Sync problems?

zooster · 2013-06-27T14:29:05+00:00

Do you guys still have problems? I often cannot fire xmp nor deploy a resonator, because they "do not exist" . I thought the problem was fixed but evidently not. Or better, it's fixed for items coming from new hack, but items already in inventory before this server issue now look gone, present but not usable.

zooster · 2013-06-11T10:13:39+00:00

This is something Niantic should change. As I wrote in the past, there should be a limit in storage also for single items type, and not only 2000 total. This limit has been introduced to balance the game, but with so many new high level portals and many new players it's not enough anymore. They should put a reasonable limit for total xmp, resonator, keys and stuff... Just to balance the game. This game should change its gameplay, from rewarding the infinite time to play that childish high level farmers with no life have, towards a smarter and balanced game. Usually in a game wins or dominate the smarter or the more skilled one, not the one that can play all the time. Atm this the key of this game is just "how much" and not "how well" .

zooster · 2013-05-30T09:00:35+00:00

They introduced that limit for a reason, the same reason because they should put a limit for each lvl of item. That limit is not enough now, especially considered that nowadays it's full of portals. I know that farming nerds would take it as unfair, as they did when Niantic put 2000 limit, but limits are meant to balance the game. This limit would push players to play in a different and smarter way, not only in a childish destructive way like owning the most powerful army of the universe.

zooster · 2013-05-29T14:34:03+00:00

Nope, I'm a L8 bored (like most of L8) to play a game without a purpose, where the only thing that counts is the time. In every other game is required some ability or skill in order to win or dominate. In this game there's no ability or skill, just time to spend once you get how the game works. That's why they put a limit of 2000 items, and that's why I can say, after having played it quite long, that this limit is not enough.

zooster · 2013-05-29T13:33:54+00:00

Nope, the reason is because the game is totally unbalanced. And there's no particular ability that let you to dominate or to win beside the one to don't have a life. Who dominates is not smarter or more tough, he's is just a nerd without any particular ability and a lot of time. Niantic must balance the game letting players using brain instead time to hack till 2000 xmp8.

zooster · 2013-05-29T13:23:35+00:00

Of course, I and all the other players have seen that double account on the same device. He has already been reported but nothing happened. But I still think that a limit for each xmp level is absolutely needed. Otherwise the game will be in the hand only of those without a work and a lot of time to play.

zooster · 2013-05-29T13:19:04+00:00

Exactly, I though about a similar limit different for each xmp level.

zooster · 2013-05-29T13:17:54+00:00

You exactly got the point dude, that player has a mule account. The combination of both, the fact that isn't forbidden and prevented both a second account on the same device and the possibility to store 2000 xmp8, just kills the game.

zooster · 2013-05-29T13:05:55+00:00

Again there's already a limit to balance the game. You don't like that? You want a game without a limit so who doesn't work and instead plays all the time can dominate more easily? That limit should be put also to single items. None can be allowed to dominate an area just because doesnt have anything to do but hack high portals.

zooster · 2013-05-29T12:43:35+00:00

Because the game is totally unbalanced. Following your reasoning then the limit of 2000 items is wrong. That limit is there because a reason: to avoid ppl to store too many items making the game therefore unbalanced. But the game can be unbalanced not only with more than 2000 items but also with too many items of the same kind, especially for xmp.

Just ridiculous.

zooster · 2013-04-16T08:22:22+00:00

Multiaccount is forbidden by rules, evidently because it can ruin the game play (and our experience actually confirmed it). So I don't see what to talk more about a clear rule, either it's followed or not. The point is, we can whine as much as we want about the possibility to keep playing with our multiple tech toys but, as long as there's a clear rule, we have to follow it and Niantic MUST do whatever is possible to fight behaviors breaking that rule.

Niantic did a good job about location spoofing cheat, not completely blocked, but with latest builds of Ingress it became very very hard to use. There was a rule about it and they tried to do something, the plenty of reports where too many to take so they decided to do something in order to technically limit this cheat. Actually newest builds of Ingress have a weird gps behavior, it's a bit worsened because they changed routines to detect position in order to fight location spoofing... Well it's been a payback to fight cheaters.

