Rapid Testing / Discussion

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Disabling defenses

Magnifico 26 Feb 2010 12:55

Your up to date information renders <opponent>'s defense ineffective.

Does this work on all defenses?

Greywind 14 Feb 2011 00:37

Unlike Sands of Time, I have never seen this tool actually negate defenses. I have, however, seen it ignore defenses:

You run a Midgard subroutine that hammers The Gatekeeper with security checks and strange code, dealing 2 Memory damage and 1 Hardening damage.
The Gatekeeper seals itself against attacks behind a defensive routine.

You launch a series of attacks on The Gatekeeper, using the most recent exploits to deal 6 Memory damage and 1 Hardening damage.

Your attack can't get through The Gatekeeper's gatekeeper.

Your attack can't get through The Gatekeeper's gatekeeper.

bigalphillips 14 Feb 2011 04:24

I think that it's not that the rapid testing ignore defenses, it's that the defenses are not strong enough to block it.

The Gatekeeper tool says it's intensity is 3, while rapid testing is intensity 4. I'm not quite sure how those interactions play out specifically, but I imagine that rapid testing would be blocked by stronger defenses.

Greywind 14 Feb 2011 04:46

Ahh, okay. I'll also test with Blackthorn and Warped Projectile and see how they do.

Still have never seen Rapid Testing actually disable defenses, however.

xKiv 14 Feb 2011 10:09

I think I have always had blackthorn and warped projectile blocked (on second pass), but for all I know, the damned thing could have been cheating and using firewall whenever I used those (I don't exactly read everything).