Machina, A Slow Start
I understand why, but I do hope we can see it dialled up to 11 in the future, for special events or something.
Seeing the red spread in real time as we try to contain it would be awesome.
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I understand why, but I do hope we can see it dialled up to 11 in the future, for special events or something.
Seeing the red spread in real time as we try to contain it would be awesome.
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Agreed!!!!
It’s very nice to see it start slowly and that it’s a mystery right now. I’m guessing it’s a slow leak from K’s Power Cube to tie it in to that, and if it opens then it goes a bit more wild.
Did they all start at the same time, or are new single portals becoming infected (other than by spread)?
I like this new feature with the red links, they hinted about it now when u think about it in the onyx 10 year badge.. haha good one :D
From what I can tell, its just been 1 single initial seed which gradually spread over the world starting in the US moving east. Every 5 hours theres a chance for the portal to upgrade and spread to others.
Made this as well https://telegra.ph/MACHINA-Details-11-14
Thank you!
I agree love the new mechanic, let it loose for real!
It's spreading really slow. It needs to speed up. Too bad I can't switch to the red faction to help it along.
I'm good with slow. How many times has Niantic rushed into something and then we're stuck beta testing it for months while they think about working out the bugs, eventually, someday, maybe....
Would love to see a Machina version of an Ada refactor/Jarvis virus. Would add some interesting strategies
I'm not sure if this is what you mean, but it would be fun to sneak into "enemy" areas and plant seeds somehow, lol. Maybe seeds that spread faster than these random ones...
It'll grow exponentially without limit, within the limitations they've added. In dense areas, tons of red. In sparse areas, none or very little.
Eventually the cities will be red strongholds, exactly opposite to the US. 😁
A lot will depend on what the maximum link distance is. I have heard some say 5 km, but I don’t know how they would know that without Niantic confirming.
I've been tracking growth in Moscow. Still haven’t found a level 4 there but lots of 3s.
A local portal reached level 4 here before being taken out.
Yes - a red virus - maybe something you only get if you recurse? A kinetic capsule program, maybe?
I have heard some say 5 km
This was a limit stated in the original suggestion, but there's no indication that this is a limitation in the implementation, until we see MP8s.
Still haven’t found a level 4 there but lots of 3s.
There was at least one last night my time (8am UTC).
Others appeared this morning:
That's the kind of thing I was thinking of for sure. Basically just a flip card that turns blue or green portals red. Would be fun to start growing some red portals right in the middle of the other faction's fielding rails, and their farms.
Edit: Actually, does anyone know if flip cards work on red portals?
Flip cards on red portals neutralize them instead of flipping them
The concept of gray portals is long outdated. A city with many gray portals is not good. Imagine that we will have to constantly not only fight with an opponent, but also make sure that gray portals do not appear in the city without fields covering them, as a red infection can spread through them. An ideal solution to keep the city active! Niantic keep it up, you are great! Finally, there will be something to play for even if there are no smurfs or toads in the area. Soon the game will come to life even in the most remote urban-type settlements where agents used to be! And yes, red paint would not hurt us, so that individual portals could be painted red.
Good to know, thanks!