As you probably know, all Fixers nano skills are deep blue. However, they don't all have the same cost, there are cheaper and more expensive nano skills. The tiny base cost difference can mean a large IP cost difference in the long run.

NanoC Initiative and Nano Resistance are not nano skills, but they belong in the same general category.

NanoC Initiative works by removing 1 second from attack skill for every 200 points. So, 600 points in NI makes the high end evac insta-cast... Contrary to initiative skills for weapons, the recharge time is not changed at all. Though given the cost, I don't recommend that Fixers dabble in that, except at very high levels if they have nothing better to do with their IPs (which I doubt). But with our high computer litteracy, cheap nano in NCU and our NCU buffs, it might be a very good idea to use that 6th slot on our belt for a recompressor (+400 NI for QL200) and get insta-root and 1sec evac...

Nano Resistance used to be worthless, but now it seems that it actually works sometimes (the 14.4 patch seems to have fixed evades, including NR). This might be something interresting to try for Grid Armor users, since they are extremelly vulnerable to nano skills debuffs and already get a NR bonus with the armor.

Calculate your IP costs yourself!

Now, most Fixers have a hard time raising their nano skills, because of the cost. A few tips on this :

• Intelligence is factored at 80% of all nano skills (and a lot of other useful skills, like Computer Litteracy and Treatment). So, each 4 points in Intelligence is 80% of a point in all nano skills. And you will most likely be raising three, four or even more skills. Even for an Atrox, raising Intelligence is cheaper.
• Don't neglect your Treatment. It's a cheap skill for Fixers, and it allows you to equip better QL implants. Maxing your treatment skill and getting 20 extra QL in implants is going to earn you a lot more points in these nano skills than putting the IP directly there.
• If you don't have a NCUHI yet, what are you waiting for???
• You won't be able to be good in all the nano lines. Concentrate on a few, at least until the high end game when IP are more available.
• Don't neglect your core skills (SMG, Burst, Speed skills) for your nano skills. You're a Fixer, not a NT ;)

Fixer Only Items

Lately, we have seen some Fixer only items which help a little with these expensive nano skills.

Name	QL	Location	Requirement	Effect	Notes
NCU Hacker Interface		HUD2	Level>=QL	+1 to all nano skills	This is the main item, new with the 14.4 patch. It's cheap and easy to build, you should already have one! Built by using a Nano Programming Interface on a normal lockpick. Updates with level. Check The Mockers site for instructions.
Droid Control-Device		Armor:Head	Break&Entry 6	EnergyAC 1 ReflectEnergy 1 Psychology 1 Disarm 1 PM 1 SI 1	Supposed to drop from the Iron Reet in Mutant Domain (850x1000), but it seems to be a rare spaw. QL seems to be in the 100-120 range.
Custom-Made Fixer Ring of Progress		Armor:Finger	Level>=QL	B&E 1 Computer Litteracy 1 MM 1 PM 1 Run Speed 1 SI 1 Disarm 1 Vehicle Air 1	Not seen yet... Looks nice too...
Padded Love Arms		Armor:Arms	Stamina 10	Chemical&Energy AC 3 Cold&Fire AC 10 Melee&Projectile AC 4 Poison&Radiation AC 1 Dodge Ranged +1 PM +1	Boss loot.
Padded Love Boot		Armor:Feet	Stamina 10	Chemical&Energy AC 3 Cold&Fire AC 10 Melee&Projectile AC 4 Poison&Radiation AC 1 Run Speed +3 MC +1
Padded Love Pants		Armor:Legs	Stamina 10	Chemical&Energy AC 3 Cold&Fire AC 10 Melee&Projectile AC 4 Poison&Radiation AC 1 Duck Explosive +1 TS +1
Padded Love Shirt		Armor:Body	Stamina 10	Chemical&Energy AC 3 Cold&Fire AC 10 Melee&Projectile AC 5 Poison&Radiation AC 1 Evade Close Cbt +3 SI +1

This line is the trademark of the Fixers... Few other profession can run as fast as we can, for such an extended period of time. Starting with the 14.4 patch, we have two lines : single target and team. There are a few differences between them :

• Obviously, the single target line buffs a single person only (either yourself or your target), while the team version buffs your whole team at once.
• The single target version has evade buffs, the team version doesn't. And the evade buff does help, it really shows with the new messaging in 14.4;
• It seems that the team version does not stack with other professions evades buffs (MA, MP, Traders, Soldiers and NT). So at the moment, there is only little reasons to use the team version. The nano and time gain is too slim for the loss of the evade bonus.

