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Post by Element Zero on Mar 3, 2019 4:38:09 GMT
I had fun night playing a few hours of Odyssey.
The new XP and rewards economy was pretty kind, tonight. While drachmae rewards have been nerfed for general tasks, they’ve been boosted for bounties. All I do is bounties, and I made over 300K in pretty short order. I think bounty XP might’ve been boosted, too, since I leveled twice. Alexios is now Level 74, halfway to 75.
Since I am looking for the remaining S3 and S4 Mercs, I kill every merc I see (hoping for clues). I actually ran into the top dude. He showed up while I was up to shenanigans in a fort. He was Level 99, so I let him and his lion go about their business. I’m glad he wasn’t hunting me. I got to hang out and finish my business. I’ve killed 3 S3 mercs, and I know who is directly above me (5 levels higher than I). I’d like to get the S4 perk before NG+, but it will depend entirely upon my character level. If I can’t break into S4 with this Alexios PT, I’ll get it with Kass in NG+.
I had a pretty fun encounter in Beotia. I was pursuing a bounty while carrying a large bounty myself. As I bore down on my target, I rode into some soldiers who took exception. I nuked their group and hid in a bush. (There was little cover, as we were on an open stretch of road.) Both my target and another merc approached from opposite directions. Two more Athenians passed through at the same time. I was able to chain Rush Assassinate through the lot of them, killing everyone with no evidence left behind (thanks to Death Veil). It happened very quickly, with little time to think, so it felt pretty satisfying.
My Murder Hobo outfit got some adjustments.
Odysseus Belt: I swapped this in for the Nemean Lion belt. It has more character and visibility in this set. Odysseus Vambraces: I kept these for that “I tied rope around my forearms to whoop your ass” aesthetic. Traveler Chest: This is a black version of the Pilgrim Chest. I was tiring of white. Tracker Boots (black version): I always come back to these. They just look better to me than anything else when going for an non-armored/lightly armored look. Persian Elite Band: I kept this. It looks badass on Alexios and keeps the outfit from looking too poor.
Sword of Damokles: I have this skin on both swords. Pessesh en Gerrehh: Currently this skin is on my bow. I also like the Improved Hunter Bow a lot for this outfit. There are several cool bow skins.
I like that this outfit looks like a more worn, menacing version of the basic clothes in which we start the game. This will definitely be an outfit I use with Kassandra, minus the head piece. I will probably leave her head bare with this one.
Jorraptor pointed out something I hadn’t noticed in his video today. Assassin Damage has been nerfed. It is an unintended effect and will be fixed (some day...April? May?) Once that happens, I’ll be able to swap in more Warrior and/or Hunter gear. My all-around badass build draws ever closer.
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Post by olnorton on Mar 3, 2019 5:17:59 GMT
I bought the Athena priestess from Sargon for 100 orichalcum. That seemed a bit high. It made me check the Store price. Those lietenants are way too expensive. There are three available free in the Club, and unlimited potentials in-game. Why price them so highly? They seemed to have fixed that with NG+. I'm yet to find a legendary female Lieutenant. All the Lead Huntress, Pathfinders, Ares Elders, & female Cultist Guard Captains who were previously Legendary, have been demoted to rare. I am once again the leader of the Daughters of Artemis, so I have uncovered a considerable part of the map. I'm still only tier 4 mercenary but I am yet to find a legendary female mercenary to hire. I haven't done that much of the main quest though, so maybe they are tied to that. I had to hired four Hetaera's as Lieutenants and now it seems I'm running an escort service. I should have seen that coming.
