System Overwhelm

System Overwhelm
Class	Intelligence Perk
Attribute	Intelligence
Tier	Pro (9)
Levels	1
Requires	Embedded Exploit

System Overwhelm raises quickhack damage for every separate effect already on the target. Each distinct hack and each damage over time effect adds to the total, so a thoroughly infected enemy takes far more than a fresh one. It sits in the netrunning branch of the Intelligence tree. It is the reward for layering rather than repeating.

Effect

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The bonus counts unique effects. Firing the same hack twice adds nothing, while firing three different ones builds the multiplier up quickly.

That pushes a netrunner towards variety. A deck loaded with different hacks rather than copies of the best one does far more damage under this perk, which is a rare case of breadth beating depth.

How to Unlock System Overwhelm

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It sits behind the Pro gate of the Intelligence tree and is bought from Embedded Exploit.

Perk Tree

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System Overwhelm is bought from Embedded Exploit in the Intelligence tree.

Name	Image	Tier	Effect
Embedded Exploit		Pro (9)	+10% RAM recovery rate.

Character Builds

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The build is a netrunner with a varied deck rather than one loaded with copies of the strongest hack, since the bonus counts unique effects.

Buy it at the Pro gate from Embedded Exploit. Queue Hack Root at the Phenom gate discounts a queue built from different categories, so the two reward the same habit, and burning or electrical effects from grenades and weapons count towards the same total.

Notes

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Queue Hack Root higher in the tree discounts the first hack of each category in a queue, which encourages exactly the variety this perk pays for.

Burning, poison and electrical effects all count, so grenades and weapons can feed it as well.

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