Before 14.4, our run buffs had a damage penalty. Thankfully, this has been removed.

This extra runspeed and the evade bonus makes running mission, also known as Blitzing , a very popular activity for Fixers, and one we can excel at. You can find more about this art form at the Mockers site or on the official boards.

	Name	QL	Requirements	Run Buff	NCU	Nano	Duration	Evades Buff	Target
	Limited Grid Jump (Team)	14	SI 91 TS 68	+110	5	40	1 hour	N/A	Team
	Limited Grid Jump	17	SI 100 TS 74	+140	6	19	1 hour	+2	Single
	Hack Grid Vector (Team)	27	SI 151 TS 112 Level 25	+160	9	80	1 hour	N/A	Team
	Hack Grid Vector	30	SI 159 TS 118	+190	10	40	1 hour	+7	Single
	Grid Runner (Team)	40	SI 212 TS 155 Level 25	+230	12	170	1 hour	N/A	Team
	Grid Runner	43	SI 221 TS 161	+260	14	85	1 hour	+16	Single
	Leech Grid Vector (Team)	57	SI 305 TS 219 Level 50	+280	17	245	1 hour	N/A	Team
	Leech Grid Vector	63	SI 316 TS 226	+310	20	121	1 hour	+25	Single
	Grid Surfer (Team)	76	SI 403 TS 291 Level 75	+360	23	340	1 hour	N/A	Team
	Grid Surfer	83	SI 413 TS 298	+390	26	167	1 hour	+37	Single
	Partial Grid Jump (Team)	106	SI 548 TS 392 Level 100	+420	31	620	1h6m40s	N/A	Team
	Partial Grid Jump	113	SI 559 TS 399	+450	35	284	1h6m40s	+61	Single
	Grid Phase Accelerator (Team)	132	SI 662 TS 494 Level 145	+590	38	740	1h10m	N/A	Team
	Grid Phase Accelerator	136	SI 666 TS 500	+620	42	351	1h10m	+70	Single
	Gridspace Freedom (Team)	156	SI 770 TS 583 Level 185	+680	44	905	1h10m	N/A	Team
	Gridspace Freedom	156	SI 775 TS 587	+720	48	412	1h10m	+79	Single

The 14.4 patch greatly expended our HoT line. It used to be of dubious interrest, now, it's a line really worth considering! We now have two lines, and they stack together (and it seems with some Doctors HoT - I think the HP buff with the very slow HoT). This added a lot to our survivability, it's now pretty hard to kill a Fixer. Also, roots are interresting in combination with HoT, since you can just root your opponent and move out of range for a while and let the HoT heal you.

• The fast line performs a heal every 5 seconds, the slow one every 10 seconds;
• The slow one lasts a long time, much longer than the Doctors HoT. So it can be cast on teammates easily;
• They both take little NCU (especially compared to the Doctors' lines), with the slow version taking very little for their levels;
• The slow version heals less often, but for a much more predictable amount (the healing delta is almost as tight as the one of first aid kits).

As usual, you can find some extra information and comparison with the Doctors' HoT on The Mockers forums.

Fast HoT/Short Duration (one pulse per 5s)

	Name	QL	Requirements	Heal	Avg Heal/s	Duration	Nano	NCU
	Basic Insurance Hack	4	MM 26 TS 21 BM 21	2-6	0.8	3m20s	85	2
	Medical Claim	17	MM 96 TS 71 BM 71	10-21	3.1	3m20s	301	6
	Falsify Medical Record	30	MM 171 TS 126 BM 126	17-39	5.6	3m20s	442	10
	Insurance Hack	47	MM 252 TS 182 BM 182	26-63	8.9	3m20s	599	15
	Basic Policy Skim	66	MM 345 TS 247 BM 247	38-82	12.0	3m20s	702	21
	Detailled Medical Claim	73	MM 384 TS 276 BM 276	43-92	13.5	3m20s	752	23
	Advanced Insurance Hack	103	MM 528 TS 377 BM 377	64-139	20.3	3m20s	947	32
	Policy Skim	119	MM 618 TS 444 BM 444	83-168	25.1	3m20s	1057	37
	Flawless Medical Claim	129	MM 661 TS 492 BM 492	95-200	29.5	3m20s	1127	40
	Advanced Policy Skim	142	MM 709 TS 543 BM 543	104-244	34.8	3m20s	1216	44
	Omni-Med Incursion	149	MM 759 TS 574 BM 574	122-276	39.8	3m20s	1293	46

