Say I have 1,000 cloak
I become a Zolazin spy.
+1.2 and 1.4 bonus.
Does it give me 1.6% bonus
OR
Does it give me 1.2 percent of 1.4 which is 1.68?
So will I have 1,600 cloak or 1,680 cloak?

The bonuses are stacked so you will have Cloak*1.2*1.4

Erm thanks. Is that the same with module affects too? Bonuses are Bonus*Bonus*Bonus*stat?

Yes. All bonuses are like that. The only weird one I can think of offhand is the scan buffs. Always apply the +point buffs before the +percents.

Yes. Three velox's give more than a 15% boost. 1.05*1.05*1.05*base def

Edit: ninja'd

Also mutagenic cartridges should be used before octal sacs. Just always use buffs that add a static amount befor percent ones and you should be good.

Zolazin spy best combo for hacking

what about hacker or explorer though?
hacker because well.... duh
and explorer because of the fact that scan is higher than cloak.

Correct me if I'm wrong,
but hacker increases the amount stolen by a pretty insignificant amount,
and scan increases the chance of success.

If you're focusing on hacking, you probably already have a very high chance of success,
and so the ability to hack more players (cloaking) becomes more valuable than the other two.

i dont know. dont do much hacking, but the hacker ability says 30% increase which i wouldnt think would be insignificant. cloak i can see being more important as it means more players you dont need to debuff. i thought scan not only helped determine sucess rate but also how much you steal though.

If you are banking on the rp that you steal being worth anything then you are in a sad state of affairs when it comes to your productions. Id rather be able to steal more often, and have a minimum chance at a counter hack than steal a larger amount of pocket change

Scan increases the chance for a critical hack as well right?

I do believe that is a static percent chance.

there is nothing that adds to the % chance to critically hack, its just a random occurance

Ok just regular crits

Yeah. Scan and cloak affect those.

Is there alot of people who play as a Zolazin spy?

not to many but i have seen some, and when i do i dont bother trying to hack even though it gives me the option at best i have around a 70% success rate on that front.
to give you an indication :
my current rank 389
my current unbuffed scan 6421 <- with explorer bonus