Assassin's Creed Odyssey (Greece)

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I did the same thing... the game is way more fun to me than RDR 2 was, but I think their biggest mistake was creating such a big world that is historically accurate and to scale. All of the locations look the exact same, and really almost all of the enemies are exactly the same as well. Not only that the skills are really shallow. I'm level 25 and pretty much have everything I need/want for my melee build outside of getting them stronger via spear upgrades. Now that someone mentioned hunter abilities, I may have to play with my bow a bit.
The bow is insanely powerful once you get some upgrades skills. I think I'm going to switch over to warrior after I farm some gear so that the combat doesn't get too stale.

Looking forward to looting that hades bow, though. I found a lvl44 mercenary with it last night, but I'm only level 20. I thought I might be able to use the engraving if I loot it and spent 15 minutes trying to lure the merc up a cliff so I could kick him off, but he wouldn't follow me up.

Athenian war hero set bonus looks fun, too.
 
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Yeah I am almost a fully specc'd warrior with some assassination traits now. I haven't put anything into ranged yet. I am starting to mow through things at level 34 - but now I need to level up and grind up to finish the story. 35 hours in.
 
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Yeah I am almost a fully specc'd warrior with some assassination traits now. I haven't put anything into ranged yet. I am starting to mow through things at level 34 - but now I need to level up and grind up to finish the story. 35 hours in.

I was skipping all the cutscenes last night because the quest chain in Athens where you attend the party was pissing me off. I don't like those segments in games anyways (forcing the...social engagements(?)), but the gay guy was annoying the shit out of me, too. These guys need to make a gay/bi character like the viper from GOT or Agent Smecker from Boondock Saints instead of the flamboyant stereotype. So annoying.

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Yeah I am almost a fully specc'd warrior with some assassination traits now. I haven't put anything into ranged yet. I am starting to mow through things at level 34 - but now I need to level up and grind up to finish the story. 35 hours in.

I'm level 32 now and just finished all the points of interest in Athens (just the city, I still have to explore the region). I'm pretty evenly split between assassination and warrior trees and have nothing in hunter. I pretty much mow through everything, but I'm going to start playing with the hunter skills so I can mix it up with the bow a bit shortly.

I think the combat is good and that the skill trees are an order of magnitude better than Origins, but my favorite upgrade was being able to leap off of anything without taking damage.

I've also been clearing everything in every region I visit, am about 44 hours in, and I'm still lower level than you, so you're doing a better job than I am for the time investment.
 

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Yeah that was my favorite Perk too. No damage from falling - too bad it doesn't effect when you are on the horse :)
 
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Yeah that was my favorite Perk too. No damage from falling - too bad it doesn't effect when you are on the horse :)

Buy the Pegasus from the store. No fall damage from falling with it. :)
 
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I'll never use that store :)

Anyway to get that in game?
 
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I'll never use that store :)

Anyway to get that in game?

Only with luck from the vendor Okois for Orichalcum currency. Either it can be the legendary of the week, or you get it from the random item he sells. It's a pretty low chance, you can get anything from the store there I think.
 
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Patch 1.1.0

Check out the most notable changes with Patch 1.1.0 below.

Warning: Please note that these release notes contain major story spoilers.
SUMMARY
· Added support for the 1st Episode of the Legacy of the First Blade DLC and the third instalment in the Lost Tales of Greece.
· Added Mastery Level system to the game.
· Added fast travel points to Mythical Creatures.
· Added an option to dismantle items directly at Blacksmiths.
· Wearing the full set of a Legendary Armor now gives more powerful bonus than the version available for engraving.
· Addressed a display issue that caused Stats upgrades to appear downgraded after Level 50.
· The Child of Poseidon achievement/trophy will now unlock when conditions are met.
· [PS4] Addressed an issue that caused screenshots taken to appear black in the Capture Gallery.
· [PC] Added an option that allows players to set walking speed.
CONTENT
· Added support for the first Episode of the Legacy of the First Blade DLC, Hunted, to the game.
o Will release on December4
Trailer:
· Added the third instalment in the Lost Tales of Greece, The Image of Faith, to the game.
o Will release in December
o Available after reaching Episode 5
o Quest will appear in the quest log after having met the quest giver in Elis
o Look for a blue quest giver icon

Image of Faith, Third Lost Tale of Greece

FEATURES & IMPROVEMENTS
NEW! Added Mastery Level System to the game. More info here
· Mastery Level increase specific statistics attached to the Assassin, Hunter, and Warrior ability trees and uses ability points to upgrade bonuses.
· The Mastery level Menu becomes available when reaching Level 50
mastery levels system menu

NEW! Added fast travel points to Mythical Creatures
NEW! Added an option to the game to dismantle items directly at the Blacksmith.
Miscellaneous:
· Added a tip to the game on how to quickly source Olive wood.
· The amount of crafting material being bought can now be increased significantly faster
· Added more NPCs to the Skyros market.
· Players can now circulate between Quest filters with LT/RT
· [PC] Added an option that allows players to set walking speed.
· [PC] Improved HDR functionality on PC.
BALANCING
· Wearing the full set of a Legendary Armor now gives more powerful bonus than the version available for engraving.
· Fixed Burning Rate formula when too many bonuses were applied

BUG FIXES

Gameplay
· Addressed an issue during the Medusa boss fight that could sometimes reset the quest causing the player to start the quest from the beginning.
· Addressed an issue that prevented the player from performing attacks underwater when equipping a weapon that allows breathing underwater while the air bar is red.
· Addressed an issue where Intoxicated Damage or Weakening perk were applied to the player rather than to enemies.

