BigDfan228 Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 (edited) Just starting this game. A bit of a learning curve (for me anyway) but the more I get used to it, the more I'm liking it. My question is: when it says someone is trying to hack me is there any real reason or incentive for me to try and stop them or even find them? The 2 times I've had someone try to hack me was when I was close to my next mission objective. After chasin down the hackers I found myself having to backtrack to get back to what I was actually doing. Not a huge deal, just curious if I really have any reason to make it harder on that person when a lot of them could possibly be just trying to meet trophy requirements. Plus it would probably save me time and get it overwith quicker if I don't resist right? Edited August 19, 2014 by BigDfan228 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senor Stuff Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 You lose notoriety if they successfully hack you, and the more notoriety you have the more online skills you unlock. Personally I only got to the notoriety level that gave me better nitro for races then reset it to help me get the Traced trophy. Just depends if you think you'll spend time online after getting the 4 trophies, if not then you could just give them an easy hack. Also worth noting that while you're being invaded you can't start any missions so if you do let them slide you'll have to wait for the hack to complete before starting any more campaign missions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDfan228 Posted August 19, 2014 Author Share Posted August 19, 2014 Thanks! Kind of thought that was the case. I don't think i'll be messing around online much after I get those trophies so i'll probably just let them finish it. I just wanted to make sure it wouldn't affect my regular offline game too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinitez Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 For me, I rarely ever cared about the hackers, and much less the notoriety. If I'm on my way to a mission then I just let them hack me, if I'm free roaming then sometimes I'll try and find them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shay-d Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 For me, I rarely ever cared about the hackers, and much less the notoriety. If I'm on my way to a mission then I just let them hack me, if I'm free roaming then sometimes I'll try and find them. Hoping more people share that opinion. I've got 7 more hacks to go, and it's a game I wasn't very good at... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmm_fin Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 You don't get any usefull notoriety skills unless you play the online mode well beyond getting all the trophies. Some nitro boost, bullet boost against vehicles, both really useless from the trophy point of view. Personally I kept the invasions off until I started online myself but aftrewards thought it might have been good to keep it on to get the tailings (I strongly feel that having low notoriety after reseting it helped me get more of them). I turned it back off afterwards, I hated the wait when I was about to do something else and somebody was invading me. Completing online tailings is piece of cake and hackings are not bad either. Just profile the opponent, get some distance away, start hacking and find a car or a planter or something you can corner around right next to the border of the circle. Keep an eye on the opponent and once he gets close, keep cornering around the obstacle. I've had them running literally into me without spotting me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesdevil Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Online hacking is the worst. Takes forever, smallest margin of error, people quit constantly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmm_fin Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 I thought the patch was supposed to address the issue with quitters. When I did it, maybe one third I failed or the target quit. Especially if you got a parking house within the circle you were almost guaranteed to succeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arcana75 Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 The patch pools quitters together, but that's about it in terms of dealing with quitters. The only quitter-fix was with CTOS Mobile game mode ie if someone quits on CTOS Mobile on the mobile side aka the Challenger, the Challenged gets xp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeon44 Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 (edited) I can confirm that you can earn the online trophies with friends, I did at least with the Traced trophy. Actually the tailing part is buggy, yesterday I got a warning that someone is in my game, i didn't get the hack warning so it just means he's tailing me. this morning a friend tailed me and I didn't even get any message about someone getting in my game, I just knew that someone tailed me coz he messaged me after I got the Traced trophy. Edited August 23, 2014 by aeon44 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arcana75 Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 U r not supposes to get a warning if u r being tailed. U only get one if u have been invaded and u tried to start a single player thing like start a mission or play a minigame. Then u get a purple circle and an invaded warning. Otherwise if everything went well the tracker would invade and leave without u even realising it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanehi185 Posted August 24, 2014 Share Posted August 24, 2014 If I was busy I always just let the guy do his hack and went back to what I was doing, also seemed like I had a couple people let me back them. So if your having trouble there should be some here and there that just let you get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deviousdave Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 if you dont care about your notoriety points then i don't see why you would care about hacking or tailing but i always tried and mostly succeeded in stopping them becuase i wanted them to suffer like me trying to get the trophies i even stopped a guy at 99 percent once so he sent me a message cursing me out so i knew i succeeded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neph Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 What's usually the best time (Europe) to find someone to hack? I've been trying to get the trophy the past couple of days but it's been getting worse and worse to find someone and even if I do find an average or weak one (found 1 hard and 1 average one in at least 25 tries ), it won't let me connect most of the time. I can connect to private sessions perfectly fine, other players don't seem to be having any problems getting into my game to hack or tail me and it even wants me to join onine decryptions/races every once in a while but as for hacking sessions... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulcooper Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 (edited) anyone know the traced trophy works - isn't it get tailed 5 times? some says just needs to start, is it actually a completed tail? i'm sure i've had 5 but still no trophy? Edited October 13, 2014 by paulcooper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrokenBlade Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 I have a question on Hacking/Tailing, when I do it to people I have to wait until a bar reaches 100% right, well some people join me and all they do is spot me and it's all over? Is there a perk or that makes it instant because I've been defeated couple of times because of this and I don't even get a chance to look for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Bananas Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 anyone know the traced trophy works - isn't it get tailed 5 times? some says just needs to start, is it actually a completed tail? i'm sure i've had 5 but still no trophy? I'm 99% sure it just has to start. My trophy popped as soon as I got the notification that I was being tailed. You may have experienced the glitch that prevents you from getting the trophy. Check the trophy guide on how to fix it (really easy). I have a question on Hacking/Tailing, when I do it to people I have to wait until a bar reaches 100% right, well some people join me and all they do is spot me and it's all over? Is there a perk or that makes it instant because I've been defeated couple of times because of this and I don't even get a chance to look for them. I know there's a perk related to hacking/tailing but I don't think one of them is what you're asking. You can check through your phone for each of the unlock perks after a certain number of notoriety points (XP). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulcooper Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Cheers Johnny, Did get it in end, not sure if it was after reset but it suddenly popped when I didn't even know I had been followed. Main problem was getting a tail rather than hack. Like blade, I'm not sure you always get notice of tail, it's whether you pay attention to activity. Think I read that a save icon becomes a different colour and appears at time you're not doing anything that should trigger. Quite often I've tailed without being searched for, but always get a response when hacking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrokenBlade Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 I just realized a good way to check if you're being invaded if you're not notified is occasionally pausing the game, if you're invaded the game still moves while in the pause menu (because obviously you can't pause a game if someone else is moving around in your world), I've spotted a few tailers by doing this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sicarius Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 I'm having problems trying to connect a game to invade. The game doesn't seem to find any. It keeps searching and after 10 minutes I get a message that there is a problem. I checked my Wi-Fi and everything is ok. What could this be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WrednyPL Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 My problem is tailing part. I get hacked pretty often, but it seems people rarely use tailing option (and I know, there are no notifications or even stats, how often and IF I was invaded). I tried to boost it with my friend (helped him on it - no problem), but he has problems with joining me. The error pops, and/or it says that I'm busy doing mission, which I'm not. Checked with my other friend and it's the same situation - I invide their game no problem, but the other way round there are some connection issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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