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[Sowelu]

A coworker's invite expired (??) before he could send it to me.  At this point I will happily exchange a small gifted Steam game for a shiny invite code...

[PTTG??]

This thread looks only mostly dead...

I just started playing last month because I finally got a smartphone. It's actually kind of fun, although a bit grindy. The only real problem I have is I live in the middle of nowhere, so I have to drive to find any portals at all.

[Mattk50]

i tried this briefly. The game mechanics are crap, the fact that its an ARG doesn't make up for it.

[puke]

It is simple, basically a kind of king-of-the-hill.

There are some good balance mechanics, like it is better for everyone if portals change hands, but there are still different advantages if you only have friendly or enemy portals to hack.

The defensive and utilitarian upgrades give it some more legs, but really it is best if you can combine it with exercise like a walk or run.  or taking your dog out, or riding the bus.

I have not gotten into the social aspect, but I guess that meetups and events are what keep the long tetm players coming back.

The new "mission" feature is cool, but maybe only large cities or places with high level players have these?

I don't think invites are needed any more, but PM me if you want one.

[Rolan7]

Anyone coming to Abaddon in Charlotte, NC?  Or doing Abaddon in general?

I mostly stopped playing when I hit level 8, but a friend of mine is still absolutely crazy about it.  I like walking around hacking portals, and the linking mechanics are pretty neat, but I don't really care for attacking.

And the mechanics go to complete hell when you have two groups "fighting" over a portal.  As best as I can tell, it's very heavily dependent on refreshing the screen (through undocumented techniques) to "see" that a resonator is missing, because otherwise you can't place it.  Or when attacking, refreshing to see that the portal is ever-so-momentarily grey.  It's incredibly dependent on connection speed, lag, and the gimmicky UI.  If it's supposed to give victory to the side with the most items, it *sorta* works for that, but it's also possible to steal a win based on the netcode.

I'm thinking that Pokemon Go will have much better PVP...  Probably better coop as well.

Any event advice would be appreciated though, my last event was Helios I think.  I don't have hundreds of max-level items, but from what I remember I can still help (and get crazy XP AP and badge progress).

[miauw62]

Got this, picked resistance, my hometown portals are all enlightened :v

[Rolan7]

That's actually good for you! They give almost as much stuff plus XP for hacking.

Ur team sux tho lol
Nah seriously the players on both sides have almost invariably been nice at least in person  (:

[miauw62]

Eh I have no idea how this game is placed but it looks like portals are placed everywhere.

Do you need mobile data to play this? Bc that might mean I won't be able to play at all, unless I can connect to one of the open networks isps here include with all closed networks on their routers.

[ChairmanPoo]

I was in the game for a while... uninstalled it because it got a bit dull, and I was concerned about privacy.

I played it mostly as an excuse to "game up" taking a walk anyway.

[Rolan7]

Same, I got tired of fighting over fields when I hit the level cap. They introduced missions and raised the cap, but I still pretty much just hack portals as I walk and place my 8's. Barely ever attack.

But events are different... I get into them. This was only my fourth but still.

Yeah it requires constant data, but the amount is fairly low. My completely, scarily obsessed friend who plays every day and plays nothing else, uses 1GB a month or so.

Honestly though I'm counting the days till pokemon go, it's going to be so much better!

[My Name is Immaterial]

You can also use wifi, but that only really works if you're on a University campus, or somewhere with a wifi cloud.

[Rolan7]

Everyone gets a badge at the end of this month based on their current level.  Double-AP until then (started last week sometime).

Yesterday:

Spoiler: Dad and I painted the towns green (click to show/hide)

Normally his obsession with the game is tiring, but this was actually fun.  Took all day basically.  We didn't do the links north of Bluefield or west of Tazewell, but those thick trefoils were all us.

Since we spent so much time on it, and he's constantly at item cap, I accepted a bunch of power cubes from him.  I need them to grind my recharger badge.  He's level 15 with every badge he needs, I'm actually only 8 XD  With gold recharger I'll reach 9, which is the threshold for a better participation badge.