World
· Addressed various issues with floating or misplaced objects across Greece.
· Addressed various issues that caused the player to fall through the map or get stuck.
· Addressed an issue during the final Arena encounter where the enemy could deal damage even though the player is out of reach of the weapon.
· Addressed an issue that prevented Weekly Contracts from appearing.
· Addressed an issue where live encounters wouldn't reappear after losing connection.

Quest
· Addressed an issue in Gluten Free where Lagos's son could pop up in dialogues when released before triggering the cut-scene.
· Addressed an issue in A Mother's Prayer that prevented the player from completing the quest.
· Addressed an issue in To Find a Girl where Thugs would chicken out of combat if their leader is knocked out in front of them.
· Addressed an issue in Barnabas Abroad that could prevent the quest from being completed.
· Addressed an issue in The Final Push that could cause the quest’s objective to disappear.
· Addressed an issue in Pirate Hospitality that prevented the quest objective to update.
· Addressed an issue in Unified Front where Euneas would sail away from the naval battle instead of helping the player.
· Addressed various issues in the Divine Intervention questline that could prevent the quest from being completed.
· Addressed an issue in Follow That Boat where Kleio could spawn underwater if the player cleaves the ship during the follow Erina objective.
· Addressed an issue in Breaking Bread where the recommended Quest level differs from the actual level of enemy NPCs in the Fort of Arkas.
· Addressed an issue in A Bloody Feast where the player could maintain a full bounty bar under certain circumstances.
· Removed a dramatic black fade from a cut-scene in Athlete.

Character and AI
· Addressed an issue where wolves or dogs would drown when kicked in the water by the player. \tries not to judge**
· Addressed an issue with enemy NPCs who would have a hard time catching up while chasing the misthios.
· Addressed an issue where Mercenaries would sometimes stop chasing the player.
· Addressed an issue that caused Mercenaries & Fort Leaders to not deal the intended Basic Attack damage.
· Addressed an issue where enemies lighting up braziers continue doing so while being hit by the player.
· Addressed an issue where the Cretan bull stops attacking when the player stands VERY close to the bull's face.

Photo Mode
· Addressed an issue in Photo Mode where the reset button in Composition Mode would reset photo settings.
· Improved auto-focus functionality in Photo Mode. When opening Photo Mode it will now auto-focus the player if in view.
· Improved camera functionality in Photo Mode. The more zoomed in, the slower the camera.
· Addressed an issue that prevented the player from using the Photo Mode properly when activating while in Predator shot.
· Addressed an issue that allowed the players to cycle through pre-sets in Preview Mode
· [PS4] Addressed an issue that caused screenshots taken to appear black in the Capture Gallery.

Naval
· Conquest Battles no longer scale with the player’s level but stay on the region’s level.
· The inventory ship model will no longer vanish when equipping different ship designs.
· Addressed an issue that caused an incorrect background color to be displayed for Legendary Lieutenants.
· Addressed an issue that prevented the player to dismiss Tekton as Lieutenant. Go home Tekton, you’re drunk.
· Addressed an issue where the thumbnail image of Epic Ship rewards didn’t match the actual look.
· Addressed an issue where the custom marker would fall underwater when the player marks any location on the open sea.
· Addressed an issue that caused Sea Shanties to stop playing when switching between “stop” and “resume” actions multiple times. // indecisive much??

Performance and Stability
· Optimized game performance and stability.
· Addressed various issues that caused the player to temporarily freeze.
· [X1] Addressed an issue where the game could become unresponsive after accessing the Xbox dashboard.

Graphics, Animations & Audio
· Addressed various lighting issues.
· Addressed various camera issues. Cam.exe stopped working.
· Addressed various sound issues.
· Addressed various animation issues with NPC and player character.
· Addressed various animation issues with the Cyclops.
· Addressed an issue with Steropes who would slide around in opening roar animation. They see me rollin'
· Addressed an issue with Ikaros who would harass enemies through buildings.

User Interface, Menu, and Subtitles
· Addressed various UI/HUD display issues.
· Addressed various dialog mismatches.
· Addressed a display issue that caused Stats upgrades to appear downgraded after Level 50.
· Addressed an issue that allowed the player to open the Detailed Mercenary Benefits page from the Detailed Mercenary view.
· Addressed an issue with perks above Tier 5 that wouldn't be displayed properly in the Detailed Character Stats page.
· Addressed an issue where weapons bought from the In-Game Store didn't show up in the inventory tab.

