Assassin's Creed Odyssey

marcbrophy · 09-10-2018 9:11am

Anyone manage to kill that

Kalydonean Boar in Phokis

??

Man, that thing handed me a swift ass whooping :P

Anyone got tips?

I'm 1 level above it too

bigphil2 · 09-10-2018 9:21am

Im about 10 hours in,and i have to say im enjoying it alot ,more than Origins,and i loved that game,although playing on explorer mode i did Land my ship on a nearby area to Kephellonia and hit the message board to discover all the mission were level 48,but thats not really a complaint,exploring is the fun part,off to kill some pirates next!

Penn · 09-10-2018 9:25am

marcbrophy wrote: »

Anyone manage to kill that
Kalydonean Boar in Phokis
??

Man, that thing handed me a swift ass whooping :P

Anyone got tips?

I'm 1 level above it too

Ha, that's the one I'm asking about in my post. I'm worried the f*cker will now be scaling with me

Niska · 09-10-2018 9:33am

Deleted User wrote: »

During the blood fever side quest did people
Let them live
? Wonder if there will be consequences for that? I walked away.

You're probably further along than I, but

yep - I killed the priest and his cohorts to save the family.
Later, after meeting Alexios' father, and interacting with Barnabas to sail away, Barnabas mentions a plague sweeping the starting island and Alexios comments - The priest was right!
Haven't gone back home yet to see the consequences...

Penn · 09-10-2018 9:41am

Niska wrote: »

You're probably further along than I, but
yep - I killed the priest and his cohorts to save the family.
Later, after meeting Alexios' father, and interacting with Barnabas to sail away, Barnabas mentions a plague sweeping the starting island and Alexios comments - The priest was right!
Haven't gone back home yet to see the consequences...

I made the opposite choice and

let the priest kill the family. Someone commented to me that I'd let them kill a family who likely weren't sick and could have been saved.

09-10-2018 9:41am

Twice now I've interfered with the main story while exploring. During the snake in the grass quest you have an objective to

go to a fort. I left it and continued to track and do other stuff then happened on a cave with cultists which had Elpenor inside

Not sure how I feel about that , cool I guess that you can stumble across stuff like that kind of makes the world feel more real than have stuff spawn after a set of objectives are done but the completionist in me hated skipping a step.

marcbrophy · 09-10-2018 10:24am

Penn wrote: »

Ha, that's the one I'm asking about in my post. I'm worried the f*cker will now be scaling with me

Haha! We posted 1 minute apart too

I can tell you that I'm level 14 and he's still at 13!

Still got my ass handed to me!

09-10-2018 11:51am

Spoiler for very early game and something you can do .

You can get

the eye back from the goat

only found this out when I was checking the achievements, you have to kill them on that island and loot them till you find it

Penn · 09-10-2018 11:54am

marcbrophy wrote: »

Haha! We posted 1 minute apart too

I can tell you that I'm level 14 and he's still at 13!

Still got my ass handed to me!

Yeah,

I can do okay dodging and attacking from behind, but once the small boars come, I'm f*cked.

bigphil2 · 09-10-2018 12:00pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Spoiler for very early game and something you can do .

You can get
the eye back from the goat
only found this out when I was checking the achievements, you have to kill them on that island and loot them till you find it

Does it come in handy later on?

09-10-2018 12:13pm

bigphil2 wrote: »

Does it come in handy later on?

I went and looked it up after I got it and didn't see anything to suggest so , just an achievement is all you get from the looks of it. It's worth about 2700 if you sell it.

bigphil2 · 09-10-2018 12:22pm

Deleted User wrote: »

It's worth about 2700 if you sell it.

Thats would come in handy for a ship upgrade

Penn · 09-10-2018 12:25pm

bigphil2 wrote: »

Thats would come in handy for a ship upgrade

If only you could trade it for timber. That's what I'm running out of more than anything.

bigphil2 · 09-10-2018 12:29pm

Penn wrote: »

If only you could trade it for timber. That's what I'm running out of more than anything.

