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ALL INFO CAN BE FOUND AT: https://support.google.com/ingress/.
**INVITES CAN BE GAINED FROM http://www.ingress.com/
WHAT IS INGRESS?
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Ingress is a near-realtime augmented reality massively multiplayer online video game created by Niantic Labs for Android devices. The game has a complex backstory which Google is revealing in segments.
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The primary goal of the game is defend the takeover of the human race by an unknown “Shaper” force or, depending on your perspective, to assist in an “Enlightenment” of mankind through an alliance with the Shapers. This is accomplished by aligning with either the Resistance or the Enlightened faction and by creating “Control Fields” over geographic areas. Progress in the game is measured by the number of Mind Units controlled by each Faction (visible on the Intel Map).
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XM Control Fields are established by claiming Portals and then linking Portals together to form Fields. More powerful Portals can link over longer distances (up to hundreds of kilometers). The link range of a Portal is determined by the power of the attached Resonators. Portal Keys are needed to form links.
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When three Portals are linked to form a triangle, a Control Field is established over the region. It will be rendered on the Scanner as a hazy blue or green field over the area. The number of Mind Units claimed is related to the population density of the area covered. Cities yield more Mind Units than rural areas.
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Your ultimate goal is to cooperate with other players in your Faction to secure or liberate the entire world.
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Ingress is a near-realtime augmented reality massively multiplayer online video game created by Niantic Labs for Android devices. The game has a complex backstory which Google is revealing in segments.
*
The primary goal of the game is defend the takeover of the human race by an unknown “Shaper” force or, depending on your perspective, to assist in an “Enlightenment” of mankind through an alliance with the Shapers. This is accomplished by aligning with either the Resistance or the Enlightened faction and by creating “Control Fields” over geographic areas. Progress in the game is measured by the number of Mind Units controlled by each Faction (visible on the Intel Map).
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XM Control Fields are established by claiming Portals and then linking Portals together to form Fields. More powerful Portals can link over longer distances (up to hundreds of kilometers). The link range of a Portal is determined by the power of the attached Resonators. Portal Keys are needed to form links.
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When three Portals are linked to form a triangle, a Control Field is established over the region. It will be rendered on the Scanner as a hazy blue or green field over the area. The number of Mind Units claimed is related to the population density of the area covered. Cities yield more Mind Units than rural areas.
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Your ultimate goal is to cooperate with other players in your Faction to secure or liberate the entire world.
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Vocabulary Briefing (Glossary)
Access Level
The Access Level defines your agent level and the level of objects that you are allowed to use. Your Access Level increased in the game as your earn Access Points (AP).
AP (Access Points)
Points earned as you accomplish tasks such as claiming Portals, creating Links, and forming Fields.
COMM
The communication panel for communicating with other agents.
Cool Down Period
A mandatory waiting period after hacking a Portal before you can hack the same Portal again in an attempt to acquire items. This period gets progressively longer if you are performing repeated Hacks.
Control Field
Link three Portals to form a Control Field. Establishing a Control Field increases the Mind Unit score for your faction based upon the human population density encompassed by the field.
Decay
Resonators will naturally decay and lose their XM health over time if they are not recharged.
Deploy
The act of installing an object. Resonators are deployed on Portals to control the Portal.
DEVICE Settings
Settings view in the OPS panel where game options and settings are controlled.
Enlightened
Faction attempting to help the Shapers infiltrate Earth. Followers believe that the Shapers bring a powerful Enlightenment that will lead to an evolution of humankind.
Faction
There are two main factions, or global teams, battling for control: The Resistance and the Enlightened.
Hacking
A mechanism for acquiring items from a Portal. Not every hack will be successful.
INTEL
A view showing the current scores. Displays the Mind Unit scores for both the Resistance and the Enlightened.
Intel Map
A web site that allows agents to view the current global state of the conflict and communicate with other agents.
Investigation Board
A site where truth seekers post their discoveries about their findings. Found at http://www.nianticproject.com.
ITEMS
An inventory of the game objects held by an agent. The ITEMS view is accessible via the OPS panel.
Jarvis Virus / ADA Refactor
Very rare game objects that will flip a Resistance Portal to Enlightened control / Enlightened Portal to Resistance control.
Mind Units
A measure of the human population that lives under a Control fields. The global score of Mind Units is shown on the INTEL view and on the Intelligence Map.
MISSIONS
A list of Missions available in the OPS panel. This includes the training missions that agents receive when they are first contacted.
