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DrBouvenstein posted:Yeah, that's what I thought. I live in Burlington, VT. It wouldn't surprise me if there wasn't anything here. To some people, 60,000 is still considered a "small town."  Looks to be dominated by the Resistance. I see one Enlightened portal on the corner of University Road.
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30.5 Days posted:What's the action around Plano, TX look like?  There are 4 Resistance portals around the intersection of K Ave and Bicycle Route 18, right above 'Plano' in that picture.
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| # ? Dec 11, 2012 00:04 |
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So how does one level up in this? My understanding of the game process is: Establish/reinforce portals or attack enemy portals until the resonators break and you can capture it. Link portals. Reinforce portals. But which actions gain experience? If I hack a portal on my way to work and back do I get any xp off that? Do I get any for attacking it once in passing? Or do I need to hack for a while, build up some ammo, and then try to find the nearest l1 portal and make a field trip to bring it down?
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| # ? Dec 11, 2012 00:05 |
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Nehru the Damaja posted:So how does one level up in this? You gain experience by hacking portals (regardless of who owns it), deploying gear, destroying gear, creating links, creating fields.
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| # ? Dec 11, 2012 00:08 |
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Any significant activity in the Bel Air, Maryland area?
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| # ? Dec 11, 2012 01:15 |
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Maker Of Shoes posted:You gain experience by hacking portals (regardless of who owns it), deploying gear, destroying gear, creating links, creating fields. Little caveat: You don't gain experience for just blasting XM at a portal with resonators you can't really take down. In fact, you lose XM, and perfectly good XM Blasters. So don't think "That huge portal might not be taken down if I shoot at it, but I'll get some sick AP!" Go for it only if it's weak or has small (level 1-2) resonators.
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| # ? Dec 11, 2012 01:58 |
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Would love to know the activity in Montreal, QC Seems like an interesting game.
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| # ? Dec 11, 2012 02:13 |
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The best way to level up early on is basically to go make a whole bunch of links. Often someone will capture a bunch of portals, but won't be able to set up all the links between them. Finishing those links is a good chunk of experience, especially if they make some fields. Other good things to do are to add resonators to friendly portals (basically do this whenever you see a free spot), or flip low-level and already-damaged portals.
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| # ? Dec 11, 2012 02:19 |
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Linking seems to be the best way to get AP. Destroying resonators is some, as is hacking, but not nearly the same level.
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| # ? Dec 11, 2012 02:22 |
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I hope this moves to iOS for me. In the mean time, how does Ocala, Florida look? I doubt the area I live in about 45 min out would ever have any sort of activity.
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| # ? Dec 11, 2012 02:45 |
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TVarmy posted:Little caveat: You don't gain experience for just blasting XM at a portal with resonators you can't really take down. In fact, you lose XM, and perfectly good XM Blasters. So don't think "That huge portal might not be taken down if I shoot at it, but I'll get some sick AP!" Go for it only if it's weak or has small (level 1-2) resonators. That's why I said destroying gear. But yeah, links and completing portals are worth decent points. Fields being the best.
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| # ? Dec 11, 2012 02:51 |
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Iceman2343 posted:Any significant activity in the Bel Air, Maryland area?  That link to the southeast goes to the Post Office near the intersection of Singer Rd and 924. The closest Resistance are independently in Aberdeen and Perry Hill. Migishu posted:Would love to know the activity in Montreal, QC  For what it's worth, Ottawa is heavily dominated by the Resistance.
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| # ? Dec 11, 2012 02:51 |
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Ularg posted:I hope this moves to iOS for me. In the mean time, how does Ocala, Florida look? I doubt the area I live in about 45 min out would ever have any sort of activity. Only a few Lv1 portals of the Resistance, no controlled territory. Strong Resistance presence from Daytona to Orlando to St. Petersburg as well as Gainsville. The Enlightened have Kissimme (SP?)/ St. Cloud and Merritt Islands.
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| # ? Dec 11, 2012 02:56 |
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Vander posted:Only a few Lv1 portals of the Resistance, no controlled territory. Strong Resistance presence from Daytona to Orlando to St. Petersburg as well as Gainsville. The Enlightened have Kissimme (SP?)/ St. Cloud and Merritt Islands. Neat. I guess I'm lucky because the turnpike puts a lot of cities close to me. And having friends in Daytona and Orlando, and work in Gainsville and sometimes Miami helps give me a reason to nerd out. Come to iOS, damnit.
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| # ? Dec 11, 2012 03:02 |
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I don't recall signing up for this, but I got an invite, logged in, played for a few hours and then my android phone completely died. Clearly this was sabotage by the Resistance. I kind of want to load this up on my tablet, but there's probably no point, since I'd be tethered to wifi locations.
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| # ? Dec 11, 2012 03:33 |
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Liska posted:I don't recall signing up for this, but I got an invite, logged in, played for a few hours and then my android phone completely died. Tether it to your phone. Your carrier won't catch it since all they'll see is Android data.
