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[Mynimoe]

I have to vent, so im sorry.

First, I find that the inability to foresee assassinations is incredibly annoying. I have no problem finding my targets. But I cannot hide from other players to save my life. And before you say that I'm not blending or trying to be stealthy, I am. I hide in haystacks, i blend with walking crowds, i stand at stalls yet they ALWAYS find me. Why is it that the hunting assassin has the advantage. It seems like its about being an offensive player rather than defensive.

Second, on the extremely rare occassion that i DO detect my attempted killer, i try and stun them yet they are always able to kill me before i stun them, even if i initiate my stun first. I dunno.

Some people would say that i just suck at the multiplayer but i just think its horribly flawed. It just seems to me that the person who is hunting you has the advantage, almost like they're a better assassin....wait a minute, arent they all suppose to be assassins? wouldnt the assassin be smart enough to detect the assassin that is hunting him? just saying....

[Wishin2bFishin]

Well, I'd give you some insight if I was able to connect! sorry

[NinjaYourFaceUp]

Originally posted by Mynimoe:
I have to vent, so im sorry.

First, I find that the inability to foresee assassinations is incredibly annoying. I have no problem finding my targets. But I cannot hide from other players to save my life. And before you say that I'm not blending or trying to be stealthy, I am. I hide in haystacks, i blend with walking crowds, i stand at stalls yet they ALWAYS find me. Why is it that the hunting assassin has the advantage. It seems like its about being an offensive player rather than defensive.

Second, on the extremely rare occassion that i DO detect my attempted killer, i try and stun them yet they are always able to kill me before i stun them, even if i initiate my stun first. I dunno.

Some people would say that i just suck at the multiplayer but i just think its horribly flawed. It just seems to me that the person who is hunting you has the advantage, almost like they're a better assassin....wait a minute, arent they all suppose to be assassins? wouldnt the assassin be smart enough to detect the assassin that is hunting him? just saying....

Some pointers I'd give are to blend within crowds of the same model/persona as you. The more persona's the better.

Another good thing to do is blend in a still crowd, with a persona in another crowd not far from you. The radar isn't pinpoint accurate and can throw off the pursuer some.

Another good tip is to always look around, and behind you as you walk. If you spot a pursuer, a red arrow will appear over them while they approach you, if you see it early enough, it gives you a better chance to know how close they are and when you can stun them better. However stunning an enemy is not the easiest things, as even said by Ubisoft. But if spotting them early, it seems to be easier to do than of course, never spotting them at all.

If you don't spot a pursuer, and they are stealthy enough, 9 out of 10 times you are dead, unless they kill the wrong target.

Games like these tend to take a bit more thought instead of just running around, I personally also stay off of roofs in most situations, with the exception of say, Manhunt or the like. It's easy to tell if you are being hunted in that mode while on a roof, when you see a persona climbing a roof that isn't your teammate heh.

[Fitzy010]

Don't hide in haystacks, for some reason everyone who hides in them get killed.

If you do happen to see your killer, drop a smoke bomb perhaps?

Morph and disguise comes in handy.

I don't find any of these problems when I played, maybe you just need a little bit more experience to get better. (Practice Makes Perfect)

[Melancrater]

Originally posted by Mynimoe:
I have to vent, so im sorry.

First, I find that the inability to foresee assassinations is incredibly annoying. I have no problem finding my targets. But I cannot hide from other players to save my life. And before you say that I'm not blending or trying to be stealthy, I am. I hide in haystacks, i blend with walking crowds, i stand at stalls yet they ALWAYS find me. Why is it that the hunting assassin has the advantage. It seems like its about being an offensive player rather than defensive.

Second, on the extremely rare occassion that i DO detect my attempted killer, i try and stun them yet they are always able to kill me before i stun them, even if i initiate my stun first. I dunno.

Some people would say that i just suck at the multiplayer but i just think its horribly flawed. It just seems to me that the person who is hunting you has the advantage, almost like they're a better assassin....wait a minute, arent they all suppose to be assassins? wouldnt the assassin be smart enough to detect the assassin that is hunting him? just saying....

