Always been easy enough to play Stealthrunner, even before the sonic shock changes. Honestly thought the changes were OP, removing all challenge of stealth hacking.
Fine-You-3095
Overclock + suicide
sweetperdition
that shit was super op, i’m glad they made that change. that said, they should have added the tracer-blocking effect to all tiers of memory wipe. the ram cost is meaty, especially at low level, that’s self-limiting enough.
one thing that’s clear from all the changes, they saw us wiping entire warehouses through their camera systems, using naturally regenerated RAM, and really did not like it.
TraditionalCourse938
Email? I want to ask for toggle aim option
thezav69
Memory wipe combos and System collapse spam w/ overdrive are still extremely viable and good, tired of people saying stealthrunning is dead
Viktrodriguez
System Collapse. Person drops dead on the spot and no tracing. I use that often in gigs giving bonuses for stealth.
DrReisender
I love 2.1 but they really killed any full netrunning build. It’s so bad now ! I can only quick hack one or two people and then no ram… waiting… and being traced EACH TIME. Very very annoying.
Before I could be OP late game (as you’d want in any fun game when you’ve been grinding hours, no ???) and spam quick hacking. It was very satisfying.
Now I’m mostly shooting, quick hacking a little bit, even with maxed out intelligence and perks. Too much downgraded imo.
Kurupt_Introvert
Not really. I have been fine using it. Just need different order.
Marmeladun
FINALLY OFICIAL STATEMENT!
It was hard to do so in 2.1 update ?
Yeah people it was unintentional so we fixed it.
Tetratronic Ripler Knives and occasional overclock SMG it is then.
Ruddertail
I don’t know why they’d do this to stealth netrunner when 20 body 20 tech berserker netrunner is ten times more powerful… And a really stupid concept too.
Beyond_Hop3
“I am a shit netrunner.” – OP
kielu
That blackwall hack is also rather effective
Zurab_KHV93
There is mod that restores it and it’s working on current patch too.
lazygenius72
Welp, so much for making a sombra playthrough. Cyber ninja it is
Shivverton
Use Memory Wipe to be honest. In Overload it doesn’t matter how much ram it costs…
InsiDoubtSide
Finding a lot of success with overheat everyone and then sonic shock 1 person, and take them out with a silenced weapon, with the perk that resets the trace.
mastodon___
Nerfing builds in a single player game 3 years after release is wild to me and unnecessary
C3ci1et
System collapse anyone?
CantankerousOrder
Distract enemies.
Sneak.
Grab.
Drag.
Murder.
Yahkem
I can’t fathom how people think this would be balanced with the current RAM cost. I played stealthrunner with Sonic Shock like this and it was still one of the more OP builds. Why would anyone use a Memory Wipe (except MemWipe + Reboot Optics + Sonic Shock combo as ersatz System Collapse and a rare must-get-out-of-combat situation with L5 – like in the spoiler), then? >!You can basically 2-shot Smasher with L5 Memory Wipe + takedowns. I think that makes stealthrunner pretty strong already.!<
Stealth runner is only dead if you have a low quality cyberdeck. Get memory wipe. At epic or higher rank, all nethacks qued after it are untraceable
Insanity_Troll
It’s was incredibly busted. You were never in any danger unless you wanted to be in danger with sonic shock working the way it used to
Hammerhil
I’m playing a netrunner and I can kill everyone in a non gig encounter with hacks before I’m traced. The game is pretty easy like that, and even in gigs you can make the trace fail with cyberware.
Relying on a one hack magic pill to play the game with one strategy is boring. Personally I prefer to cyberpsychosis select targets, and then malfunction/shock and contagion/overheat targets while I go guns blazing. Faster, more fun, and after I’m done there’s no one left to spot me anyway, so stealth achieved.
UniversityLow7745
How do you contact cpdr with a problem like this?
kevster2717
Can’t be traced if there’s no one could trace, I say!
Chungus510
Bro what’s their contact information! I need to ask them if melee enhancements affect blades or not! I can’t get a straight answer anywhere. I even made a post in the group and no one touched it.
QuincyFlynn
Disagree, just change your tactics. Stealthrunner is no longer OP.
PaxV
The Contagion overheat combo is back up …. just make sure the area is clear
THEBLOODYGAVEL
Love these cry posts.
No, you’ll never see Contagion 1.0 ever again
EightSeven69
oh noooo i can no longer just kill everyone without risk of any harm noooo
Bakerz13
I don’t know about y’all, but I like overclocking, then overheat, followed by a contagion, and then just watch everyone explode.
Sheikh_Left_Hook
Was it not already the case?
