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Holy loving drat dual swords are sick nasty  I just wish I could find a purple set because my purple spear has bleed on hit that is insanely useful for hunting the critters that laugh at my bow.
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Morter posted:What I'm asking for, I guess, is a counter to these fools, especially the horse ambushers. I was sneak-walking along the dunes when they showed up and rained arrow-death on me. I had nowhere to run or hide. Is the only counter tools? Spears? Or is there something I'm missing? Whistle for your horse and either A: be a badass and butcher them all now that you’re on equal footing, or B: ride the hell away and jump in some bushes to hide when you’re clear, then sneak back and murder stab them all. Disengage and re-engage from a position of strength, basically. Also, be sure when you’re sneak walking along dunes that you’re using cover, because just being crouched doesn’t do much.
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Oct 29, 2017 02:01
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Dongattack posted:4: Is stealth still a big part and do you still actually assassinate people? I saw someone shoot a enemy in the head with a bow and he didn't die which feels a bit dumb, but i understand they are trying something new here. There's a fair number of assassination missions, and once you get the hidden blade (a couple hours in) you can stealth kill people whenever and it's not a big deal. Archery can be used to stealth kill too, but you'll need to put ability points into it and use one of the high-damage low-ammo zooming bows (don't ask, it's a gameplay thing). headshots always do more damage but probably won't kill someone outright unless you're really upgraded and specialized that way or if they're lower level than you. I still did a couple assassinations with bows, though. You can always just shoot them a bunch of times until they fall down!
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Oct 29, 2017 02:03
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Capn Beeb posted:Holy loving drat dual swords are sick nasty Sickle Swords have bleeding by default, so check a couple blacksmiths and see if you can buy one.
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Oct 29, 2017 02:13
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This is GTA Egypt but with good controls. Stealth is, somehow fun. I hate stealth, why can't I stop stealthing.
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Oct 29, 2017 02:14
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Coldforge posted:Also, be sure when you’re sneak walking along dunes that you’re using cover, because just being crouched doesn’t do much. I'm not saying you're wrong but this is the bandit camp where you have to destroy a cache in, during a side quest. There was literally no cover on the way to it.
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Oct 29, 2017 02:21
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forts are incredibly satisfying to sneak around picking guards off and laying traps for leaders and all. Then you reach a point where you've thinned their forces out enough for you to say 'gently caress it, party time' and just leap into the middle of a group and you just slaughter the remaining guys. Also I just got to Giza, instantly ignored my mission, climbed the pyramid, slid down, looted it. Good game, guys, good fuckin game.
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Oct 29, 2017 02:21
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Supreme Allah posted:I need to know since its not on 'play anywhere', should I get it on x box 1 or pc, to play at 1080 res. I just got a modestly decent PC, these are the specs I have this exact same video card and processor, also 16 gigs of ram and the game installed on a Samsung 850 pro SSD. I can run the game at 2560x1440 resolution at a pretty consistent 60fps between very high and ultra (everything at the same settings as very high - but increased environment details and characters to ultra). I haven’t reached Alexandria yet, though - only at Lake Mareotis. ihatepants fucked around with this message at 02:33 on Oct 29, 2017 |
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Oct 29, 2017 02:29
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Some weird poo poo happens when you're out in the desert, it seems.
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Oct 29, 2017 02:41
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corn in the bible posted:There's a fair number of assassination missions, and once you get the hidden blade (a couple hours in) you can stealth kill people whenever and it's not a big deal. Archery can be used to stealth kill too, but you'll need to put ability points into it and use one of the high-damage low-ammo zooming bows (don't ask, it's a gameplay thing). headshots always do more damage but probably won't kill someone outright unless you're really upgraded and specialized that way or if they're lower level than you.  Haha, about that... I literally just got that and I'm... 14 hours in, whoopsie.
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Oct 29, 2017 02:59
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blue squares posted:Some weird poo poo happens when you're out in the desert, it seems. I´ve had a single fish drop from the heavens in front of me, which dissapeared when I got too close. Hope there´s more mirages like that in the game.
