So, it seems the Echo Chamber applies code specifically to sites that you have full control over, and meet the requirements for the code. elliotbay tried echoing out an antiviral patch, but no valid sites were found because he's been patching the sites he takes control of. When I tried to send out a relay code I got nothing. I just tried it again after finding an unrelayed site and hacking it to full control. The relay code was echoed out to that site, and my network size went up by one. It does not work if someone else has already relayed the site, because I've got plenty of sites in my list that I've got full control of but are in other networks, probably mostly with the Hounds.
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Confirmed with antiviral patching. I saved a copy of my Net page before sending a antiviral patch.
You echo antiviral patching out and reach Exclusive Products, Nikolic's Extreme Suppositions, Eddie Carter's Five Star Comm, and Ed Andreev's Net Home.
Exclusive Products Full Access (Your Network, Infected) Low (PE)
Nikolic's Extreme Suppositions Full Access (Gang Network, Infected) Low (P)
Eddie Carter's Five Star Comm Full Access (Your Network, Infected) Low (P)
Ed Andreev's Net Home Full Access (Your Network, Infected) Low (PSH)
All are patched now. It would be interesting to know if it raises the alarm level on those sites.
I was trying to test what the security patches do with with little success. But here's my results anyway. Started out with these sites:
Alexa and Aditya Semenov Circuitry No Access
Approved Services Full Access
Authentic Antiques and Treasure No Access
Charlie, Eve, and Isabella Code No Access
Christopher Light's Blag Full Access
GIAK Memento and Treasures No Access
Helena Mehra's Commfeed Full Access
Lee Hall's Approved Engineering No Access (Gang Network)
Natasha's Five Star Goods of the Future No Access
Rasputin's Super Thoughts No Access
Reyes's Rags No Access (Gang Network)
XVIL Organic Products Full Access (Gang Network)
Zimmermann's Party Dry Goods Carnival Full Access
Echoed patches out once and got:
You echo security patches out, using the gang's other chambers as repeaters, and reach Zimmermann's Party Dry Goods Carnival.
Nothing obviously different with Zimmermann's site (it's a level 3 site).
Used it a second time and got:
You try to echo out security patches for quite a while, but never find anywhere it'll spread. On the bright side, the capacitors don't seem to have burned out.
Using it a third time, gives the same thing. The other sites that I have at full control don't seem to be any different than Zimmermann's - "Approved Services", for example is another non-infected level 3 site. Not sure why Zimmermann's was special, and why it only worked once.
There seems to be some working data on this page that having more echo chambers installed will increase the number of sites infected. So I'll be including some data points in anticipation when my gang gets more than one echo chamber.
Viral Code
1 echo chamber: 3 sites infected
1 echo chamber: 3 sites infected
1 echo chamber: 3 sites infected (~1,500 personal signal/~5,700 gang signal)
1 echo chamber: 3 sites infected
2 echo chambers: 4 sites infected (~1,044 personal signal/~4,118 gang signal)
2 echo chambers: 4 sites infected (~1,055 personal signal/~4,129 gang signal)
re: last modification comment
I am pretty sure about viral code, network integrators, (anti)viral patches and relay code - all of those just copy their know effect to affected sites (with the sad exception that relay code only successfully echoes to some sites, and I don't know what the condition is - usually it failed altogether (no sites affected), I had it affect on or two sites on one or two occasions, comparing bookmarks from before and after showed that the sites went from non-mine to mine, but I am not sure about anything else).
Other codes (security patches/updater) seem to have unknown effect.
I didn't try viral mass, don't want to waste it.
I have a suspicion that viral mass might actually have the potential to create high level maddening sites. If true that will be the only way to create high level maddening sites since the event.
How many viral masses do you have, xKiv?
Antiviral Patch
1 echo chamber: 3 sites patched
2 echo chambers: 4 sites patched (~1,055 personal signal/~4,129 gang signal)
3 echo chambers: 8 sites patched (445 personal signal/6,438 gang signal)
4 masses, and they are precious to me, unless a decent way to make more is given to me.
Also, I think I tried it once, and it just mass-infected way more sites than normal.
Also, on-whimsical datapoints: security patches (with 3 chambers, 2230 signal) - 6 sites reached (tried twice), security updater - 6 sites reached (tried once)
Added processor, handheld core, integrated gangfinder - security patches - only 3 sites reached! and then only 2!
dumped the core - reached 1 site … and then couldn't reach any!
put the core back, distributed antiviral patch instead, reached 6 sites again
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