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Post by Element Zero on Oct 28, 2018 0:55:17 GMT
Yep, I’m talking about the “temple” under the volcano. I find the locked mykenaean door, but never get a message. I’ll try returning after opening a similar door in Boeotia, but I don’t think they’ll be linked in that fashion. There’s a key to be found somewhere.
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Post by Obsidian Gryphon on Oct 28, 2018 1:07:03 GMT
No idea about the door, I probably missed it in the previous PT. Will keep an eye out for it this time.
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Post by themikefest on Oct 28, 2018 1:24:23 GMT
I started another playthrough. I just finished dealing with the Wolf. Before I dealt with him, I found a few places I didn't visit in my previous playthrough. In this playthrough, I will use a 2 handed weapon a lot more than the previous playthrough. I also won't be doing any of those bounties. Got tired of going back and forth to the same place to kill some punk. And lastly, I won't be recruiting as many as I did in my previous playthrough. I believe that was the number one reason why it took so long to finish my first playthrough.
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Post by Element Zero on Oct 28, 2018 6:08:22 GMT
I have nearly all 5-star lieutenants. I can’t get anymore. I wish I hadn’t activated Evie Fry or the other DLC dude I have on this save file. I can’t release them. I want to keep Roxana, but Evie, Tekton and What’s His Face are wasting space. Those elite lieutenants look badass and are beastly.
I finished Argolis and Korinthia entirely today. I road from northern Korinthia to Athens to do more quests for Alkibiades. Man, his quests are freaking hilarious. “Is this a fucking joke?! This is a caste of someone’s dick!” 😂 I set sail from eastern Attika and upgraded the spear to level 5. I respecced, keeping the same active skills but ditching a couple of unneeded evolutions in passive skills. (Bye bye, fire specialization and explosive arrows.) I’d like to see the level cap removed. Some skills may be luxuries, but they’re still fun to have. I had just landed on Mykonos as I saved. I’ll handle the Mykonos/Delos story, and then head to Keos, I think.
This game is so much better at level 50. Did I already have this rant? The XP and resource progression needs patching. Locking your best, true-to-the-IP gameplay behind 50 hours of investment is foolish. The game is a blast to play at high levels, but feels far more limited at low to mid levels. How many players never even get to experience the gameplay and gear in its full glory?
Speaking of gear, I’ve been getting great drops. I save the very best Epic Armor pieces that I find for each play style. The gear I’m currently using keeps getting slightly better, both functionally and cosmetically. My entire panoply is matching gold over white, now. (Its all Athenian with a heavy Spartan breastplate.) It matches perfectly, and is topped with a golden Korinthian-style helm. The bonuses and engravings couldn’t be more perfect. I have a great stock of alternate gear in storage aboard Adrestia. I’ll dig into those if I ever respec into a different focus.
Hunter/ranged combat is godly at high levels. I have zero gear-optimization for hunter damage and still pwn with the bow. Multishot, Predator Shot and Devastating Shot are each insane. I could see someone completing most of the game, barely lifting a melee weapon, once the skills and gear allow. I’ll definitely check that out once I’ve completed this PT.
Alright, off to bed. I’ve already stayed up way too long. I wish I could watch the Eagles in the AM, but I have another obligation. Something always gets in the way this season. :/
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Post by dazk on Oct 28, 2018 22:14:05 GMT
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Post by dazk on Oct 29, 2018 2:29:17 GMT
So did the Roxana romance yesterday and agreed to do the one hundred hands fight or whatever it was and was told to go see Drakios but I have nothing in my quest log. Have just been to the island "Cradle of Myths" and couldn't find Drakios, is that the island or is it another one. Worried quest is broken!!!! On another note did the quest for the little girl who made friends out of clay. Kass says she should go back and check on her later so I went back and the kid is now wailing that the rain washed her clay friends away but I can't interact. Anyone know how long I need to wait or if anything ever comes of it?