I had this same problem when i was playing the beta... i could never find anybody. After i played awhile i was able to detect them more and more... then i wasnt able to stun anyone when i tried. Once again, after i played more i got the hang of it. Stunning takes precise timing but when you do it enough it comes natural. Another thing that helped me was go to a standing crowd and use morph and stay there. Keep looking around and most of the time you can see your pursuer. Either attempt to stun him or see if he kills the wrong person. Some people will walk to the group and use morph to find you though, changing everyone to there character cept you.

[Rainie]

I don't agree that the person targeting you has the advantage, they only have as much advantage that you give them. The trick is to not only look for your target but to look for suspicious looking personas as well. There's a lot of strategy in this game and you just have to play more to get used to it. I'll give you some of my tactics to see if they help you (and anyone else who's having trouble with the mp), these work for me so they might work for you too

<UL TYPE=SQUARE> <LI> only hide in haystacks if there is another persona around with the same character skin as you, if there isn't and someone comes looking for you most likely they'll check the haystack

<LI> if you're hiding in a crowd or standing at a stall, make sure there's at least one other persona with the same character skin, this lowers the chances of your hunter to select you, and don't run to the spot!

<LI> try to stay off rooftops as much as possible, if you get spotted it's a dead giveaway that you're not a npc. I personally love shooting down roof runners with my gun from the ground

<LI> when you're looking around for your target, look for personas who start off walking straight but start turning your way as you come close to them, I find that 70% of the time it's my hunter

<LI> if you can, avoid running at full speed, npcs don't do that so it gives you away. And don't jog for long distances either, the npcs will sometimes jog a bit but never for more than a few seconds either

<LI> don't stand on ledges unless your about to do an air assassination on someone

<LI> level up more so you can unlock the abilities, they come in handy[/list]

That's all I can think of right now, hopefully that helps. I hate it when people say something is unplayable when a lot of people aren't having problems

[obliviondoll]

Some advice on stunning from someone with beta experience (but the full game's not out until tomorrow here):

Don't try to counter an assassination, or try to go up to your hunter to use stun.

Stay hidden until they approach, make sure the group you're in has at least one other model that looks like you, or if you're in a haystack, make sure there's another model nearby that does.

When your hunter is trying to decide which one to kill, THAT's when you stun.

Also, if you have disguise, and your pursuer starts a chase, go around the corner, disguise and join the crowd. Then stun when they're running past or while they're trying to work out why there's nobody who looks like you any more.

[BloodyMoon1]

The thing I find funny about this, is it's like the beta all over again. I doubt you suck, but think about something you said. You have no problem finding your target. If it's that way for you, it's the same for the other people as well. And yes, it's hard to avoid getting killed usually, but it's still easy enough to avoid it for long enough to win. Unless you're in first....then everyone is after your *** -.-

And for stun, people had this "problem" in beta too. Stun takes about 1 to 2 seconds to work, which is much better then it was compared to the 2 or 3 seconds for beta, and during the time you're warming up your stun, they have a chance to block and kill you. That's why sometimes you see your character take a swing before they die.

Anyways, my suggestion, keep playing. Unless you were in the beta or you play on the 360, there's about 60k players with more experience then you, so just keep playing, it actually gets easier when you level up because you get fun stuff like morph.

Morph+Poison=Win.

[D173120T]

I feel for you.I was just the same with the Beta.Was good at tailing and killing but kept getting killed to easily.The only thing you can do i be aware of whats going on around you.Its better to drop tailing your target if you think you have an Assassin on your tail.It pays you to look about you and just WATCH the other characters.Eventually you WILL be able to spot assassins bent on sending you to your grave.Of course there are times wher you get caught totally unawares,but hey thats the Game!
I agree with the comments re the Haystacks,im not 100% sure but if you see someone dissapear into a haystack its usually a PLAYER as opposed to an NPC.Obviously its a tad more difficult the more assassins you have on your ***.You definatly need to unlock stuff as you WILL die very quickly untill you are able to effectivly blend/morph and use some of the more choice weapons.One rule is to make sure your *** is clear,just dont concentrate 100% on your kill.

[G0DFATHER06]

Well what lvl of people are you playing with..Cause I think around 20 a person can get Templar vision which lets you see the person you are hunting.