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2022-02-08 12:48:07 For the upcoming Valentines day, Niantic has unlocked the following:
Sunday, 13 February, 17:00 UTC to Tuesday, 15 February, 17:00 UTC.


Glyph sequences filled with love
Higher chance of SoftBank Ultra Link from Portal Hacks
SoftBank Ultra Link Program: Kinetic energy distance reduced from 8km to 4km
Agents will be able to create Links and Fields under Fielded areas (Links will still not be able to cross other Links). As opposed to previous announcement, there will be no limit in length of Link created under Fielded areas


Also available for the duration of this event in the Ingress Store:

limited-time Ingress Valentine's 2022 Medal (2500 CMU)

https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/18171/linking-hearts-with-xm Open / Comment

2022-02-05 01:52:40 Niantic has announced more details regarding #KurezeEffect Phase 2 and the key details are:

Starting now, until Feb 18 1100 UTC, NIA will ornament Portals that will have offical Rare Battle Beacon deployed Feb 19, 14:30 - 17:30 local by NIASection14.
NIASection14 can deploy Rare Battle Beacon more than once during Phase 2.
Battle Beacon Category will have a weight 1-2-3-6-7-8, from CAT-I to CAT-VI.
NIA deployed Battle Beacon will have a further weight of 5, instead of 10 in Phase 1.
Final score of Phase 2 will include global score and Top 10 Region Cells of: Highest points in Total, by RES and by ENL and highest percentage of points by RES and by ENL.

Remember you need 10 Battle Beacon interactions during Jan to Mar for Kureze Effect medal. For more info: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/18111/kureze-effect-the-direction-phase-2 Open / Comment

2022-02-04 05:41:57 Niantic has revealed the design of Second Sunday badge, all 5 tiers included. https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/18119/introducing-the-new-second-sunday-medal Open / Comment

2022-02-02 05:48:59 Niantic has announced #KurezeEffect Phase 2 is happening the weekend of Feb 19. And official Battle Beacons will no longer be tied to specific cities, but at portals with high Agent activity. Stay tuned. https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/18111/kureze-effect-the-direction-phase-2 Open / Comment

2022-02-01 20:06:08 Niantic has posted a 2022 Q1 schedule and outlook, here's what RGNN sumarized for you:

2022 focus:
Adding camera-based AR to Ingress, so Agents will finally see what Portal Scans can bring more to the game and make Ingress more fun
Growing global community, keep recruits, offer Global Challenges, distributed live events including Battle Beacons and more, First Saturday and Second Sunday. Improve New Agent Training.
Make money Including infrastructure optimization.

And some priorities in Q1:
Adventure Sync Weekly Summaries: Summaring Agents’ activity, and offering rewards for level of activity.
Second Sunday: Starting Feb with a new tiered medal pending announcement.
Portal Scan Meter: Set a community goal with a community reward for Portal Scanning, reward all local agents when a set number of Portals Scans are uploaded, to help build 3D map of Portal Network.
Updates to Support Live Ops/Events: More robust tools, working on Mission Days return in Q2
Support and Community Updates: Audit of help center and update the Remy bot. Forums bug fix, Community guidelines update, and Niantic Social

In addition, Thia supplemented on forum that Latency and Anti-Cheat are still actively worked on, and there are more to come, especially Q2: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/18104/discussion-2022-q1-ingress-schedule

Be sure to also check for Q1 Live event schedule: https://t.me/RGNNticker/6372

https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/18105/2022-q1-ingress-schedule Open / Comment

2022-02-01 04:43:43 Black History Month beacons are now available in in-game store. Open / Comment

2022-01-29 20:12:34 Ingress Community Manager Thia has created a repository for some of the researcher content, and it includes some graphics appropriate for missions! Check it out here and check back often to see what is added in this ongoing project. https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/18084/thias-researcher-archive Open / Comment

2022-01-28 19:13:35 Niantic introduced a tiger-themed Medal available for 2500 CMU starting Friday, 28 January 1600 UTC until Friday, 4 February 1600 UTC. https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/18053/celebrating-lunar-new-year-year-of-the-tiger/ Open / Comment

2022-01-27 04:38:19 Niantic introduced a tiger-themed Medal available for 2500 CMU starting Friday, 28 January 1600 UTC until Friday, 4 February 1600 UTC. https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/18053/celebrating-lunar-new-year-year-of-the-tiger/ Open / Comment

2022-01-24 05:40:08 Niantic has updated the score of America cities of #KurezeEffect:

Asunción, Paraguay - ENL 23,900 vs 8,390 RES
Atlanta, GA, USA - ENL 14,970 vs 3,150 RES
Boston, MA, USA - ENL 14,340 vs 40,510 RES
Philadelphia, PA, USA - ENL 16,540 vs 36,550 RES
Austin, TX, USA - ENL 17,800 vs 1,420 RES
Chicago, IL, USA - ENL 11,260 vs 8,200 RES
Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico - ENL 13,140 vs 18,550 RES
Minneapolis, MN, USA - ENL 25,470 vs 4,480 RES
New Orleans, LA, USA - ENL 17,880 vs 3,230 RES
Albuquerque, NM, USA - ENL 6,040 vs 1,310 RES
Phoenix, AZ, USA - ENL 17,200 vs 300 RES
Salt Lake City, UT, USA - ENL 3,120 vs 15,740 RES
Las Vegas, NV, USA - ENL 8,940 vs 6,310 RES
San Diego, CA, USA - ENL 26,610 vs 10,540 RES
Vancouver, BC, Canada - ENL 3,760 vs 13,430 RES

https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/17974/kureze-effect-the-formation-phase-1-interim-report/p1

Phase 1 final report page is also now online, pending content: https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/18017/kureze-effect-the-formation-phase-1-final-report Open / Comment