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Post by Element Zero on Mar 3, 2019 6:20:31 GMT
olnorton , I’m still seeing a ton of Legendary female (potential) lieutenants since the patch. I only recruit the lietenants who look particularly interesting, since I have somewhere around 30. (I haven’t actually counted). Every so often, I’ll see a merc who just looks awesome, male or female. Very rarely do they end up being Legendary. Damn RNG. It’s so disappointing. I checked out which Store lieutenants I’d want for my playstyle. Athena and Lion Heart pair well with Bayek and Pegasos. (Pegasos was my very first legendary prize from the Oikos RNG months ago.) Since I just bought Athena from the Oikos, that leaves Lion Heart. I’m sure he’ll show up in the Oikos eventually, either for sale or via RNG. I’d be happy to get the Artemis and Spartan Renegade lietenants, too, but they don’t complement my style quite as perfectly. I am all about ramming, javelins and cleaving for regen. LotFB added fire, making it Ram -> Fire -> Javelins -> Cleave. I’ve seen the new Shark aesthetic online and I really like it. The figurehead is bleh, but that sail and paintjob is cool. I’d put the Octopus figurehead on it and call it a day. I’ll definitely be looking out for that one in the store. I got a bunch of ship aesthetics when I was regularly hitting the Oikos jackpot. I’ve been in a dry spell now for over a month. It’s supposed to be a “1 every 6 draws”, but I’m way past that. It’s like they have data on my earlier success and cut me off. 🤨 I once hit 3 in 6, with back to back legendaries. I have no complaints, I guess. I’ve acquired some of my favorite stuff from the Oikos. The bull mount would maybe be funny to have. I don’t know if I’d actually use him, since I can’t take him for a test ride. Some of those mounts are crazy expensive. $7.50 US for a bull? F$&& that! I’m still not sure how people feel okay paying so much for a minor item/skin. Speaking of mounts, did everyone notice the horses that appeared in their inventory? I’ve been using some of them. There are still more designs I’d like to access, but it’s cool that they gave us some new mounts.
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Post by olnorton on Mar 3, 2019 8:38:42 GMT
For the first time in four playthroughs, I got this scene. i.imgur.com/NanCsbx.jpgWhich meant I could get all the legendary gear & the legendary crew. i.imgur.com/s86axtE.jpgThough ironically in a NG+ it wouldn't have mattered if I got the arena bug, because you already have the crews and gear imported. But it was good to give Skoura the sendoff he wanted.
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Post by Hrungr on Mar 4, 2019 2:48:26 GMT
Now that I'm more-or-less wrapping up Anthem, decided to dive back in and see what's been updated. And... I see lots and lots of expensive upgrades. Also started a "A Brother's Seduction." Do we know when the next DLC installment will be out?
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Post by Element Zero on Mar 4, 2019 2:57:02 GMT
I played for a few hours today. The newly buffed bounty payouts are crazy. I made about 600K just taking bounties off the boards. A lot of that will go toward engravings. I have to save some for gear upgrades at Level 80. I’ll upgrade again at 90 and 99.
I broke into S4 Mercenary Tier, earlier. I had identified many of the guys and gals ahead of me, but they were all comparatively high-level. Eventually, a Level 80 came after me during a Level 5 bounty (I was killing leaders). I was level 76 at the time, with level 70 gear, so it was just doable. I got attacked by two other mercs in addition to Hypatia the Something. I dropped those two almost immediately, but Hypatia was a long, tough fight. Pretty fun, and the XP bumped me to Level 77. That brought me to the top of S3. I then charted a course toward the bottom dude in S4. He was level 81, and my gear only 70, but I got to prepare for this fight. He put up respectable resistance, but it was never in doubt. Now I can enter NG+ with my +10% orichalcum. That’s nice, since it would’ve taken quite a while to get back to this tier from the bottom.
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Mar 4, 2019 2:58:51 GMT
Do we know when the next DLC installment will be out? March 5, so in a couple days.
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Post by Hrungr on Mar 4, 2019 3:06:52 GMT
Do we know when the next DLC installment will be out? March 5, so in a couple days. Thanks! (Honestly, I more anxious to wrap this one up so we can move on the Atlantis DLC... )
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Post by Hanako Ikezawa on Mar 4, 2019 3:08:56 GMT
March 5, so in a couple days. Thanks! (Honestly, I more anxious to wrap this one up so we can move on the Atlantis DLC... ) I will play this one once to get the achievements and loot(it's not like I can get the money back, so may as well get something for it) and then never acknowledge the existence of this atrocious DLC again.
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Post by dazk on Mar 4, 2019 5:55:01 GMT
So today killed merc's for about an hour and that was it!!!!! Made it to tier S3.
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Post by Element Zero on Mar 4, 2019 19:30:49 GMT
I’m looking forward to tomorrow. Lots of new stuff in Episode 3. We get Darius’ outfit and several new weapons. We also get that awesome new Warrior ability. I’ll post jorraptor’s video preview of it here and in the main AC thread. I’m glad I waited to start NG*. This looks like must-have stuff.
