


On the official site, the developers have stated that on subscribing on the early 30 days of launch will receive even more bonuses.Ĭ.O.R.E., which stands for Community, Offers, Recognition, and Expansion, is an optional monthly subscription service for Ingress Agents. Not like battle passes, but a continuous subscription, with seemingly no expiring rewards. You use those to upgrade past level 8 and are earn them by statistics such as captures, Mind Units (won with areas conquested), connecting portals, and discovering new portals.Ĭ.O.R.E comes to offer benefits to players who chose to pay a special non-mandatory fee. You are encouraged to capture enemy portals, as their rewarding is better than maintaining the ones your team already owns.īesides AP, other actions also reward Medals, tiered from Bronze to Onyx. Focusing solely on these may bring criticism of a subscription angled at those just trying to play safely.Īnother premium item likely to attract users would be an Elite TM, something currently only sold once per month on community days to unlock a legacy move on a specific creature, or available each season as a reward from the game's PVP rankings.One must accumulate AP beyond some thresholds to reach access levels, going from 1 to 16, being 16 the maximum. Remote Raid Passes, for example, are extremely popular - though Niantic is currently offering a small amount of these free each week while much of the world is back in lockdown. (Every four days of gym coins, you can unlock a further 50 inventory spaces up to the max.) A big boost to this for subscribers would likely be popular - and appeal directly to the more committed player who may consider a subscription offer.Īs for a monthly stipend of items, there are many which are likely to appeal. Currently you can upgrade your storage to fit 4000 Pokémon and 3000 items with PokéCoins you either buy or earn from gym control. In Pokémon Go, as in Ingress, inventory expansion is a much-asked for addition. Still, some players have suggested Pokémon Go's subscription offer could look similar to Ingress' own, since the games share numerous features and types of gameplay. Niantic is yet to publicly state it is working on such a feature.

Over the past year, code relating to a Pokémon Go subscription offer has also repeatedly surfaced via fan groups such as PokeMiners, which constantly scour the game's files. Niantic first mentioned it was working on subscriber features for the free-to-play Ingress over a year ago, and has planned its launch in discussion with members of the game's community.
