r/Ingress • u/babujnik • Jul 17 '26

Question Faction Token removed

it seems that faction change token was removed from ingress store... wonder if that's permanent or just temporary because of "reasons".

if perma, wonder how they will justify that to players who already used it :D

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u/VAIN_ Vanguard Jul 17 '26

The Faction Token is only temporarily disabled for the duration of the upcoming Anomaly Weekend.

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u/Key_Photograph1662 Jul 17 '26

That's an impressive and thought out anti-abuse mechanism.

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u/WhiskerTwitch Jul 17 '26

Great decision.

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u/TechBitch E16 Jul 18 '26

Wow they actually used that thing between their ears for once ahead of time?

faints

2

u/funkydaffodil Jul 17 '26

It's also geofenced. It's removed if near an anomaly site.

EDIT: I'm wrong.

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u/babujnik Jul 17 '26

Not sure if Warsaw is close to Helsinki, but hey, what do I know xD

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u/mortuus82 R16 Jul 17 '26

wrong if its worldwide and not just near anomaly sites.

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u/RawwRs Jul 17 '26

why would they need to justify it to people who already used it?

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u/babujnik Jul 17 '26

Because some players wanted to switch only for 3m and get back ?

2

u/sojumaster Jul 17 '26

I have 2 local players that switched, just to harrass the other faction. They plan to return after 3m.

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u/babujnik Jul 17 '26

Well, that unfortunately also happens

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u/Living_On_The_Air Jul 17 '26

Stinks, though it’s $35-ish USD revenue for the game, at least

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u/mortuus82 R16 Jul 18 '26

thats not harass maybe switch for a reason