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Getting Stuck?

By mincemeef

Need help getting through the waves on "GEARCRACK"? Read this guide for tips, hints and class breakdowns!

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Category: Characters, Classes, Gameplay Basics, Walkthroughs

Languages: English

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19 Jul, 2014 @ 6:28am

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Guide Index

Overview

Tips

Class Breakdown

Comments

Tips

Here are some tips and hints about the game which you may or may not know

Hacking should be your number one tool in this game. It's effectively invulnerability against most of the enemies.
Hack not working on some enemies? That's not random, if you pay attention to the enemies they have different armor and the ones with rounded armor are the ones which aren't fully stopped by hacking (however the fire rate is slowed)
The more detailed shells, (not the square or rounded ones, the more jagged shapes) have much higher fire rate, and after P.L.C'ing the ones which are not affected by the hack, these should be the top priority in each level.
The amount of hits you can take is based on fractions, as it says in the first wave background, the probablity of one of the shots penetrating your armor is 1 / (Armor Number * 5), so for the rank 1 rogue, the chance a shot kills you, is 1/(2*5) which is a 10% chance in each shot, meaning the game can depend on luck as well as skill.
Why not always be the rogue, they have the most P.L.C charges? That's right, but in my opinion, if there was a class which had no P.L.C charges but higher hacking than an aced Wired or Wanderer, they would be more beneficial due to the armor not being an absolute value.
Hacking is also based on an equation which works like this, each time your hack is used, there is a 1 in (Hack Value) chance that the hack button will stop working, for example, an aced wired has a 1 in 5 chance that the hack cyber-systems malfunction, and a level 1 rogue has a 1 in 2, or 50% chance for the systems to malfuction after each use.

Class Breakdown

"This game is too hard, what class shall I play as?"

Well the game depends a lot on your playstyle, these are the views on the classes in my opinion

Hardboiled
This is your "tank" class, it has the highest armor in the game but a low amount of P.L.C cells and hacking skill, technically this class should take quite a few more bullets than other classes, but due to the armor being based on an equation this isn't always the case
New Players Rating: 3 (Choose this class third if the first isn't going too well)
Fast Players Rating: 4 (Choose this class fourth is the other classes dont suit you)
Rogue
This is your "damage" class, it has the highest amount of P.L.C cells but low armor, this class aced can storm through the first 5 waves in a matter of seconds if played right, but struggles when it comes to waves where you run out of cells and you have to rely on hacking.
New Players Rating: 4
Fast Players Rating: 1
Wired
This is your "mastermind" class, it has the highest hacking ability and average armor, this is in my opinion the easiest class to ace due to the fact the hacking ability is higher than the other classes.
New Players Rating: 1
Fast Players Rating: 3
Wanderer
This is your "speed" class, it can move faster than the other classes and is more reliable than the rogue in terms of armor and hacking, however a low level Wanderer is quite difficult to play due to its low starting stats but becomes much easier later.
New Players Rating: 2
Fast Players Rating: 2

10 Comments

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Booster 1 Dec, 2020 @ 8:13pm

Wait people said that this game was impossible to beat? what? I beat it in like 10 minutes, what?

NighT WolF 26 Feb, 2015 @ 8:16pm

I agree with whitemask. The wanderer is the best class of all. You don't really need plc shots at all, because it makes you slower and you are risking to get killed while aiming. After beating everything he is strong like the hardboiled character, but with faster movement speed.

####### CSOUND1 ######## 9 Dec, 2014 @ 9:39am

Let´s try it out...

9WhiteMask 17 Sep, 2014 @ 5:19am

I don't know if things have changed between this guide post and today, but Wanderer class is THE easy class game. AND NOT T*** WIRED!

Even with all those mechanics explained, the game is mostly based on chance then. There's no strategy: Hack at the begin of each wave, and hack again before end of previous hack until your tool malfunction. In the meanwhile, always make sidesteps for escaping the maximum amount of enemy shots and destroy each and everyone of them with saber, starting with hacked robots. The end.

With this sole strategy, I aced the Wanderer twice (the first one at the first level) thanks to his fast movements. Wired? I don't get higher than wave 3, wohoo... The other roles? Didn't aced either.