https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ys7idjcU08c

Turns out a Minmatar Scout with 3 complex Codebreakers Hacks Faster then a Scotsman's with 5 Complex Codebreaks.

The math in my head says the Scotsman's should have won.. (Minmatar Scout has 100% hack speed total, Scotsman's had 125% total)


...Oh well, math sucks anyways.

On to greener pastures.

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Fin.

Tldr: it seems there is an unstated stacking penalty to code breakers.

Now.. that's not how percentages work. 100% would mean an insta hack. 125% means the hack would be completed before you started hacking 0_o

The min scout also has an innate 10% (x0.9) bonus before skills where as the gal only has a 5% (x0.95)

If it takes 10 seconds (example only) to hack with full hack skill on any non-scout suit, then:

Min scout = 10s x 0.9 x 0.75 (min bonus) x 0.75 (1st CB) x 0.75 x 0.75 = 2.85s

Gal scout = 10s x 0.95 x 0.75 (1st CB) x 0.75 x 0.75 x 0.75 x 0.75 = 2.25s

If the scotsman (gal) with 5 code breakers is actually slower as you say, then there must be an unstated stacking penalty.

My understanding was that stacking penalties always applied. It is well known many of the descriptions are years out of date. I don't know of any mods that do not stack (though there may be some I don't use and am unaware of).

Did the OP take into account stacking penalties?

Tldr: it seems there is an unstated stacking penalty to code breakers.

Now.. that's not how percentages work. 100% would mean an insta hack. 125% means the hack would be completed before you started hacking 0_o

The min scout also has an innate 10% (x0.9) bonus before skills where as the gal only has a 5% (x0.95)

If it takes 10 seconds (example only) to hack with full hack skill on any non-scout suit, then:

Min scout = 10s x 0.9 x 0.75 (min bonus) x 0.75 (1st CB) x 0.75 x 0.75 = 2.85s

Gal scout = 10s x 0.95 x 0.75 (1st CB) x 0.75 x 0.75 x 0.75 x 0.75 = 2.25s

If the scotsman (gal) with 5 code breakers is actually slower as you say, then there must be an unstated stacking penalty.

As I understand it, the way it works is this:

Take a 10 standard 10-second hack. One Complex Codebreaker makes this 7.5 seconds. A second codebreaker doesn't make it 5.0 seconds; it makes it 5.625 seconds (25% of 7.5 = 1.875, 7.5 - 1.875 = 5.652).

These all seem like pretty solid theories, I was also contemplating whether there might be an unstated stacking penalty, but the other stuff is interesting as well.