Data Drain is an ability obtained near the very beginning of the game. It is
used to lower the level of enemies to simplify their defeat. You can obtain
rare items, weapons, armors, etc from Data Draining enemies. You also use Data
Drain (and yes, it is mandatory) to make some enemies (bosses) mortal and
defeatable. You also can get Virus Cores which I will explain under the
section Gate Hacking.
Protect Break
Each enemy has a set amount of Hit Points (HP) as you all know. Yet .hack
introduces a new concept, Protect Points (PP). You must bring an enemy’s HP
down to its PP to be able to Data Drain enemies. Though some enemies are
different. Some must have a physical attack used on them to achieve Protect
Break and some must have a magical attack used on them.
How to Data Drain
To Data Drain, you must press triangle to open the personal menu. Then you
must move over to the tab entitled “Data Drain”. Click on the Skill called
“Data Drain” and select an enemy from the list. Though there may not be any
enemy to pick if they are not down to their Protect Points. Once you have done
Protect Break on an enemy,
Infection Rate
Your Infection Rate is the percentage of your character’s (Kite’s) infection
from Data Draining. You get a certain amount of Infection Rate percentage
added to your total depending on the level difference between you and the enemy
(Look in the section entitled “Infection Rate Effects”). You also lose between
1 and 3 percentage from your Infection Rate for every enemy you kill (the
number is random). To make it simple, the percentage of your Infection Rate
(On the game it does not tell you your exact percentage though you can estimate
from the color) is the percentage chance of an effect happening to you. The
higher your Infection Rate goes, the higher chance of something bad happening
(though not all the effects are bad) to you is.
Infection Rate Effects
You gain a certain percentage on your Infection Rate depending on the level of
the enemy. For every enemy you kill you lose between 1 and 3 percentage from
your Infection Rate. Those percentages shown below:
Gate Hacking
This is where it can get a wee bit confusing. Gate Hacking is what you do to
get into keyword areas that are protected. You won’t get this ability until
later (towards halfway) in the game. Once you receive the ability to Gate
Hack, you will learn about Virus Cores. You collect Virus Cores from defeating
miscellaneous bosses and enemies. You can only get A, B, and C Virus Cores
from normal enemies, but you receive other Virus Cores like F and M for certain
tasks. Once you Gate Hack a Protected Area once, you do not need to Gate Hack
it ever again.
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