Ingress Ouroboros — Ingress Turns 6!
It feels like just yesterday that I installed Ingress and dived into the world of Shapers, Enlightened, Resistance, magical XM, resonators, bursters, fields and all the rest. But no — that was the distant summer of 2015, and I’ve been “in the game” for 3 years since.
In November 2018 the multiplayer augmented reality game Ingress turned 6!
To celebrate, there were double AP, lots of Ingress passcodes, the release of the “new” Ingress Prime (that’s a separate story), and today they finally started handing out the anniversary medals 
Ingress Ouroboros
Depending on the player’s level on the anniversary, you get the matching “snake” — bronze, silver, gold, platinum or onyx.
As an “Enlightened old-timer”, I got the onyx snake.
AntonioNemcd — Onyx Ouroboros, level 16, Ukraine
The Onyx Ouroboros medal in the Ingress Prime scanner:
Stats in Ingress Prime:
I was looking forward to Ingress Prime, but it disappointed me. Only occasionally do I open the “new Ingress” and try to get used to its interface, features and lag, but so far I just can’t.
The Ouroboros medal turned out cool and beautiful, especially the Onyx style.
My wish for Ingress: don’t ruin the game with the new scanner — or rather, don’t shut down the old scanner, keep both branches. It’s double the work, but you chose to build a new one. Most old-timers aren’t happy with such novelties, and many will quit if the company shuts down the old Ingress client.
I’d like to see new features in the old scanner — basic things: add level 17, new achievement medals, rewards for completing missions. Fix full portal recharge on long press in the old scanner! And translate the basic labels in Ingress Prime into Russian, since you’ve already invested so much time in it.
In short: keep developing, make the game more interesting — the gameplay itself. Fancy graphics and frills aren’t what this game needs; they often just get in the way and make things harder!
P.S. In 3 years I’ve walked almost 3,400 km in the game — not bad.
