So 30 completed kinetic capsules between 15th Oct and 17th Nov grants one an anomaly medal.
And with 11th anniversary event being effective from 10th Nov to 20th Nov there is basically a timeframe from 10th to 17th Nov where one can run 11 capsules at a time with 1 km each so that's one week to walk 3 km to get the medal.
So anyone can be a "high-achieving agent" by having the adventure sync on while drifting between one's sofa, fridge and toilet!
With a month to do it, and given I complete the common kinetic cap at least once every day, getting the medal won't actually require any special effort. Add in a period of reduced time and it will be hard not to get the medal. Way to easy.
And looking over the event info, caps only have to be completed to count. So you can start day 1 with the common plus 6 rare capsules done but unclaimed and claim 7 completed capsules immediately. So you start almost 1/4 done.
Except for the problem that it's not that simple to hack them nor you can trade them with other agents. I hack about 1-2 per week so I won't make it even if I save my capsules from now on. So it sounds a bit like pay2win if you can buy them in the store.
Something I don't like about these competitions is the downgrading of anomaly visitors since you can get the badge at home. It would be better if there would be different badges for anomaly and the competitions after them. There have been badges in the past for those competitions so why not having them for these kind of events? You could still implement the scoring for the anomalies.
I know that it's too late for the announced events but it would be cool to think about it for future events.
Niantic: “You want us to make TWO badges? Without AI?”
Nah, an on and off site badge would be nice. I can see they’re trying to get the global vs on-site balance there again but it’s never gonna make everyone happy.
Personally, I think changing the medal colors for onsite and online participants would increase satisfaction, especially for players who participate onsite.
As I have suggested before, for example, red onsite, blue operator/administrator, yellow online recharge, etc., would increase the satisfaction of players who are trying to complete a role or who are dedicated to a single role.
Well, since next year's anomaly will be different from this year's anomaly in that there will be two anomalies for each series, it would be appropriate to divide the colors between onsite and online.
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So 30 completed kinetic capsules between 15th Oct and 17th Nov grants one an anomaly medal.
And with 11th anniversary event being effective from 10th Nov to 20th Nov there is basically a timeframe from 10th to 17th Nov where one can run 11 capsules at a time with 1 km each so that's one week to walk 3 km to get the medal.
So anyone can be a "high-achieving agent" by having the adventure sync on while drifting between one's sofa, fridge and toilet!
slow the spread of the unknown XM entity, Machina, for a period of several weeks across September and October.
Also Niantic:
Phase 4: 19 Nov to 15 Dec 2023
Global Operation: “Discoverie Reclaimer Challenge”
Finally, an excuse to use my 18 Kinetic capsules!
Yes, September and October are different from November and December.
Yes, thin out Machina before a challenge where you have to destroy them...
Great thinking
With a month to do it, and given I complete the common kinetic cap at least once every day, getting the medal won't actually require any special effort. Add in a period of reduced time and it will be hard not to get the medal. Way to easy.
And looking over the event info, caps only have to be completed to count. So you can start day 1 with the common plus 6 rare capsules done but unclaimed and claim 7 completed capsules immediately. So you start almost 1/4 done.
Except for the problem that it's not that simple to hack them nor you can trade them with other agents. I hack about 1-2 per week so I won't make it even if I save my capsules from now on. So it sounds a bit like pay2win if you can buy them in the store.
Something I don't like about these competitions is the downgrading of anomaly visitors since you can get the badge at home. It would be better if there would be different badges for anomaly and the competitions after them. There have been badges in the past for those competitions so why not having them for these kind of events? You could still implement the scoring for the anomalies.
I know that it's too late for the announced events but it would be cool to think about it for future events.
I think doing just 100 red portal captures to get the medal sounds much easier then doing any of the kinetic capsules.
They should turn off adventure sync for the challenge duration
Umm, that was kind of the point, you can easily do it with just the common capsule.
global challenge should never be part of anomaly.
Anomalies have always been about gathering and playing against each other not doing solo action (lol phoneswing) at home
Or make onsite badge and offsite borh parties happy and u can see on profiles who was onsite or not khatre.
Niantic: “You want us to make TWO badges? Without AI?”
Nah, an on and off site badge would be nice. I can see they’re trying to get the global vs on-site balance there again but it’s never gonna make everyone happy.
They can use the same medal with different color shape, not much effort.
Tessellation badge was a 2-tier badge. Shouldn't be too hard to have different tiers for onsite and offsite achievements.
Personally, I think changing the medal colors for onsite and online participants would increase satisfaction, especially for players who participate onsite.
As I have suggested before, for example, red onsite, blue operator/administrator, yellow online recharge, etc., would increase the satisfaction of players who are trying to complete a role or who are dedicated to a single role.
Well, since next year's anomaly will be different from this year's anomaly in that there will be two anomalies for each series, it would be appropriate to divide the colors between onsite and online.
The challenge is probably going to make the machina crazy again so 🤷♂️
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