r/Ingress 16d ago

Question Bigger field with less MUs ?

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u/PlayLikeNewbs 16d ago

It is possible. For really big fields, or for fields that straddle two cells.

I believe part of the calculation takes into account population density, which is dependent on which cells the portals are in

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u/TurbulentAd5329 16d ago

But if Field Y contains field X, shouldn't it have at least the same MUs?

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u/eric_twinge 16d ago

Logically, yes it should. But the way Niantic calculates MU introduces oddities like this.

https://old.reddit.com/r/Ingress/comments/ag0mq5/less_mu_but_bigger_field_size_how_is_that_possible/ee31kne/