Hacker

Battlefield Hardline
Hacker Mode is a feature of Battlefield Hardline. Similar to Commander mode, it allows players to support their teams through a variety of actions. Each team's hacker works to gain control over objects in the field, hinder the enemy hacker's efforts, and provide their team with temporary upgrades. Like the commander in Battlefield 4, hackers can earn awards and cash towards progression for their performance. A player already present in a server as a field agent may assume the hacker position, and an active hacker can leave the position and become a field agent, as could be done in Battlefield 2/2142.

The hacker is provided with a top-down camera view of the battlefield, the team's squad list, and a menu of abilities that can be performed on map objects or players.

Assets
Much of the hacker experience revolves around controlling objects in the gameworld, which can be exploited to indirectly interact with other players:
 * Camera:Automatically spots enemies in clear view.
 * Gas canister:Floods an area with gas, similar to a Gas Grenade.
 * Transformer:Releases a blinding flash of light, similar to a Flashbang.
 * Battle Pickup:Additional Battle Pickups can be unlocked at certain locations.

The Camera provides its own field of view when selected. Other assets can be observed via non-interactive surveillance cameras.

Harmful assets are triggered when an enemy player enters its area of effect. After being triggered, the asset will have a "recharging battery" icon and regenerate.

Players can spot hacker-controlled assets, and temporarily disable them. Damaged assets will have a wrench icon, and automatically repair after a period of time.

Abilities

 * Trojan:Nullifies an enemy-controlled asset.


 * GPS Jamming:Denies spotting within radius of effect. It has a smaller radius than GPS Spotting, but takes priority over it. Earns a "Friendlies Masked" bonus when teammates are in the area.


 * GPS Spotting:Detects enemies within radius. Earns an "Enemy Revealed" bonus when enemies are present.


 * Backdoor:Control a map asset, neutralizing enemy control if held. Earns a "Jacked In" bonus when asset is controlled, and another bonus when the asset is triggered. Together with Trojan, these abilities limit enemy hacker presence.


 * Trace:Exposes enemy HVTs and gadgets, allowing them to be marked via Point of Interest.


 * Overclock:Reduces cooldown time on abilities while active. At end of effect, some abilities "overheat", taking much longer to cooldown.


 * Point of Interest:Mark objective for a squad. Gamemode objectives, assets, and locations can be marked. Following a Trace, certain enemies and gadgets can be marked as well. Earns a bonus when acted upon.


 * Squad Upgrade:Increase reputation of the active squad, providing an immediate field upgrade.


 * Fast Deploy:Permits immediate respawn for a chosen squad. Earns a bonus when first used by a squad member.