Ingress Updates [ENG]

The Scanner is currently experiencing some issues related to Bounties and tasks not counting. Niantic is aware and is investigating.

Source: https://t.me/NianticOfficial/697

UPDATE: Agents are reporting that the Bounties have caught up again and are now once again counting.

@IUENG

⚠️ Our Korean members reported that Niantic changed one of the locations of the upcoming Shard Skirmish Events from Gwangju to Goyang, South Korea due to the latter also hosting a Mission Day on April 27th!

The city of Goyang will therefore host these two events on the same day.

Many thanks to Agent @fallblossom for the heads-up! We have updated the previous post accordingly!

@IUENG

Niantic has released a statement clarifying some of the rules for the upcoming Buried Memories Series. The main clarifications were regarding the Immunity Window Instability, which we previously reported about. (The previous post will be updated)

Niantic has clarified that the “Current Immunity Period” will be modified, globally, approximately every 30 minutes, affecting all portals immediately, regardless of when they were last flipped.

When a Portal flip is attempted using a Jarvis Virus or ADA Refactor, the time of the last flip will be compared to the “Current Immunity Period”, not the Immunity Period from the time of the last flip.

Here is a practical example:
-At time 15:00:00 the immunity period is set to be 50 minutes.
- An Agent successfully flips a Portal at 15:22:00.
- At 15:30:00, the Immunity Period changes to be 10 minutes long. Since the last flip happened 8 minutes ago, 2:00 minutes of immunity remain.
- At 15:31:00, an Agent attempts to flip the Portal again. The flip fails since one more minute of immunity remains.
- At 15:32:01, an Agent attempts to flip the Portal again. The flip succeeds.

ADA Refactors and Jarvis Viruses will be expended during both failed and successful flip attempts, as usual.

Source: https://ingress.com/news/2024-buriedmem#fliptime-rules

@IUENG

Bonus Week and in-app Store

The Buried Memories Bonus Week will start on Friday June 21st @ 16:00 UTC and will end on Monday, July 1st @ 16:00 UTC.

During this period, the following bonus will be in effect for all players:

🔸All actions will yield 1.331x AP
🔸Hacks on friendly Portals will yield 1.331x amount of gear

In the in-app store, the following packs will be available for purchase from May 17th to June 30th:

🔸 Buried Memories Loadout Kit with Jahan 2024 medal (30.800 CMU)
🔸Buried Memories Loadout Kit with Jack Norman 2024 medal (30.800 CMU)
🔸Limited-time Buried Memories Supporter medal kit with Buried Memories: Supporter medal (30.800 CMU)

Source: https://ingress.com/news/2024-buriedmem#bonusweek-n-iap

@IUENG

Portal Immunity Instability

For Shard Skirmishes and Anomaly Events, a new mechanic will be introduced to vary the immunity periods on Portals flipped with ADA Refactors or Jarvis Viruses.

Starting times
Shard Skirmishes: approx. 13:15 local time of first city
Anomaly Events: approx. 13:00 local time of first city
Ending times
Shard Skirmishes: approx. 17:45 local time of last city
Anomaly Events: approx. 18:00 local time of last city

During these windows, the “Current Immunity Period” will be modified, globally, approximately every 30 minutes, affecting all portals immediately, regardless of when they were last flipped. Immunity times will vary between 5 and 55 minutes.

When a Portal flip is attempted using a Jarvis Virus or ADA Refactor, the time of the last flip will be compared to the “Current Immunity Period”, not the Immunity Period from the time of the last flip.

Here is a practical example:
-At time 15:00:00 the immunity period is set to be 50 minutes.
- An Agent successfully flips a Portal at 15:22:00.
- At 15:30:00, the Immunity Period changes to be 10 minutes long. Since the last flip happened 8 minutes ago, 2:00 minutes of immunity remain.
- At 15:31:00, an Agent attempts to flip the Portal again. The flip fails since one more minute of immunity remains.
- At 15:32:01, an Agent attempts to flip the Portal again. The flip succeeds.

ADA Refactors and Jarvis Viruses will be expended during both failed and successful flip attempts, as usual.

Nobody will be able to know these values before or during the event.
The list of values will be released after the conclusion of each event. A hash of this list will be released prior to each event, to verify that all values were pre-planned.