I buy timber off the blacksmiths,as much as i can..everytime

Penn · 09-10-2018 12:31pm

bigphil2 wrote: »

I buy timber off the blacksmiths,as much as i can..everytime

Yeah I copped I should start doing that last night, but is there a time restriction on it? I bought timber from one blacksmith, a while later I was near another so went to buy from him and he had none.

bigphil2 · 09-10-2018 12:33pm

Penn wrote: »

Yeah I copped I should start doing that last night, but is there a time restriction on it? I bought timber from one blacksmith, a while later I was near another so went to buy from him and he had none.

Yeah there must be,if you clean them out of a particular element,i imagine youve to wait for him to restock,not sure what the time period is

TheValeyard · 09-10-2018 12:34pm

Really enjoying the game. Most AC game ive liked since Black Flag.

Dcully · 09-10-2018 1:44pm

If theres one thing ive learned from this game is i need to stop my fixation with multiplayer only games and actually play the countless single player games i have sitting in steam,origin and uplay.
Off the top of my head theres the likes of batman series,xcom series,newish tomb raider, GTA series incl GTAV,dishonoured 1 and 2, thief,fallout 4,witcher 3 [which ive tried to get into countless times but get bored after a couple of hours],Dark souls 2 and 3,Deus ex, hitman series,Lords of the fallen , the list goes on

:o:o

Penn · 09-10-2018 2:33pm

Penn wrote: »

Without spoilers, just wondering if anyone can tell me is the story the same for both protagonists but with the roles reversed, or are there different stories for both? I'm guessing it's the former but would just be interested to see.

Just checked online (trying to avoid spoilers) and can confirm it's the same story for both, just with their roles flipped. Probably for the best, at least you don't have to consider a second playthrough with the other character. I also read that in terms of canon, Kassandra is considered the protagonist and her story will be considered to be the real one.

Exclamation Marc · 09-10-2018 2:39pm

I've read in a good few reviews that the voice acting for Kassandra is worlds better and that Alexios' becomes increasingly grating and inconsistent as the game goes on.

I haven't started the game yet myself though so can't comment first-hand.

09-10-2018 2:44pm

Penn wrote: »

Just checked online (trying to avoid spoilers) and can confirm it's the same story for both, just with their roles flipped. Probably for the best, at least you don't have to consider a second playthrough with the other character. I also read that in terms of canon, Kassandra is considered the protagonist and her story will be considered to be the real one.

Ya there are a few bits I have hit that are odd as alexos but would make more sense as Kassandra so I'd say your correct

bigphil2 · 09-10-2018 3:26pm

Exclamation Marc wrote: »

I've read in a good few reviews that the voice acting for Kassandra is worlds better and that Alexios' becomes increasingly grating and inconsistent as the game goes on.

I haven't started the game yet myself though so can't comment first-hand.

The Voice acting for Kassandra is head and shoulders over Alexios..

09-10-2018 3:54pm

I started as Alexios and restarted after a half hour as Kassandra. Difference is night and day.

Occono · 09-10-2018 4:22pm

Tip for PC players: try High AA. Weirdly, it does seem to actually boost FPS, at least for me.

And with nearly everything on ultra (bar clouds, shadows, fog and DOF I think) at 120% resolution with high AA, it's gorgeous.

Penn · 09-10-2018 4:57pm

I'm also shocked at how big the map is. I already thought it was huge, but then I unlocked a mission and went to see where on the map it was... I didn't realise it could scroll over that far. I'd barely even been looking at half the map thinking it was the full thing. So many areas to explore, and as I said previous, seems to be a lot of very varied side quests and activities (though obviously a lot of similar ones in each area too).

Potential-Monke · 09-10-2018 5:50pm

So having had a good go at this over the weekend, i'm now level 13 and loving this. The combat is harder and more rewarding, the main missions so far are good, just waiting for it to tie into AC at some stage. The side missions are varied enough, and the naval sections are good fun. Even enjoying the Greek version of shanties! But I've had a couple of major crashes. One was a CTD after 5 minutes of it been frozen, even the PS button was not doing anything and got the feedback request after it decided to CTD. Second one was a total freeze of the game, but was sorted with a reboot. Nothing since, so that's good!

