Well I know a lot of people have been confused on how things work with this latest content, so much so they might not realise exactly how good it is. I'm going to explain the basics of things and try to put together as much information here. This thread will be constantly updated as we can gather more intel.
Getting Started
First and foremost you will need a few things to be able to take advantage of everything available.
1. Data Miner - Get this tree, you will need it to farm the nodes.
2. Combat Tree - Make sure you load something with Data Miner! When you are attacked you will need to be ready to fight.
3. Coding Trees - As well as primarily Tool coding, you will need Apparel crafting as well as others. You need to be able to make tools and also should you loot the recipes for various items, then we know that ranges from Apparel crafting to consumable crafting, at least. Having the tool crafting tree isn't essential if you have someone else who can make the new data taps for you.
While coding is important, the most important is the data miner tree. Let's see what you need to get loaded.
The Abilites you need to load to farm data nodes is:-
Locate Data Node - This levels up to 5.
Tap Date Node - This levels up to 5.
Find Data Node - Only level this to 30, you don't need it any higher.
Siphon Data Node - Level this as far as you can, 50 is cap.
Data Node Goggles
See Luggables
Data Tap
Data Miner
Total level everything your going to need about 10m info.
Also the items you need are the actual goggles and data taps. You can buy the goggles from a vendor near Stamos NW.
Advanced Data Node Goggles
Data Taps
We have had other data taps ingame, but to be able to get the new spawns and chance of really good loot you need to get the new ones. They all are level based and spawn based on that.
We know you can loot the following from Missions.
Data Siphon 1.0
Data Siphon 2.0
Data Extractor 1.0
Data Extractor 2.0
There are 2 though, that can only be coded, these:-
Data Extractor 3.0 obviously is to make the 3.0 version, and the other we believe is the 4.0 (or as it says a scrambler, but obviously a better item)
Please see spawns and box drops to see which set will drop those purple frags (Though for the 3.0 coding schematic, you need the box frag given at the end of the Data Sentries spawn attacks)
To use the schematic you have to first code it (with all frags and get enough tool crafting points!), then upload the schematic coded. Go into Loading area and compile the schematic, then you "use" the newely made schematic to learn the recipe for the new Data Taps. Those you will need to code yourself, but they don't need a purple frag.
Data Tap information (Thanks Cloudwolf!)
--Old--
Basic Data Tap - only needs find data node, decom level 5
Data Tap - only needs find data node, decom level 17
Advanced Data Tap - only needs find data node, decom level 30
--New--
Data Siphon 1.0 - needs siphon data node at 20, decom level 30
Data Siphon 3.0 - needs siphon data node at 30, decom level 40
Data Extractor 2.0 - needs siphon data node at 40, decom level 53
**Adding to show coding level for Data Extracter 2.0 and 3.0
Data Scrambler 0.4 Information
This item has a longer use timer than the 3.0, as well as a lesser chance of a cluster forming from just a node, but when they do you are able to loot 8 frags from it constantly. These frags will be all the ones for the type given (i.e all the patches or subroutines)
Range: Very big (For me, anything visible on the map can be hit from where you are standing, this works to help you clear a building from just the door.
How farming nodes and spawns work.
You have your tree loaded and you have the goggles, now you probally have the new data taps farmed by now (or got from someone else)
Place both items on your hotbar, activate the goggles first to see the nodes on screen and on your map.
You should see the following now...
Now you simply goto a node and then activate the new data tap.
So, you now are farming away nodes. I've personally been doing this in Downtown. Can't be sure yet it the level of the node effects the spawns as well or just the data tap being used.
Though we don't have exact figures yet, it appears that having a Data Extractor 3.0 increases the spawn rate over 2.0, rather than just different spawn possibilities (not 100% confirmed)
Spawns and loots!
Going to try and compile what spawns you may get and what the loot will be.
Please not that after you kill the spawns you get a box to loot, just like Halloween events and Pandora's boxes. This box can only be opened by you and no one else, therefore your spawn, your box. The item itself is called a "Data Cluster".
Now I do believe there is a chance to have a node turn into a data cluster also, randomly, but this is a very small chance from what I know.
Some spawns are easily handled solo, but others WILL need a full team, or special items.
- 1 wave of Data Sentries = Mix loot of Frags
- 5 wave of Data Sentries = Data Extraction Permission Set
- N30 Agents = Recipe for Quicksilver Gloves.
These make:
When used in combat you get red flame/beam on your hands and feet.
- Wasteland Corrupter (Yes you will need the insecticides to kill this) = No Data Cluster box
- Tengu Spawns = Overdrive Bandana (Thanks Symmetric)
You get Tengu and Gargoyle spawns, will need a few people for this.
- Taskmaster Spawns = IS Regen Pill and Inhaler Codes
Taskmaster spawns (2x Taskmaster, then 4x Soldiers, then 2x Taskmasters and 4x Soldiers) produce the codes for the IS Regen pill and inhaler. (Thanks Symmetric!) - Gang Spawns = Frag and Info loots
- Pandora Box Spawns = Frags (but you do get to loot all the items you would from the Pandora NPC's
- Lvl 100 Agent = You have a chance at him dropping the Overdrive Bandana or IS consumable codes.
Please if you know of spawns and what they drop, list them in this thread and I will update here.
Will update as more information is confirmed. Any questions, please ask, I will try to answer, or others who have a bit more information to give.
