Dronenet Updates and Weekend

Hello Agents! There has been so much going on with our little Dronenets this week and starting today a special Dronenet event is taking place! It seems that changes that have happened recently in the scanner surrounding the Dronenet triggered temporary effects that will last this weekend from Today, May 7th 4PM UTC to Monday, May 10th 4PM UTC.

Details on Event

Agents will be able to take advantage of these temporary changes within the duration of the event.

  • Drone cooldown reduced to 10 minutes
  • 2x AP for the following actions:
    • Capturing Portals
    • Deploying Resonators
    • Destroying Resonators

Like most monthly events, this event does not have an event medal.

Bogo Items

Like last month Researchers are providing a discounted item within the scanner for the duration of the event to encourage Agents participation!

  • BOGO Apex Bundle (2500 CMU) – This bundle includes 2 Apex mods

 

Changes with Dronenet

Like mentioned earlier, this week had a bunch of new changes for our little Dronenet friends! A Dronenet layer has been added to the scanner, now allowing Agents to see other Agents Dronenets on the portals around them. Due to this change, Dronenets now take separate forms to align themselves to their Agents faction and a limit (8 Drones) has been placed on how many Drones can sit on a single portal.

Maverick Medal

In addition, a new Dronenet specialized medal has been added to the scanner as well. This medal, named Maverick, is a retroactive medal that will count towards level-up requirements. It is a Dronenet hack medal that is awarded to Agents for hacking portals via Dronenet.

Maverick Tiers

  • Bronze: 250 hacks
  • Silver: 1,000 hacks
  • Gold: 2,000 hacks
  • Platinum: 5,000 hacks
  • Onyx: 10,000 hacks

The Agent stats will also have a new addition of Drones Returned metric, indicating the number of Drones you have sent back to Agents, including your own Faction. When a Dronenet is returned to the Agent, they will be notified in COMM. Does this hold a potential hint to future Dronenet medals? We will see Agents!

 

This week has been full of interesting developments that Agents will be able to take advantage of this weekend for the Dronenet Event. Please remember to follow all of your areas health and safety guidelines while participating and as always Agents, have fun hacking!

 

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