Source: https://ingress.com/news/2024-buriedmem#fliptime-rules

@IUENG

Buried Memories Anomaly sites
Agents will battle over the control of 4 cities during three separate days.

May 18th: Naha, Japan 🇯🇵
May 25th: Chicago, IL, USA 🇺🇸
June 15th: Kuching, Malaysia 🇲🇾 and Budapest, Hungary 🇭🇺

The rules for the Anomaly Site Battle Beacons haven't changed much, but there are some variations to the Shard Battle rules. Each Anomaly Site is worth up to 200 Season Points.

Anomaly Zone Battle Beacons
🔸 6 Battle Beacon waves in 3 hours, one every 30 minutes.
🔸 Each Battle Beacon is worth 2+3+4 = 9 points, based on checkpoints won.
🔸Battle category does not affect the score.
🔸Volatile Battle Beacons are worth 3x the base points.
🔸The maximum score for each faction from any of the Battle Beacon waves during the Anomaly Period is their raw score. 93 points are divided in proportion to the raw score, rounded to 1 decimal.

Flash Shards Challenge
🔸NEW: 78 Shards and 4 Target Portals will manifest over the course of the Anomaly
🔸Shards jump via L4+ links every 10 minutes starting at 14:15 local time.
🔸A new batch of 13 Shards is generated every 30 minutes starting at 14:06 local time.
🔸NEW: Shards will attempt 3 jumps before de-spawning
🔸NEW: The first 4 shards per wave secured on a Faction's Target Portal score 1 point, regardless of which faction controls the target portal at that time. Any additional Shards after the 4th for the same wave on the same target portal scores 0 points.
🔸NEW: The maximum score for each faction from any of the Shard waves is their raw score. 93 points are divided in proportion to the raw score, rounded to 1 decimal.

GORUCK Stealth Ops and Urban Ops
These challenges will divide 7 points each to the Factions, based on the final score of each Event.

🎖 Earn the Buried Memories Anomaly Medal by interacting with at least 5 NIA Battle Beacons deployed in the Anomaly Zone. This medals is different from the "Buried Memories: Global Op" medal that can be gained from the Global Op.

⚠ Portal Immunity for ADA Refactors and Jarvis Viruses will experience instability globally during Anomaly Events. This mechanic will be explained in a future post.

Source: https://ingress.com/news/2024-buriedmem#site-rules

@IUENG

Shard Skirmishes

These are hour-long Shard based operations in which Agents will score points by moving 13 Shards over links longer than 250m.

The events will take place in the following days:
🔸April 27th: 25 APAC cities
🔸May 11th: 25 EMEA cities
🔸June 8th: 25 AMER cities

Shards will manifest in three waves of 3, 4 and 6 Shards every 15 minutes starting at 16:00 local time, and will attempt to jump once 15 minutes after their spawn.

Each shard which completes a jump greater than 250m will score 0.5 Season Points for the Faction owning the link. The maximum amount of points obtainable at one of these events is therefore 6.5.

Cities where these events will take place will be revealed 10 days before the start of the event. Two days before the start of the event, the 13 spawn portals will be revealed.

🎖 Earn the Buried Memories Anomaly Medal by Interacting with the Battle Beacons spawned by NiaSection14 18 minutes before the planned Shard Jump time and by Hacking the Shard Portals. Remote support WILL NOT earn the medal.

⚠ Portal Immunity for ADA Refactors and Jarvis Viruses will experience instability globally during Shard Skirmishes. This mechanic will be explained in a future post.

Source: https://ingress.com/news/2024-buriedmem#skirmish-rules

@IUENG

The creators of the recent Ingress Report revealed themselves! Huge thanks to @KodBilenAdam and @Katvinci for their great work! They have shared a message from them with us in our discussion group:

We're overjoyed with the positive response to our fan-made Ingress Report. It's been a labor of love from us, reflecting our deep appreciation for the Ingress game and its amazing community.

Your support inspires us to continue creating and contributing to the Ingress community. Thank you for embracing our project with open arms. We're excited for more adventures and successes in the world of Ingress!

Stay tuned for more Ingress Report 😎

Best,
Agent KodBilen & Agent Katvinci

You can also find more designs from @Katvinci in her channel @KatvinciDesign. We look forward to the next episode!

@IUENG