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Post by Obsidian Gryphon on Oct 29, 2018 2:52:47 GMT
So did the Roxana romance yesterday and agreed to do the one hundred hands fight or whatever it was and was told to go see Drakios but I have nothing in my quest log. Have just been to the island "Cradle of Myths" and couldn't find Drakios, is that the island or is it another one. Worried quest is broken!!!! On another note did the quest for the little girl who made friends out of clay. Kass says she should go back and check on her later so I went back and the kid is now wailing that the rain washed her clay friends away but I can't interact. Anyone know how long I need to wait or if anything ever comes of it? Drakios is on another island. There should be a ! marker on one of the islands. Can't help with the clay friends. I told her to get real friends, to interact and that was the end of the quest. Nothing about checking up on her later.
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Post by Element Zero on Oct 29, 2018 4:24:06 GMT
So did the Roxana romance yesterday and agreed to do the one hundred hands fight or whatever it was and was told to go see Drakios but I have nothing in my quest log. Have just been to the island "Cradle of Myths" and couldn't find Drakios, is that the island or is it another one. Worried quest is broken!!!! On another note did the quest for the little girl who made friends out of clay. Kass says she should go back and check on her later so I went back and the kid is now wailing that the rain washed her clay friends away but I can't interact. Anyone know how long I need to wait or if anything ever comes of it? If you tell the girl to make real friends, she gets hurt feelings but quickly makes real friends. That’s it. You’ve seen the entirety of it. Drakios is in Melos to the Southeast. You actually have Roxana saying exactly that in one of the screenshots you shared. I figured that you found him by now. 😆 It is possible to visit Melos first, but I can’t imagine that you’d have killed him or anything. I “returned to Athens”, and hate this segment if the game. On PS4 Pro I spend half the f-ing experience in load screens. It’s horrible. Who the hell designed this trash section?
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Post by dazk on Oct 29, 2018 4:43:12 GMT
So did the Roxana romance yesterday and agreed to do the one hundred hands fight or whatever it was and was told to go see Drakios but I have nothing in my quest log. Have just been to the island "Cradle of Myths" and couldn't find Drakios, is that the island or is it another one. Worried quest is broken!!!! On another note did the quest for the little girl who made friends out of clay. Kass says she should go back and check on her later so I went back and the kid is now wailing that the rain washed her clay friends away but I can't interact. Anyone know how long I need to wait or if anything ever comes of it? If you tell the girl to make real friends, she gets hurt feelings but quickly makes real friends. That’s it. You’ve seen the entirety of it. Drakios is in Melos to the Southeast. You actually have Roxana saying exactly that in one of the screenshots you shared. I figured that you found him by now. 😆 It is possible to visit Melos first, but I can’t imagine that you’d have killed him or anything. I “returned to Athens”, and hate this segment if the game. On PS4 Pro I spend half the f-ing experience in load screens. It’s horrible. Who the hell designed this trash section? Thanks found it and did the battle, some clear markers as to where the hell the next group of fighters were at would have helped!!!!!!! Anyway me running around aimlessly meant I got lots of extra Drachmae from all the dead people. Also did the conquest battle for the islands not realising it was going to be a naval battle, helped Sparta defend the islands successfully. So Athens is a pain, great!!!!!
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Post by dazk on Oct 29, 2018 4:44:45 GMT
So did the Roxana romance yesterday and agreed to do the one hundred hands fight or whatever it was and was told to go see Drakios but I have nothing in my quest log. Have just been to the island "Cradle of Myths" and couldn't find Drakios, is that the island or is it another one. Worried quest is broken!!!! On another note did the quest for the little girl who made friends out of clay. Kass says she should go back and check on her later so I went back and the kid is now wailing that the rain washed her clay friends away but I can't interact. Anyone know how long I need to wait or if anything ever comes of it? Drakios is on another island. There should be a ! marker on one of the islands. Can't help with the clay friends. I told her to get real friends, to interact and that was the end of the quest. Nothing about checking up on her later. Thanks I have written myself a note so will check and see if after time I get to tell her next time to make real friends.
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Post by Element Zero on Oct 29, 2018 5:14:26 GMT
dazk, Athens is great. Only Paris is better in all the series. The “return to Athens” bit sucks ass. You’ll eventually see what I mean.
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Post by Obsidian Gryphon on Oct 29, 2018 6:29:16 GMT
Drakios is on another island. There should be a ! marker on one of the islands. Can't help with the clay friends. I told her to get real friends, to interact and that was the end of the quest. Nothing about checking up on her later. Thanks I have written myself a note so will check and see if after time I get to tell her next time to make real friends. I just did this. Chose to be frank with her; same thing I did in the first PT. I also get the "check in with her later". However, I didn't bother in the first PT because I forgot about her completely.