Slow HoT/Long Duration (one pulse per 10s)

	Name	QL	Requirements	Heal	Avg Heal/s	Duration	Nano	NCU
	Relieving Salve	7	MM 57 TS 43 BM 43	15-18	1.6	15m	114	2
	Rebinding Sutures	24	MM 134 TS 99 BM 99 Level 25	35-41	3.8	15m	213	4
	Hacked Diagnosis	37	MM 204 TS 149 BM 149 Level 25	58-64	6.1	15m	290	6
	Kitchen-sink Surgery	53	MM 294 TS 212 BM 212 Level 50	87-92	8.9	15m	368	9
	Blackmarket Prescription	70	MM 379 TS 272 BM 272 Level 75	111-119	11.5	20m	418	12
	Biosign Rejuvenator	93	MM 488 TS 347 BM 347 Level 100	154-162	15.8	20m	504	15
	Nano Cauterization	109	MM 574 TS 410 BM 410 Level 100	194-201	19.7	20m	572	18
	Systolic Equalizer	123	MM 642 TS 470 BM 470 Level 135	235-243	23.9	25m	619	20
	Backyard Revitalization	132	MM 683 TS 520 BM 520 Level 155	276-283	27.9	25m	661	22
	Cellular Crashcart	146	MM 743 TS 564 BM 564 Level 175	326-335	33	25m	719	24
	Dr Hack 'n Quack	152	MM 779 TS 589 BM 589 Level 195	362-370	36.6	30m	729	25

Fixers have two lines of damage buffs, but they do not stack together. They differ by the damage types they buffs. At the moment, the damage buff lose a lot of efficiency at higher levels... But since you mostly get them as freebies while learning other nano lines, and since every little bit adds up and helps...

Poison Line

This lines buffs melee, poison and projectile damage.

	Name	QL	Requirements	Bonus	Duration	Nano	NCU
	Poison Modification	1	SI 22 MM 22	+2	40m	21	1
	Contact Poison	27	SI 130 MM 130	+7	40m	86	9
	Venom Modification	60	SI 289 MM 289	+13	40m	162	19
	Lifebane Modification	90	SI 423 MM 423	+16	46m40s	195	28

Nano Line

This lines buffs all damage types (chemical, cold, energy, fire, melee, poison, projectile and radiation).

	Name	QL	Requirements	Bonus	Duration	Nano	NCU
	Lesser Nano Boost	10	SI 57 MM 57	+5	40m	85	4
	Hasty Augmentation Cloud	43	SI 208 MM 208	+10	40m	171	14
	Nano Boost	80	SI 375 MM 375	+15	43m20s	256	25
	Augmentation Cloud	106	SI 493 MM 493	+17	50m	289	33
	Greater Nano Boost	136	SI 624 MM 624	+20	53m20s	340	42
	Advanced Augmentation Cloud	142	SI 654 MM 654	+21	56m40s	357	44
	Targeted Augmentation Cloud	149	SI 689 MM 689	+23	1h	391	46
	Neural Interfaced Augmentation Cloud	159	SI 733 MM 733	+25	1h3m20s	424	49
	Semi-Sentient Augmentation Cloud	169	SI 784 MM 784	+27	1h6m40s	458	52

With run buffs, rooting is another essential part of the Fixer arsenal. Along with the HoT, they do a lot to make us viable. Roots are very powerful tools, but they require some finesse.

• When you shoot at a rooted target, the root will break before its full duration. It might not break on first shoot, but often will. When it will break depends on several factors : the target's nano resistance, how much damage you're doing, if you're doing a special (guaranteed break), if you're doing a critical (guaranteed break).
• The root QL only changes its duration (and slight fluctuation in nano resistance). So, if you're going to shoot the target, you might as well use the lowest QL one to save on nano.
• If you leave the target alone, its very likely that the root will last to its full duration.