MOD
An object that can be installed to increase the power or capability of another object. For example, installing a Shield MOD on a Portal will increase the defensive power of the Portal.
NIA
National Intelligence Agency: A black budget intelligence agency which appears to be a mundane administrative unit that coordinates International Intelligence. It is, in fact, the Agency that has been assigned to investigate ‘low probability/high risk’ threats -- like transdimensional activity or paranormal threats.
NIANTIC Project
This is the secret experiment in France that starts our story. The original purpose is to study strange energy anomalies. It is run by DR. BOGDANOVITCH, and consists of 13 INVESTIGATORS. It goes horribly awry, in part, because a secret parallel project has been going on inside of it in which CALVIN is testing the effects of Shaper Infection (the NIA term for it) on the researchers.
OPS
The “Operations” panel that is integrated into the Scanner application. The OPS panel includes the ITEMS, INTEL, MISSIONS, RESEARCH, and DEVICE information tabs.
Portal
Portals manifest themselves usually as public art such as statues and monuments, unique architecture, outdoor murals, historic buildings, and unique local businesses. Portals are places where human creativity and ingenuity is expressed and Exotic Matter (XM) emanates. In your Scanner, Portals will appear as either green (Enlightened), blue (Resistance) or gray (neutral). Interact with Portals by claiming them for your faction, linking them together to form Control Fields and Hacking to obtain items.
Portal Key
An object that allows for the creation of a Link to the Portal. It can also allow for remote recharging of the Resonators attached to the Portal. A Portal Key can be obtained by Hacking the Portal.
Portal Level
A summary level based on the various Resonator levels deployed on a specific Portal. Higher level ITEMS are usually received when higher level Portals are Hacked.
Power Cube
Power Cubes contain XM and are obtained through HACKING. Using a Power Cube will transfer all of its XM energy to your Scanner XM health bar. They are one-time use, and any energy that is left over after your XM health bar is full will be lost.
Recharging
Resonators must be periodically Recharged to maintain their power and control a Portal. If Resonators lose too much XM, then they will be at risk of easy destruction during enemy attacks. If all the Resonators on a Portal drop in XM health to the Critical level, then Links from the Resonators’ Portal will fail. Recharging a Resonator involves transferring XM from your Player reserve to the Resonator(s) on a Portal.
Resistance
Faction defending the Earth from the Shaper ingression. They are seen by some as being fearful of change or progress, but the Resistance is firm in its belief that it is protecting humanity.
Resonator
A high energy particle accelerator that is used to control the XM energy emitted by Portals. Deploying a Resonator on a Portal allows you to claim the Portal for your Faction.
Scanner
The core technology for your phone, the Scanner can detect Portals and interact with Exotic Matter (XM) and XM constructs such as Resonators and XMPs.
Shaper
A code name assigned by ADA or the NIA for the transdimensional intelligence that may be infiltrating our dimension through XM Portals. At present, we have no visualization for Shapers. We only seem to see them when manifested in their human identities (i.e., we see the scientist, not the idea virus inside).
Shield MOD
A type of MOD that can be installed on a Portal to increase its defense against attacks.
Target
An action that will direct the agent to the targeted location or object.
Upgrade
The ability to replace objects with items with a more powerful tech level. For example, Resonators and Mods, such as Shields, can be upgraded to increase the defensive strength of a Portal.
XM (Exotic Matter)
A rare and powerful form of tri-polar energy leaking into our universe from another dimension. This energy forms the basis for all Shaper technology. XM is needed to power your Scanner as well as to fire XMP and deploy Resonators. If XM falls below critical levels, your Scanner will be disabled. You can collect XM (represented by glowing orbs on the Scanner Map) by moving through those areas. The XM will be automatically harvested by your Scanner. You can also collect XM by recycling Items.
XMP
Non-polarized energy field weapon. Fires off in moving wave of 360 radius. As the weapon is upgraded, the energy wave’s power and radius of effect grow larger.
The Access Level defines your agent level and the level of objects that you are allowed to use. Your Access Level increased in the game as your earn Access Points (AP).
AP (Access Points)
Points earned as you accomplish tasks such as claiming Portals, creating Links, and forming Fields.
COMM
The communication panel for communicating with other agents.
Cool Down Period
A mandatory waiting period after hacking a Portal before you can hack the same Portal again in an attempt to acquire items. This period gets progressively longer if you are performing repeated Hacks.
Control Field
Link three Portals to form a Control Field. Establishing a Control Field increases the Mind Unit score for your faction based upon the human population density encompassed by the field.
Decay
Resonators will naturally decay and lose their XM health over time if they are not recharged.
