If you want nano hives and uplinks... equip em :P

or if you simply must have the ability to hack em... let us logi's have a skill that makes them blow up if they get hacked...killing the hacker :P... anyone with out the skillbook this doesnt happen... but if you hack an uplink or nano from someone with the skillbook...you die :P


not fair?... neither is mooching off my adv. equipment :P.. get your own :P

I just had some new ideas about deployable equipment yesterday, and it inspired an idea:

In order to hack deployables, you not only need a hacking module, you need the skill to deploy the equipment in the first place.

This would increase specialization and make specialized logi's a valuable asset (or potentially hacking-oriented scouts).

hacking equipment +1 but I think the owner of the equipment should get an alert and have the uplink blink on the map so everyone can easily target the enemy lol

Although I'm in favor of the idea, I think that 2 seconds on a militia is way too fast. It would make it nearly worthless. You could complete that hack even while being shot. I would say start at 3 or 4 and go up from there.

In comparison does anyone know how long the different hacks currently take? Maybe it just seems like forever due to the danger involved?

Would love to hear some more feedback regarding this now that CODEX has landed (maybe even something from the Devs ).

I think it's an interesting idea, but I'd add one caveat: requires codebreaker module.

I already liked the idea in the prior build but having played the new Codex maps for awhile I want it even more. I believe the biggest factor is the addition of ladders (which I think is great). The maps now have a more layered dynamic and thus the ability to establish foothold positions is an even more tactically valuable asset.

Having the ability to hack deployables (yeah fake word ) and target them with squad orders (both as discussed in this thread) would open up quite a bit in the way of teamwork and squad options.

pretty sure deployables is a real word.

+1

Supply lines are the lifeblood of any infantry unit. If I can deny my enemy something better yet take it for myself and use it against him then even better. I am all for hacking drops and nanos it is in tune with hacking vehicles and makes sense on the battlefield.

Giving this thread a little nudge to the top since I'm seeing other versions of it crop up

agreed.

One of the problems with this is with droplinks, you are only allowed to have one working at a time (barring high level ones). One could have multiples by hacking enemy droplinks. To counter this, the droplink should replace any droplinks you have as if you laid it out yourself.

Further, if you can hack a ammo hives, some will argue that you should be able to pick them up. I know people have been asking for it for a while, but I think it would go against how the ammo hives are supposed to work. (like the military tent, you pull the string and up pops a tent. good luck packing it back up though.)

On the other hand, if you don't want the enemy to have it, blow it up as you retreat as the Russians did with the Germans in WWII. You can get more with your next clone, or at the nearest supply depot.

Hacking it, on the other hand, should not be easy. Instead of an installation, it's a piece of equipment that has been coded specifically to work for a certain group. I wouldn't necessarily require the code breaker, but if it doesn't, I'd make a hack require 15 seconds (I like the idea of requiring the codebreaker). If you want it so bad, earn it. Otherwise, blow it up.

There should be an advantage for overtaking an enemy position with supplies. Many armies have kept going on the supplies of their enemies (see the south in the civil war). But they had to stop and collect those supplies instead of running after the enemy. The same should be true here.

This, I support the OP so long as Hacking is required as a skill to pull it off, also the use of a (non-milita) Codebreaker.

This being beta I'd start it at Hacking 5, Prototype Codebreaker. Test that for a build and see where things stand.

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[REQUEST] Hacking nanohives and drop uplinks to add battlefield dynamics
Update: This idea will go on the list of features to be added in future updates

I like the idea overall.

Ability to hack nanohives or drop uplinks is great.

I also like the idea of higher meta equipment taking longer to hack.

I very much support the idea of awarding WP to hacking equipment or destroying it, although I think you should get slightly more WP for hacking equipment to encourage people to rather then equal points for stopping and crouching to hack (more vulnerable) or just shooting it and moving on (less vulnerable) .

It should only require a codebreaker module if the thing you are going to hack is of high value, if you are going to hack a milita nanohive for example it should not require anything, and this is my opinion ofcourse! Further suggestions?

Expanding on this... It should require a codebreaker module and/or a Logi suit of comparable meta level to the item being hacked. Will add another incentive to use higher-level gear.

If we can't hack them, I wouldn't mind a small WP bonus for destroying them. Even 10 points or so, after all it messes up the enemy supply lines and I have to expend valuable ammo to do it. I

It would help if melee attacks would do the job, but as far as I can tell, melee doesn't damage deployables.

It would help if melee attacks would do the job, but as far as I can tell, melee doesn't damage deployables.