Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
64 Achievements
100-120h
Ground Mail Was a Better Option
Flawlessly disable a Drone via Remote Hacking.
9.7%
How to unlock the Ground Mail Was a Better Option achievement in Deus Ex: Mankind Divided - Definitive Guide
This achievement/trophy can be earned straight after completing mission 3 and getting your augments back. You must fully upgrade your Remote Hacking augment and flawlessly hack a police drone. The easiest place to find a drone is outside Jenson's apartment.
Here is a video showing how to do it easily.
This achievement can be earned at any time during your playthrough after Mission 3. There are a number of non-hostile drones around Jensen's apartment complex where this can be done with ease.
You will need to unlock and full upgrade the "Remote Hacking" augmentation.
Once you've spotted a drone, simply aim your reticle at the flying machine and tap to hack it. A firewall will appear on the screen, with a slider that moves left and right. There are usually two or three "marks" that you will need to tap on when the slider lines up perfectly. If you mess up, you need to back out of the hacking screen and try again. Once you flawlessly hack the drone, it will power down for a short time and the achievement will unlock.
This requires you to flawlessly disable a Drone via Remote Hacking, which also grants you the Flawless XP bonus. Remote Hacking is one of Adam's new Experimental Augmentations that enables him to hack electronic devices from a distance. In order to hack Drones, you have to fully upgrade the Remote Hacking Augmentation so you can get the Security Domination upgrade. This allows Adam to temporarily disable robots, turrets, and security cameras from a distance.
Once you're able to upgrade Adam after completing Mission 3: Getting In Top Shape Again, you can attempt to do this trophy at any time. The best place is in Prague: Street Level, nearby Adam's Apartment is a Drone hovering in the air next to nearby cops. Make a manual save just in case you mess up the hack or want to save your Praxis Kits on something else. Full upgrade the Remote Hacking Augmentation and press to disable the Security Drone. What happens during the Firewall hacking is that you need to press to breach the Drone’s firewall when line is over the the big wavy wavelengths. You need to hit these wavelength frequencies perfectly in order flawlessly hack the Security Drone. If you miss a wavelength you will not get the trophy and it should be noted that you only have a time limit of 10 seconds to complete the Firewall hack. If you do mess up, simply reload your last save you made before attempting this trophy. After successfully hacking your first Drone the trophy will unlock.
Make a save first so you can then select other augmentations for other trophies.
We upgrade the “Remote Hacking” branch and go to the flying drone. Click . To hack it perfectly, you need to press again 2 or 3 times . If you never made a mistake, you will receive a trophy.
Trophy video