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Post by Element Zero on Oct 29, 2018 10:15:59 GMT
Checking on that child “later” amounts to walking away, picking up some olive wood or iron nearby, and returning. It’s a very quick turnaround. It’s so fast that I was surprised the first time. I really wanted to put more effort into helping her. All the schmucks and scum we help, and the protagonist barely puts a minimalist effort into helping this kid. Couldn’t we find her a home? Hell, it’s not ideal and couldn’t last, but I’d have taken her aboard Adrestia until a home presented itself. My man Alkibiades probably would’ve helped. Sigh. I just had to accept that “real friends” are as good as it gets for the kid.
I played a lot of Odyssey today. Kassandra completed the Mykonos/Delos arc; returned to Athens; did some work with Xenia of Keos; and finally headed to Naxos. After resolving the Naxos/Paros issue, she sailed to Kos and saw my man Markos. “Everybody wins! Everybody benefits!” From Kos she sailed south toward Krete. Rounding Krete in a sweep for Alpha ships, we finally put in on the eastern side of the island at Lato Port, Pephka. That’s where I saved. I’m looking forward to Krete. It was high quality from beginning to completion during my first PT. There are so many cool things to experience on that island.
I really like Melissanthi’s VO work a lot. Kassandra is so energetic and lifelike. She’s not an incredibly experienced VA, if I understand correctly. In an interview with the two stars, she claimed limited VO experience and no previous mo-cap. She did a wonderful job with Kassandra. I expect she’ll get as much VO work as she wants after this. While I can definitely see Melissanthi in Kassandra and Michael in Alexios, I think they should’ve made them even more similar in appearance. Basically, they could’ve looked more Greek. Both are very fair compared to the handful of Greek friends and peers I’ve had over the years. A more bronzed complexion for our Greek sailors would’ve been cool. Minor nitpick, really. The VO work is much more impactful and is top notch. I can’t say how the Greek peoples of 400 BCE looked, anyway. Maybe they’ve changed over time?
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Post by AnDromedary on Oct 29, 2018 14:39:58 GMT
I am not reading this thread, since I am not through the game yet and I want to avoid spoilers. Just wanted to write, that I loved the moment this weekend, when I finally found my mother. I've been playing this game fairly slowly, finishing off areas, where I went first, doing all locations and side quests before moving on, so it took me over 50 hours, just to get to Naxos. So when I found Myrenni (probably spelling her name wrong), it really felt like I had already been on a true Odyssey to get to her. And when Kassandra dd meet her, I gotta say, they nailed that Moment perfectly! The build-up, the body language, the facial expressions, the voice acting and the dialogue itself, it really felt right, just like straight out of a movie but the 50+ hour time to get to this moment is something, only the media of video games can give you. I am not ashamed to say that I got misty-eyed when the suspense finally broke. What a great job they did with this scene. The following quest-line, where the two of you work together to secure Naxos and all also was just the right thing to do. It was well done and never comes across as too much or anything, just the right amount of familiarity but also respect for each other and a little bit of worry for each other to make things believable. Awesome job. After that (which took another 10 hours or so, the way I was playing), finding Atlantis and your father (WTF?) was also pretty cool and a good change of pace. I was then pleasantly surprised when I got sucked out of the Animus, back into reality. I hoped that after such a great track record in the Greek story-line, they'd finally get their act together and fix the holes in the present day story as well. Unfortunately I was srely disappointed on that front but I covered that in the other thread already. How can Ubisoft's authors make such a great story in ancient Greece and fuck up so badly in the present? Are they two different writing teams? Do they just not care? I am confused. I love the present day stories in AC, I love that they are there and I am always happy to leave the Animus and get some context of why I am in the past in the first place. That's great but they messed it up so badly, that even I am glad to just be back with Kassandra for now, where things actually work and make some semblance of narrative sense. What a conflicting game this is.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2018 15:11:11 GMT
Why is Medusa easier to slay than that stupid farting pig? Curse you pig!
