Assassins Creed Odyssey

I feel that some SQs are a let down. Take A Life's Dedication for example. There're so many places to go to get items. Once everything is completed, the protag can see the Isu writings but not the NPC since he's not of 'divine' descent. There's no revelation here after all that work, you only choose to tell the NPC whether you see it or not.  

I did a lot of stuff last night.

- Ran across a burned down village and let the priest/soldiers kill the family to prevent the spread of the plague. (This was actually a really hard choice for me cause I didn't wanna just let them kill the kids but once the mother coughed and said "we aren't even that sick" that cemented it for me. That told me they had the plague and couldn't be allowed to spread it.) Then the game sends you on a guilt trip with that damn street urchin just popping up out of nowhere. *tear*

- Snuck in to the cyclops' lair and stole his fake eye without being seen (only to go back later, mistakenly, and kill everyone there. lmao)

- Fought the first bounty hunter who was level 5, while I was level 4 and that took me around 4 attempts.

- Recovered penelope's hood for some shady bastard who now wants me to potentially assassinate my father, who also apparently threw me off a cliff.

- Swam with the sharks and somehow was able to kill them to retrieve a necklace for some plebs.

- Saved some dude with one eye from the bigger dude with one eye and made him my boat bitch.


Did some other stuff too, as I cleared all the question marks and did all the quests on Kephallonia, and finished the prologue.

Obsidian Gryphon , you’ll hear more about the four warriors of Boeotia later in the story. I’ve ysually killed two of them in random encounters long before the story advances so far. They’re actually fighting for the Delian League/Athens, with whom Boeotia is generally aligned. Sparta and Athens each have trouble holding the region for very long.

I’m continuing to experience a game-crashing bug. Every time I activate Ikaros in the vicinity of a guarded zone the game crashes to desktop PS Menu. I’ve submitted probably 6 error reports with video by now. It’s more than a bit frustrating. The problems started with 1.05. I hope they iron out the bugs and rough edges. I like Odyssey a lot, but Origins remains the better, more polished game.

I also hope we’ve seen the last of the Eagle mechanic (aka Far Cry Primal owl aka GR Aerial Drone). It’s a goofy addition to the game that never even receives an explanation of the course of two very long games. Why can we see through the eyes of this bird? Who cares! Just turn off your brain and use the drone... er, bird.

EDIT: Muther$&@$$&&! Several minutes reporting and reloading the game just to have it immediately crash again! I hate this stupid ass bird mechanic even more with this bug. 

Reddit and the AC Forum suggests that the bug is worst in Elis, though I’ve experienced it all over the world. I guess I’ll leave Elis and hope it’s patched before I return. This sucks, since the story will send me (and Testikles!) back here in short order.

dazk , this is another mechanic which Unity did best in my opinion. The sixth sense in that game was balanced, effective, usable on the move — it was basically ideal. Ubi threw out all of the great parts of Unity because of its poor reception. At least use the hard work of the teams and gameplay successes the game did have. Ugh.

To assuage my poor mood, I sailed up to visit my man Sargon. Maybe Ubi saw my last report that cited 6 crashes and included censored profanity. 😂 I got the Vine Bow, the item I most wanted. I still want the spear Sauroter (so?) and maybe the Olympic Torch (because fire and laughs). I’d like some cosmetics, too. I like Reda’s drachmae (in-game, unrestricted) currency better, but Satgon’s been good to me. I might have the world’s best redemption rate at the moment.

Anyway, this inspired me to swap some gear for a bit of Hunter optimization. I didn’t want to throw out Poison completely, so I kept it in lieu of additional pure damage op. I’ve not yet fought a single thing, but I expect great success.



My plan now is to hit the last two legendary beasts (in Arkadia and Lakonia) and get the Artemis gear. Not only does it look good, but it’s a legendary set with a perk worth having. It looks a heck of a lot better than my currentky motley assortment of Hunter Epics.

I don't think it's the game because I don't get any crashes at Elis, even when I use Ikaros. I've only experienced one crash in more than 200 hundred hours of play. I guess it's software conflict within the console mainframe that's the problem.

