Ingress/Dronenet

Dronenet Intel: Friend or Foe? Decoding Comments for Strategic Advantage

The comments you provided offer valuable insights into the Dronenet feature and how it can be used strategically in Ingress:

Dronenet Capacity:

• Limit Confirmed: The comments confirm a maximum of 8 drones per portal. This prevents one team from monopolizing a strategic location with an overwhelming drone army.

Farming and Balance:

• Farming Potential: The comments suggest Dronenet allows both factions to farm the same portals. This promotes balance and prevents one team from completely locking out the other.
• Long-Term Farming Discouraged: The 8-drone limit likely discourages farming the same portal indefinitely with a large group.

Dronenet Intel:

• Dronenet Visibility: From the comment, "our local p8 are full of drones," we can infer that drones are visible to both factions within the Dronenet layer of the scanner.
• Opposing Faction Drones: The comment, "What facinates me is that we also have drones of the opposite faction on them," reveals that both Enlightened and Resistance agents can see each other's drones on a portal. This provides valuable intel on enemy activity.

Strategic Dronenet Uses:

Defense:

• Anchor and Field Protection: As mentioned, placing a drone around a high-level anchor or field cluster allows for quick redeployment and defense. Knowing where your own drones are located becomes essential for strategic hopping between portals for maintenance.
• Sojourner Streak: Dronet can be used to maintain a Sojourner streak by deploying a drone to a portal you can easily reach every day.

Offense:

• Outpost Scouting: By observing enemy drone placement, you can identify areas with weak defenses or limited drone coverage, ideal locations for establishing outposts.
• Field Planning: Knowing the distribution of enemy drones allows you to plan strategic link and field formations that avoid heavily defended areas.

Conclusion:

Dronenet offers a valuable intel tool for both offensive and defensive strategies. By analyzing enemy drone placement and understanding the limitations (like the 8-drone cap), you can gain a tactical advantage and dominate the Ingress battlefield!