Re: Ingress N00b help
I haven't managed to do a whole lot because, well, you know - I have kids and a job and stuff that need my attention also. But it seems pretty cool... Basically, it's kinda like capture the flag with zones and real life landmarks.
You hack portals to get information about them. You also get objects when you hack them, such as "resonators" (used to help power up your team's portals) and "portal keys" (kinda like passwords to access that portal) which you use to link portals together in triangles to create zones.
I don't know yet what the zones do. And I don't know anything about hacking the other team's portals but I read that the portals attack you back while you are trying, and that's another reason why you need to maintain high XM levels.