Why use system reboot over short circuit?

[Prince Ian]

Both non lethal attacks, but short circuit is cheaper, loads and refreshes faster. I've used both on stealth runs and it provides the same result.

[NorthernDavid]

System Reset is a guaranteed KO if you upload it. Short circuit is a large amount of damage that often but isn't a guarantee to KO the target.

[Prince Ian]

Originally posted by NorthernDavid:

System Reset is a guaranteed KO if you upload it. Short circuit is a large amount of damage that often but isn't a guarantee to KO the target.

I can see that early game, but depending on your build, short circuit is OP and one shots everything. It's always available to use even on bosses or cyberpsychos.

[metalfreak]

If you have a specific cyberdeck (one of the legendary ones, can't remember the name now) you can have the System Reset jump to a nearby enemy, basically doing a double KO. Other than that, Short Circuit is probably the better option if you're going for a hacker build.

[justfaded]

Originally posted by Prince Ian:

Originally posted by NorthernDavid:

System Reset is a guaranteed KO if you upload it. Short circuit is a large amount of damage that often but isn't a guarantee to KO the target.

I can see that early game, but depending on your build, short circuit is OP and one shots everything. It's always available to use even on bosses or cyberpsychos.

A lot of things are OP in this game because it's a single player power fantasy game.

You're right, with max stats, you don't need anything but short circuit. But it's a game and using just one ability through the whole game gets boring.

Personally I'm doing a run where I just use purple synapse (animation looks much much better than short circuit) and green weapon glitch and green reboot optics and cyberware malfunction and suicide and system reset. This is endgame when I could be using much more OP stuff but my loadout is for fun.

[Prince Ian]

Originally posted by metalfreak:

If you have a specific cyberdeck (one of the legendary ones, can't remember the name now) you can have the System Reset jump to a nearby enemy, basically doing a double KO. Other than that, Short Circuit is probably the better option if you're going for a hacker build.

Yes with tetratronic ripper system reboot will jump to 1 other person, but if you use netdriver then short circuit will also spread, it can actually spread up to 3 people and because it adds 30% damage buff to quickhacks the short circuit will take everyone down, and it's a near instant refresh.

[xabre2th]

I like suicide better, you get more feedback

[Cookie]

If you play on normal or lower, Short Circuit is the best.

[Pain Weasel]

Originally posted by Heavens Blade:

Well, reboot is non lethal, for those who are playing without killing enemies, that would be one major difference between the two.

Short Circuit is non-lethal as well.

[Crimsomrider]

Short Circuit alerts enemies.
System Reboot does not.

Which is why when paired with Tetratronic Rippler, System Reboot can affect multiple targets and not alert enemies, which is perfect for stealthy players that wish to be ghosts.

Netrunners have several different playstyles,

• Stealthy non-lethal
  
• Stealthy lethal
  
• Non-stealthy non-lethal
  
• Non-stealthy lethal

It all depends on the player's playstyle. Personally I use both at the same time. Short Circuit for targets that I know won't alert enemies, but System Reboot when they're grouped so I don't alert anyone.

[Prince Ian]

Originally posted by Crimsomrider:

Short Circuit alerts enemies.
System Reboot does not.

Which is why when paired with Tetratronic Rippler, System Reboot can affect multiple targets and not alert enemies, which is perfect for stealthy players that wish to be ghosts.

Netrunners have several different playstyles,

• Stealthy non-lethal
  
• Stealthy lethal
  
• Non-stealthy non-lethal
  
• Non-stealthy lethal

It all depends on the player's playstyle. Personally I use both at the same time. Short Circuit for targets that I know won't alert enemies, but System Reboot when they're grouped so I don't alert anyone.

short circuit doesn't alert enemies either. You drop them in one hit and hide the body if you want. I have even knocked down drones with it. Nobody says anything. Netdriver will also upload to multiple enemies. Short circuit is instant refresh, system reboot is not.

[Chaosolous]

I play a netrunner. Short circuit is good but if you have the Tetra Cyberdeck System Reboot will spread and you can take two out. Plus system reboot emits no noise.

All my Quickhacks are focus'd on combat though. Used to use the stealth ones until late game made the combat ones more viable during combat.

[Grobut]

System Reboot is mainly useful for stealth. It's a garuenteed silent and non-lethal takedown, and is highly effective as such even if you don't want to invest too heavily into the INT skill tree. The downside being that it has a very long cooldown.

If you're playing as a pure Netrunner though, and especially if you don't care too much about staying silent or non-lethal, then it's probably not the hack you'd choose.

[Crimsomrider]

Originally posted by Prince Ian:

short circuit doesn't alert enemies either. You drop them in one hit and hide the body if you want. I have even knocked down drones with it. Nobody says anything. Netdriver will also upload to multiple enemies. Short circuit is instant refresh, system reboot is not.

It does if a target affected by Short Circuit is spotted or heard while being zapped. Or if the body is spottedafterwards,

System Reboot however does not whatsoever because one of the perks of System Reboot is that it isolates the target completely from the enemy's perception and audio systems. So can be used in the middle of a group and not alert anyone.

Also with the Tetratronic Rippler and the cooldown perks, System Reboot is a 5 second cooldown at most for me.

I used Netwatch cyberdeck prior to the Rippler, but I didn't like how it made Short Circuit bounce too far and ended up alerting enemies. So I switched to Rippler and enjoyed the stealth gameplay far more.

This way Short Circuit is a single target that has instant cooldown and System Reboot a 5 second cooldown.

[Nite69]

I use short circuit and it works fine, you just have to be sure to breach them to weaken them so the short circuit has enough to kill the strongest leader of the group, I am ussually fast enough to get them down before the detection meter maxes out