Hyperblending is closely related to superblending. If you are not already familiar with superblending, please read this article first:
http://www.thehiddenblade.com/superblend-exploit
Superblending occurs when you transition to a non-standing surface during the blending grace period. Hyperblending occurs when you directly transition to a non-standing surface while blended with a group of people. By avoiding the blending grace period, you are effectively "saving" it for later. When you exit hyperblend by stepping onto a standing surface, the grace period will begin, and you will have a few more moments to stay hidden. This seemingly minor extension of your blending time has some very significant implications.
Superblend after Hyperblend
3:28 Superblending can be initiated during any blending grace period, including the one after hyperblending. For example, you can hyperblend to reach your target, poison him during the grace period, and then superblend to escape.
5:15 Hyperblend can also help you stay hidden in places that are difficult to reach by superblending alone. The interior of a courtyard, for example, may be accessible only via standing surfaces. In this case, you can hyperblend to reach the roof around the courtyard, use the blending grace period to reach the interior of the courtyard, and then superblend onto the interior walls.
Hyperblended Air Assassinations
When hyperblended, you can air assassinate while staying hidden. The grace period starts when you stand up after the air assassination. This contrasts with superblending, where you must avoid aggressive actions in order to remain unseen afterward.
7:18 In most Sequence 13 missions, you need to become Anonymous after the assassination in order to complete the memory. If you air assassinate the target while hyperblended, you will return from the Memory Corridor in a blended state due to the grace period. Even though the grace period is temporary, it lasts long enough to count as being Anonymous, which completes the memory.
0:10 and 9:25 And, of course, you can also superblend after a hyperblended air assassination to avoid detection.
absolute genius. this really is clever.
was the assassination of stefano da bagnone carried out under superblend. i think this is what it says above but can't tell. i presume it is as you walked on the rooftop to get inside which ended the hyperblend as the grace period began. still incredibly clever though. so after that the alarm was raised, right?
the first assassination is incredible, using the horse to move around both inside and out and then still escpaing while under the superblend. if you had killed him with the blade ie. without poison and got back on the horse after the memory corridor, would it still work or would the guard all just disappear after the memory corridor anyway as the memory would have ended?
sorry for all the questions
great work. amazing how you work all this out
thx patrick. yes, stefano's assassination was under superblend, and i was spotted afterward.
based on my understanding of the game mechanics, i probably could have used the hidden blade on francesco salviati and then superblend past all the guards to get away, but im not completely sure since i didnt try.
If you do what you did in the video to kill Marco Barbarigo except use the pistol, that means you won't be discovered right? If so, you finally found a way to use the pistol in this mission without being discovered Ian.
I think the sparkling effect would have worn off as you have to be in a standing position, but it could work. Another way you could use the pistol i guess is to kill every guard in the area first and then use it on marco when it is just him left
you have to be standing to use the gun, which means you will be in the blending grace period (at best) when you fire the shot. the grace period will end when the gun goes off, and im sure you will be Exposed to the remaining guards.
one of the things that will trigger marco's flight is a gun shot - even if it doesnt kill anyone.
For some reason in Hunting the Hunter, my map went red, only one guard spawned ( usually heaps spawn when you go to the dummy target) and he just stood there. I will post a video on it, i only have 2 more assassination contracts to do
The other day I compared superblending to the children's game "The Floor is Made of Lava"
I don't know if you've ever played a skateboarding game, Ian, but in that you have a combo that you start and you need to do grinds, jumps, stay off the ground, etc. to keep it going. There's also a grace period when you hit the ground to keep you combo going and get better results.
That's basically what hyperblending is when you think about it. Stay off the ground, utilize the grace period, gain BIG results from you combo.
Thanks to this I can do Port Authority and others in Eagle's Bruise without having to actually kill anyone due to the anonymous kill factor. Thanks a lot, and as I said before, you never cease to amaze me.
nice creative analogies flae! good luck on port authority. the best ive been able to manage so far is a "nearly" mysterious death, as shown in the superblend vid.
This is going to make "Mysterious death" videos much easier, this is really genius stuff. So basically, do you do superblend while in the blending spot?
Man I wish i knew this when i did Stefano, i killed all his guards first without being seen and then killed him, it took a long ime for me to figure out how to do it, if i knew this it would have been way easier
I just tried Hunting the Hunter, the last assassination challenge using this
It had very strange results...
yes, initiating hyperblend is basically the same as initiating superblend, but you do it while still in the blending spot. i responded to your ubi post on the strange results, which i'll repeat here for others. after certain activities, such as hyperblended air assassinations, the game tries to force you to be Exposed, but the grace period keeps you hidden. the guards may act strangely as a result. you can tell when this happens by the border around the minimap. it turns blue to indicate that guards are searching for you, but you remain hidden. you see this after the marco assassination and as ezio approaches the guards at the gate of the salviati compound. i dont show it in this video, but these guards end up walking into the gate - i assume they are trying to search the haystack and other areas for ezio. nonetheless, they never see ezio at any time. he stays perfectly hyperblended as he climbs over the wall of the compound.