There are some basic tactics using roots :

• Buying time. You're getting low on health, and things are looking bad. Root with your highest root and retreat out of range. Let you HoTs heal you and your first aid and specials recycle. Go back to fight, with much better chances. Even if you're not getting hit, you're still considered in fight (can't use rechargers).
• Pulling. If you have two targets in a room (or area), root one with your highest root and retreat. Both will aggro, but since one is rooted, only one will get into range. By the time the first one is dead, the root will time out and you will be able to deal with the other one on a one on one basis.
• Root 'n Shoot. It works against melee opponents. You're going to take advantage of your range : root and run out of range. Shoot and root again immediately. Retreat some and shoot again. Obviously, you're using the lowest QL root to save on nano.
• Roots are also very useful in PvP against pet classes.

At the moment, several things can break a root, over than direct fire :

• The Enforcers Rage line which is built to break roots. But you have the advantage on the nano cost, Halt Flght is cheap!
• Any debuff. Self casting any debuff will break a root most of the time. This is currently a bug/exploit, and should be fixed someday...

Nano Resistance against Fixer roots is between 99% and 96%, depending on the exact nano. Attack skill is 56% PM and 44% TS. Range is 25m.

	Name	QL	Requirements	Duration	Attack	Recharge	Nano
	Halt Flight	4	PM 39 TS 30	21s	1.01	3.05	35
	No Escape Possible	14	PM 83 TS 62	32s	1.03	3.14	55
	Lesser Prolong Encounter	27	PM 139 TS 103	46s	1.06	3.24	89
	Delay Retreat	60	PM 300 TS 216	1m23s	1.13	3.52	157
	Greater Halt Flight	90	PM 455 TS 326	1m56s	1.19	3.77	229
	Prolong Encounter	123	PM 612 TS 440	2m50s	1.26	4.02	362
	Greater Delay Retreat	139	PM 680 TS 518	3m48s	1.32	4.28	490
	Greater Prolong Encounter	152	PM 754 TS 571	4m35s	1.37	4.49	643

Snares is another useful Fixer weapon.

• If the target runspeed goes into negative (very likely), it goes into slow motion mode and runs at about walk speed.
• Snares are harder to break than roots. It seems that they stick until their duration is over or until the target has 10% health left.
• Debuffs and Rage also terminate snares.
• Snares build a lot of aggro, they can be useful to get these badies off your doctor.

The most advanced tactic using snares is kiting. It's also probably the most advanced Fixer skill to master, along with blitzing. And maybe the most advanced in the whole game too... You can find more about it there and on the Mockers forums. Also, snares are sometimes bugged an appear to do nothing (mostly when the target was already moving before the snare hit it). The developpment team has ackwnoledged it and they're supposed to be working on fixing it.

Attack Skill is 56% SI and 44% TS. Range is 20m.

	Name	QL	Requirements	RunSpeed	Duration	Attack	Recharge	NR	Nano
	Passive Micro Entanglement	4	SI 31 TS 24	-100	5m24s	1.01	3.04	70%	17
	Lesser Nano Net	10	SI 61 TS 46	-180	6m6s	1.02	3.1	70%	39
	Active Micro Entanglement	20	SI 112 TS 83	-320	7m19s	1.05	3.19	70%	74
	Nano Net	37	SI 200 TS 146	-480	9m26s	1.09	3.36	70%	133
	Invasive Micro Entanglement	73	SI 365 TS 261	-750	12m46s	1.16	3.62	70%	194
	Greater Nano Net	103	SI 513 TS 366	-920	16m3s	1.21	3.86	70%	254
	Gravity Bindings	126	SI 635 TS 462	-1080	20m42s	1.28	4.10	70%	322

Attack Skill is 56% SI and 44% TS. Range is 25m.

