The Vanguard Medal Arrived Last Night

In mid-November Niantic gave Ingress players a present — double AP, double drops and a Vanguard medal depending on level.

Almost everyone expected the medal on December 1–2, but it didn’t come. And then, on the night of December 3, the medals started to appear.

Ingress turns three — my Vanguard medal (Silver):

Interestingly, the medal was awarded in stages: bronze first, then higher tiers.

Some players who should have got gold wondered why they received bronze, but by morning everything fell into place. The medals settled, and everyone had the one they had earned.

I was level 11, so I got a well-deserved silver.

By AP I already qualified for level 12, but I was two gold medals short, so I wasn’t in a hurry — it wouldn’t have given me gold anyway, since gold Vanguard requires level 13.

Not bad at all. I hope that by Ingress’s next birthday I’ll have Onyx