What exactly are hacking chances based on?

[Bullett00th]

I've been restarting one mission a couple of times, hence facing the same first pod. And noticed that every time the hacking chance is slightly different. No matter what I'm trying to hack.

What gives?

[Adeptus Stark]

I noticed if I go for the lesser prize I would have reached the greater one. When I go for the greater one I only reach about the lesser one and fail.

Seriously though, I'm not sure. I love my little hacker units and always have at least one. Sometimes I'll level up two, one the healer route and the other the damage route.

Make sure you give them the skull jack for increased bonus to hacking. (Skull jack upgrade is useful too)

By the time those huge mechs start appearing I have my sharpshooter armed with bluescreen rounds so I can either shut down or attempt to control them bad boys.

[Bullett00th]

Originally posted by Tom:

I noticed if I go for the lesser prize I would have reached the greater one. When I go for the greater one I only reach about the lesser one and fail.

Practice shows that the hacking 'progress bar' is random and doesn't represent the number rolled by the RNG.

Can't be totally sure about that but that's what I've heard

[Včelí medvídek]

Well answer on question is very likely soldier hacking skill (affected for example by Gremlin upgrade) vs hacking difficulty of object.

Before I started play ironman I noted difficulty randomly change even after first reload savegame in the middle of mission. And if hack is successful after all is another RNG story..

I personaly started to use hack plus MOD that slightly increase soldier hacking skill after each hack/attempt. Can be OP in very long run and long game (IF you manage keep that soldier alive.. not always true in ironman, heh) but I see it logical that soldier with 100 succssfuly hacked mechs use his experience for another hack and have better chance than totaly newbie that see mech first time on battlefield..