me. Def going to #facepalm if over the next 5 kits I get some more Kadoma Smiles and OLW but I suppose that is the risk of randomized luck?
What resource do you use to correlate Biocards with their badges? Google keeps bringing me to FevGames page which has the badges but not the card reference.
Aside from the "new" card, the whole point of the series is to get rid of the old excess stock. Kodama Smiles wasn't a poplar card even though they thought she'd revitalize the product's visibility, so they have a lot of them to get rid of.
You’re downplaying it slightly, in my opinion. If you make a subscription, they could at least try to give us more cards. Like you said, there are tons of old medals and cards; it shouldn’t be that hard to make sure there is only a couple of duplicates sent out to any given person.
I just know people are going to get like 5 of each of the bonus cards, because this is a sub par cash grab and I wish they would have been a little more forthcoming with this information. I feel played (again!) oh ****. Shame on me I guess.
Sounds like a really crappy thing for a 10th anniversary regardless of how many assumptions made. I don't even know there was marketing towards this because the only people interested would be Ingress players.
At least shuffle the damn pool of cards to make it look like an honest attempt of randomizing the characters. It just makes me think Ethan was told to pack the kits similar to how they do it at events.
Character cards in each X Series was a mess. I received one duplicate in the 2nd X series and emailed NIA and they sent me replacement was out July 9th and I have been tracking it until now. 25th. Still not here. So if ever y’all have characters in the past and receive some in the X Series. Check this out. It’s not mine. Kudos to this creators!
It just makes me think Ethan was told to pack the kits similar to how they do it at events.
More like they just sat around a table making packs with stacks of cards, and then didn't remember which ones had which so that when they sent them out, people just got sequential packs.
So so so so glad I didn’t order two packs. Seems like most folks are getting mirrored cards when they’ve ordered multiple packs. I got all new cards this round, but the dawn three cards most other folks seem to be getting. Also seeing some weirdness with the rare and ultra rare cards as in someone requesting a replacement and getting one of each of the rare/ultra rare.
Definitely Niantic at its finest here. Par for the course as always. Nothing should surprise us at this point, but here we are…
I don’t recall why they requested a replacement, but seeing how many cards are being sent out without codes, cut improperly, adhesive goo stuck to them, or downright never shipped, etc, it was likely some sort of issue related to that
I ordered 2x packs to have a chance to get more cards, but sadly they are just duplicated for the first 3 packs. No variety at all. Also I had done so, so I could get free shipping. But apparently that's being changed and we are going to get billed for each pack in the middle of the subscription.
First two packs I did get tracking information emailed to me. I didn't this time. Nor do I see anything listed in Niantic Supply site indicating that they shipped me anything.
Niantic Supply still hasn't gotten back to me about charging me the incorrect tax on previous orders. (taxing me for location where I do not live and where the package wasn't shipped to).
I'm wondering, have many of you started receiving your 3rd X-series kits? I've seen some popping up on Twitter but have not received mine yet (Canada). From what I've seen in posts it looks like there are possibly some different character cards in these ones. :)
I recently bought the ADA and Hank Johnson X Series Kits and I haven't got any repeat characters.
In my particular case I got 2 different NL cards (1331 and Prime) and 2 Hank Johnson cards (The X series and the 2016 version) but I didn't get the repeated KodamaSmiles card.
Note: I bought these kits because Niantic was selling them in $27 each one.
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I wonder how many people would actually still show up for an in person meet.
Still waiting on Kit #2. Have yet to even get an email about shipment status. But am I am getting emails telling me Kit #3 will be available soon.
I had the same at the time the second was sent out. Now I don’t have the complete kit and they are already pushing out the next one.
Well, I ordered two subscriptions to increase my chances of getting a rarity - any duplicates go straight to my box of First Saturday potential prizes, so I'm fine with a few dupes. However, both kits have been identical so far for the two delivered sets: I expected to see a bit more randomization. They'll go to a good cause either way, but it's still a bit frustrating. I feel like someone forgot to shuffle the deck. 😂
Someone posted a photo of their 20 kits - all with the same 3 character cards
My 2nd kit was stuck at "label created". I E-mailed support, they said UPS lost it and created a new order.
That is crazy. Are all 20 subscriptions? Would love to see the duplicates after 6 kits.
I’ve emailed support regarding missing cards, all questions about randomness or variety are plain ignored.
From the first two kits, 4 of my characters are duplicates as well.