Why can the protags see through the eyes of the birds? Because they're hybrids, not completely human.  The devs have to use the bird mechanic because the game world is so large.  

Obsidian Gryphon, the bug is being experienced only on PS4 Pro, so I’m confident that you’re right.

dazk, I paired that sword (with “all damage is fire” engraving) with Hades’ Bow (another +fire engraving) in my first Warrior PT. In my second, I’ve run most of the game with the Fanged Bow. It gives Assassin Damage perks in addition to poison, so I built around that. Now, I’ve swapped gear into Hunter mode and switched to the Vine Bow (+ Hunter Damage perk). I remain optimized for poison damage, so I just added the “normal arrows are poison” engraving.

I have to tag my man colfoley for this. He’s an archery fan and had asked about Hunter gameplay. With just a couple of hours under my belt, I can say that it’s really fun and effective. I don’t even have the very best Hunter armor set yet, and I’m destroying everything. It’s a lot of fun to snipe foes from afar, through walls/caves (with Ghost Arrow of Artemis), and to just shoot all comers in the face. I always used my bow a lot, and it worked out well because I had optimized elemental damage on it. Now, with Hunter optimization added, it’s insane. I’d say the bow is by far the best weapon in the game. My melee damage has never felt so mediocre, since it’s neither buffed nor elemental. This is fine, though, since I just shoot everything. You also mentioned minor annoyance regarding arrow crafting. They fixed the intrusive necessity of using the menu for crafting. Normal arrows can now be set to auto-replenish. If you run out but have materials (wood), your stock is automatically replenished. Pretty cool.

Since I can’t play in Elis for now, I’m clearing up Arkadia before heading to eastern Lakonia to kill the legendary wolf. Killing the Kallisto Bear was trivially easy. I always favored bows versus these animals. Having done some optimization around the bow, now, the damage is overwhelming. The bear was dead very quickly. Once I complete that Daughters of Artemis quest, I think I’ll hunt down the Ostraka puzzles I hadn’t yet completed. I want some of the engravings they’ll unlock. I can likewise chase other goals for engravings, waiting for Elis to become eagle-friendly.

Really. There's no way to save Roxana except that she must be romanced? That's really dumb as ass. Whatever. I killed her twice now. No regrets because devs, you write lousy 'romances' that can't even spark a flame.

Roxana is unique, from what I’ve heard, in that she will reappear later in the game. I really like her, particularly for Alexios, so she’s appeared in both of my PTs. I get the impression that no one appears in her place if she’s not in your crew, but that could be wrong.

I played far too long tonight, and completed all of Arkadia before heading south through eastern Lakonia. I’m enjoying this PT quite a bit because of the differences. Even just seeing things in full daylight or approaching from a totally opposite direction makes it feel a bit different. While in Arkadia, I pursued some bounties as far north as Achaia, before riding through the Pass of Warriors into Lakonia. Notably, I took a felucca across the sea between SE Lakonia and Kythera. I expected it to disintegrate, but I made it unscathed. Pretty cool. That was in pursuit of the daily orichalcum reward. (I keep spending all of mine on RNG, but I’ve been lucky, so no complaints.)

The Kallisto Bear and Lakonian Lykaon fell to Kassandra’s bow, and she headed to Chios to see Daphnae. The sequence of events was maybe more poignant this time (at least by this game’s standard) since I had two skins to turn in. There was flirting, sexy time and conversation before the final stage of the quest. As our protagonist humorously loves to say, “I always finish what I start,” and this quest was no different. My crew ditched their white hoods for Daughters of Artemis leathers and robes. We’ll see how long that lasts. I may like the fresh look, or I may miss my little hooded, sing-songy warriors.

