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Because the game never tells them about Newbie Protection in the first place, unless Lisa makes it a point to mention it now.

You would get c. This is because the research was done on two seperate files.

This is an example of using the multiple research method.

It is 12:00 pm (noon).
Say you have a .1 file share virus. You run it for 10 hours, which would result in a .16 file share virus.

It is 3:00 pm
Three hours later, you decide you need a .2 or better file share virus, so you start another 7 hours of research on the file before the first research process is done.

It is 10:00 pm
At the end of 10 total hours, you find both research processes are done. If you press complete on both of them in any order, you wind up with a .202 file share virus.

You have now done 17 total hours of research in only 10.

I'd hack her server any day. 

 

I would think of it more as a trust issue.  Unless you want there to be a possibility of double agents, a freelancer working with someone from say Icarus, could employ themselves with say, True Light.  That person then gets access to all True Light servers, brings down the protections and allows his buddy from Icarus to hack all of those servers with 5 minute timers. True, Icarus hacker probably gets a few anti-hacker missions, but cracking the servers took much less effort and doesn't require any hardware at all.

So you'd need to put some kind of anti-double agent system into each of the servers, either limiting what commands can be run (allow download/disinfect/unhide, disallow infect/hide/kill process?) a la newbie protection applying only to faction members, or hostile actions on your own faction's servers carry a chance of lost reputation/being expelled from the organization, complete with leaving penalty.


I know I wouldn't be comfortable working for someone if they tracked me down just to keep an eye on me.

It also sounds like the relationship between a Corp and a hacker is something like working as a freelancer.  You take jobs, complete them, get paid, end of story. But you follow the unspoken rules of thieves and hackers, and breaking them carries their own consequences.

I'm in main right now and there's 10 users, something's wrong on your end, or you connected to the wrong server.

http://www.hacker-project.com/forum/index.php?topic=323.0

Lurk moar.

siremi strikes me as the kind of developer who cares more about the satisfaction of his player base as a whole rather than pure profit.  He has two other games worth of player base to try and keep happy too. Correct me if I'm wrong siremi

Since siremi is the main developer for three games right now, I'd assume time and not money is his main constraint when it comes to updating.

Also, what's wrong with the server? It's not Google fast, but it's not 56k slow either...

Those three green lines of text don't bother me usually. But there are two messages it toggles between, and one message is three lines long and one is four lines long, which means I can't click in the same place to get the same result sometimes.

I feel like using that feature of resigning your faction status when you change IP seems unrealistic.  If you join a faction, it's like some kind of contract where you say, "I'm throwing my lot in with XYZ Corp." or "I agree with XYZ Corp's views/ideas". So if you changed IPs, I'd think one of the first things you would do would be to check back in with your informant with the corp.

Also, this would work in favor of Gold members. Only Gold members or non-Golds with a hidden backup server and high bandwidth would disinfect another players virii without considering an IP change, considering the possibility of retaliation hanging over every disinfect. Also, I wouldn't think non-Golds w/backup and high bandwidth/low CPU/RAM wouldn't specialize in disinfecting anyway, a server built like that would be better suited to installing.

Another thing is that the whole good/evil thing shouldn't be used here, isn't the idea behind a dystopian, hacker based environment is that the lines between good and evil are blurred? I can't think of more suitable labels, but the corporations seem to lean more towards order/forced progress/profiteering while True Light tends more towards freedom/self-determination.

@siremi - What do you mean by balanced and more equal? I assume it's Hatejacket's labeling of Icarus' bonuses as being better than others. Can we get rough examples?

Admin access on all servers shouldn't be given automatically to members, each should be individually cracked as they are now. Gives incentive for virii to be installed on higher protected servers relative to their virii's own version. Also, since faction members can't install virii on their own faction's servers, that means they can't install sniffers on their own servers, which means sniffers on any faction's servers automatically have half their features made useless (password change)

As for changing factions, there should be a huge penalty for leaving/switching. And I mean huge, preferably in the 2000-3000AP range. Corps don't take kindly to fair-weather hackers.

Last point, will the corps tolerate competition within the faction? I'm talking members of the same faction nuking each other over the same disinfect mission for example. If they do without penalty it sort of undermines the faction idea, considering members will be weakening each other over money.

Otherwise, great idea! I actually began playing here with the intent of RP'ing a neutral party, but well, that went out the window when my intro post got one reply. 

Understood, thanks siremi! 

My question wasn't whether they're supposed to (of course they are), it was whether this detail was implemented yet and whether anyone has actually cared to pay attention rather than mindlessly accept and perform disinfects (which I, embarrassingly, have been doing).

Has anyone here cared to notice whether disinfect missions for viruses appear only on servers belonging to the faction that's being infected?

i.e. If I plant a virus on an Icarus server and it happens to have a mission placed against it, will the mission only appear on Icarus servers?

This should probably be the case, but you never know.  I'll be paying attention from now on to this detail, but if anyone knows in advance it'd be much appreciated.

Every time one of the players you brought to the game makes a donation, you get 10%.

Example: for a $5 donation you receive $0.50 that you can use however you like.

tl;dr: You gain real money only if they donate.

tl;dr #2: if they join and donate to the game?

From the HP partner link (if you even bothered to click on it and read it):

You can gain real money by refering players to The Hacker Project. Every time one of the players you brought to the game makes a donation, you get 10%. Example: for a $5 donation you receive $0.50 that you can use however you like. You can convert any credit you may have to hacker project dollars (HPD) or Gold Account, or if you reach $50 credit you can receive a paypal payment from The Hacker Project.

Can't stump 'em all the time!

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Rating this one a 4/10 on the difficulty scale.