Hacking - Rule of 6

Disclaimer

 

Before I begin a little disclaimer: You need to know what hacking is, how the UI works, what the viruses are etc. and if you don't go here to learn! :)

The rule of 6's

The rule of 6's is a really simple rule that will help you with the hacking mini-game:

"The middle node of 6 nodes (aka node 7) is always safe, and if it isn't it means 1 of the 6 around it is the system core."

Example 1 shows a relic container being hacked and I professionally (cough) circled the nodes that have 6 other nodes around it with number 7 in the middle. As an example I used the lower right corner with numbers to show what I exactly mean.

Example 1: Circled nodes, showing the rule of 6's

Example 2 shows how I used this rule to guide myself down (I follow the numbers to 1) all the way to the system node.

Example 2: Going downwards towards the system node

In example 3 you see clearly what happens when a virus is inside the middle and isn't safe, in my case it was the system core so right away I hacked it and grabbed that delicious loot without much hassle.

Example 3: System Core inside the 6's

And this is the rule of 6's, now some hacking layouts don't have any and you just have to play the number game but if you see one of the 6's it is always a safe bet to go there.

And you could always watch this tutorial that helped me out:

Enjoy!