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Post by Element Zero on Oct 29, 2018 19:27:40 GMT
Why is Medusa easier to slay than that stupid farting pig? Curse you pig! That nasty beast is the toughest out in the game! I easily reduce him to a sliver of HP, but finishing him is tough. Those damn fart clouds are rough. 😆
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Post by dazk on Oct 29, 2018 20:47:01 GMT
Checking on that child “later” amounts to walking away, picking up some olive wood or iron nearby, and returning. It’s a very quick turnaround. It’s so fast that I was surprised the first time. I really wanted to put more effort into helping her. All the schmucks and scum we help, and the protagonist barely puts a minimalist effort into helping this kid. Couldn’t we find her a home? Hell, it’s not ideal and couldn’t last, but I’d have taken her aboard Adrestia until a home presented itself. My man Alkibiades probably would’ve helped. Sigh. I just had to accept that “real friends” are as good as it gets for the kid. Yeah that was my hope, that I'd be able to go back and ask he to join the crew but oh well. As you say we help so many others in so many ways you'd think this would tug on the writers heart strings enough to give the kid a better ending. Another option could have been to ask the woman you help with the wedding choosing ceremony to look after her.
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Post by dazk on Oct 29, 2018 20:47:44 GMT
Thanks I have written myself a note so will check and see if after time I get to tell her next time to make real friends. I just did this. Chose to be frank with her; same thing I did in the first PT. I also get the "check in with her later". However, I didn't bother in the first PT because I forgot about her completely. I have written myself a note so will go back and check at some stage.
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Post by Obsidian Gryphon on Oct 29, 2018 23:20:52 GMT
Checking on that child “later” amounts to walking away, picking up some olive wood or iron nearby, and returning. It’s a very quick turnaround. It’s so fast that I was surprised the first time. I really wanted to put more effort into helping her. All the schmucks and scum we help, and the protagonist barely puts a minimalist effort into helping this kid. Couldn’t we find her a home? Hell, it’s not ideal and couldn’t last, but I’d have taken her aboard Adrestia until a home presented itself. My man Alkibiades probably would’ve helped. Sigh. I just had to accept that “real friends” are as good as it gets for the kid. Yeah that was my hope, that I'd be able to go back and ask he to join the crew but oh well. As you say we help so many others in so many ways you'd think this would tug on the writers heart strings enough to give the kid a better ending. Another option could have been to ask the woman you help with the wedding choosing ceremony to look after her. That's a really bad idea; a child on a ship. I'd send her to one of the priestesses that owe the protag a favour. I remember the one who wanted the spear, I didn't ask for payment and she said she would help whoever Kass sent her way. I've to admit I was very suspicious of everyone around Kass after finding out about the Cult. So I viewed Alkibiades very unfavourably until the last bits where he turned out better than I hoped. I still find him annoying; the temptation to kick him into the latrine was very strong after he persistently tried to get Kass to go to bed with him, right down the last stretch but I guess that's just who he was. PS. I might get Syndicate if it's on sale again but then, might not. I'm only considering it because it has a female protag.
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Post by dazk on Oct 29, 2018 23:25:25 GMT
Yeah that was my hope, that I'd be able to go back and ask he to join the crew but oh well. As you say we help so many others in so many ways you'd think this would tug on the writers heart strings enough to give the kid a better ending. Another option could have been to ask the woman you help with the wedding choosing ceremony to look after her. That's a really bad idea; a child on a ship. I'd send her to one of the priestesses that owe the protag a favour. I remember the one who wanted the spear, I didn't ask for payment and she said she would help whoever Kass sent her way. If it was Edward Kenway's Jack Daw and that crew I'd agree but Kass would look out for as would Roxana and Odessa not to mention my all female crew of Assassin's.
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Post by Obsidian Gryphon on Oct 29, 2018 23:54:55 GMT
That's a really bad idea; a child on a ship. I'd send her to one of the priestesses that owe the protag a favour. I remember the one who wanted the spear, I didn't ask for payment and she said she would help whoever Kass sent her way. If it was Edward Kenway's Jack Daw and that crew I'd agree but Kass would look out for as would Roxana and Odessa not to mention my all female crew of Assassin's. We have different views. If there're other available stable options for a child, I'll take them. Taking her onboard is the very last option, for me. Let's just leave it at that.