	Name	QL	Requirements	RunSpeed	Duration	Attack	Recharge	NR	Nano
	Passive Distributed Entanglement	7	SI 48 TS 36	-160	5m48s	1.02	3.07	80%	45
	Lesser Net Cast Wide	20	SI 121 TS 89	-340	7m31s	1.05	3.21	80%	131
	Active Distributed Entanglement	33	SI 184 TS 134	-430	9m2s	1.08	3.33	80%	183
	Net Cast Wide	43	SI 231 TS 168	-615	10m9s	1.10	3.42	80%	237
	Invasive Distributed Entanglement	63	SI 327 TS 234	-690	11m58s	1.14	3.56	80%	268
	Spin Weak Nanoweb	96	SI 479 TS 340	-900	15m	1.2	3.8	75%	370
	Greater Net Cast Wide	119	SI 599 TS 430	-1030	18m36s	1.25	3.99	80%	452
	Mass Gravity Bindings	136	SI 670 TS 506	-1280	23m15s	1.31	4.24	80%	536
	Spin Nanoweb	156	SI 768 TS 581	-1550	28m39s	1.38	4.54	75%	655

All except the QL1 Minor Suppressor are self only. The line above Minor Suppressor was added in 14.4 and is indeed very nice. The damage buffs cover all the damage type (chemical, cold, energy, fire, melee, poison, projectile, radiation).
The skill buffs let you equip better weapons, but you should have them running all the time while fighting since they increase your ATK rating. And higher ATK rating means more damage [base damage*(1+ATK/400)] and higher chance to do a critical hit.

	Name	QL	Requirements	SMG	Burst	Special	Duration	NCU	Nano
	Minor Suppressor	1	PM 10 SI 9	+8	+7		30m	1	16
	Lesser Suppressor	14	PM 79 SI 79	+24	+15		40m	5	58
	Suppressor	33	PM 167 SI 167 Level 25	+46	+30		1h	10	121
	Major Suppressor	73	PM 350 SI 350 Level 75	+79	+50		1h	21	248
	Supreme Suppressor	106	PM 503 SI 503 Level 100	+100	+64	Multi-ranged +10	1h20m	30	367
	Spray With Lead	136	PM 637 SI 637 Level 135	+121	+78	Multi-ranged +15 Dmg Mod +3	1h40m	39	494
	Shower With Lead	156	PM 726 SI 726 Level 175	+134	+85	Multi-ranged +22 Dmg Mod +5 Ranged Init +25	2h	44	577
	Frenzy of Shells	169	PM 787 SI 787 Level 195	+141	+90	Multi-ranged +38 Dmg Mod +8 Ranged Init +40 Evades +10	3h	46	688

Well, call me lazy, but I didn't do the little thingie for all these lines except Grid Armor. I'm sure a couple of you will complain about not knowing what part of the Restock Ammo line they can run, but this was just too much work just for the two of you ;)
Anyway, the only thing worth it in the summon lines is Grid Armor. The rest are little dubious bonus on the way...

Restock Ammo

This line is in contest with the martial artists Give Life line for being the most useless in the game. Noone knows for sure which one is winning, but Restock Ammo sure has a lot on its side :

• The clips aren't even free, you pay money for running the nano (and more than the cost of a clip actually).
• It's slow to run.
• Clip type is random, so you will probably have to run the nano several time before getting the kind of clip you need.
• The requirements are high
• There is no weight limit in AO, so everyone usually walks with 10000 bullets anyway.

Name	QL	Requirements	Nano	Notes
Restock Ammo (Level OP-I)	10	MC 82 TS 65 Credits 58	50	Summons one clip of random ammo (9s run time total). Do you feel the power already?
Restock Ammo (Level OP-II)	18	MC 111 TS 86 Credits 116	60	Summons one clip of random ammo (9s run time total). Supposed to get it from a larger set of ammo (grenade, arrows...). Wow!
Restock Ammo (Level OP-X)	60	MC 366 TS 291 Credits 104	60	Summons two clips. Yeah, summon that ammo baby!
Restock Ammo (Level OP-XX)	74	MC 428 TS 329 Credits 209	70	Summons two clips from larger ammo set. And you can even do it standing on your head, cool!
Restock Ammo (Level OP-CC)	107	MC 623 TS 494 Credits 316	80	Summons three clips. Shaaaazam!
Restock Ammo (Level OP-C)	107	MC 619 TS 476 Credits 148	70	Summons three clips from larger ammo set. You have mastered the line! What a warm feeling!

