Mass Effect
49 Achievements
1,200
62-84h
AI Hacking Specialist
Use AI Hacking 75 times
15
How to unlock the AI Hacking Specialist achievement in Mass Effect - Definitive Guide
They will have an infinite spawn it all depends on your survival, just cast it and wait for it to come back killing Geth in the process. It really helps to have your Engineer maxed and AI Hacking maxed too this only took me about 23 minutes on a 1 run through survival mission.
Hope this helps :)
Once you first talk to the colony, you will be required to 'clear the geth in the stair case (up in the area where the elevator to the prothean skyway is located).
In the end room where once you finish you'll see the geth ship fly away, do not kill any of the Geth Snipers located. Once the only enemies left are the sniper/snipers, all you need to do is take cover on a small block located on the floor and cast your hack, no moving around, no saving/loading the game after each time.
Obviously your skill needs to be substantial enough to hack the geth, but by the time you reach Feros, im sure you'll have the ability to do that.
Yes, you can do it to the same creature.
At the ExoGeni facility, wait until you reach the first claw of the geth ship. You'll enter and see two geth working down below. I was able to hack, recharge, and hack some more without the geth ever coming up the stairs after me.
I managed to get this achievement by saving immidiately after talking to Fai Dan, then casting it on one of the two Geth snipers approaching from the hallway. (My AI Hacking level was 4.) Then it was just a matter of loading and saving for about 20 minutes.
It also simplifies things if you, upon arriving at Feros, map AI Hacking to the RB button.
Final things: No, it doesn't work to cast it on the Mako, if you were wondering. And, it doesn't matter how long you wait after casting. I loaded instantly after seeing a Geth's status displayed as 'Hacked', and it (obviously) worked for me.
One thing I found is that if you go to Luna for the Rogue VI Assignment, you can hack every single one of the drones in the 1st and 2nd bases. Just keep your team mates in the first room of the base, out of the way of the door, and then slowly walk in, hack the first visible Drone and back-up down the hall. Using this method, you can hack each drone one at a time and the other drones kill it almost instantly. Sometimes if you get lucky, the last drone left in the room sill stay put for a while, allowing you to constantly re-hack it. I managed to do this 8 times before it moved and chased me down.
The key is not to alert ALL of the drones in the room (which happens if you run towards the middle). This way only 2 or 3 see you and the entire room of drones won't chase you.
This only works for the first two bases that you enter, because on the third you have to shoot through the energy barriers, which alerts all the drones, and they all rush you.
I believe there are 10 drones in each base, so if you can do this correctly, thats at least 20 hacks, plus it kills them at the same time, getting you further to completing the assignment. Win-win, really. If you are lucky to get the drone that stands still, thats a few more hacks you can add to the tally.
Though this method doesn't grant you the infinite hacks that the other solutions offer, this method is a tad less boring and at the same time allows you to progress in the Assignment.
--Another note: All AI hacks (and all other power uses) are cumulative, so for example you hack 10 drones and die, those 10 hacks still count towards the total for the Achievement.
NOTE: MugenKairo warns that "you need your AI hacking talent maxed out to Master AI Hacking."
now get into a covered position (back to the wall) at the edge of the wall nearest the sniper. position the reticule so that it is focused on the sniper. map AI hacking and all you have to do is press RB and your character will exit cover, hack and return to cover. easy peasy. no need to reload a save. no need to even pay attention, as long as you keep hitting that RB.
by the time i got here, i was at level 13 with advanced AI hacking, but i believe this can be done with basic hacking as it is just a geth sniper.
also, at the beginning of this level, if you get out of the mako and target it, you can knock out all of the other engineer abilities in one go.
On Noveria, when you go into the reactor to restor power, leave your allies standing in the ante-room (the first room after the hallway from the elevator). Take out the 2 destroyers and 2 stalkers down the hallways without walking past the doors to the ante-room (hack them if you want also). then slowly back out of the hallway on the right hand side. on the level above there is a Geth Juggernaut which you can hack if you've maxed out Hacking. You can hide in safety of the roof while you recharge.
In the final level, when you are walking up the side of the tower, there are parts where you go through side alleys of sorts. There's usually a Krogan or two in there to kill, but if you stay near the middle, a Geth Destroyer will keep spawning at the far end. Hide your allies back around the corner so they dont attack before you can hack. Then just hack the Destroyer, kill him, recharge and repeat.
Hope this helps.
As an Engineer you need 7 points in Decryption before this ability can be used. If you use your points correctly you should unlock this and Neural Shock before reaching FIST to follow one of the other guides here.
Must be an engineer.
The only one of these achievements that MUST be done on an enemy. First, level up to a level 10 and then use all your points on the AI Hacking power. Then you can hack any of the enemies you come across. You will know when an enemy is hacked cause it will attack other foes of yours and will indicate to you it is hacked instead of having an energy bar.
Just find a turret to use it on... Use it, hide, recharge, rinse and repeat. People have recommended the fight with Fist as a great time to do this with the two turrets in his office. Make a save just before this point, hack them both and reload the save. The hacks will go toward the achievement even though you didn't save your game after doing them.
This trophy is only obtainable while playing as an Engineer class. AI Hacking requires at least 1 point in the Hacking skill, which unlocks after putting 7 points in Decryption (8 total).
Important: This trophy requires a Synthetic target. This includes turrets.
Using AI Hacking naturally while progressing through the first game world will put a big dent into the 75 needed casts to get this trophy as the vast majority of enemies are synthetic. However due to the requirements to unlock Hacking, a new character will definitely come up shy of the mark before reaching the Citadel. Of course through natural gameplay, AI hacking is easy to complete as there are more than enough Geth and other synthetic targets, but to speed up the process, follow these steps.
Once you reach the Citadel, progress through a few main missions. Without giving too many details, there's one point where you go to Chora's Den and confront a man named Fist. Before entering Fist's office, save your game. Command your allies to stay outside, then enter his office and take cover against the left wall. Two turrets will rise from the floor on either side of the small wall Fist hides behind. Use AI Hacking on the right turret first (or it might hit you). After the skill recharges, Hack the left turret, but be careful not to linger. Once both turrets are hacked, the game automatically progresses to a cut scene (which just wastes time before you can load again). So before this happens, reload your save and repeat these steps. Additionally, if you have a few extra skill points, put them in your class skill to somewhat reduce recharge time (this won't save much time, but also doesn't hurt).
Alternatively, you can hack either turret and then immediately reload. If you have auto save off, this would be the faster method.
*Please note that normally Fist and the left turret destroy the right turret after it's hacked, but if they don't and it kills the other turret, the game progresses to the aforementioned cut-scene, so be aware of this.
Final note: Only Neural Shock and AI Hacking require specific targets. Other Engineer skills can be cast into the wall/ground/air.