Going from Ikaros back to the map if you go a bit far or spend too long as Ikaros can take a while, so I'd imagine they're going to patch that at some stage. Also a big fan of being able to level up anything to your current level. I like that. I have a helmet I like so it's nice to bring it with me as I go.

Still only been to 3 of the Islands, this game is hoooooooooj!

09-10-2018 6:40pm

Potential-Monke wrote: »

Going from Ikaros back to the map if you go a bit far or spend too long as Ikaros can take a while, so I'd imagine they're going to patch that at some stage.

That's presumably a CPU issue so probably not.

09-10-2018 6:45pm

Occono wrote: »

Tip for PC players: try High AA. Weirdly, it does seem to actually boost FPS, at least for me.

And with nearly everything on ultra (bar clouds, shadows, fog and DOF I think) at 120% resolution with high AA, it's gorgeous.

Digital Foundry have a best settings video up for 1080p panel owners.

Occono · 09-10-2018 6:56pm

The half-baked romance options in Odyssey seem to presume 95% of players will be playing a straight Alexios, because the only romance interests I've encountered at all are all women, no men. As they can be seduced by either character, it means Kassandra can pretty much only be played a lesbian.

Which isn't a problem, just something I noticed. Between that and the rainbow unicorn she can ride around on it's pretty much Xena Warrior Princess fanfiction: The Videogame.

.G. · 09-10-2018 7:41pm

I weakened a nation down so that the leader was exposed although I hadn't actually discovered who he was yet, I got the prompt that I could join the battle to get rid of him. Went to join it and it wasn't in the list of quests, checked the map and the region is now spartan controlled. So if I weaken a nation and I'm not near the leader to kill him, will the spartas just do it without me?

09-10-2018 7:41pm

There definitely men you can romance. First one I encountered was after doing the main story in Phokis, a side quest with a Physician shows up.

marcbrophy · 09-10-2018 7:46pm

Is there a particular side I should be fighting for? Without spoilers

About to go into my 2nd nation takeover!

Potential-Monke · 09-10-2018 7:58pm

The nation takeovers are a bit confusing alright, as if you want to play the game, you need to weaken the current controlling faction, but nice to know you can still pick a side once it happens. So now I can go all murdery without worrying! I'm a Spartan damn it!

Occono · 09-10-2018 9:24pm

Deleted User wrote: »

There definitely men you can romance. First one I encountered was after doing the main story in Phokis, a side quest with a Physician shows up.

Maybe I've just not run into any. I've met Odessa, the person you train with on some island, the old lady with the worn out husband...

Temptamperu · 09-10-2018 9:57pm

You can bang Alkibiades. I just did in a temple #nohomo

09-10-2018 10:57pm

lmao and Kosta and his "broken spear"

dreamers75 · 09-10-2018 10:58pm

Leaders replenish so if you killed one and didnt do the battle after a while a new leader will appear.

Hoping thats a bug, the battle on Phokis and Malis are ready for me and I killed leaders but 2 new ones appeared, I went to see them and they are different with full squad of troops. No options to weaken them and the battle is still there for me to start.

09-10-2018 11:10pm

dreamers75 wrote: »

Leaders replenish so if you killed one and didnt do the battle after a while a new leader will appear.

Hoping thats a bug, the battle on Phokis and Malis are ready for me and I killed leaders but 2 new ones appeared, I went to see them and they are different with full squad of troops. No options to weaken them and the battle is still there for me to start.

Oh that was the point of doing all the other stuff so that they'd be on their own. Killing them with protection around them is an instant level 3 bounty on the ones I was brave enough to attack as I stumbled on them. Was fighting 3 level 17=20 merc's in a few minutes. Has to be a bug.

