When will Ingress Agents get Badge Credit for Edits and Photos?
MargariteDVille-ING
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My Recon badge is at 19,542 - but Recon doesn't get credit for edits or photos. Niantic has promised they'll fix that for years. I should have thousands more credits. I HAVE EARNED DOUBLE ONYX. Why should I have to do yet more to get wings?
To get 458 more agreements (to hit 20,000), at a 70% agreement rate, that's 704 more reviews. BUT around a third of reviews are edits or photos - and I don't get credit for them - so that means around 1056 reviews to get a reward I SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN OVER A YEAR AGO!
So around a month ago, I quit reviewing. I enjoy reviewing, and enjoyed the India challenge. Once I have onyx, I'll probably resume reviewing. IF I think Niantic cares even a little about good reviewers.
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I HAVE EARNED DOUBLE ONYX. Why should I have to do yet more to get wings?
Wayfarer is not meant to only do for the badge, it's for actually improving and expanding the portal network. If you only review for the badge, you are missing a big part of wayfarer.
BUT around a third of reviews are edits or photos - and I don't get credit for them
You do get agreements for edits. If you calculate all of your agreements together, you will find out that the number you got into wayfarer is not the same as your actual agreements. The number is invincible. However, WayFarer+ shows it:
If photos also count towards the invincible number is unknown.
so that means around 1056 reviews to get a reward I SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN OVER A YEAR AGO!
For a large portion of 2020, Niantic gave agents double credit towards their recon badge. If you were reviewing a year ago your recon badge should be well ahead of your total agreements, or at least have netted you a positive over the agreements that are "lost"
@LukeAllStars-PGO I'm not talking about Wayfarer credit. I'm talking about the Ingress badge, Recon. When the pokemon badge was created (including credit for edits), Niantic promised that they'd give the Ingress badge credit for edits too. Hasn't happened yet.
You are right about the reasons for reviewing. I love seeing different places, and what people find interesting, and expanding the wayspot network. I enjoy googling different things, and learning different things. I love maps. Those are the reasons I keep going. I guess the badge thing just got to me because it's been promised SO long.
@AisforAndis-ING When we had double credit events, it was not to "make up for" not getting credit for edits. It was just a double credit event - for ALL agreements. So we need credits for our edits - AND double credit for edit agreements gained during those periods.
PS: Niantic did do one thing to bring back accomplished reviewers - they increased the number of upgrades you can save. I know several people who had reached 10 and stopped. A couple have started back, now that the cap is lifted.
Recognizing edits on Recon would be another step toward encouraging good reviewers to continue.
You mentioned you enjoyed the India challenge, you should try the Russia Challenge.
i am not sure for pictures but edits give recon points. (since early 2020 i think)
I keep track of my opr stat and i had to add a "other" number so accepted + rejected + duplicates + other match the recon.
@kaheksakand-ING Your other number is from when Niantic had double-credit events.
@RoiLouis-ING Yes, I probably will.
probably wrong person taggued ^^
but no ven right now without double recon accepted + rejected + duplicate is always less than recon agreements (which might be edits)
yeah, i saw it anyway lol