Ingress Updates [ENG]

2022-11-16 17:36:04 As more information is collected about the Machina Portals that are being spotted all around the world, we are trying to research patterns in their behaviour.
To help all Agents in understanding what's up with this new feature in-game, we compiled all our findings and hypotheses in a handy Telegra.ph Post which we can keep up to date.

https://telegra.ph/Machina--Red-Faction-Information-11-15

Our discussion group is open in case you want to discuss your findings on the matter, or if you want to contribute to the document! We are looking forward to hearing your feedback!

P.S. take all info in this article with a grain of salt. When more info will be released by Niantic, we'll let you know!

@IUENG Open / Comment

2022-11-15 22:28:50 Today it's Ingress' 10th birthday! It's officially 10 years since Ingress first released to users.

We would like to congratulate Niantic for this incredible milestone, and we wish our favourite game at least 10 more years of fun adventures and explorations!

A Community Forum Post was made by some Agents to collect gratitude messages for this game and its community! You can contribute here: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/20573/thank-you

@IUENG Open / Comment

2022-11-13 13:44:10 Our dear @SmurfHunter went exploring some of the Red Portals that appeared tonight, and helped gather some more information about their behaviour. Here's what we found out, thanks also to reports from Agents in our Discussion Group!

These Red Portals appear to grow in Level if left untouched, (at a rate to be confirmed) the "plague" spreads to nearby Neutral Portals and Links get created to other Red Portals.
Ever watched the Ingress Anime?
This spread resembles a lot the one seen with Dark XM Portals in some Anime episodes.

Intel
• The Red Faction is called "Machina" on Intel Map data.
• [To Be Confirmed] The new Intel-x Map appears to be faster than the regular Intel

Hacking
• Hacking or Glyph Hacking the Portal yields keys and gear as normal.
• Hacking the Portal has a chance to zap you, which causes the entire XM bar to be depleted. This applies also on Drone hacks!

Attacking/Flipping
• Attacking the Portal causes Resonators of the Portal's level and Portal Shields up to Very Rare, Turrets, Force Amps to be dropped to the ground, along with some Portal Keys. AP gained is 75 AP (150 because of the Event) per Resonator destroyed.
• Using a Jarvis Virus or ADA Refactor on one of these Portals simply neutralizes it, dropping installed Resonators and mods to the ground.
• When a portal is destroyed, no messages pop up in the game alerts, but on the Intel Map the "X destroyed a Resonator on Y" message can be seen.
• Killing a linked Red Portal only destroys the link, does not stop the spread of the "redness"

Linking
• Red links block other Faction's links.
• Red Links appear to be created even over existing Blue or Green Links.
• Red Portals do not follow normal linking rules. Up to 11 links have been spotted originating from a single portal. In this case, the center was a L4 Portal

This post will be updated with anything new that's found by the community!

@IUENG Open / Comment

2022-11-13 06:17:45 Agent @KyasR16 shared video of the Hacking and Capture of a Red Portal.

Apparently, when the Portal is neutralized, Resonators and Portal Mods drop to the ground and are available to pickup.

Based on Agent Reports, they all appear to be L1 Portals and give the same glyph when hacked: "Clear".
They deal 100% XM Damage upon hacking and drop keys along with some gear

@IUENG Open / Comment

2022-11-13 05:59:22 Agents are reporting the appearance of Red Portals in the Ingress Portal Network!
They appear to be controlled by an "Unknown" Agent.

These portals are only visible by visiting a particular Intel Map link: intel-x.ingress.com

These Portals may be related to the previous announcements by Niantic regarding the addition of a new PvE game mode in Ingress. We will share more information about these new Portals whenever possible.

Portal Link

@IUENG Open / Comment

2022-11-13 05:48:59 Results for Phase 1 of the Epiphany Dawn anomaly in Los Angeles, California were announced by Brian Rose at the After Party!

Connected Cells
ENL 50 - 50 RES

Battle Beacons
ENL 565 (120) - (50) 236 RES

Flash Shards
ENL 98 - 18 RES
(No change to the score for missing RES Targets, a similar issue happened in Munich last Anomaly)

TOTAL SCORE
ENL 268 - 118 RES

The Enlightened capture Epiphany Dawn LA! Congratulations!

@IUENG Open / Comment

2022-11-13 03:47:15 The last wave of Battle Beacons ends now and Shards will de-spawn in about 5 minutes. This marks the end of the hostilities on the Los Angeles Playbox!

Congratulations to all Agents who participated in Epiphany Dawn Los Angeles! Enjoy the After-Party!
Scores will be announced live at the venue. We will report them on the channel whenever they're available!

@IUENG Open / Comment

2022-11-13 03:19:53 Only 3 shards remaining to capture and roughly 20 minutes to go!

Agents are confirming that only 10 Resistance Target Portals are visible on the Intel Map, there should be 12.

@IUENG Open / Comment

2022-11-13 03:09:30 In the (probably last) update on the Battle Beacons Challenge, the Enlightened improved their maximum score!

Raw score
ENL 565 - 236 RES
Challenge score
ENL 120 - 50 RES

@IUENG Open / Comment

2022-11-13 02:37:18 The final batch of shards is now in play!

Shards will keep jumping until 16:40 local time (00:40 UTC)!

By the way, am I missing something or there are only 10 RES Targets?

@IUENG Open / Comment