Prime Day Part 2 – history of shiny rates
The analysis of shiny rates during the Ingress Day left me deeply unsatisfied. Allowing for a small amount of systematic bias and error in the… Read More »Prime Day Part 2 – history of shiny rates
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Ingress related blogs
Prime Day Part 1 – Background
Niantic wrote the following for the announcement of Ingress Prime Day: “Plus, as part of the celebration, Trainers will have an opportunity to encounter two… Read More »Prime Day Part 1 – Background
Chicago Anomaly – a closer look at the scores
I woke up today to a lot of Enlightened players feeling cheated out of a win in Chicago. Please let me first start with a… Read More »Chicago Anomaly – a closer look at the scores
Glyph Hacking – how many more items do you get?
Glyph hacking is likely the most important skill to learn if you want to improve your efficiency of game play. FEV games has a great… Read More »Glyph Hacking – how many more items do you get?
LYRIDS 2019 – the Antwerp Starburst world record – a report by Agent DrThod (UK)
This was my very first large operation – so how did this happen. And what did I learn along the way? One or two days… Read More »LYRIDS 2019 – the Antwerp Starburst world record – a report by Agent DrThod (UK)
Guaranteed Resonator and Burster on a (partly) failed Glyph Hack
The common opinion (at least what I have read on the internet) how Glyph Hacking works is that it gives you ‘bonus hacks’. Looking at… Read More »Guaranteed Resonator and Burster on a (partly) failed Glyph Hack
Destroying mods in prime – how can you tell?
More then one agent replied to a recent reddit article that one of the improvements needed in Prime is a notification when you destroyed a… Read More »Destroying mods in prime – how can you tell?
IFS Deal (East Kent, UK) 2019 – as it happened
My partner in crime agent Moomintr0ll and myself – agent DrThod where still busy placing some dead drops when the first agents reported via Telegram… Read More »IFS Deal (East Kent, UK) 2019 – as it happened
Collect your XMP – relative level analysis (Drop Rates Part 2)
Yesterday I disclosed the ratios of resonator drops depending on the portal level hacked. Today I would like to follow this up with the ratios… Read More »Collect your XMP – relative level analysis (Drop Rates Part 2)
It is all a nice ratio – (Drop Rates – Part 1)
I guess many players at some stage will have investigated drop rates. I started to collect my own data – when I found other having… Read More »It is all a nice ratio – (Drop Rates – Part 1)