Spectre Hacking

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  1. Bruvas

    Bruvas Generation 7
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    Does anyone have any time for it? I think I've hacked enough to get the achievement, but I've resigned myself to kicking and shooting then now.

    I was wondering if there was a limit to the number you could hack at any time?

    I fancy equipping Spectre Camo later on with the upgraded data knife and performing an experiment!
     
  2. Ik0n88x

    Ik0n88x Generation 7
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    I'm 10th Gen Level 50 and have yet to get the achievement... that's how much I do it. It's just generally useless and a waste of time.
     
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  3. Tony at Home

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    It's not useless. Hack a group of Spectres and if you still have them when you get in your Titan- they will pick off any pilot that rodeos you.

    Wi-Fi virus burn card while you are in a Titan is godlike.
     
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  4. Bruvas

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    Gobsmacked.

    Never thought of the rodeo advantage of having a team of minions follow you around. Going to give that a blast!!!
     
  5. Crazy wee man

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    Also looks badass as hell when wandering around with a Titan and a group of specters In tow.
     
  6. Ik0n88x

    Ik0n88x Generation 7
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    You can kick 4 Spectres in a row before you're even hurt... the AI just isn't good enough.
     
  7. Sulq

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    I don't hack them really.
     
  8. Sgt_rawk

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    Yeah...could never see the point, they are dumber than dogshit. However I have been killed by one...so what does that make me?
     
  9. Bruvas

    Bruvas Generation 7
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    I've been meleed by a grunt.

    On more than 1 occasion... :(
     
  10. Sgt_rawk

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    yeah...one of the updates made them a bit more badass up close...
     
  11. Sulq

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    You should probably quit. I was killed by a hacked Spectre once and spiraled into depression until I joined an insane asylum. Since then, I have joined a recovery program working a "normal" person job as a WalMart greeter. I have been placed and housed in a secure environment under constant surveillance for my own safety.

    I am scheduled to try a Titanfall again in October.
     
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  12. Sgt_rawk

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    Ha!
     
  13. BigDaddyHotGue

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    Oh man... never thought of that. I think I'll try that on Campaign in the last round at the Hammond robotics factory. Let the other team take a hard point when all the spectres turn to their side then hack 'em all + WiFi Virus burn card. There'd be HEAPS to follow you around... Then see if I can get a pilot to try a rodeo. Trying it tonight for sure... that would be way cool!! THANKS!
     
  14. fnshr

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    I've probably hacked like 5 in my Tfall life time lol and the are hella annoying
     
  15. Bruvas

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    I deployed the WiFi virus while in my titan trick last night. I don't think my minions were very productive but it gave the lads in the party a good chuckle watching the wee fellas trying to keep up. I had a fair squad of them for the whole game!
     
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  16. Tony at Home

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    You're missing the point.

    You hack the spectres and they shoot the pilots off your back if you're in a Titan.

    Yeah, someone can just jump kick every spectre following you, but if your in a Titan and they're jump kicking spectres at your feet- they're going to die pretty much immediately (just stomp them with your Titan while they're busy killing your spectres)- and that's thanks to the spectres in that case.

    The AI doesn't NEED to be good in this case. The spectres either:
    A) Simply need to shoot at a stationary pilot on your back, which is an easy kill even for them
    B) Act as a distraction that the pilot needs to kill before rodeo-ing you, at which point you just stomp on the pilot as they do it.

    I use wi-fi virus ALOT in a Titan, and I've never had a Pilot successfully rodeo me so long as there was 2 spectres following me (if you have just 1, it will actually not be able to take out the pilot rodeo-ing you, it groups too close to your leg and can't hit him/her for some reason)
     
  17. Absolute Bogan

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    Colony is the best map for spectre's. I did the challenge a few days ago and you can hack a few dozen a game easily if you are sneaky. Also the best map for killing spectres and getting the gun challenges. Theres more on this map than on corporate imo.
     
  18. movedxylophone8

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    been killed more than once myself by spectres I hack for xp but the rodeo hint is good to know
     
  19. Leon Young

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    Dude trying to get through a door way while they are there is instant death lol
     
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  20. SgtPain

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    I love hacking spectres and running around with a little army in tow. I am not sure what the maximum size of hangers on is, but I get a thrill from it.

    Spectre cammo and hacking is brilliant fun.

    Titans plus WiFi virus is hilarious.

    I hadn't done it in a while. But I shall give this a go next time I play.

    (ps I love the Conscription Burn card too. Use it at the start of a match to coerce nearby grunts to become my own personal army. What would make hacking/ WiFi Virus/ Conscription better would be the ability to direct them to an objective)