Arch Nemesis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6nPubrboLc
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Whilst the first clip is about eliminating all enemies in the restricted area without being seen, I also wanted to show another exploit for this level. As you may know, if you run far enough from the area, the bridge isnt modeled and the target falls into the water. If you run just far enough, the archers in the area disappear, but the agile guards dont. Too make things easier before starting the mission I took out the 8 brutes and 2 Seekers guarding the bridge exit points
Getting spotted by the target or the 2 guards next to him wont raise the alert, but will send them into a new status. They can only see you if you stand on the balcony, and if you try run far away to kill some of the other guards, you will fail for running too far.
As for the Mysterious Death, I didnt know about the theives in the district at the time so I went all the way across the bridge to find the nearest spot. This spot is only good for superblending unless a crowd walks by, which rarely happens unless you trigger it by standing ages away. You might not even have to superblend to get the job done but it helps if I sit right on the rail to get the timing perfect.
Lost the damn Doomsday file, will have to do that again...
Thanks, makes me feel better knowing I didnt waste so much time superblending then lol
no idea for some reason I assumed all hired groups were gone when I didnt see any mercs or courtesans. Now that I know theives are out there I felt kinda gutted that I started ages away, but maybe there arent any nearby. I would have done this with the archers in place but some of them are placed in the targets view, and if he goes into his "alert" stage you cant get the others as you desynch for being too far away
omg! its been awhile, so i had forgotten, but my mysterious death attempt wasnt completely successful! i remember now the challenge of getting on the platform with the target without automatically being exposed. great job on pulling this off!
nice job, especially on getting the archers to disappear. for the mysterious death mission, i started a superblend from a completely different location. i turn left when the mission starts and run at street level until there is a group of civilians next to a ladder. then i worked my way to the river and basically followed the same path as you and stabguy:
http://www.thehiddenblade.com/bonfire-stunts-part-1
now that you mention it, im not sure either if a superblend is needed. i might try this sometime without superblend.
where are the thieves you mention?
Great work again. The mysterious death was particularly enjoyable.
I love how the Brute at 3:27 is all like, "Does this armor make me look fat?"