Deploy
The act of installing an object. Resonators are deployed on Portals to control the Portal.
DEVICE Settings
Settings view in the OPS panel where game options and settings are controlled.
Enlightened
Faction attempting to help the Shapers infiltrate Earth. Followers believe that the Shapers bring a powerful Enlightenment that will lead to an evolution of humankind.
Faction
There are two main factions, or global teams, battling for control: The Resistance and the Enlightened.
Hacking
A mechanism for acquiring items from a Portal. Not every hack will be successful.
INTEL
A view showing the current scores. Displays the Mind Unit scores for both the Resistance and the Enlightened.
Intel Map
A web site that allows agents to view the current global state of the conflict and communicate with other agents.
Investigation Board
A site where truth seekers post their discoveries about their findings. Found at http://www.nianticproject.com.
ITEMS
An inventory of the game objects held by an agent. The ITEMS view is accessible via the OPS panel.
Jarvis Virus / ADA Refactor
Very rare game objects that will flip a Resistance Portal to Enlightened control / Enlightened Portal to Resistance control.
Mind Units
A measure of the human population that lives under a Control fields. The global score of Mind Units is shown on the INTEL view and on the Intelligence Map.
MISSIONS
A list of Missions available in the OPS panel. This includes the training missions that agents receive when they are first contacted.
MOD
An object that can be installed to increase the power or capability of another object. For example, installing a Shield MOD on a Portal will increase the defensive power of the Portal.
NIA
National Intelligence Agency: A black budget intelligence agency which appears to be a mundane administrative unit that coordinates International Intelligence. It is, in fact, the Agency that has been assigned to investigate ‘low probability/high risk’ threats -- like transdimensional activity or paranormal threats.
NIANTIC Project
This is the secret experiment in France that starts our story. The original purpose is to study strange energy anomalies. It is run by DR. BOGDANOVITCH, and consists of 13 INVESTIGATORS. It goes horribly awry, in part, because a secret parallel project has been going on inside of it in which CALVIN is testing the effects of Shaper Infection (the NIA term for it) on the researchers.
OPS
The “Operations” panel that is integrated into the Scanner application. The OPS panel includes the ITEMS, INTEL, MISSIONS, RESEARCH, and DEVICE information tabs.
Portal
Portals manifest themselves usually as public art such as statues and monuments, unique architecture, outdoor murals, historic buildings, and unique local businesses. Portals are places where human creativity and ingenuity is expressed and Exotic Matter (XM) emanates. In your Scanner, Portals will appear as either green (Enlightened), blue (Resistance) or gray (neutral). Interact with Portals by claiming them for your faction, linking them together to form Control Fields and Hacking to obtain items.
Portal Key
An object that allows for the creation of a Link to the Portal. It can also allow for remote recharging of the Resonators attached to the Portal. A Portal Key can be obtained by Hacking the Portal.
Portal Level
A summary level based on the various Resonator levels deployed on a specific Portal. Higher level ITEMS are usually received when higher level Portals are Hacked.
Power Cube
Power Cubes contain XM and are obtained through HACKING. Using a Power Cube will transfer all of its XM energy to your Scanner XM health bar. They are one-time use, and any energy that is left over after your XM health bar is full will be lost.
Recharging
Resonators must be periodically Recharged to maintain their power and control a Portal. If Resonators lose too much XM, then they will be at risk of easy destruction during enemy attacks. If all the Resonators on a Portal drop in XM health to the Critical level, then Links from the Resonators’ Portal will fail. Recharging a Resonator involves transferring XM from your Player reserve to the Resonator(s) on a Portal.
Resistance
Faction defending the Earth from the Shaper ingression. They are seen by some as being fearful of change or progress, but the Resistance is firm in its belief that it is protecting humanity.
Resonator
A high energy particle accelerator that is used to control the XM energy emitted by Portals. Deploying a Resonator on a Portal allows you to claim the Portal for your Faction.
Scanner
The core technology for your phone, the Scanner can detect Portals and interact with Exotic Matter (XM) and XM constructs such as Resonators and XMPs.
Shaper
A code name assigned by ADA or the NIA for the transdimensional intelligence that may be infiltrating our dimension through XM Portals. At present, we have no visualization for Shapers. We only seem to see them when manifested in their human identities (i.e., we see the scientist, not the idea virus inside).
Shield MOD
A type of MOD that can be installed on a Portal to increase its defense against attacks.
Target
An action that will direct the agent to the targeted location or object.
