Its weird in my community. We have a park full of red portals and so far no one has gone after them. I smashed a bunch of them the other day before the medal came out and they have respawned but no one has done anything towards getting the medal in my area. I'm probably going to start working on it tomorrow after work.
I knocked over and captured 35+ of these just last week in a nearby town...because no-one else was apparently bothered. They're back again this week...and NOW they introduce the medal?!🤦
I kinda understand your point of view since i know very well a lot of ingress player just dont want to let the game evolve when it actually has to. However, the main issues about this medal are the time it will require and Machina itself. Right now, Machina owns 500k portals and none near my city (which is quite big though, around 300k inhabitants). Even if i wanted this medal and if i were the only player in my city, it would take years targetting red portals when there are enough to be worth it destroying. Though, if Machina spreads enough for people to farm the medal easily, it would become impossible to bag cities. We recently bagged France, and it was really really tough because of these red portals popping everywhere in places there aren't any players. I really think this thing is gonna be the end of national ops to be honest...
I completely agree - huge fields are going to be very difficult once more and the rate they spawn and link could be really frustrating for large ops. Mid op you might find a link being thrown between two pay walled portals which might never have been possible without PVE and that indiscriminate use of portals is going to be the most challenging/frustrating characteristic of Machina. I love the teamwork of big ops and agree it’s a shame that this might discourage people. It’s going to be a big ask of Niantic for them to discern between disused and pay walled unfortunately.
I’m feeling bad for players in other communities. The red portals in the park near where I live have literally exploded. Yesterday I thought I might be able to make some progress towards getting the reclaimer medal but when I checked the park today I’m thinking I might actually get the medal this evening.
Its weird in my community. We have a park full of red portals and so far no one has gone after them. I smashed a bunch of them the other day before the medal came out and they have respawned but no one has done anything towards getting the medal in my area. I'm probably going to start working on it tomorrow after work.
It’s a good looking medal - if it’s local I’d definitely be doing the same. None too local where I’m at…
I knocked over and captured 35+ of these just last week in a nearby town...because no-one else was apparently bothered. They're back again this week...and NOW they introduce the medal?!🤦
Yeah that’s sounds pretty typical. Sod’s law right?
I kinda understand your point of view since i know very well a lot of ingress player just dont want to let the game evolve when it actually has to. However, the main issues about this medal are the time it will require and Machina itself. Right now, Machina owns 500k portals and none near my city (which is quite big though, around 300k inhabitants). Even if i wanted this medal and if i were the only player in my city, it would take years targetting red portals when there are enough to be worth it destroying. Though, if Machina spreads enough for people to farm the medal easily, it would become impossible to bag cities. We recently bagged France, and it was really really tough because of these red portals popping everywhere in places there aren't any players.
I really think this thing is gonna be the end of national ops to be honest...
Okay remind me to watch a video entirely before commenting next time 😂
Well anyway
I completely agree - huge fields are going to be very difficult once more and the rate they spawn and link could be really frustrating for large ops. Mid op you might find a link being thrown between two pay walled portals which might never have been possible without PVE and that indiscriminate use of portals is going to be the most challenging/frustrating characteristic of Machina. I love the teamwork of big ops and agree it’s a shame that this might discourage people. It’s going to be a big ask of Niantic for them to discern between disused and pay walled unfortunately.
I’m feeling bad for players in other communities. The red portals in the park near where I live have literally exploded. Yesterday I thought I might be able to make some progress towards getting the reclaimer medal but when I checked the park today I’m thinking I might actually get the medal this evening.
@@aguynamedscott11 Lmao congrats, I hope u get it soon ! I also hope some red portals appear in my city though 🥲
@@aguynamedscott11 I’m hoping for something similar - otherwise I might be stuck on 7 for a long time…