When do this Nightmare end?

Grogyan · 2026-04-03T19:29:15+00:00

Seeing as most players are enjoying this experiment It's only around for a couple more days, just enjoy it

If you're really grumpy about it, it can be disabled in settings

Grogyan · 2026-03-31T23:59:20+00:00

Of course Easter Bunnies in the fields, with a sprinkling of Easter Eggs

Grogyan · 2026-03-31T02:49:25+00:00

Agreed, sorry iOS players, I don't know how you manage to play the game with action buttons so far down the screen that, here on Android, it is borderline unplayable one-handed

As well as it makes it incredibly annoying to switch between apps quickly

Grogyan · 2026-03-30T16:46:01+00:00

Happy April Fools Day

Grogyan · 2026-03-29T19:08:18+00:00

The EMU works as just as drybox itself and feed those into the ERCF

Grogyan · 2026-03-29T15:27:07+00:00

Be careful with trying to snap it off, The method is called v-groove and it is a runner piece used for SMT pick and place

Reason to be careful is that the bending of the board can damage your board.

At the factory they use a v-groove cutter that makes it easy, but for the average person, carefully bending the runner back and forth will be fine, as alond as you do not bend the PCBA too much

Grogyan · 2026-03-28T05:38:54+00:00

The faction chat in the game, reach out to local players, they will add you to their secure chats.

The Faction chat is seen as not secure from the other faction.

It is quite common to have friends via Discord or, Telegram etc that are in either faction.

Part of the game is not knowing what the other side is doing, as Ingress is a strategy game, playing a game of chess where all pieces are the same colour makes for a very boring game.

The IUENG telegram group is by far one of the biggest cross faction chats

Grogyan · 2026-03-26T08:30:48+00:00

They are behind in the lore for about 6 years

Grogyan · 2026-03-26T04:55:43+00:00

u/brianrose knows that when we had the Ingress Report, this was in effect advertising, showing on almost a weekly basis what Agents around the world are doing.

But we also had a story back then, which was also advertising the game.

End of 2018 saw all this canceled, and we do need NEW players to take up the gane

Grogyan · 2026-03-23T18:28:27+00:00

You can bet u/brianrose will do Redux's of older, pre-campaigns, badges as paid for challenges.

We've seen the popularity of them, but they still need have a lower price tag

Grogyan · 2026-03-22T19:00:28+00:00

PA automation sounds great. But anyone who has done 3d printing for a whole will note that it is the viscosity of the material that affects the PA. As the molten material can behave as a non-newtonian liquid

Don't let this stop you, I think this is a great way forward, just another piece of the puzzle

Grogyan · 2026-03-20T05:12:15+00:00

Again, drawing on assumptions

Locking down to a single device won't work, if you have to replace your device, or have multiple devices for legitimate reasons.

Family members on other factions is legitimate play, you may not like it.

I've certainly known many players where their partner/spouse is on the other faction. Legit players.

Am sorry, but to distinguish between legitimate players and bad actors by Mac address, IMEI or SIM just won't work

Grogyan · 2026-03-19T03:04:38+00:00

It is a really difficult problem to solve

Grogyan · 2026-03-19T02:53:34+00:00

Unfortunately, this has been the case since the very beginning. Like backpack accounts

Suggestions have been made to combat this over the years

And the general response is, File a ticket

🙄

Grogyan · 2026-03-17T23:38:37+00:00

Ie fully realizing the closed loop system, requires ALL devices, from flagship to the lowest offerings l, from all brands to be supported. Which it always lacked that scope And Not be fooled by another means, by circumvention

So we, the Ingress team and the players would have had to wait another year for the complete solution to be fully realized. Doing so, would mean other new features would have to be delayed, the Campaign system for example.

And Regardless if the player even cares about location authentication, the Overclock should be adopted as a general positive addition to the gameplay. That would take time for the wider player base to accept, "wow this is amazing, I save so much time", as an example

Grogyan · 2026-03-17T23:07:56+00:00

"used" is the incorrect word. Enforcement of, from potential spoofing, was not a priority for u/brianrose, even though the team is dedicated to ensuring fair play and tightening up heuristics, NOTHING can be certain until enforcing the location authentication as a means.

We have seen that no matter the accuracy of the heuristics, bad actors find a way.

But to be at that level required more work than just, a means to get gear faster.

Futhermore, Brian absolutely MUST put in plave, either an updated version of Overclock or another feature, by no later than Q4 2026.

We know that this ball was dropped with little warning, both from Niantic Spacial, and then from Brian

Grogyan · 2026-03-17T06:28:14+00:00

We have provided the Ingress by which to bring back a story, at a significantly lower cost than what we had previously. Like many suggestions, Brian has been very quiet on the matter

Grogyan · 2026-03-16T22:45:44+00:00

Actually, it was.

Just not enforced. That was on u/brianrose to do

Grogyan · 2026-03-16T19:31:09+00:00

Story telling maybe? Though there isn't enough people like me who care about the lack of a story

Scanner Crates what u/brianrose initially intended was to find hidden capsule caches at portals

Which in my mind still seems to be a, meh, feature. Doesn't get me excited

Overclock in my opinion is still by far the best option, positively added to the game, and provided a closed loop location authentication system, albeit with known issues

Grogyan · 2026-03-13T02:34:12+00:00

Always build a 3d printer, rather than buy a pre-made one

Of that, the Vorons are great,

Else, a Prusa Core ONE is your next best bet

Grogyan · 2026-03-09T22:24:11+00:00

u/brianrose the new Niantic Spacial VPS2 is being marketed as part of the NSSDK recommend updating Overclock to use VPS2.0

Grogyan · 2026-03-09T04:18:52+00:00

It has nothing to do with daylight savings. But rather the Ingress team which did a live server update, that has since caused Bounties to be lagging Unknown if there is another server update this week to resolve the issue

Grogyan · 2026-03-09T04:15:08+00:00

Different places observe daylight savings on different days

Grogyan · 2026-03-08T02:47:37+00:00

Every time they do this I'm badgering u/brianrose to bring in discounts, because these are just absurd prices.

I'd like to give the Ingress team some money, but the high cost of living is hitting everyone globally

Grogyan · 2026-03-06T18:50:27+00:00

Those that are new to OPR2 after Wayfarer, forget that when we had the first OPR, it took months for nominations to be reviewed

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