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Do you need to start the drill so the Hardware Expert skill will work? What if your teammate, who doesn't have that skill, starts the drill?

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The drill only gains the bonuses of the person who started it. If your teammates start the drill, but they are lacking one or more drill-related skills which you possess, the drill will show up with a blue outline. You'll then be able to interact with it to add those bonuses. The drill will then have all of the benefits of your skills.

It's worth mentioning as well that if the drill malfunctions, the person that fixes it will also automatically upgrade it at the same time. Thanks, Elliott, for pointing that out!

Note: As of right now, the Xbox360 version is quite a few updates behind the other versions of the game. I believe that it does not yet have this upgrade feature. Thanks, Brok3n and icebat for mentioning this.

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  • Not sure about Xbox & PS3.
    – Brok3n
    Commented May 2, 2014 at 5:57
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    it should be noted that if the drill breaks and someone with all the skills fixes the drill it will add all their benefits to the drill without having to do the upgrade. this is what it currently does on the pc
    – Elliott
    Commented May 2, 2014 at 9:53
  • Same on PS3 version, repair-upgrade that Elliott mentioned too.
    – icebat
    Commented May 2, 2014 at 16:01
  • Yeah, that be true.
    – Brok3n
    Commented May 25, 2014 at 5:49

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