Infiltration Suit, what does it look like?

[Warborn]

Funny thing about hacking bases is that it takes 15 minutes to capture. I betcha that's a loooong 15 minutes when you're alone, with no armor, and nothing more than a pistol and maybe a high explosive or two. Infiltrators may not be the ultra base hackers you think.

[mr_luc]

Hmmm.

Max armors can't hack can they?

But reenforced CAN, correct?

[Warborn]

Any armor that has a pistol slot is able to hold an REK and hack a base.

[mr_luc]

doh

[Sniper Jack]

Thats why they give mentally unstable people like myself grenades

[mr_luc]

I made a big post about how I was so surprised, and it would be cool to hack with my MAX.

And then I realized . . . MAX don't have a pistol slot, dumbass.

Doh.

[Gobberlerra]

Originally posted by Warborn
Funny thing about hacking bases is that it takes 15 minutes to capture. I betcha that's a loooong 15 minutes when you're alone, with no armor, and nothing more than a pistol and maybe a high explosive or two. Infiltrators may not be the ultra base hackers you think.

Does having certs on hacking make it quicker? if so it may be a bit easier, though you would need to have a backup squad to come in after ( or a group of infiltrators rathar than one)

[TRscpd]

it makes hack faster and you can hack there consols to get health or buy armor ammo and stuff in there base :P

[mikkyT]

Thanks Dio thats the one I spent ages looking for (that was the first thread I loaded up but I never saw the link )

me = muppet.

[euth]

From waht I have seen in images and vid's The transition period between visible and invisable are the little blue lines all of you seem to talk about, though I could be wrong. :)

[Warborn]

Originally posted by Gobberlerra
Does having certs on hacking make it quicker? if so it may be a bit easier, though you would need to have a backup squad to come in after ( or a group of infiltrators rathar than one)

The 15 minute period is static. Doesn't change no matter how good a hacker you are. The reason that's so is because the defenders of the installation need a reasonable amount of time to stage a recapture. And it's that recapture that will make the 15 minutes seem like forever. The first place the defenders of the facility are going to go when the facility is hacked is the control console -- the palce you are going to be standing, with only your no-armor and pistol-only ass standing between the enemy and a recapture.

Obviously, though, if you have allies there to help, the situation is different. But, then, you're really not an integral part of the capture in terms of hacking, because anyone can hack. Your role would be limited to very minor combat support in most cases, and terminal hacking. And the reason I say very minor combat support is because infiltrators have very little standing between them and oblivion. Even stray shots in a firefight could put you out of action, and the enemy knows it, so if you begin opening fire, they'll return fire simply because you'd die very quickly, and as we all know, a kill is a kill (that and everybody probably hates fighting invisible enemies, so the faster they get rid of you the better).

[mikkyT]

Your role would be limited to very minor combat support in most cases, and terminal hacking.

Well, not my role. Because I plan on having reinforced or maybe MAX as another option, and I'll hack the equip terminal once Ive stealthed into the base, grab my MAX armour then hack the control terminal.