Upgrade
The ability to replace objects with items with a more powerful tech level. For example, Resonators and Mods, such as Shields, can be upgraded to increase the defensive strength of a Portal.
XM (Exotic Matter)
A rare and powerful form of tri-polar energy leaking into our universe from another dimension. This energy forms the basis for all Shaper technology. XM is needed to power your Scanner as well as to fire XMP and deploy Resonators. If XM falls below critical levels, your Scanner will be disabled. You can collect XM (represented by glowing orbs on the Scanner Map) by moving through those areas. The XM will be automatically harvested by your Scanner. You can also collect XM by recycling Items.
XMP
Non-polarized energy field weapon. Fires off in moving wave of 360 radius. As the weapon is upgraded, the energy wave’s power and radius of effect grow larger.
TEAMS
There are two main factions, or global teams, battling for control: The Resistance and The Enlightenment.
After Training, you will be asked to choose your faction, choose wisely:
Join the Enlightenment
Faction attempting to help the Shapers infiltrate Earth. Followers believe that the Shapers bring a powerful enlightenment that will lift humankind.
Join the Resistance
Faction defending the Earth from the Shaper ingression. They are seen by some as being fearful of change or progress, but the Resistance is firm in its belief that it is protecting humanity.
After Training, you will be asked to choose your faction, choose wisely:
Join the Enlightenment
Faction attempting to help the Shapers infiltrate Earth. Followers believe that the Shapers bring a powerful enlightenment that will lift humankind.
Join the Resistance
Faction defending the Earth from the Shaper ingression. They are seen by some as being fearful of change or progress, but the Resistance is firm in its belief that it is protecting humanity.
Who on OcUK plays?
Resistance
xGBHxPegasus - Level 8 - London/Surrey
PC-Gamer12 - Level 1 - Suffolk
(Dangerous) Northenloop - Level 8 - Cheshire
(chipperhead) sonnyred - Level 1 - The Moon
(SiliconSlave) its5am - Level 1- Guildford Surrey and Central London
PC-Gamer12 - Level 1 - Suffolk
(Dangerous) Northenloop - Level 8 - Cheshire
(chipperhead) sonnyred - Level 1 - The Moon
(SiliconSlave) its5am - Level 1- Guildford Surrey and Central London
Enlightenment
Dfarrel - Level 1 - Newton Aycliffe
cjgardens - Level 3 - Heywood
Zefan - level 1 - Mars
Subliminal Aura - Level 7- Pluto
cjgardens - Level 3 - Heywood
Zefan - level 1 - Mars
Subliminal Aura - Level 7- Pluto
Beginners Guide
A good resource is IITC
Using tampermonkey or greasemonnkey for chrome and firefox you can install several mods which greatly improves ingress.com/intel website.
There's also an android app that can do the same things too. Very useful for finding weak portals or maximising AP in your area.
e.g. (click for larger)
xGBHxPegasus said:Google+ is the main used social media for Ingress, if you haven't signed up you should! Loads of people will help you level and understand the game via it. Good way of meeting people to team up and destroy area's
USEFUL TIPS
- As a standard Hacks have a 5 minute cooldown. (*)
- You can only Hack a portal 4 times in 4 hours (ie. Hack it once every 5 minutes 4 times, or Hack it 4 times every hour), the timer starts on the 1st Hack. (*)
- Hacking an Enemy portal grants you 100 AP, Hacking a friendly portal grants you none!
- When deploying ressonators stand as far awary from the portal centre as possible, the further you are away the further away the ressonator will be placed (making it harder to be destroyed).
- Linking 3 portals in a triangle shape (3 sides) will create a field, creating a 2 mile field will grant the same amount of AP that a 2 Metre field will grant.
- Level 1 and 2 are quite boring, Your XMP's (weapons) will do hardly any damage, easy way to level is to Hack (100 points per enemy portal), deploy and create fields.
- Sign up to google+ and use it, there are many communities on google+ with other players that will help you level up. Level 8 players usually will go out of their way to help low level players because the more level 8 players the more 8 portals you can have.
- 8 rolls/farms - 8 rolls are when 8 level 8 players go and create level 8 portals in a close location so its easier to hack and gain gear.
- Buy a external Battery for your phone! you will need it
- There are 2 ways of deploying ressonators, firstly by clicking the deploy button which will place the ressonators randomly. Secondly: You can go into the UPGRADE option when selecting a portal and manually place the ressonators, this is handy when you want your highest level ressonators away from each other.
* - these can now be effected by different mods.
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Even then they are far and few between. Have started to add some local.