Only memory wipe males the whole stack untraceable for my save.
ADipsydoodle
Best I can do is give you “Request Backup” as a consolation prize. Use it in good health.
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Use Memory Wipe, scrub.
I used Memory Wipe in 2.0 and it worked fine.
“Memory Wipe”
Always been easy enough to play Stealthrunner, even before the sonic shock changes. Honestly thought the changes were OP, removing all challenge of stealth hacking.
Overclock + suicide
that shit was super op, i’m glad they made that change. that said, they should have added the tracer-blocking effect to all tiers of memory wipe. the ram cost is meaty, especially at low level, that’s self-limiting enough.
one thing that’s clear from all the changes, they saw us wiping entire warehouses through their camera systems, using naturally regenerated RAM, and really did not like it.
Email? I want to ask for toggle aim option
Memory wipe combos and System collapse spam w/ overdrive are still extremely viable and good, tired of people saying stealthrunning is dead
System Collapse. Person drops dead on the spot and no tracing. I use that often in gigs giving bonuses for stealth.
I love 2.1 but they really killed any full netrunning build. It’s so bad now ! I can only quick hack one or two people and then no ram… waiting… and being traced EACH TIME. Very very annoying.
Before I could be OP late game (as you’d want in any fun game when you’ve been grinding hours, no ???) and spam quick hacking. It was very satisfying.
Now I’m mostly shooting, quick hacking a little bit, even with maxed out intelligence and perks. Too much downgraded imo.
Not really. I have been fine using it. Just need different order.
FINALLY OFICIAL STATEMENT!
It was hard to do so in 2.1 update ?
Yeah people it was unintentional so we fixed it.
Tetratronic Ripler Knives and occasional overclock SMG it is then.
I don’t know why they’d do this to stealth netrunner when 20 body 20 tech berserker netrunner is ten times more powerful… And a really stupid concept too.
“I am a shit netrunner.” – OP
That blackwall hack is also rather effective
There is mod that restores it and it’s working on current patch too.
Welp, so much for making a sombra playthrough. Cyber ninja it is
Use Memory Wipe to be honest. In Overload it doesn’t matter how much ram it costs…
Finding a lot of success with overheat everyone and then sonic shock 1 person, and take them out with a silenced weapon, with the perk that resets the trace.
Nerfing builds in a single player game 3 years after release is wild to me and unnecessary
System collapse anyone?
Distract enemies.
Sneak.
Grab.
Drag.
Murder.
I can’t fathom how people think this would be balanced with the current RAM cost. I played stealthrunner with Sonic Shock like this and it was still one of the more OP builds. Why would anyone use a Memory Wipe (except MemWipe + Reboot Optics + Sonic Shock combo as ersatz System Collapse and a rare must-get-out-of-combat situation with L5 – like in the spoiler), then? >!You can basically 2-shot Smasher with L5 Memory Wipe + takedowns. I think that makes stealthrunner pretty strong already.!<
PC users you thank me later.
[Sonic Shock Prevents Trace mod](https://www.nexusmods.com/cyberpunk2077/mods/11438)
Stealth runner is only dead if you have a low quality cyberdeck. Get memory wipe. At epic or higher rank, all nethacks qued after it are untraceable
It’s was incredibly busted. You were never in any danger unless you wanted to be in danger with sonic shock working the way it used to
I’m playing a netrunner and I can kill everyone in a non gig encounter with hacks before I’m traced. The game is pretty easy like that, and even in gigs you can make the trace fail with cyberware.
Relying on a one hack magic pill to play the game with one strategy is boring. Personally I prefer to cyberpsychosis select targets, and then malfunction/shock and contagion/overheat targets while I go guns blazing. Faster, more fun, and after I’m done there’s no one left to spot me anyway, so stealth achieved.
How do you contact cpdr with a problem like this?
Can’t be traced if there’s no one could trace, I say!
Bro what’s their contact information! I need to ask them if melee enhancements affect blades or not! I can’t get a straight answer anywhere. I even made a post in the group and no one touched it.
Disagree, just change your tactics. Stealthrunner is no longer OP.
The Contagion overheat combo is back up …. just make sure the area is clear
Love these cry posts.
No, you’ll never see Contagion 1.0 ever again
oh noooo i can no longer just kill everyone without risk of any harm noooo
I don’t know about y’all, but I like overclocking, then overheat, followed by a contagion, and then just watch everyone explode.
Was it not already the case?
Only memory wipe males the whole stack untraceable for my save.
Best I can do is give you “Request Backup” as a consolation prize. Use it in good health.