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Post by dazk on Oct 30, 2018 0:42:46 GMT
If it was Edward Kenway's Jack Daw and that crew I'd agree but Kass would look out for as would Roxana and Odessa not to mention my all female crew of Assassin's. We have different views. If there're other available stable options for a child, I'll take them. Taking her onboard is the very last option, for me. Let's just leave it at that. Sorry my comment was meant to be tongue in cheek/sarcastic, I really do not think ship board life at that age would be a good thing for an orphan in real life.
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Post by Obsidian Gryphon on Oct 30, 2018 1:51:10 GMT
We have different views. If there're other available stable options for a child, I'll take them. Taking her onboard is the very last option, for me. Let's just leave it at that. Sorry my comment was meant to be tongue in cheek/sarcastic, I really do not think ship board life at that age would be a good thing for an orphan in real life. Nah nah, it's my bad. I overlooked you put a tongue-in-cheek emoticon. Sometimes I tend to get too serious.
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Post by Element Zero on Oct 30, 2018 4:40:52 GMT
I’ve played through the bulk of Krete (Pephka and Messara) today. I saved with maybe 20% of the island, including the big boss fight, yet to go. I like Ardos. For some reason, probably his smart mouth, he reminds me of my nephew. I’ve obtained 3/5 of the Amazon/Wonder Woman Legendary set. It does look really cool and totally impractical. Sadly, it doesn’t fit my play style for this PT at all. It’s a Warrior set through and through, and cannot be tweaked to compete with my Assassin-focused gear. My current Epic set is finely tuned and awesome-looking. I have the Perikles breastplate with Athenian bracers, tassets and greaves. The helmet is still a beautiful, golden Korinthian style helm. The white and gold theme carries throughout and looks pretty damn impressive. I equipped an optimized Pirate Set for a while for a change of pace, but soon went back to my Epic gear. I like that Epic gear is so good in this game. It keeps it relevant. It also makes finding loot and shopping interesting past level 50. I assess every Epic armor piece for present and future usefulness before stashing or deconstructing. I look forward to finally seeing the full Pilgrim set on Kassandra. I didn’t like it on Alexios, but we’ll see. I do wish we could change the colors of outfits. Some of the coolest stuff I find is mechanically rubbish. Anyway, I was again thinking of the VAs. They each bring unique personalities to the characters. Kassandra is warm, lively and animated, but more level in her expressions. During emotionally charged scenes, she’s still reasonably subdued. Alexios is more subdued, and a bit snarky or humorous, in the day to day mundanities. In emotional circumstances, he brings very natural passion to the scene. The differences make me like Kassandra a lot in general, while feeling that Alexios really owns the emotional scenes and moral quandaries throughout the game. Each is good as Deimos, though I think I prefer Alexios’ version so far. He does coldly malevolent really well. Kassandra as Deimos always seems slightly unhinged, which is likewise fitting and awesome. Both over do it in the first encounter outside the Forge. The animations and dialogue don’t match the unbridled rage in Deimos’ voices. That points to iffy voice direction for that scene. I really enjoy both VAs, as I’ve probably said too often. (It’s an ongoing analysis for me, since I’m still playing my second PT.) The big upside here is that I’ll gladly replay the game with either sibling, enjoying them equally.
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Post by Obsidian Gryphon on Oct 30, 2018 15:33:41 GMT
I'm on the pursuit of those damnable shards so I went to Attika. I'm not picking up the get-certain-number-of-officer-'clubs' from the Athenian pacing at the bottom of the giant statue. He has lots to say and it's interesting that he has a different tactic but he's majorly just sitting on his ass and paying off mercs to do his work. I'm not going to do his Spartan counterpart either. I'm also avoiding Kleon's side quest. Would he have different stuff to say much much later? I wonder. I was greatly amused when I passed by his spot; I was down below on the street so there's a high wall between us and yet he could 'see' Kass and say he has a job for her. Wow, what wonderful vision you have! While doing Khyla's (sp?} island, Kass gave me a scare twice because she suddenly burst out angrily; you're food for the sharks, Athenians! This while I was sneaking around a camp! WTF? Why did you suddenly say that? The second time occurred while I was tackling a Athenian soldier I lured out of camp. She said something similar. That's a lot of fury she's carrying around.
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