10-10-2018 9:38am

Best romance I've seen so far was in Lokris during a side quest be sure to romance the blacksmith there as part of the side quest :pac:

Dcully · 10-10-2018 10:37am

Deleted User wrote: »

Digital Foundry have a best settings video up for 1080p panel owners.

As always a top vid from digital foundry, im stuck on 1080p until my new pc arrives.
Sadly 1080 on a native 27" 1440p monitor does not look great.

10-10-2018 11:18am

Dcully wrote: »

As always a top vid from digital foundry, im stuck on 1080p until my new pc arrives.
Sadly 1080 on a native 27" 1440p monitor does not look great.

That chap who did the video certainly knows his stuff.

marcbrophy · 10-10-2018 1:16pm

The Phantom Pain wrote: »

The narrative director for Odyssey is actually a lesbian which is one of the reasons why to me it's obvious they made the game with Kassandra in mind, being the canon protagonist. That, and the poor direction for Alexios' voice actor as if they didn't care about his performance. Seriously, was no one there to tell him to tone it down a notch?

He sounds like a damn caricature for sure!
I honestly can't imagine playing it with him as main character.
Luckily I picked Kassie at the start, and am having great fun

Penn · 10-10-2018 2:57pm

Penn wrote: »

Yeah, that's what I figured. Was wondering if it was part of some "If you find/wear all parts of the same gear set they become legendary and you get special bonuses" or some such. Guess I'm just stuck with them. Really stupid that you can't dismantle or even sell them. Doubt you could even upgrade/engrave them enough to be worth keeping.

Read it on Reddit that the next patch includes putting a storage box on your ship where you can store armour, including the ones you can't sell/dismantle. Excellent move, still hate seeing my low-level rares and epics in my inventory all the time.

ERG89 · 10-10-2018 3:04pm

That Level 5 mercenary hunting you early on is a pain & he seems to be wandering around the island. I bumped into him halfway through a side mission (that was timed) that I was doing.
Setting a path and just letting your horse do the work is such a great comfort but also how I met the merc. :pac:

Penn wrote:

next patch includes putting a storage box on your ship where you can store armour

Even their patches are influenced by Witcher 3

martingriff · 10-10-2018 3:10pm

Just wondering do time missions you fail have a baring on anything. Doing 1 to save a philosopher and getting my ass handed to me or else he dies. I am at level it says to be. Will be exited when I get home to try it again

Penn · 10-10-2018 3:18pm

martingriff wrote: »

Just wondering do time missions you fail have a baring on anything. Doing 1 to save a philosopher and getting my ass handed to me or else he dies. I am at level it says to be. Will be exited when I get home to try it again

Not sure, but I do know I failed a mission because I released a prisoner in a fort who asked me to protect and escort him to his brother (no cutscene or anything, he just started running and said it), but he ran into a bunch of guards and they killed him. After I went to the brother who gave out to me and walked off.

So I think small missions like that and maybe the one you're talking about can just be failed if they have no bearing on the story.

martingriff · 10-10-2018 3:33pm

Penn wrote: »

Not sure, but I do know I failed a mission because I released a prisoner in a fort who asked me to protect and escort him to his brother (no cutscene or anything, he just started running and said it), but he ran into a bunch of guards and they killed him. After I went to the brother who gave out to me and walked off.

So I think small missions like that and maybe the one you're talking about can just be failed if they have no bearing on the story.

Ya I had 1 when a woman asked me to protect her lover. I did but accidently pressed the assassinate button after and failed

dreamers75 · 10-10-2018 3:56pm

I had to protect some lad off lion hunting, i killed 2 lions seen some iron metal in the distance and went to get it. I heard a roar.......

Quest failed....fcuk it needed the iron metal more.

marcbrophy · 10-10-2018 4:05pm

Is 8 coins a good price for wood off the blacksmith?
I need so much wood

Exclamation Marc · 10-10-2018 4:06pm

marcbrophy wrote: »

I need so much wood

That's what she said...

Sorry. I'll get my coat.

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