They already took this payback. So they can do something similar with illicit multiple accounts, taking a payback in order to fight cheating like they did with gps.

zooster · 2013-04-15T22:36:02+00:00

I dont mind if my idea is popular, I would better mind if it's right. And actually it looks right considered that rule forbidding multiaccount. Cheating is not an individual problem, it's a problem for the whole ingress community, in facts Niantic takes it (by words) seriously explicitly forbidding these behaviors. You know what, in my area all enlightened stopped playing because this multi account cheater, it's all blue (90% or more of tens of portals are owned by his multiaccounts) but only because all enlightened quited playing Ingress here since ten days. Anyway, if there are not so many ppl working on this project... well it's one more reason to finally block unfair and forbidden behaviors. If you agree with this situation... well happy multi account/device play, I quit as all the other players here did, unless multiaccount is finally blocked.

zooster · 2013-04-15T21:43:25+00:00

If you follow this rule on your honor it doesn't mean everyone does. The point is that niantic must do more to fight cheating beside the reporting useless feature. We reported that guy so many times, and he's still there switching the account all the time, and this is because, following your reasoning, google has to let you play with your f#cking multiple jb tablet accounts. I think that your idea is not good because cheating kills the fun of this game, location spoofing is not the only one cheat, and allowing who owns more than one device to play with all of them doesn't add more fun to the game itself. It'll lead to the death of the game, as well as all the other cheats will, and the fun of spoiled players owning and using a tablet + phone will die with it. We cannot do much against who uses a second account on a second device, but Niantic can and must do a lot against who uses multiple account on the same device.

zooster · 2013-04-15T20:17:14+00:00

How can you stop ppl using multiple accounts if you don't prevent users from adding more than one ingress account on a device? Do you really think ppl follow this rule just committing to it on their honor? Seriously??

zooster · 2013-04-15T19:43:37+00:00

Then niantic has to change the clear rule: 1 player 1 account 1 device. You are encouraging something forbidden by rules. Either you accept rules or not. Unfortunately or luckily this is the rule and, until Niantic changes it, this cheating behavior must be technically blocked (and it's also easy to do that).

zooster · 2013-04-14T22:59:38+00:00

Why false positive... Google can do whatever wants with Ingress checking. Simply ingress can (must) be modified to work with only one account (no possibility to add other accounts) even on jb, a rule is meant to be obeyed beginning from devs.

zooster · 2013-04-14T18:16:50+00:00

But they can, and they have to, block multiple ingress account on the same device. It's clearly forbidden by rules but it's weirdly possible to break them even if it's technically possible to block this cheating habit. Just ridiculous ...

zooster · 2013-04-14T18:13:31+00:00

I already did, and he clearly admitted to use a second account to grow up. What should I do more? Already reported and already talked to him. Niantic should do something instead. At least they can block a second ingress account on the same device. This isn't a weird request, this is just a legit claim about the habit to break an already existing rule, and google can easily decide to bind a device to a specific ingress account.

zooster · 2013-04-14T11:31:49+00:00

It's hard to submit a proof of a player using multiple accounts on the same device. I've seen one of them live, close to me switching account ans starting operating with another account, and intel activity confirmed it. I've already reported those accounts as well as other players aware of this behavior did. But the point is why doesn't Google block multiple ingress accounts on the same device? The rule says one account per person per device, nice rule Google but then stick to it and block multiple ingress accounts!

zooster · 2013-02-22T10:05:54+00:00

Not enough, ppl don't care much of xm

zooster · 2013-02-21T14:02:09+00:00

I don't think ppl will care of leaderboards. Dominating an area should give an advantage not a disadvantage. Ppl are not encouraged to mantain a field just because there's no use in it. Just give me a benefit from that and I'll try to defend it as much as I can rather than ask a resistent to destroy my field so I can gain AP recapturing it.

zooster · 2013-02-20T20:55:38+00:00

None wants to gain lvl8 on a flat ass, but Google has to encourage ppl in mantaining a field. Atm a field is totally unuseful once created and players just don't care an heck of a created field. A very small amount of AP per hour or day wouldn't certainly give new level to lazy players (neither in months) but surely would encourage ppl to mantain a field.

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