Sonic Shock Stealth

[NoobMaster69]

Hi all been a while since I've played.

I remember being able to use Sonic Shock before another quickhack to keep from being traced... doesn't seem to happen anymore. Is this a bug? Did a google and the latest stuff I can find is from back in 2023 so unsure if this is an issue or not.

Thanks

[mistahbungle]

Use Tier 4 Memory Wipe.

[Abaddon_Dodger]

Sonic Shock was changed. If you wanna that, need legendary or more quality. It was reworked because the total mayhem of no being traced and clean a building....

[Duilf]

2.0 massively crippled stealth quickhacking... which lets be honest used to be ridiculous. The options now are System Collapse (a tier 4+ hack) for 28 ram, Reboot Optics (preferably tier 2+) + Memory Wipe (a tier 3+ hack) + a tier 5+ Sonic Shock which requires a minimum of 12 total ram, tier 4+ Memory Wipe + any combat, and the classic bait them into a location to deliver a KO requiring 3-4 ram along with some patients.

On the plus side the skill Counter-A-Hack/Copy-Paste is flat busted for offensive quickhacking. It allows you to deal with a wide swath of enemies at once simply by waiting for the enemy netrunner starts trying to hack you they unleashing a combo on them.

[ShelLuser]

If you use memory wipe then it'll cloak any other quickhack that comes after it in the queue, even if that other quickhack is traceable. Sonic shock only deafens hostiles and prevents them from contacting others.

They seriously beefed up the options with regards to stealth in 2.0, but the trick is to learn how to use it. Note: all quickhacks have clear descriptions in-game, read 'm. Depending on your playstyle you might even benefit from combining "cloak hacks" too (memory wipe, reboot optics and sonic shock).

Also: don't forget your chrome. Several implants can also grant you quickhack bonusses. Bonusses which may look small and uninteresting at first, but with the proper quickhack combinations those perks become straight up deadly.

For example.... memory wipe + overheat is a favorite combo of mine which kills most enemies, courtesy of some of my chrome. And unless I'm in clear view when I do this none of the enemies will be the wiser.

[[=]Josiah]

Originally posted by mistahbungle:

Use Tier 4 Memory Wipe.

This is correct.

Originally posted by Abaddon_Dodger:

Sonic Shock was changed. If you wanna that, need legendary or more quality. It was reworked because the total mayhem of no being traced and clean a building....

This is not correct. No tier of Sonic Shock will prevent tracing -only Tier 4 and above of Memory Wipe.

[DragynDance]

Originally posted by Duilf:

2.0 massively crippled stealth quickhacking... which lets be honest used to be ridiculous. The options now are System Collapse (a tier 4+ hack) for 28 ram, Reboot Optics (preferably tier 2+) + Memory Wipe (a tier 3+ hack) + a tier 5+ Sonic Shock which requires a minimum of 12 total ram, tier 4+ Memory Wipe + any combat, and the classic bait them into a location to deliver a KO requiring 3-4 ram along with some patients.

On the plus side the skill Counter-A-Hack/Copy-Paste is flat busted for offensive quickhacking. It allows you to deal with a wide swath of enemies at once simply by waiting for the enemy netrunner starts trying to hack you they unleashing a combo on them.

Reboot otpics isn't a stealth hack either anymore, it's traceable. It's just memory wipe, you only get memory wipe. The real "stealth quickhack" now is equipping pizdets and stealth clearing the entire zip code by holding left click with no perk investments in SMG's or smart weapons because yeah, thats way more balanced and engaging then covert hacking your way through according to cdpr.

[The Grin]

You need to download mods on nexusmods to get back all the previous effects from sonic shock.
You will find all necessary mods making the game enjoyable, which is absolutely not the case in this terrible vanilla version.

Trust me, Cyberpunk is enjoyable, fully modded, because otherwise you lose not only what has been cut out of the game but also what made A NERFED SOLO GAME (biggest hypocrisy existing...) great....