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Post by Element Zero on Mar 5, 2019 4:27:10 GMT
Pretty balanced and fair article. They stepped in the crap when they originally decided to go with this story for LotFB. I don’t how they could’ve done anything to fix it. You can’t unbirth the baby. It was a stupid choice, but one that has to play out, at this point. I’m confident at least that they’ll not screw up so stupidly again. As I prepare for my NG+, I again think on how icky this feels for Kassandra. It’s one thing, to put it quite crudely, for Alexios to put a baby in Neema. It’s so much more invasive and unsettling to think of Kassandra carrying and birthing this child we players never chose to have. So weird. Baby issues aside, I hope the DLC ends strongly. I wonder what type of timeline advancement we’ll see between LotFB and the Atlantis episodes? The main game takes place across around a decade, though I think it fails to convey this feeling. It begins in 431 BCE, and the Battle of Amphypolis happened in 422 BCE. Then, if we factor in the events of LotFB, we have at least a decade. Our protagonist may not visibly age, but the world should. I’m curious to see how the rest of this character’s story unfolds. I played a bit more today. I kept inciting level 5 bounties and, as usual, killing every merc who came to collect. I need to check UPlay and see if there’s a merc body count. Mine must be epic. I hit level 78; found some really good epic loots; made and spent a ton of money; and prepared Alexios for Ep 3 as much as possible. Some of the new gear sounds like it will really benefit my Poison Warrior, which I’ve only sparingly used. I’ll be integrating some of the new Legendary engravings into my existing builds. I’m pretty pleased to be getting Darius’ outfit. I’ve wanted it from the moment I saw it. It’s one more cool addition to the wardrobe. (There’s never been a better feature than transmog. It should be standard in all loot-driven games.) I may crash at a reasonable time tonight so that I can run an early errand and then attack Episode 3 as soon as it hits the PSN. I’m going to check and see if Jorraptor put up a final preview vid as he planned. If so, I’ll post it here. Apparently, there’s a sword reward that he considers worthy of its own vid. As a lover of swords and daggers, I’m looking forward to it.
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Post by dazk on Mar 5, 2019 4:36:49 GMT
Pretty balanced and fair article. They stepped in the crap when they originally decided to go with this story for LotFB. I don’t how they could’ve done anything to fix it. You can’t unbirth the baby. It was a stupid choice, but one that has to play out, at this point. I’m confident at least that they’ll not screw up so stupidly again. As I prepare for my NG+, I again think on how icky this feels for Kassandra. It’s one thing, to put it quite crudely, for Alexios to put a baby in Neema. It’s so much more invasive and unsettling to think of Kassandra carrying and birthing this child we players never chose to have. So weird. Baby issues aside, I hope the DLC ends strongly. I wonder what type of timeline advancement we’ll see between LotFB and the Atlantis episodes? The main game takes place across around a decade, though I think it fails to convey this feeling. It begins in 431 BCE, and the Battle of Amphypolis happened in 422 BCE. Then, if we factor in the events of LotFB, we have at least a decade. Our protagonist may not visibly age, but the world should. I’m curious to see how the rest of this character’s story unfolds. I played a bit more today. I kept inciting level 5 bounties and, as usual, killing every merc who came to collect. I need to check UPlay and see if there’s a merc body count. Mine must be epic. I hit level 78; found some really good epic loots; made and spent a ton of money; and prepared Alexios for Ep 3 as much as possible. Some of the new gear sounds like it will really benefit my Poison Warrior, which I’ve only sparingly used. I’ll be integrating some of the new Legendary engravings into my existing builds. I’m pretty pleased to be getting Darius’ outfit. I’ve wanted it from the moment I saw it. It’s one more cool addition to the wardrobe. (There’s never been a better feature than transmog. It should be standard in all loot-driven games.) I may crash at a reasonable time tonight so that I can run an early errand and then attack Episode 3 as soon as it hits the PSN. I’m going to check and see if Jorraptor put up a final preview vid as he planned. If so, I’ll post it here. Apparently, there’s a sword reward that he considers worthy of its own vid. As a lover of swords and daggers, I’m looking forward to it. There is a stat on Uplay re merc's I am at 459.
