January - March 2024 Schedule [Discussion]
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Agents, your attention: The schedule for covert operations in January, February, and March is now established. Additional directives and detailed intelligence for each operation will be disseminated as you approach the execution dates. Stay alert.
January
6 December 2023 to 6 January 2024: Operation Chronos
- Stay prepared for new directives
6 January: First Saturday (#IngressFS)
- Register through Fev Games
14 January: Second Sunday (#Ingress2S)
- Event takes place from 00:00 to 23:59 LOCAL time
- Complete any 6 unique Ingress Missions to increase your Second Sunday medal by 1 count
February
3 February: First Saturday (#IngressFS)
- Register through Fev Games
11 February: Second Sunday (#Ingress2S)
- Event takes place from 00:00 to 23:59 LOCAL time
- Complete any 6 unique Ingress Missions to increase your Second Sunday medal by 1 count
17 February: XM Anomaly - Sites: Adelaide, Santiago
March
2 March: First Saturday (#IngressFS)
- Register through Fev Games
10 March: Second Sunday (#Ingress2S)
- Event takes place from 00:00 to 23:59 LOCAL time
- Complete any 6 unique Ingress Missions to increase your Second Sunday medal by 1 count
16 March: XM Anomaly - Sites: Macau, Porto
On XM Anomalies 2024
NIA Researchers have detected XM signals indicating Anomalies on the following dates:
- 17 February 2024 @Adelaide, Santiago
- 16 March 2024 @Macau, Porto
- 18 May 2024 @Naha, Chicago
- 15 June 2024 @Kuching, Budapest
On Ingress 2sDay
The Ingress 2sDay #Ingress2sDay events feature a double AP bonus every Tuesday, 4pm to 9pm local time until further notice.
On Ingress First Saturdays
Please be reminded that beginning Jan 6, 2024 the First Saturday medal will be awarded to in-person participants only.
On Ingress Second Sundays
The Ingress Second Sunday #Ingress2S events were deployed to foster reconnaissance and exploration. We are now advancing this operation by integrating diverse methods for medal acquisition. Until March, completing 6 unique Missions remains effective. However, be prepared for an alternate array of challenges in subsequent Second Sundays.
On Ingress Mission Days
Apply to host a Mission Day here!
Agents, your input and recommendations have been invaluable and continue to shape our strategies.
Remain vigilant at all times. When engaging in XM investigations and operations, adherence to local health and security protocols is imperative.
For current intelligence on Ingress field activities and operational enhancements, consult Ingress Newsregularly. Stay informed, stay prepared.
— Ingress
Comments
Operation Chronos
Expectations: Agent Ops
Reality: Overclock Challenge
I really hope Operation Chronos is not scanning
Looks like agent ops will not come anytime soon atleast not before q1 ugh so besides chronos nothing really to look forward
Once again nothing to get excited about other than the community created events unless you've got £100s to travel for anomalies.
They need try new formats of challenges to attract new players not just the standard FS and SS, its already for sure it will be less anomalies next year for some reason the sites go down from 3 to 2 why....
Not sure why agent ops is so delayed cant they just take the code from the other games they all run on unity anyways
100% ingress needs new engaging content , shake up the cell score mechanics, make Quad shielded portals decay x3 as fast, change the game dynamics to make it more engaging. Its so stale these days
I was thinking maybe instead of x2 Tuesday, have the time period dedicated to an unique gameplay.
Like for the month of January, the 4-9 pm Tuesday period allows agents to deploy 4 mods. (x2 AP wouldn't be a thing here)
For February, agents can throw 16 links (x2 the normal amount) out from portals.
and so on
That’s interesting. I always hoped we would get a Community Day style thing with a focus to that. Kind of like “January 17th - Shield Your Will - Boosted drops of Portal Shields, boosted appearance of Shield glyph in hacks.”
Exactly , right now they just assume people need AP...I don't know many agents who need it...just the ones with 500m ap
Seems to be lost on Brian or whoever makes these decisions. I think part of the problem is part of the player base is old school and threatens to leave anytime there is even a small change to traditional gameplay. Then the other half who are newer or just want something more engaging. Trying to keep both sides happy doesn't sound easy or fun.
But, I think the game will continue to struggle if they don't evolve with who is playing the game and who COULD play the game, meaning, the game needs to evolve with the world of mobile gaming. If Brian thinks a couple of worldwide events a year, the same played out FS/SS events each month and some anomalies most people can't afford to attend is the way to take this game into the future, well, that's just mind-boggling to me.
There is a reason games like clash of clans, survivor.io, PoGo and candy crush keep people hooked, because they keep folks engaged and they add features, switch things up, remove things that aren't working, etc. They keep a good pulse of what's actually relevant and what people are spending their time doing. That all seems to be missing from Ingress. I know the games I mentioned are somewhat different, but I think the analogy works. I'm sure those devs can produce stats, their community specialist type folks can look at their feeds/forums and they can all sit down and go, players seems to love this, but this doesn't seem to be working. Okay, lets divert attention here. Unfortunately, as well, I'm guessing big daddy niantic is saying, hey, get those Ingress Agents (employees) to scan more and make more wayspots. We need more data, don't worry about upgrading missions or drones, they work well enough.
I don't envision Niantic making any serious strides at actually making this game any more fun or engaging to play than it is right now. It's clear @NianticBrian is perfectly content with "that's the way we've always done it" and hoping he can keep developing the scanning aspect of this game so by the time he completely lets Ingress fall to the wayside, he'll have something else he can jump over to.
Would be nice if they'd change the day and make it a weekend, maybe like during the actual day itself? Winter is here, most parks close at dark, which is getting to be around 5pm currently. Makes even using that double AP harder and harder. Not to mention colder and colder here. If they had it middle of the day on Saturday or Sunday, say 10 AM to 2 PM or 11 AM to 3 PM it would be pretty darn nice and likely more useful to more agents.
Agree, at winter u could care less to play for some extra ap