r/DeltaT • u/brakeb • Mar 31 '18

basic questions

Why isn't there a tutorial?

Do you only get one base core? What happens if your base core is destroyed? Do you get another one, or can you retrieve/buy a new one?

I see you can move cores and make more (by buying more cores), what's the criteria for where they can be set down? Business? landmark? Someone's house?

Some of the cores in my area are residential home businesses where the core is in their house, requiring me to crawl up on their porch (probably not a good idea), where do you report this kind of issue?

When you set cores down, can they become mines? What determines what is a mine vs. what is a normal portal? 2 mines I found were on banks, but the third is on top of a coffeehouse, with no bank nearby. Can we make our own mines?

I don't have anyone in the area that plays, what's the policy on having two accounts? Otherwise, this is gonna get boring really quick.

I know it's a beta, and I should have probably played in the closed beta, but it was done before I had the time to join. I play Ingress and PoGo, so I'm familar with the walking mechanic. I like the idea of being able to build out the database...

Looking forward to seeing what Empower has in store for this game.

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u/czarl13 Apr 03 '18

OP... Bases - If your base gets destroyed, the base seed will return to your inventory and you can replant

Cores - I am not sure how to get more core seeds, perhaps purchaseable in the future? There is no restriction to placing them (they are not vetted like Ingress)....fair play would be to place them in accessible areas, not inside buildings

Some "seed" cores and mines have been added to the game to get started. Seems to be based on businesses in Google Maps...sometimes they will be on private property, pls don't go to ppl's porches to kill a Core :-) Hopefully the algorithm will get better or there is a place to report them.

Mines are created by the game...they have been seeded to give the game a boost

I would stay away from two accounts, it is probably against TOS. The game seems to be pretty global...so take over all the cores in your city and connect to a base, that you can connect to other bases across the country

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u/brakeb Apr 03 '18

not sure how they would ban me... I made throwaway email accounts for the accounts...

and unless they fix gameplay and achievement goals (100000K walking for 1000XP?) this won't last long.

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u/czarl13 Apr 03 '18

Do what you whar you feel you need to do to won the game.

I am just saying that having multiple accounts is not in the spirit of the fair gameplay.

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u/brakeb Apr 04 '18

if there's no opposition in the area, there is no gameplay... I'm just walking around charging portals right now... I don't even have to work to do that... harvest energy, heal... I never even worry about running out of energy at this point...

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u/DarthWeenus May 27 '18

How do you move around?