New Wayfarer Challenges! - Discussion
Hello Explorers,
We’re excited to announce that we will be hosting some Wayfarer Challenges for the next couple of weeks.
Yes, you read that right, challenges - meaning more than one!
With these challenges we’ll not only be updating the types and styles of challenges compared to what we’ve done in the past but more importantly the prizes!
The first Wayfarer Challenge will begin this week.
We’ll be launching our first challenge here on August 17th, tomorrow, with our second and third challenges shared soon after.
Oh, before I forget - did I mention these challenges will be open to EVERY Explorer, and not locked to Explorers in a specific location? I can’t wait to share these with you all!
Check out the original post here.
Until then, safe exploring!
Comments
Not locking people out based on location is a good start.
What are we discussing? There's no details.
@NianticTintino Will ingress sync be fixed before the event? Or will the blackhole **** more unsynced portals?
Very excited for the return of challenges, but the announcement of an announcement with no details is kinda weird.
Maybe participants will get reviews from backlogged places, all over the world. Credit for reviews outside your play / home / and bonus locations.
Or maybe it'll be something like: nominating fountains one week, statues the next week. (Other categories next month.) This would only make sense if qualifying nominations are fast-tracked, or prizes aren't given out until all nominations from that week are resolved (which could be a coupla years for some places).
I hope the queue moves a little. I feel like the past month has been a slug fest and I need to vote 300 times to get an upgrade. I don't want it for most of my subs but still it is not a good sign.
Considering the first challenge is starting tomorrow, personally, I am not too concerned about them being vague with details since we are going to know in less than 24 hours.
Having a challenge when wayspots don't appear ingame due to a bug is strange, and it's even stranger if you don't know what the challenge is all about.
I'm just going to hold my tongue at whatever these "prizes" are until they actually get announced today (since it's already the 17th here, y'know, Australians in the future). And then maybe you might actually acknowledge some of the lingering bugs that have been raised since the existing Product Manager's departure.
This is Niantic. I'm sure you've seen them do announcement announcements before haha.
I am intrigued about the new challenges and looking forward to hearing more about them tomorrow.
i am excited, i really hope these challenges are good!!
Please fix ingress sync before the start
I am very happy about the return of challenges (as long as we get upgrades out of them - the only prize I care about in WF). However, the middle of a work week is not a great time to drop this on us as a surprise. I am buried in work right now.
I also hope y'all remember that GO trainers have a global event coming up on the 27th that will knock us out for the whole day.
Maybe the challenge is to do scans. That's what the're selling (Lightship 2022 conference on YouTube), and don't have enough of.
this Will be my first challenge, what can I expect.
I agree mid- week is a bad time.
I mean theyve certainly done "announcement announcements" before but usually they do that for something that doesn't start the next day. They clearly have the details. Just give them to us 🤷♂️
A slew of people wondering why they didn't get any rewards after the event is finished.
I hear you about the mid-week. Even though there will always be time limitations for challenges, I will add that this challenge won't be tied to time as they have been in the past :)
Maybe the first challenge is to find the actual announcement? 🤔
As above comments, can we get Ingress sync fixed before the event?
The challenge is the friends we made along the way
Thanks @NianticTintino . Now all I have to worry about is the type of challenge. Chatter about scanning challenges has me sharpening my pitchfork. (I don't like scanning.)
Let me go head to head with @Tntnnbltn-ING in an invalid wayspot appeal challenge LOL
^ This is an e-sport I would love to see!
You've heard of the Wayfarer Challenge, now get ready for the Reverse Wayfarer Challenge!
Looking forward to details! I need something juicy for my podcast!! @NianticTintino
prizes
oh no, my one weakness
I have like 60 ready to upload ^^ I'm only really waiting for the Wayspots with the ability to power up to rotate again, so I actually get something back. Rewards are still kinda meh though
Got my PC fixed after a couple days of downtime so I'm ready to rock and roll to 125k reviews!
The Ingress team is aware of the issue but unfortunately I don't have a timeline to share at the moment.
Can we at least get confirmation that they are aware that missing portals didnt sync at the end of July and are still missing despite succeful syncs after?