I got the full Artemis set. It figures that, as I was claiming the reward, I finally got a few really cool Epic pieces. I’ll assess those, but have donned and engraved the Artemis set for now. I’m going to respec Kass’ skills. I removed the poison perk from my bow and will now use the poison skill for a while. I can always switch back if it’s not as effective. In its place, I added +25% Headshot damage. That moderate increase will turn many near kills into instakills. I think I might ditch Ring of Chaos, since I’m both never in melee and have Multishot as an AoE. I will try the Battle Cry of Ares, checking whether it’s +50% damage applies to Hunter/bow damage. I’m getting rid of Vanish, since I never use it. My elemental skills will replace it. I think I’m keeping SoNyx for now, but I still never use it. :/ I may drop it if I see something I like better tomorrow. I still love Shield Breaker, but I will presumably swap it out once I get the engraving that allows me to shoot through shields. (I am almost certain it’s in a mine in Messenia on another badass bow. That’s what I remember, at any rate.) Naturally, all damage boosting Passives are maxed, as are some utilitarian things.

So, my upcoming wheels should look like so, clockwise from the top:

Hunter: Predator Shot, Ghost Arrows of Artemis, Multishot and Devastating Shot

Melee 1: Poison Weapon, Rush Assassination, Shadow of Nyx, Slow Time

Melee 2: Battle Cry of Ares, Heroic Strike, Second Wind, Shield Breaker (replaced by fire weapons or something, eventually)



EDIT: I forgot to comment on a couple of things. Hunter has been the most fun I’ve had since my late game Warrior Alexios, and is much more effective mechanically. It has a fun tool for every situation. Ghost Arrows are great fun. Instakilling through temples, cave walls, etc... is great. I really like lining up a shot through two or three dudes and dropping the lot of them. It’s become my go-to for Leaders and Polemarches, too. A horde of bodyguards doesn’t help when invisible arrows fly through walls.

I noticed something I’ve been meaning to mention. If a target is on fire and I then shoot a poisoned arrow into him, there is a small explosion. I’m not sure if the poison is part of this or not, but I’ll find out tomorrow. Either way, it’s crazy to see some of the things NPCs do and have done to them in this game. Odyssey needed more creative trophies like Origins had. How is killing two or more foes with one GAoA not a trophy? “Two Birds, One Stone/Arrow/...” It names itself.

Like all non-mercenary Lieutenants, her stats suck. (Shame, considering her credentials.) This means I never actually equip her in the active roster. I wonder if and how her dialogue would change. I basically get, “Been a while. What you been up to?” “You know. Fighting, rowing.” “Cool. Cool. Make some romance?” It’s better written than that, but you get it. I wonder if she’d have something different to say if I’d not consigned her to whatever purgatory exists below deck. (I think I’ll check YouTube, since she’s never getting on deck with those stats.)

I agree that it would’ve been cool if a friendly protagonist, and not just a romantic interest, could reach her. She and our misthios have some things in common. I think they’d get along fine without sex.

So yes got distracted, had fun sinking ships on my way from Mykonnos to Athens and then stopped at the southern tip of Attika to synchronize a Fast Travel point and well while in Greece, took down some forts and then did the silver mine there - twice to be exact thanks to game stupidity.


So I assassinate my way through th fort undetected and go into the mine, can't see most of the guards because Ikaros didn't mark them on his fly over so end up in open combat in a mine, miles from anything and suddenly my bounty starts going up and up and up and after killing 3 guards its at Level 3. So of course a mercenary comes but that's fine cause he's same level as I am BUT I cannot do any damage to him (literally) and he is taking 25% of my health every hit. Needless to say it was all over very quickly and then the game boots me back ages eliminating a heap of hunting I had done amongst other things.

So I head back to the mine and clear it again same way and this time no bounties and no Merc's - WHY????

Landfall on Attika - pretty scenery



Athens I am getting there I promise!!!!

Athens looks very pretty dazk. It is kind of chuckle worthy and also worrying reading about all the bugs the game seems to be going through. I mean hell joraptor posted a video on youtube with Kass's voice coming out of Alexios's mouth. But the whole mine one sounds...bad. Lets hope I get a minimum of bad quest related bugs like that because they do drive me up the wall.

that'd be a huge RP opportunity as well.