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Oct 29, 2017 03:02
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ihatepants posted:I have this exact same video card and processor, also 16 gigs of ram and the game installed on a Samsung 850 pro SSD. I can run the game at 2560x1440 resolution at a pretty consistent 60fps between very high and ultra (everything at the same settings as very high - but increased environment details and characters to ultra). I haven’t reached Alexandria yet, though - only at Lake Mareotis. Thanks man, I'm so impatient I just got it on x-box like five minutes after asking the question. It looks good enough that I can't complain.
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Oct 29, 2017 03:06
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So are the vendor mounts any faster and worth buying? The cities/desert are so huge I'll really like a faster camel.
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Oct 29, 2017 03:20
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Noirex posted:So are the vendor mounts any faster and worth buying? The cities/desert are so huge I'll really like a faster camel. As far as I can tell mounts are purely cosmetic, I could be wrong though... I haven't bought a whole lot of them just a couple. I wish they'd put stats or something for them if there's actual differences.
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Oct 29, 2017 03:26
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Morter posted:I'm not saying you're wrong but this is the bandit camp where you have to destroy a cache in, during a side quest. There was literally no cover on the way to it. Not sure why you're trying to sneak in, then? Just use your bow(s) to thin them, on horseback from the start.
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Oct 29, 2017 03:31
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Noirex posted:So are the vendor mounts any faster and worth buying? The cities/desert are so huge I'll really like a faster camel. As far as I can tell they just look neat, same as the outfits.
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Oct 29, 2017 03:38
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 christ this is the best asscreed game in a long loving time, i am not that far but holy poo poo the combat while not perfect, is loving fun and a rush. you feel like a loving badass when your able to take on a bunch of dudes and gently caress them while dodging around and shooting/stabbing them.
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Oct 29, 2017 03:39
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I've been focusing on the Sage tree for talents and boy does it unlock the fun bullshit. Throwing firebombs into a chariot and then using corpse poison to gently caress with the guys who come at me, and THEN using berzerker drugs on the few guards looking for me who are left is just some good ol funtimes. Oh and smoke bombs, holy poo poo guys get smoke bombs and the damage upgrade.
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Oct 29, 2017 03:45
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Shivers posted:I´ve had a single fish drop from the heavens in front of me, which dissapeared when I got too close. Hope there´s more mirages like that in the game. i've seen two mirages so far: - raining scarabs - a dude planting flowers way out in the sand dunes, he blew away like leaves when I got close
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Oct 29, 2017 03:47
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Deakul posted:As far as I can tell mounts are purely cosmetic, I could be wrong though... I haven't bought a whole lot of them just a couple. Bummer, wish there was a way to upgrade their speed. I did steal a horse and it seemed faster but I can't tell if it was just my imagination.
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Oct 29, 2017 03:59
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Pretty sure horses are faster than camels, that's all. No idea on chariots though.
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Oct 29, 2017 04:04
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I finally found The arena. For those who want to get to it early on, do the Crocodile assassination quest line.
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Oct 29, 2017 04:13
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How're the difficulty settings and checkpoints? I kind of want to give Hard a bash.
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Oct 29, 2017 04:33
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Ciaphas posted:How're the difficulty settings and checkpoints? I kind of want to give Hard a bash. From what I can tell, hard doubles enemy damage and halves your own. It's kind of bullshit, and the game would be better if it just adjusted how much damage enemies deal or something like that. However, when I was playing on hard I didn't have the hidden blade yet so I also couldn't stealth kill the enemies. It might be more fun now, since having real danger from enemies as a penalty for loving up stealth makes sense. I played up until the Sekhmet fight and then couldn't beat that on hard so I changed to normal. Much more fun imho corn in the bible fucked around with this message at 04:44 on Oct 29, 2017 |
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Oct 29, 2017 04:41
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Does anyone know how to change the audio device the game defaults to? It keeps trying to use the speakers on my monitor rather than the default system speakers. So I have either lovely speaker audio or none at all except static. E: Disabling all sound effects in the enhancement tab of Speaker properties fixed it. Funky See Funky Do fucked around with this message at 04:58 on Oct 29, 2017 |
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Oct 29, 2017 04:42
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corn in the bible posted:From what I can tell, hard doubles enemy damage and halves your own. It's kind of bullshit, and the game would be better if it just adjusted how much damage enemies deal or something like that. However, when I was playing on hard I didn't have the hidden blade yet so I also couldn't stealth kill the enemies. It might be more fun now, since having real danger from enemies as a penalty for loving up stealth makes sense. Thanks, I'll just spare myself and switch to Normal. Falling damage being a thing sure is annoying, switching between this and Shadow of War and all 
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Oct 29, 2017 05:01
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Oct 29, 2017 05:04
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A bit less than past games but there's plenty of climbing to do with the environment and in the major cities.
