Needs a few answers...

Hank_22

Ok so I've been running around and doing a few missions and what not, fighting some gang members and

seeking out Hard Lines. But I have a few questions about some things.

1. I'm collecting stacks of code fragments and I dont know what to do with them!

Do I need to work on my Coder skills to use them?

2. I'd like to tap into data nodes. I can find them with a tool I bought but I need something else to

extract the information. What is it I need and where can I secure it?

3. How do I improve my rolls in an interlock? I'm under rolling fairly often against characters I need to beat.

4. And what should I do with all the female clothing I pick up? I play a male character and have no use

for female clothing.

5. New weapons. I'm always offered/find the same weapons. Is your weapon access determined by

level?

Thanks, Hank_22 (comserv)

- oh, I'm Lvl6 at the moment.

The_Zealot

1. I'm collecting stacks of code fragments and I dont know what to do with them!

Do I need to work on my Coder skills to use them?

Code frags and bits are used to create items and abilities. To do this you will need Coder abilties yes (specifically the Crafting tree under Coder > Programmer). For now you can sell them, save them, or give them to coders.

2. I'd like to tap into data nodes. I can find them with a tool I bought but I need something else to

extract the information. What is it I need and where can I secure it?

Data Node Tapper. Find it at the item vendor. However, there is not a lot of point tapping data nodes, as you get more info beating people up.

3. How do I improve my rolls in an interlock? I'm under rolling fairly often against characters I need to beat.

Find buffed clothing or weapons or use some of the Awakenened abilities like Detect Weakness and what not. Also don't forget good old Intensify Damage. Also, make sure your combat abilities are leveled to the maximum.

4. And what should I do with all the female clothing I pick up? I play a male character and have no use

for female clothing.

Sell it at the vendors, recycle it for info, decompile it so you can craft it later or for codebits, give it to lady friends or just keep trying to squueze into the tankini and dredd skirt outfit. Your choice.

5. New weapons. I'm always offered/find the same weapons. Is your weapon access determined by

level?

Yes, by the level of your opponent. The weapons will improve as you face harder NPCs.

Message Edited by The_Zealot on 09-01-2005 05:12 AM
Message edited by The_Zealot on 09/01/2005 04:12:07.

LordDemon

1. I'm collecting stacks of code fragments and I dont know what to do with them!

Do I need to work on my Coder skills to use them?

Yes, u will need to load the write code ability, and u will also need these three items which can be bought from an item vendor, a code analyzer tool, a code compiler, and a decompiler. This is only if you have an interest in coding/crafting. If you do not have interest in that, don't waste your time. 7 and 3 bits are really the only bits ever dropped that are worth anything. I have had success selling those in the marketplace actually. SMILEY

Everything else u can just recycle or give em to a coder. Red Frag's, however, should always be kept for sale, trade, or use for when u do need higher level abilities made.

2. I'd like to tap into data nodes. I can find them with a tool I bought but I need something else to

extract the information. What is it I need and where can I secure it?

Again, u'll need the tap data node ability, a tap data node tool, as well as the locate datanode tool. FYI the main ability tree in this game for tapping datanodes, data miner, is an ongoing, inside joke in the matrix as it is virtually a useless tree.

3. How do I improve my rolls in an interlock? I'm under rolling fairly often against characters I need to beat.

Unfortunately, at your level, all you can really do is obtain some Melee combat tactics or Ranged combat tactics buffed clothing (depending on if you are going hand to hand or using guns primarily) You still won't be able to use Combat Tactics Boosters (CT Boosts) that directly effect ur combat rolls, until you are lvl 15 i believe. Until then, obtain as many perception or focus boosting clothes, and direct tactics boosting clothes, as possible. Also pick either guns or melee combat depending on ur stats.. (focus for guns, perception for melee) and stay on top of it and make certain those skills are leveled up to your level (maxed).

4. And what should I do with all the female clothing I pick up? I play a male character and have no use

for female clothing.

Use it as trade fodder, decomp it and add it too ur crafting "catalog" or just sell em to vendors for cash fu.

5. New weapons. I'm always offered/find the same weapons. Is your weapon access determined by

level?

Yes, weapons follow a steady level progression, i think most high level coders standing around mara c, should be able to code you some nice guns for your level for next to nothing. Give em some of those 3 and 7 bits as well and i'm sure they'll make some stuff for you when you level up as well.

Thanks, Hank_22 (comserv)

- oh, I'm Lvl6 at the moment.

Finally, i just want to warn you that you are approaching one of the hardest parts of this game, the leveling from 6 to about level 15-20 (depending on how stubborn, and pig-headed u are SMILEY

) is a well known "difficulty" hump in this game. You will start seeing lupines in missions who utterly pwn u and taunt u to boot. We've all been there at one point so don't get discouraged. Just run the mishes on easy or get someone of a higher level to run with you. Or, dare i say it, consider loading the spy tree, my level 6 was having huge probs with the lupines until i loaded spy, and snuck in pwn'd him first time. Just make sure you get good at escaping if you do cuz at that level spys have zero toughness.

Good luck,

Kutikiri

Shanker

Hank_22 wrote:

Ok so I've been running around and doing a few missions and what not, fighting some gang members and

seeking out Hard Lines. But I have a few questions about some things.

1. I'm collecting stacks of code fragments and I dont know what to do with them!

Do I need to work on my Coder skills to use them?

2. I'd like to tap into data nodes. I can find them with a tool I bought but I need something else to

extract the information. What is it I need and where can I secure it?

3. How do I improve my rolls in an interlock? I'm under rolling fairly often against characters I need to beat.

4. And what should I do with all the female clothing I pick up? I play a male character and have no use

for female clothing.

5. New weapons. I'm always offered/find the same weapons. Is your weapon access determined by

level?

Thanks, Hank_22 (comserv)

- oh, I'm Lvl6 at the moment.

Total Noob.

RIP comserv you shall be missed.

**MxO_Neopill**