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Post by dazk on Mar 5, 2019 4:49:42 GMT
I’m looking forward to tomorrow. Lots of new stuff in Episode 3. We get Darius’ outfit and several new weapons. We also get that awesome new Warrior ability. I’ll post jorraptor’s video preview of it here and in the main AC thread. I’m glad I waited to start NG*. This looks like must-have stuff. Thanks for posting Element Zero look forward to hearing about the new sword. Looks like I'll have to do a respect for poison and reset my mastery stuff for cooldowns to take advantage of the new gear set and new warrior ability!!!!
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Post by Element Zero on Mar 5, 2019 4:56:35 GMT
dazk, I’m really impressed with how they’ve made an effort to give extra weight (via engravings) to a wide variety of skills. Vanish was always a good skill. Making it poison enemies turns into into a skill worthy of anchoring a build. Same for a variety of other engravings. They’re being pretty creative, and mostly coming up with winners. Did you see his previous vid concerning the Abstergo Pack? It’s a bit weird, but has some cool perks. No way I’m paying $10-15 for it, but it’s an interesting oddity.
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Post by dazk on Mar 5, 2019 5:08:56 GMT
dazk , I’m really impressed with how they’ve made an effort to give extra weight (via engravings) to a wide variety of skills. Vanish was always a good skill. Making it poison enemies turns into into a skill worthy of anchoring a build. Same for a variety of other engravings. They’re being pretty creative, and mostly coming up with winners. Did you see his previous vid concerning the Abstergo Pack? It’s a bit weird, but has some cool perks. No way I’m paying $10-15 for it, but it’s an interesting oddity. No I didn't see the Abstergo stuff, I am fairly new to the watching videos thing to the point of mainly relying on the stuff Obsidian Gryphon posts in the video thread and then watching anything that pops up that seems interesting. I must have missed the bit about vanish, I remember him mentioning it thought the poisoning was to do with the weapon he was using.
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Post by Obsidian Gryphon on Mar 5, 2019 5:19:01 GMT
^ The gear is getting dumb and dumber where game world setting is concerned. It's just me. They look nice but out of place in ancient Greece.
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Post by dazk on Mar 5, 2019 5:19:35 GMT
I burst out laughing as soon as I saw the picture on the video let alone even watching it yet. Funnily enough I can't wait to get it but not sure I will be paying for it!!!!!
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Post by Element Zero on Mar 5, 2019 6:15:16 GMT
^ The gear is getting dumb and dumber where game world setting is concerned. It's just me. They look nice but out of place in ancient Greece. I’m not into the supernatural or anachronistic stuff, either. I can swallow the magitech spear and super-hero abilities in Odyssey, but some stuff takes verisimilitude pisses on it. I’m sure some enjoy this stuff, but not I.
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Post by Rouccoco on Mar 5, 2019 8:40:00 GMT
Saw the ending on youtube, that was a dumb reason to force the stupid baby on Alexios/Kassandra.
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Post by Element Zero on Mar 6, 2019 2:38:51 GMT
I finished Episode 3 in a single session. I am still a bit tired from so much screen time. I’ll avoid serious spoilers, giving everyone a chance to play it for themselves. If I do post any spoilers, I’ll put them in an sblock.
I have sort of mixed feelings about it. It had some heavy, emotional moments. Some of them worked for me, but many just didn’t land. I feel like the VA and animations paired poorly, which creates a mild dissonance. The story was solid enough. Gameplay is exactly as expected. There are a couple of new types of Persian warriors, but they aren’t plentiful. My under-leveled gear made things a bit grindy at times. There was one fight that I found challenging in an enjoyable way, dying twice (once was my dog’s fault) before winning that fight. The “big reveal” at the end was more of a minor revelation and something I specifically expected all along. That ensured that it had minimal impact upon me.
There are some pretty solid gear items in the Episode. Those that I won’t use directly at least have nice perks for future engravings. The new Warrior ability is fun. I have only used it against a powerful boss who could block it, so I’m sure it will be even better against regular mercs.
