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Here are the basic tips to play Ingress First things first! Download the app and join the Enlightened! Next Do all the Training Missions in the app. If you don't understand anything, you can do all or a part of them again. You can't see others players in your scanner. You can figure out where others are by when they capture portals. This will show up in COMM. XM vs AP. Scattered throughout the world is Exotic Matter (XM). It looks like little white dots on the ground. There are little bits all over, and large concentrations around portals. Think of this as your energy. Your XM depletes when doing stuff (e.g. hacking and recharging portals, getting attacked, etc). Try to stay at 100% by going near XM to "pick it up". That XM will still be there for other players (i.e. it's player-independent), and it will regenerate for you over time. Activity Points (AP) is what you're really after. This is what you collect in order to level up. Think of this as gaining experience. You gain AP by doing stuff -- linking, hacking, recharging, attacking. Hack ALL Portals. Both friendly and hostile.... friendly ones will give you gear, and hostile ones can give you gear, give you AP per hack, and will probably attack you back. If you're lucky, there is a "farm" nearby of several friendly portals that you can hack to build your inventory. A single portal can be hacked by you once every 5 mins, up to 4 times in a 4 hour period. Attack enemy portals. As you hack portals, you'll get XMPs. Get close to an enemy portal and tap the OPS button at the top-right. Find an XMP and Fire it (you'll only be able to fire Level 1 XMPs at first). The XMP's strength diminishes over distance, so you may want to get close to the resonators (not necessarily the portal itself). Portal Keys. As you build inventory, you will get some keys. These are used to make links between portals. Once you use a key to make a link, it's gone from your inventory. Until you use it, though, it can be used to recharge the portal even when you're not around it. Create links and Control Fields. These are where you'll get the majority of your AP. Just bear in mind that links cannot cross each other--neither friendly nor hostile--so be smart about what you link. You create a link between two portals, and a control field between three (making a triangle). Intel Map. This can be used to view anywhere in the world at Ingress Intel Page . Use this to find nearby portals and help you make links and fields. COMM: All vs Faction. In the Communications box (you expand it from the bottom of your screen) there are three tabs. All are very useful to keep an eye on. ALL is a readout of all action in your area, as well as public chat (by both factions). Messages transmitted in this mode are public to both sides, so be careful! FACTION is a private chat visible only to your faction members in your area. Use this mode when you only want your teammates to see your message. This still isn’t very secure so watch what you say. Below are some links for further information. http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ingress-tips-new-players,review-2257.html http://www.ingressfieldguide.com/book/export/html/1 http://forums.androidcentral.com/ingress-general/233253-here-what-you-do-when-you-start-playing-ingress.html http://www.ingressguide.com/ And last, but not least, JOIN Tucson METEOR!! We are here to help you learn the game and help you level. The more leveled Enlightened players the better and it's always more fun to play with others!! Any questions? Visit the Contact page and drop us a line! To apply to join Tucson METEOR, please visit Tucson METEOR Verification .
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Here are the basic tips to play Ingress

First things first! Download the app and join the Enlightened!
Next Do all the Training Missions in the app. If you don't understand anything, you can do all or a part of them again.
You can't see others players in your scanner. You can figure out where others are by when they capture portals. This will show up in COMM.
XM vs AP. Scattered throughout the world is Exotic Matter (XM). It looks like little white dots on the ground. There are little bits all over, and large concentrations around portals. Think of this as your energy. Your XM depletes when doing stuff (e.g. hacking and recharging portals, getting attacked, etc). Try to stay at 100% by going near XM to "pick it up". That XM will still be there for other players (i.e. it's player-independent), and it will regenerate for you over time. Activity Points (AP) is what you're really after. This is what you collect in order to level up. Think of this as gaining experience. You gain AP by doing stuff -- linking, hacking, recharging, attacking.
Hack ALL Portals. Both friendly and hostile.... friendly ones will give you gear, and hostile ones can give you gear, give you AP per hack, and will probably attack you back. If you're lucky, there is a "farm" nearby of several friendly portals that you can hack to build your inventory. A single portal can be hacked by you once every 5 mins, up to 4 times in a 4 hour period.
Attack enemy portals. As you hack portals, you'll get XMPs. Get close to an enemy portal and tap the OPS button at the top-right. Find an XMP and Fire it (you'll only be able to fire Level 1 XMPs at first). The XMP's strength diminishes over distance, so you may want to get close to the resonators (not necessarily the portal itself).
Portal Keys. As you build inventory, you will get some keys. These are used to make links between portals. Once you use a key to make a link, it's gone from your inventory. Until you use it, though, it can be used to recharge the portal even when you're not around it.
Create links and Control Fields. These are where you'll get the majority of your AP. Just bear in mind that links cannot cross each other--neither friendly nor hostile--so be smart about what you link. You create a link between two portals, and a control field between three (making a triangle).
Intel Map. This can be used to view anywhere in the world at Ingress Intel Page . Use this to find nearby portals and help you make links and fields.
COMM: All vs Faction. In the Communications box (you expand it from the bottom of your screen) there are three tabs. All are very useful to keep an eye on. ALL is a readout of all action in your area, as well as public chat (by both factions). Messages transmitted in this mode are public to both sides, so be careful! FACTION is a private chat visible only to your faction members in your area. Use this mode when you only want your teammates to see your message. This still isn’t very secure so watch what you say.

Below are some links for further information.

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ingress-tips-new-players,review-2257.html

http://www.ingressfieldguide.com/book/export/html/1

http://forums.androidcentral.com/ingress-general/233253-here-what-you-do-when-you-start-playing-ingress.html

http://www.ingressguide.com/

And last, but not least, JOIN Tucson METEOR!!

We are here to help you learn the game and help you level. The more leveled Enlightened players the better and it's always more fun to play with others!!

Any questions? Visit the Contact page and drop us a line!

To apply to join Tucson METEOR, please visit Tucson METEOR Verification .

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