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| # ? Dec 11, 2012 03:36 |
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Liska posted:I don't recall signing up for this, but I got an invite, logged in, played for a few hours and then my android phone completely died. Ingress will drain your phone obscenely fast. Right now I'm operating out of the DC area, and one of the biggest problems is getting your phone to realize you're close enough to a portal to hit it. Tall buildings really mess things up. If anyone wants a SS of their area, I can contribute.
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| # ? Dec 11, 2012 03:50 |
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Vander posted:
Thanks!
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| # ? Dec 11, 2012 04:04 |
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Phaerus posted:If anyone wants a SS of their area, I can contribute. Can I get a SS of Greenwich, CT?
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| # ? Dec 11, 2012 04:37 |
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30.5 Days posted:What's the action around Plano, TX look like? I'm in downtown Dallas/Deep Ellum and just hit level 5. A big hunk of Plano is held by Enlightened and if you are wanting stuff to do, Resistance is losing in the area as a whole. There are a few Enlightened guys who have gone all over the metroplex and one guy hit level 8 before everyone else. E: this should be in the OP - http://www.ingressfieldguide.com/co...ngress-bootcamp One particularly important page: http://www.ingressfieldguide.com/co...portals-linking That shows the max # of resonators of the same level a player can place on a portal as well as the max link distances allowed depending on the portal's level. When you're working on an unclaimed portal, click on upgrade instead of deploy so you can select what level resonators you want to use. Keep in mind you only gain AP for the first resonator placed, not for upgrades, so you have to be cognizant of how you're using your resources once you gain levels. Also, place your resonators when you're at maximum range outside of the portal, that way they are spread out. Another key mechanic to understand especially if you're in an area with a ton of portals closeby each other and possibility for lots of links: You'll inevitably run into an enemy portal with only a single resonator after an enemy's gone and wiped out a friendly; particularly if it's got a bunch of linked control fields. Now why they go and do that? Read up and learn how to capitalize on it. air- fucked around with this message at Dec 11, 2012 around 05:15 |
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air- posted:
Done. Chobdab posted:Can I get a SS of Greenwich, CT?  Stanford is a hotbed of Resistance activity... Vander fucked around with this message at Dec 11, 2012 around 06:26 |
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air- posted:Another key mechanic to understand especially if you're in an area with a ton of portals closeby each other and possibility for lots of links: You'll inevitably run into an enemy portal with only a single resonator after an enemy's gone and wiped out a friendly; particularly if it's got a bunch of linked control fields. Now why they go and do that? Read up and learn how to capitalize on it. "That Linked Post posted:You may not realize it, but [a high level dude dominating your poo poo is] doing you a favor. That's really interesting. It seems to me that the best plan for leveling is to get into a pack and find the densest area you can get to and just patrol. If you can spin it, get an opposite pack to do the same thing and just e-brawl it out!
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| # ? Dec 11, 2012 06:20 |
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How does Madrid look? I wonder if this'll catch up here... Edit: and Caracas? I wonder if there's a single guy Brave enough to chase invisible portals with his expensive phone in a city where they'd rob you just for taking a call in you old Nokia Hugoon Chavez fucked around with this message at Dec 11, 2012 around 07:30 |
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Vander posted:That's really interesting. It seems to me that the best plan for leveling is to get into a pack and find the densest area you can get to and just patrol. If you can spin it, get an opposite pack to do the same thing and just e-brawl it out! Besides dense areas, watch the map for weak portals with lots of links. One weakness of Enlightened having really large fields here means it's inevitable that they can't maintain them all. I drove to a completely decayed L1 portal the other day with 7 links. Only needed a L3 XMP to finish it and that was a 7k AP and more importantly, a 13.6k MU gain. I can't wait to turn Houston more blue over Christmas.
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| # ? Dec 11, 2012 11:58 |
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Are there any portals at all in UK? More specifically, Wales?
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| # ? Dec 11, 2012 12:34 |
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Conot posted:Are there any portals at all in UK? More specifically, Wales? From what I can tell, I do know London is pretty active. Someone had posted about taking out 75 resonators in a single block  Wales: I see some in Cardiff. The Intel map can look up pretty specific locations (almost like Google Maps) so we can really zoom in if you're curious.
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WhiteHowler posted:Is there a specific faction that Goons are tending toward? I know it doesn't matter much since we're spread out geographically, but it would be fun to all be working toward the same goal. I started a week ago and joined the Enlightened  . Since the second day of walking around of not knowing what I was doing I put in a request to join the Resistance. Crossing my fingers they accept. Most of the portals around me are Enlightened so I will get to do some damage.TLDR: It seems like most goons are joining the Resistance as well.
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| # ? Dec 11, 2012 18:34 |
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Another resistance goon here. Not sure what it's like in other areas, but it seems like currently everyone is in a rush to level up and not a lot of coordination is happening between player. Most of the high level players in my area are just destroying the highest concentration of portals and not even bothering to make links. A big part of my strategy has been to farm enough high level resonators so that when I do attack an area I can upgrade the portals to the max. This has cut down on the churn for key portals around me as enemies focus on easier targets. Also, your distance from the portal determines the distance of the resonators you place so always place resonators when your just barely within range, GPS gods permitting. I took over one portal and was able to get resonators on both sides of a highway, good luck with that enlightened.
