BOO!

 

How long have you been playing?

Theo is my only friend

About 3-4 weeks only. Purely by 'accident' - someone from my staff suggested it as a team building exercise. After that it stuck with me.

About 3-4 weeks only. Purely by 'accident' - someone from my staff suggested it as a team building exercise. After that it stuck with me.

Nice. That's about how long I've been playing as well. What level are you?

Most likely lower than you, Lv 5. If and when I have more time I'll try to fix that

I just hit level 6 yesterday so it doesn't sound like you're too far behind.

Nice!

Whats the actual goal? I get the principle but there doesnt seem to be much point

Well I have heard that the game's story opens up more when you hit level 8, but that's all I've heard.

 

Other than that, I'm not sure what the "point" is other than getting out in the world and traveling to see cool things (all while playing a game).

 

Also, world domination.

It does open up a lot around lvl 8... But on the down side at level 8 you don't level up anymore by just collecting AP... You have to actually unlock those evil achievements

So how does the game open up at level 8?

Now if I told you all the details what fun would leveling up be?

 

 

It's actually sort of difficult to explain, but it just gives you a better understanding of the game and fun to look at... Honest suggestion would be if you want to get involved in the backstories watch the media that you can hack sometimes... Always interesting.

 

I do have some media that I hacked. I haven't bothered to do anything with it though because I didn't think it served a purpose. I guess I'll have to watch it.

I watch it then either drop it or burn it to make XM when there's none around... Other than entertainment they serve little purpose

Ahh, it's always fun to plan a nice little town excursion and finish with a bright field of green... Many, many layers over

 

Think our overall gain from it was nearly 2k MUs

 

 

Now the sad part is in 3 days when it's getting demolished... So many resonators and shields will die

 

 

 

 

By the way as another tip I haven't yet seen... If attacking a portal with either Ultra Strike or XMP, if you hold the fire button you'll see an energy ring close in on your location... If you release the button while that ring is super close to you it will increase the damage/range of your attack, all the way up to 20%. This is a major advantage when attacking higher level portals, since we can easily burn XMPs galore on a shielded lvl 6 or 7 portal.

I just hit level 8 earlier this week.

Congrats! How does it feel to now have to earn those silly achievements in conjunction to AP for leveling?

Yeah.. I was hoping for more changes than just that. It's alright though. I'm on my way to level 9 now.

I just hit level 10... The part that gets semi-depressing is the  gear only runs up to lvl 8... But you will see as you lvl you get more abilities...

 

For example at some point you'll be able to fully mod a portal by yourself

I was wondering about that. I figured it was the case but wasn't sure at what point it would happen.

 

I'm just glad that I have access to my level 8 weapons now so that I can efficiently hunt down the two high leveled Enlightened scum in my area that I've been warring with for several weeks.

Aye we aren't scum... We're just Green

 

 

You will find that running around at lvl 8 carries some strength, though only being able to deploy 1 lvl 8 res can be frustrating

It is a little bit frustrating.

 

I've been hanging around the 2000 item limit for a couple weeks now as well so I have to keep recycling level 1-3 resonators, xmp bursters, and ultra strikes. I'm at a point now where I will have to start recycling even higher level items than those.

I burn them (XMPs) on attacking lower level portals, and you used to "AP cheat" by deploying your lowest lvl resonators and then upgrading them to gain more AP off deployments... Don't know if they changed that up or not, but basically used to burn stuff creatively rather than destroying/recycling. How many capsules do you have? I have a billion stuffed with low lvl gear, and even some with mid-lvl

I had about 10 capsules. I stuffed two of them with portal keys. Don't the items in the capsules still count toward your 2000 item limit?

Last I knew they didn't, which is why capsules are so sought after. Especially MUFGs