Klue Kit
1X Kadoma Smiles, 1x OLW, 1x ADA
ADA Kit
1x Kadoma Smiles, 1x OLW, 1x Hank Johnson
I'm not sure what year the ADA card is from in the Klue kit. It has a picture of ADA inside a phone (scanner device :p )
I'm waiting until the entire run is over before redeeming any of my characters so I can place them on my profile however might look snazziest to me. Def going to #facepalm if over the next 5 kits I get some more Kadoma Smiles and OLW but I suppose that is the risk of randomized luck?
The ADA card you have gotten sounds like the 2016 Version:
Thank you! @InvestigateXM
What resource do you use to correlate Biocards with their badges? Google keeps bringing me to FevGames page which has the badges but not the card reference.
For the cards coupled with badges, I use this site:
Thank you <3
Aside from the "new" card, the whole point of the series is to get rid of the old excess stock. Kodama Smiles wasn't a poplar card even though they thought she'd revitalize the product's visibility, so they have a lot of them to get rid of.
We knew this was likely when they announced it.
You’re downplaying it slightly, in my opinion. If you make a subscription, they could at least try to give us more cards. Like you said, there are tons of old medals and cards; it shouldn’t be that hard to make sure there is only a couple of duplicates sent out to any given person.
I just know people are going to get like 5 of each of the bonus cards, because this is a sub par cash grab and I wish they would have been a little more forthcoming with this information. I feel played (again!) oh ****. Shame on me I guess.
I think you're overplaying how much this is about us, instead of about the Niantic marketing team trying to get rid of old stock.
Sounds like a really crappy thing for a 10th anniversary regardless of how many assumptions made. I don't even know there was marketing towards this because the only people interested would be Ingress players.
At least shuffle the damn pool of cards to make it look like an honest attempt of randomizing the characters. It just makes me think Ethan was told to pack the kits similar to how they do it at events.
Character cards in each X Series was a mess. I received one duplicate in the 2nd X series and emailed NIA and they sent me replacement was out July 9th and I have been tracking it until now. 25th. Still not here. So if ever y’all have characters in the past and receive some in the X Series. Check this out. It’s not mine. Kudos to this creators!
https://www.ingress-cards.com/badges/
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It just makes me think Ethan was told to pack the kits similar to how they do it at events.
More like they just sat around a table making packs with stacks of cards, and then didn't remember which ones had which so that when they sent them out, people just got sequential packs.
So so so so glad I didn’t order two packs. Seems like most folks are getting mirrored cards when they’ve ordered multiple packs. I got all new cards this round, but the dawn three cards most other folks seem to be getting. Also seeing some weirdness with the rare and ultra rare cards as in someone requesting a replacement and getting one of each of the rare/ultra rare.
Definitely Niantic at its finest here. Par for the course as always. Nothing should surprise us at this point, but here we are…
I was excited to order the Ingress X Series envelopes, but I'm seriously considering doing that due to the character duplicates.
Wait, people are requesting different packs because of duplicates, and they actually sent out other cards; like it was not meant to happen?
I don’t recall why they requested a replacement, but seeing how many cards are being sent out without codes, cut improperly, adhesive goo stuck to them, or downright never shipped, etc, it was likely some sort of issue related to that
Yeah I’m still waiting on my missing mystery cards :(
I ordered 2x packs to have a chance to get more cards, but sadly they are just duplicated for the first 3 packs. No variety at all. Also I had done so, so I could get free shipping. But apparently that's being changed and we are going to get billed for each pack in the middle of the subscription.
First two packs I did get tracking information emailed to me. I didn't this time. Nor do I see anything listed in Niantic Supply site indicating that they shipped me anything.
Niantic Supply still hasn't gotten back to me about charging me the incorrect tax on previous orders. (taxing me for location where I do not live and where the package wasn't shipped to).
I'm wondering, have many of you started receiving your 3rd X-series kits? I've seen some popping up on Twitter but have not received mine yet (Canada). From what I've seen in posts it looks like there are possibly some different character cards in these ones. :)
I have. Had an ADA 2015, Hank Johnson Series X, NL-1331a and a Devra Bogdanovich. New ones for me besides ADA.
I had the same
Mine finally showed up.
Character cards were 2015 ADA, 2016 Devra and 2018 PAC. None of which were repeats from my first two kits which I was really happy about.
I recently bought the ADA and Hank Johnson X Series Kits and I haven't got any repeat characters.
In my particular case I got 2 different NL cards (1331 and Prime) and 2 Hank Johnson cards (The X series and the 2016 version) but I didn't get the repeated KodamaSmiles card.
Note: I bought these kits because Niantic was selling them in $27 each one.