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| # ? Dec 11, 2012 19:39 |
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If someone invites me I will suck their e-peen
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| # ? Dec 11, 2012 21:15 |
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readwrite posted:[...]an Ingress player in Ohio was detained by police for his in-game actions. Specifically, he was "hacking a portal" near a police station. His phone had technical difficulties, which led him to linger by the portal/police station for a bit, catching the eye of local law enforcement and leading to the detention. They found all this out on reddit so grain of salt and what not. The police should of beat the poo poo out of them and do that world a favor. Also what does Glen Burnie, Maryland look like? I wouldn't want to travel all the way to The Wire to
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Shadowlz posted:The police should of beat the poo poo out of them and do that world a favor. Woah, let's not be hasty. Were they enlightened or resistance?
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| # ? Dec 11, 2012 21:46 |
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30.5 Days posted:Woah, let's not be hasty. Were they enlightened or resistance? Worse, a Redditor.
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| # ? Dec 11, 2012 21:47 |
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I actually ran into a cop last night asking me what I was doing wandering around the streets by the Dallas Museum of Art while it wasn't open. Just faked like I was a lost tourist trying to find the Symphony Center.
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| # ? Dec 11, 2012 21:50 |
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air- posted:I actually ran into a cop last night asking me what I was doing wandering around the streets by the Dallas Museum of Art while it wasn't open. Just faked like I was a lost tourist trying to find the Symphony Center. You should of told him the truth. "I'm hacking portals officer! Can't you see the drat resistance is taking the place over! Use your eyes man!" They should sell special Ingress ski masks and trench coats.
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| # ? Dec 11, 2012 22:07 |
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Heh, I recently captured a portal at a neighboring town's "municipal center." Keep in mind, a municipal center in my town is a bunch of public buildings in one, including places you don't really need to have a reason to be at, like the library, and activity rooms for senior citizens and children. It's also a courtroom, city hall, and the police office. But once I parked there, not really thinking about what else a municipal center is, I started hacking the portal. Looking around, I noticed it was pretty much just a courtroom and the police station. Places people don't just hang out. I got spooked and left before I got my portal key, as I really didn't want to talk to an officer asking why I was hanging out around a courtroom messing with my phone. I'm not a good or creative liar, so I'd just say "  I'm playing a video game from Google that rewards me for being at your place, sir."Admittedly, it was paranoid, but I was seriously thinking what if they thought I was trying to spy on someone in an ongoing legal battle or whatever. So, I'm sticking to post offices and churches, I guess, and I'll let the courthouse one die on the vine. It's in a suburban area, so I'd pretty much have to be on the building's lot. It's not like I could stand close by on the block.
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| # ? Dec 11, 2012 22:30 |
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Vander posted:Looks to be dominated by the Resistance. I see one Enlightened portal on the corner of University Road. So that sort of means right now it makes less sense to join the Resistance if I get in? I mean...wouldn't there be more point opportunities by hacking another team's portals? If 90% of the portals are Resistance, does that give me anything to really do?
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| # ? Dec 12, 2012 01:41 |
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I've only seen it from one side, but I think you'd be better off playing the underdog. It balances the game out, and creates more drama/growth opportunities for both sides, as if one side completely dominates forever, that means all they do is maintain their portals, which is boring. To do new things, you'd have to wander farther and farther outside your town. It helps to be smart about it, though, if your town is dominated. Read the guides online about the dynamics of the game and how to earn AP. I suggest you pick out some weak or unclaimed portals (doesn't matter if they are linked or not, and there are often a few in places with a lot of portals, as it takes time and resources to recharge low-level portals after taking care of the power-hungry big portals), and after spending a while grabbing some XM blasters and resonators, claim a few. I did some dumb stuff just winging the game, because the game doesn't give you much advice beyond "here are the buttons you can press, and this is what they do." I'm not sure I even recall the game giving you the end-goal. I didn't even know what a mind-unit was (person underneath a field) until I read the wiki. Burlington's not that small a city, so I'm betting there's some group of enlightenment online. Ask about it in the chat or on the G+ page for the enlightenment, and coordinate with other people to get stuff done more effectively.
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| # ? Dec 12, 2012 02:03 |
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For your own enjoyment it would be best to join the underdogs in your area. That being said you can switch sides but you have to submit a form and your progress is wiped.
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| # ? Dec 12, 2012 06:11 |
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Oh it's totally the best idea to be an underdog. You just plain get more AP attacking your enemy than defending. Now if you live somewhere real dense with plenty of portals, I doubt they'll be domination and you can easily pic based on your philosophy or whatever. But if you're rural like me, it really pays to be an underdog. Though to be fair, my little community just switched sides based on us Resistance members coordinating. It only took 3-4 of us and the entire town is now ours. So the lay of the land can switch relatively quickly. So it can shift on you pretty quickly.
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Yeah, where I am at the moment basically swaps entirely depending on who most recently did a big push. It's very easy to motivate people to come bash down some portals, not so much for rallying people to defend them. This means that it's usually a better idea to just stockpile resources while hanging on to a few key points, and then go on a big counteroffensive instead of just trying to hold everything.
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