As I posted over on Dumpshock, I would like Hackers to be able to do combat attacks like temporarily blinding opponents by quick-hacking their cybereyes or goggles, forcing their firearms to eject clips, creating an electrical strike by hacking a nearby light pole, and the like.
The two former "attacks" are already possible, unless that gear is skinlinked, and creating an electrical strike by hacking a light pole I don't think is within the realm of physical reality.
Yea, you can do the first two currently. By rolling a test to find the opposing node, more tests to hack your way in and create an admin account, then commanding the device to do the action.
I was thinking of more like a single roll to use Blindfold v2.3 or GunHack Pro vs the target, much like a firearm attack is a single roll. Target would resist with some combo of gear rating.
As for the electrical strike, perhaps less realistic, but you see similar in fiction on occasion. Perhaps the hack messed with the control software and caused a transformer to blow. I dunno. Commanding tech in the nearby environment as a hostile impromptu attack is the general idea.
Stuff that can be used in the spur of the moment, as opposed to having to run the whole network infiltration sub-game.
-k