Beyond the DLC, I’m feeling the difference from around level 78 and beyond. (I’m presently Level 81.) My gear was upgraded at 80, but even that wasn’t enough to offset the hit-sponge feeling. I’m not sure if things were rebalanced, or if balance is changing at ultra high levels. Elites are definitely much tougher than at any time before the last update.
Before installing, invest all of your skill points. I had one unspent that I was saving for the new skill. It disappeared. I just lost that skill point.
I have so much more to say about the game in feral, but I’m badly distracted. I’ll jump back in later and post something more coherent.
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Post by Obsidian Gryphon on Mar 6, 2019 3:03:29 GMT
You know, regards the bloodline ... For the next AC game, if the leaks are true, Lucia and Cassius in AC Legion are the descendants of Aya.
So that links up the three AC. I doubt it'll go all the way up to Desmond but then, who knows.
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Post by Element Zero on Mar 6, 2019 3:42:10 GMT
You know, regards the bloodline ... For the next AC game, if the leaks are true, Lucia and Cassius in AC Legion are the descendants of Aya.
So that links up the three AC. I doubt it'll go all the way up to Desmond but then, who knows. I’ll block my reply: I figured at least the kid would end up in Egypt. We knew Aya had Greek ancestry, so I expected to see her. It didn’t prevent my hoping to see Bayek instead all the way to the end. It might’ve explained why they share the weird, bird-possession thing.
I’ve also been expecting a Roman Empire game since Origins was announced. I don’t like Aya much, but at least she’ll be long dead by the time of Marcus Aurelius. AC has a history of these “leaks”, and they’re nearly always true. I mostly believe that they’re planned leaks. More thoughts on Odyssey as a whole: I’ve been trying to diversify my experience by actively using multiple builds. I use Assassin-primary for exploration and all-rounder play. I slip into Warrior gear for Conquest Battles or very tough mercs (5+ levels above me). I use Hunter when I want to go bow-primary. Hunter can do the jobs of both Assassin and Warrior very easily. I invest in the same skills, more or less, regardless of playstyle, since I like versatility. I also hate monotonous retraining, which is complaint number one. The differences in playstyle are entirely gear-driven, which is complaint number two. When I have to retrain everything in order to move three skill points into Vanish (or whatever), it’s damned annoying. I think of how much better MEA handled this. We got skill points at a faster rate and could eventually master every skill. Maybe we can get there, or close enough to it, in Odyssey. I’m level 81, though, and that situation is nowhere in sight. It’s a bit annoying to still have gameplay speed bumps at level 81. Then there’s the gear. I can settle on a workable array of skills that allow me freedom of playstyle. Every time I want to change it up, though, I have to swap 7 or 8 pieces of gear. It’s annoying and completely destroys immersion. Nothing reminds you that you’re playing a video game quite like slogging through menus. Also, it feels equally ridiculous that Alexios is a godly Warrior as long as he’s wearing certain gear, but is woefully inadequate while wearing other pieces. I prefer the game be balanced around player and character skill, rather than this silly gear system. Of course, they can’t monetize and sell me those things. 🙄 Getting back to those intrusive menus, I again think of how much better MEA handled this with Favorites. I’d love to have 3 or 4 “favorite loadouts” that I could call upon more easily. With greatly reduced menu time, you could swap out those 8 pieces of gear and keep on rolling. Having my 4 maxed out gear sets at 70 was liberating. Now, I’m finding the grind to 99 a bit annoying. It’s not an issue of time. I’ve been leveling quickly simply working bounties. I’m sure NG+ will see me leveling at a good pace. It’s the damn equipment treadmill. I just don’t want to run on that wheel any longer. I played to level 80 with level 70 gear. I even killed a level 84 merc with that gear at level 77. It really started to grind, though, from 78 to 81. Even after upgrading at 80, combat felt meh. (Player fatigue, maybe?) I will get to 99, of course, but I’m not sure if I’ll ever start a fresh save again. I can’t imagine running on that wheel from 1-99. Originally, leveling 1-50 took me around 40 hours, IIRC. Leveling to 70 added another 25-30 hours. Do I want to add another 30 hours to that in order to climb to 99? I won’t be able to finalize my gear until I’ve played around 100 hours? Ugh. Horrible. I still like Odyssey and will be playing NG+ in the near future. These issues are just becoming more apparent and annoying as I chase these 29 additional levels.
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