The Blades 'n Blunts line summons (random) melee weapons, the Beamers 'n Botlers summons (random) guns and Smuggler summons (random) armor. The weapons are temporary (8 hours) and can't be sold in shops. Did I mention the stuff you get is random? So, pretty useless. Though it seems FC made some stuff summon only in an attempt to make these lines somewhat less useless.

Bootleg Blades 'n Blunts

Name	QL	Requirements	Nano	QL Summoned
Bootleg Blades 'n Blunts (OP-XX)	8	MC 62 TS 49 Credits 28	20	20
Bootleg Blades 'n Blunts (OP-XL)	21	MC 140 TS 112 Credits 197	47	40
Bootleg Blades 'n Blunts (OP-LX)	34	MC 211 TS 171 Credits 450	74	60
Bootleg Blades 'n Blunts (OP-LXXX)	54	MC 313 TS 244 Credits 854	105	80
Bootleg Blades 'n Blunts (OP-C)	67	MC 401 TS 315 Credits 1385	135	100
Bootleg Blades 'n Blunts (OP-CXX)	90	MC 528 TS 388 Credits 2044	167	120
Bootleg Blades 'n Blunts (OP-CXL)	103	MC 611 TS 450 Credits 2831	192	140
Bootleg Blades 'n Blunts (OP-CLX)	107	MC 625 TS 500 Credits 3746	209	160
Bootleg Blades 'n Blunts (OP-CLXXX)	113	MC 644 TS 549 Credits 4790	228	180
Bootleg Blades 'n Blunts (OP-CC)	120	MC 687 TS 583 Credits 5961	247	200

Bootleg Beamers 'n Bolters

Name	QL	Requirements	Nano	QL Summoned
Bootleg Beamers 'n Bolters (OP-XX)	8	MC 62 TS 49 Credits 31	20	20
Bootleg Beamers 'n Bolters (OP-XL)	21	MC 140 TS 112 Credits 197	47	40
Bootleg Beamers 'n Bolters (OP-LX)	34	MC 211 TS 171 Credits 507	74	60
Bootleg Beamers 'n Bolters (OP-LXXX)	54	MC 313 TS 244 Credits 960	105	80
Bootleg Beamers 'n Bolters (OP-C)	67	MC 401 TS 315 Credits 1558	135	100
Bootleg Beamers 'n Bolters (OP-CXX)	90	MC 528 TS 388 Credits 2299	167	120
Bootleg Beamers 'n Bolters (OP-CXL)	103	MC 611 TS 450 Credits 3184	192	140
Bootleg Beamers 'n Bolters (OP-CLX)	107	MC 625 TS 500 Credits 4214	209	160
Bootleg Beamers 'n Bolters (OP-CLXXX)	113	MC 644 TS 549 Credits 5387	228	180
Bootleg Beamers 'n Bolters (OP-CC)	120	MC 687 TS 583 Credits 6705	247	200

Smuggler Shipment

Name	QL	Requirements	Nano	QL Summoned
Smuggler Shipment (OP-XX)	8	MC 66 TS 52 Credits 36	23	20
Smuggler Shipment (OP-XL)	24	MC 143 TS 115 Credits 209	53	40
Smuggler Shipment (OP-LX)	34	MC 216 TS 175 Credits 526	83	60
Smuggler Shipment (OP-LXXX)	54	MC 317 TS 247 Credits 987	119	80
Smuggler Shipment (OP-C)	70	MC 408 TS 319 Credits 1591	152	100
Smuggler Shipment (OP-CXX)	90	MC 534 TS 392 Credits 2340	188	120
Smuggler Shipment (OP-CXL)	103	MC 612 TS 452 Credits 3233	217	140
Smuggler Shipment (OP-CLX)	107	MC 626 TS 503 Credits 4270	235	160
Smuggler Shipment (OP-CLXXX)	113	MC 645 TS 551 Credits 5451	256	180
Smuggler Shipment (OP-CC)	120	MC 689 TS 585 Credits 6775	278	200

Summon Grid Armor

The nice thing in this whole line :)
Basically, Grid Armor makes you very very very good at evading.

