Thank you so much, great quality.

This is likely the best eve hacking video on the internet.

You still around these days? I'm happy to continue to investigate your mid spawn theories if you are!

Good job

Great video, very informative! Thanks

You reminded me of Beavus and Buthead 🤣

i recently had a hack that the finish was only nodes from the start. It was a red hack.

After not being very proficient w the mini games for my time in eve, I came to YT to learn more. After watching many videos, I found this one. AMAZING! Thank you for all the time you spent making this!

Man thank you so much for the job!

My hacking strategy as a noob is pretty simple. The most important thing I've seen is virus strength, you max it out however it is available to you at your skill value. More important than scanning is being able to clear the boxes. In WH's and ghost sites, straight line to the opposite side of the grid, and at 2/3 to 3/4 of the way across start watching numbers for the direction the core is. Don't detour, remember where you see 1's though. If you pop a "bad" node that strengthens others or reduces your virus strength either kill it directly or hit a couple of the 1's you passed in hopes of a utility. I think the harder cans have way higher % chances to spawn healers and suppressors, has been my experience so far.

Still got the core earlier than 8, when there were places 8 steps away and i was starting in the corner. Maybe there must be more than certain number of available locations to use them for the core, else -random?

I Once got a 2 move core. I went forward got a wrench, and then the core.

Amazingly informative video! Thanks and keep it up o7 Subbed

I've learned a ton, thank you!

o7 I know I’m a few years late, but I still wanted to say thank you for this breakdown. I was losing about half of the cans because I just didn’t understand the logic of the game and I’m so paranoid in WH space that I was rushing too fast to learn. Since I watched this breakdown a few times I’ve gone from losing half the cans to rarely losing any of them and I absolutely love the minigame now. Thank you again, you’ve made me a very happy explorer!

i know this is 4 years old now but just came accross it. your talking about before 8 its bait? i've have plenty that were finished before 8 with some cores even being the first node i clicked.

This like is for the kitten 😂

26:00 Take the least amount of "unsafe" nodes ! By coming from the right we go trough 2 unsafe nodes before being protected by the rule of six, but going to the left of the screen will get you 3 unsafe nodes before being protected by the rule of six.

jfc this makes me hate ccp even more for that stupid minigame. should've just left hacking alone

20:15 yay kitty cat

The t2 modules are a great help

Very helpfull for me as exploration beginner

Absolute classic EVE research. Mad respect.

Thx for the info

Saw this video 2-3 yrs ago and now that i got back to the game adter a 2yr break its a great refresh - (also why no comments allowed on the mid spawn vid?)

I have only had about 4 hacking minigames (out of many hundreds) where the core was next to the spawn. It is extremely rare and surprising. The 8 node rule of thumb is spot-on, though! Your percentages of tools and defense spawns from white nodes "feels" about right too. However, I have really leaned away from opening white nodes unless I'm desperate, because it "feels" more like 75% of the time it is a defense node. Also, if I am desperate, I am probably about to fail the hack anyway, so it is unlikely I will find anything useful regardless.

damn i had a game where the red core what the first node after spawn the other day but i didnt screenshoted it x) if only i knew

Hi, you've reminded me how inteligent eve players may be. This is a awesome video. Is there any chance that you could compile all the charts and ilustrations and post it somwhere? It's hard to scroll throu the video while hacking in 0.0 and there is a lot to remember about.

Breathe man. Amazing information

Ти просто святий..

I had it a few days ago that the core was right in front of my spawn. So you say that was a bug and not just statistically extreme unlikely?

As an analyst by trade, this was a quality video. I main exploration on my primary character and have been giving out advice to corp members on how to get through the hacking game based on my experience. This is going to push my ability to the next level and give the newcomers a fighting edge, great content.

Excellent explanation of this. "Before 8 it's bait" has been of great help to me. Thank you.

thank you for your work.

probably the best resource for hacking ive seen so far sent my hacking attempts on terimon and crimson from ~15 to <2 fantastic

Wow such depth

This is basically Minesweeper :I

This is an AWESOME guide ! Im new in eve and i love learning more about exploration and hacking. Thank you so much for the guide !

sorry what was your name again? could you please show it 5 seconds longer? ;)

Just relax, be at ease like at a campfire with friends, then just be yourself... selves that are not our self are what interest most people in a producer, NOT a fake video persona, those are fine for meme and fart joke videos. Content most people want to see long term, has a real person in it, who makes us feel like they are relatable and friendly. You have that I think, you just need to calm down and let it out. Thanks for the explanation, I have watched 16 tutorials before this one... this is by far the most confident I have felt in my hack understanding.

Great job, man!

Thank you!

Thank you very much for taking the time and do all the work to create this guide ☺

your guide made my hackings so much better. Night and day difference using the before 8 it's bait strat. Thanks!

not sure if in the 2y something changed drastically, but I just had a red core 2 nodes from the start point... just fyi

3rd time watching this vid over 3 years TY ! Great refresher !

Lot of information, appreciate the effort. Delivery was rough to listen through though. Ums and uhs really distracting. Just an observation. About to go check the midspawn vid 👍

there's also those lower HP firewalls. I tend to break them straight up - opens a lot of map and generally seems to be worth it (unless you hit restoration, suppressor in next 2 hits)

Came for the bait, stayed for the kitten. 10/10.

This was vvery helpful and now i'm able to hack way better