The Mastery system is cool, and actually gives something to build toward 50+ when you have your build mostly locked down.
 
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Is it no longer possible to spartan kick a merc off a ledge if they're higher level than you?

I can punt a merc off a cliff if they're my level or lower, but anyone higher level just stumbles a bit.
 

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I logged in last night.

I got 8 ability points bonus for the xp I got at 50 since I couldn't level back then. It should have been more, but that's ok. :)

I love the transmog feature, it's always a good thing to be able to tweak your appearance. I've looked the same since I got the poison set.

The mastery system looks pretty cool at first glance.

I basically took everything out of warrior except for the heal, shieldbreaker, armor and the R1+R2 attack whose name I forgot. I took a bunch of stuff out of the assassin tree too that I never used like smoke bomb, the decoy, the top one invisibility.

I ended up with 42 points to invest in mastery. I put all of them into assassin obviously. I didn't go above 5 points in any of the mastery since there's diminishing returns, I might change that at some point.

The most fun one is the small chance 2% of melee attacks using assassin damage. Melee hits go from 20-30k to 250K+. I had 2 of those on the new Cyclops they added, that fight ended being a joke.:)

I did the Lost Tales of Greece. Fun but not spectacular. Can't complain about free stuff though.

I'm looking forward to the DLC.

Edit: my friend didn’t beleive me when I said how much money and ressources I had. :)

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https://news.ubisoft.com/en-us/arti...o-get-free-pc-copy-of-assassins-creed-odyssey

any players that spend a minimum of an hour playing Assassin's Creed Odyssey in Project Stream between now and January 15 will receive a free Uplay PC copy of the game via their linked Uplay account as a special thanks for being a part of the test. Players that already have a copy of Assassin's Creed Odyssey tied to their Uplay account will not be eligible for a free copy of the game.

All game saves and any in-game items earned via gameplay or purchased with the free Helix credits will also transfer over to the free PC copy, but any unspent credits will not transfer. Players that have met the criteria for the free game will receive an email after January 15 with instructions for how to access their free copy in the weeks following the end of the Project Stream test.
 

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https://news.ubisoft.com/en-us/arti...o-get-free-pc-copy-of-assassins-creed-odyssey

any players that spend a minimum of an hour playing Assassin's Creed Odyssey in Project Stream between now and January 15 will receive a free Uplay PC copy of the game via their linked Uplay account as a special thanks for being a part of the test. Players that already have a copy of Assassin's Creed Odyssey tied to their Uplay account will not be eligible for a free copy of the game.

All game saves and any in-game items earned via gameplay or purchased with the free Helix credits will also transfer over to the free PC copy, but any unspent credits will not transfer. Players that have met the criteria for the free game will receive an email after January 15 with instructions for how to access their free copy in the weeks following the end of the Project Stream test.
They actually listened. That's pretty amazing!
 
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So I really hated AC origins, but I really like Odyssey. Take that as an endorsement if you weren't a fan of origins either.
 

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Don't think I've read a bad review of this, especially in light of Origins' mixed reactions.

That said, I'm waiting for the GOTY or Season Pass version or whatever. They've announced what, 4 paid DLC's already?
 

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Don't think I've read a bad review of this, especially in light of Origins' mixed reactions.

That said, I'm waiting for the GOTY or Season Pass version or whatever. They've announced what, 4 paid DLC's already?

Six actually. Two major story arcs, each with three episodes. The roadmap shows pretty much everything they have planned. Looks like it will be pushing summer 2019 before all dlc, both free and paid, is done.
 

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Yeah. Just in time for a $20 All-in-One Edition for Holidays 2019. With games like this I struggle to reconnect with the DLC trickle. Might as well enjoy all the content.
 
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Ubisoft doesn't do GOTY editions of their game anymore, there was none for AC Origins, Far Cry 5, Mario Rabbids, Watch Dogs 2, Wildlands, nor Division. The gold/ultimate editions, which include everything, just tend to go on sale more often while the season passes don't often go on sale which means its best to buy up the gold/ultimate editions -- gold includes season pass while ultimate is that PLUS the "deluxe" edition which usually includes a shitty costume/skin/starting weapon that you stop using after 2-3 hours.

For their "gaas" games - for honor, Rainbow Six, division - they do sometimes roll out a megapack update or something which rolls up multiple DLCs but thats not gonna happen for any Assassins Creed game since once all the DLCs drop, its done.

There are cheats/hacks for the PC version which let you unlock all the DLC items (costumes, premium items, even DLCs) but i always wonder if that shit has a bunch of viruses, bitcoin miners, etc hacked in too
 

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Haven't played Assassins Creed since the original, because the original was terrible. But this seems like a good time to jump back in