• It boosts evades a bit
• It has a huge DMS modifier. From my understanding, it is related to the aggro bar. Full def is -100 AMS (attack modifier) and +100 DMS. Full aggro is +100 AMS and -100DMS. Grid Armor sets the DMS to a new value, without changing the AMS part. Or something like it anyway.
• The drawback is that it has less AC than regular armor (though it was increased a lot in 14.4). Also, it's social armor, so the only thing you can wear with it are you sunglasses and merit board (and head skinchips which are boss drops too). You can also wear rings (if you equip them before Grid Armor). But no bracers, no pads, nothing else.
• The Armor is temporary, it disappears after 8 hours and leaves you naked (note that the timer is frozen while the armor is in your bank).
• The requirements to create it are also used to wear it. You must meet them to equip the armor. Also, over-equipping rules apply to GA and all its features (AC, evade buffs, DMS) are modified by OE. So you're extremelly vulnerable to debuffs (MP, Traders...) while wearing the armor.
• Direct Damage nano cannot be dodged, so you're very vulnerable to them since your AC will be low.

Grid Armor has a bug where you could get chain-critted. This has been fixed in 14.4. Also, the evade formulas has been changed : you couldn't evade criticals before, since they had no evade checks.

The low AC of Grid Armor can be helped with AC buffs (Engineers, MA, Soldiers). The Engineers buffs can be found as symbio grafts.

	Name	QL	Requirements	DMS	Evades	AC	NCU	Dmg Mod	Health	NR	Nano
	Summon Grid Armor Mk I	60/78	MM 365 MC 333 TS 261	+870	+100	265	+25	+4	+50	+50	848
	Summon Grid Armor Mk II	93/111	MM 533 MC 515 TS 380	+1350	+120	750	+50	+7	+75	+100	1230
	Summon Grid Armor Mk III	116/142	MM 644 MC 617 TS 472	+1700	+136	1250	+75	+12	+100	+200	1504
	Summon Grid Armor Mk IV	140/142	MM 782 MC 696 TS 591	+2100	+150	2000	+100	+20	+150	+300	1887

This is probably the 14.4 addition which made us the most popular with teams! Many professions are very short on NCU (Traders, Meta-phycisits) and even more so when teaming.
At the moment, all the buff requires 1 NCU; meaning you can't run them if the target already has a full NCU. All are self/team only. The buffs are currently bugged also : the buff won't refresh when run again. You have to cancel it first, free enough NCU for it (1) and run it again. This is supposed to be fixed in the future, this is not intentionnal.

	Name	QL	Requirements	NCU	Duration	Nano
	NCU Compressor	20	MM 125 SI 125 TS 92 Level 25	+20	30m	126
	Retool NCU	40	MM 216 SI 216 TS 158 Level 25	+40	30m	252
	Jury-rigged NCU Analyzer	63	MM 331 SI 331 TS 237 Level 50	+60	40m	378
	Deck Recoder	93	MM 473 SI 473 TS 336 Level 75	+85	40m	536
	Recompiling Memory Analyzer	123	MM 605 SI 605 TS 435 Level 125	+110	40m	693
	QuarkStor NCU Core	132	MM 658 SI 658 TS 489 Level 145	+150	1h	945
	Active Viral Compressor	149	MM 730 SI 730 TS 557 Level 175	+195	1h	1229
	Sentient Viral Recoder	162	MM 784 SI 784 TS 592 Level 195	+250	1h10m	1575

These nanos let us access the commoners Grid with or without our team. The regular access is slow but has no drawback. The evac line is very fast and intenteded as a last chance nano to get out of troubles, but it has adverse effects : both health and nano points are reset to 1 after its execution. Be extremelly careful with it if you, or a team member, have a DoT nano running, you can die easily from it. Though there are conflicting reports about dying in the Grid. Some claim they did. Others claim they went to 0 health but didn't die...

Also note that evac are impopular with some groups (because they have to go back to the original location, which can be a long trip). Make sure to work that with your group beforehand. Best bet is to let the team leader, the tank or the doctor have a safe word to yell for triggering the evac, and let him handle the responsability.