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Oct 29, 2017 05:18
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Kin posted:Anyone on PC able to confirm if cranking down the textures frees up the video memory for everything else (like in shadow of war) or is it generally a mix of things that impacts performance? If you try to use that feature though the game will perform significantly worse even if you have a 10x Card with 8GB+ VRAM, even if it never goes beyond 5-6 GB. I tried it and the game never reached the frame rate target. It's probably bugged, because turning it off delivered significantly improved performance. The best option, and this has been true for the past 20 years, is to tune down shadow settings any way you can. That will / always has delivered the highest frame rate improvement of all possible settings (along with turning off/down water reflections/physics whatever)
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Oct 29, 2017 06:01
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so how exactly do you get the booby trapped door in the Khufu's pyramid open plot bullshit?
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Coldforge posted:Not sure why you're trying to sneak in, then? Just use your bow(s) to thin them, on horseback from the start. Sneaking would have worked if not for those marauding horsemen, which is the point of the post. 
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Oct 29, 2017 07:17
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There's trireme combat in this game, and it's pretty fun
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Oct 29, 2017 07:24
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Alexandria is so goddamn pretty.
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exploded mummy posted:so how exactly do you get the booby trapped door in the Khufu's pyramid open The Hyena questline.
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Lord Hydronium posted:Alexandria is so goddamn pretty. Cyrene as well, particulary the temples.
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Oct 29, 2017 10:33
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Well aside from the audio problem I had at the start so far no bugs or noticeable glitches. I just finished doing everything I could find in Siwa. It's ok, it's fun. I think they botched the combat system though. It feels really clunky and unresponsive. I tried being dodgy and to time my attacks but ultimately I've found just spamming light or heavy attack and completely ignoring the other buttons works best. I haven't even tried to use lock-on since the first few fights.
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Oct 29, 2017 10:41
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Lollerich posted:Yes and no. It indicates right on the screen how much video memory it expects to use. At least on a 1070 it doesn't seem to make a difference however what settings you use, it doesn't go beyond 4GB, except if you try to use the adaptive detail setting. Cheers, i just caved and got the PS4 version. I've got a 970 and don't trust Ubisoft to get the performance issues nailed based on what you said.
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Oct 29, 2017 10:47
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Played a bit more and I'm enjoying it, in a "this a fun and pretty open-world timewaster" sense. A not insignificant part of that enjoyment probably is due to me having skipped the latest batch of Ubisoft open world releases, an assembly line which AC seems to now have been integrated into more than ever before. Unity, the last one I played, had some (very very light) shades of Hitman in the main assassinations and personally I had hoped AC would move a bit more in that direction, but realistically that wasn't going to happen anyway. From a technical standpoint (not been to the big city yet) I get ~70 FPS at Ultra with a 7700K/1080, with some noteciable pop-in in places and weird stutter in in-engine cutscenes. Other than what could be considered pretty standard open world jank it's been bug free so far.
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Just chiming in to say using a big loving mace to crush skulls and ballsacks with the sound of charged up heavy attack is satisfying as hell 10/10
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I'm not sure why anyone would ever parry when dodging is so much more reliable. I'm deliberately trying to use parry more to nail the timing but against more than 2 enemies it feels like a liability to even try it. That said the game is pretty fun. I like the bows being straight up rifle/sniper/SMG/shotgun, it's a bit silly but whatevers. And someone at Ubi should now seriously be thinking about some kind of fantasy world franchise using the combat system; take on a few B-grade genre writers, change Fire Bombs to Fire Ball and go a bit more crazy with the architecture and they've got a Skyrim killer on their hands.
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