[Solved] Shodan Vs. No Hacking Char [Spoilers]

[wewak]

So I decide to go for this run putting no points whatsoever in hacking/cyber affinity. I am at the last boss and apparently my weapons are not able to penetrate/destroy her shield. I went to TTLG forums in search for answers but everything they told would work is not working for me. For instance, they said that EMP granades would destroy the shield but I unload all of my 6 EMP granades at the shield and nothing happens.

Here is what I have: Assault Rifle (Tons of AR, AP and standard rounds) and Grandade Launcher (6 EMP, 7 Disruption, 8 Frags and some incendiary). Standard and heavy both lv. 6. No points in hacking (so please don't tell me to hack the terminals).

I have saved the game in the Body of the Many so I could go back and put my remaining cyber modules in hack/cyber affinity but I was just wondering if it is possible to beat Shodan without resorting to hacking the terminals.

Note: I don't have any Ice Picks.
Note2: difficulty: Hard

Thank you.

[ps47.3dfx]

the emp grenades will not disable the shields, but are able to damage Shodan - a bit. 6 are not going to cut it though, you will need more.


the shields being almost completely impenetrable is actually a(n original) bug, and the only reason why almost nobody knows about it is that you have to be really crazy to not have hacking at this point. so it's either hacking and nanites, or 3 ice picks, or lots of emp grenades and a grenade launcher, or an emp rifle with enough charge. you are screwed unless you have one of those setups.

[wewak]

That's some nice piece of information right there. I'll get back to my last save and put my cyber modules in hacking then. Thanks for the heads up, ps47 :)

[terrasunder]

You could also buy 3 ICE picks from a vending machine in the Body of the Many or Rickenbacker before the last fight. Not sure if you'd need to hack the machine first, but there should be one that carries picks.

[ericf]

You should be able to hack the terminals using remote circuitry manipulation (IF you have PSI skills).

Otherwise, if you have TONS of AP ammo for the rifle (~1500 rounds or so), you can destory the shields...

GIven that you are playing on hard, if all you have are heavy and standard, that must've been a pretty dull game.

[wewak]

Originally posted by ericf:

GIven that you are playing on hard, if all you have are heavy and standard, that must've been a pretty dull game.

I also had some points at energy and exotic but I thought it not to be worth mentioning since I didn't carry any energy or exotic weapon through to the Body of the Many.

That was my very first pure combat run and I got to use a pretty good variety of weapons throughout. So I finally got to see the workings of weapons that in the past I could just look at, without being able to actually fire them.

Plus I wanted to see how the game works when you can't rely on hacking.

Had loads of fun :)

I'm still in love with this game.

[NeutralX2]

You should be able to do this with the assault rifle fairly easily if you go full auto. You just need to damage the shields quickly enough. I made a video for this: http://neutralx2.com/files/sshock2.mp4

[wewak]

Originally posted by NeutralX2:

You should be able to do this with the assault rifle fairly easily if you go full auto. You just need to damage the shields quickly enough. I made a video for this: http://neutralx2.com/files/sshock2.mp4

It worked like a charm. Thanks a whole lot, NeutralX2!

(On a side note: very nice website you have. I loved your SS2 review)