Self Regular Access

	Name	QL	Requirements	Attack	Recharge	Nano
	Grid Phreak	20	MM 180 SI 180 PM 180	90s	2s	525
	Ride The Grid	103	MM 483 SI 483 PM 483	60s	2s	1244
	Meld With Grid Stream	159	MM 741 SI 741 PM 741	30s	2s	1792

Team Regular Access

	Name	QL	Requirements	Attack	Recharge	Nano
	Team Grid Phreak	57	MM 278 SI 278 PM 278	90s	2s	801
	Grid Excursion	123	MM 564 SI 564 PM 564	60s	2s	1436
	Re-Matrix Grid Vector	169	MM 787 SI 787 PM 787	30s	2s	1928

Self Evacs

	Name	QL	Requirements	Attack	Recharge	Nano
	Reckless Digitization	47	MM 226 SI 226 PM 226	6s	2s	329
	Ruinous Grid Jump	140	MM 640 SI 640 PM 640	3s	2s	762

Team Evacs

	Name	QL	Requirements	Attack	Recharge	Nano
	Instantaneous Encoding	74	MM 340 SI 340 PM 340	6s	2s	423
	Emergency Vector Tap	146	MM 674 SI 674 PM 674	3s	2s	814

Some assorted buffs, mainly to B&E skills. Note than the perception buffs are now a lot more interresting with the new perception based scopes; we have the second best perception buff in the game, second only to adventurers in morphed form. Also, the B&E skill and disarm is getting more use with each patch (more XP, aggressive rollerats, sealed containers, implant disassembly, tank armor hacking, chemical streamer building...). And there is also a B&E requirement for the new Fixer Grid nanos.

Others buffs (Embrace of Shadows, Back Pain) are left overs from beta, where Fixers were intended to be more thiervery and be good at 1HE. They now are pretty useless : Agents have concealment buffs so high that the skill is worthless for anyone else. Backpain is actually a good buff for others, but since noone seems to know we have it...

	Name	QL	Requirements	Buff	Duration	NCU	Nano
	Cracker's Luck	14	SI 75 PM 75	B&E +23 Perception +23 Disarming +23	15m	5	55
	Stack the Odds	70	SI 336 PM 336	B&E +79 Perception +79 Disarming +79	15m	22	237
	Karma Harvest	152	SI 700 PM 700	B&E +130 Perception +130 Disarming +130	30m	47	150
	Blood Makes Noise	116	SI 543 PM 543	Perception +107	45m	36	402
	Embrace of Shadows	27	SI 134 PM 134	Concealment +40	30m	9	100
	Back Pain	57	SI 267 PM 267	Sneak Attack +64	30m	18	188

We have only one debuff, though you will see LFF use a lot by Fixers NPC. It would be nice to have this line expanded someday. The evade debuff is interresting because it makes the target easier to hit (obviously), but it also make it more critable. Note that if an evade skill goes bellow 0, you are almost guarenteed 100% crits on the target. This can be interresting in PvP against classes with deep blue evade skills, especially if you're using a weapon with unusual evade checks (Suppressor : checks against Duck Explosion).

	Name	QL	Requirements	Debuff	Duration	Attack	Recharge	NR	Nano
	Luck's Fickle Fate	83	SI 394 PM 394	Evades -85	5m	3.68	1.5	130%	283

We have waited a long long while for this one! This is the Fixer only Grid, and only are the only one able to use it, not even Agents in False Profession can. But we can invite people in with the Team version. The advantages over the commoner Grid are :

• It looks cool!
• There are way way more exits. You can even get an in-game map with them.
• There is no computer litteracy check on the exits
• The day you get these nanos, you can consider yourself a True Fxer :)

You need to perform two quests to get these nanos. The Mockers have posted spoilers for the first part. You can find a guide for the second quest on Stratics. I personnally find the first quest pretty good, little hard fighting, loots of running around, very fixerish... A Yalmaha helps with doing it, but it's possible without (I don't have one), just make sure you run fast and can use reckless digitalization. Also, it seems that you must meet the requirements before being able to start the quest (level and nano skills, nano points for the second quest...).

The nanos don't move you directly into the Grid. They just create an item which you have to use (right-click) on a Grid Terminal. The team version summons one in each team member inventory (make sure everyone has the room for it).

	Name	QL	Requirements	Nano	Target
	Hack Grid Data Stream	1	B&E 203 SI 180 TS 132 Level 40 Quest Completion	400	Self
	Hack Grid Data Stream (Team)	1	B&E 401 SI 479 TS 340 Level 100 Quest Completion	1200	Team