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GODBREAKER - Mission 1: Slipping
Away A nicely packed,
medium-sized city mission to start off this campaign. It isn’t directly
connected to the main plot, but offers a nice introduction to Conall and his escapades. Although the campaign doesn’t
really shine until mission 2, this is still a fun romp. I was being hunted in the
streets and my apartment had been seized. Still, I had to break in and
retrieve my maps. I also had to pick up 10 pieces of food and 1,500 worth of
valuables in the city. Sounded like enough trouble for one night. A problem I had to deal
with early came in the hammerite priest’s
apartment. He was supposed to patrol both floors, coming to halts on both
levels. Problem was, if I accidentally saved while he was at the end of his
patrol upstairs, upon reloading, his route got messed up. Instead of going
back downstairs, he went over to his desk and kept bumping into the railing.
Then on the next save/reload, he just stopped and remained there for the rest
of the mission (left image below). This is how I encountered him on my first playthrough, and I have heard multiple other players with
same experiences. I could get to the entire map without ever going through
this building, but I couldn’t get the two pieces of loot upstairs for Supreme
if he was stationed like this. For regular Ghost I could turn off the lights
with a water arrow and take them coming through the window. To fix this, I
had to hit this building first, without reloads. I could now dodge him
upstairs as he turned around and went downstairs. Eventually, however, he
would end up in the position shown in the screenshot below.
From this window I could
reach Trundle gate and get the items there. However, due to the thief
guarding the bridge outside my apartment, I could not move east from here,
getting a first alert dropping down to the windows. I thus headed back and
instead cleaned my apartment. The thief inside had 4 locations where he
stopped and did a scripted search maneuver. The best time for me to move was
when he was in the central hallway staring north. Another thief came in from
the bridge and stopped in the doorway, but he usually faced away. No issues
getting my stash. Remembered to close up the secret entrance afterwards. Accessed Lord Frederic’s
estate by jumping across from the wooden beams in the southeast. Fortunately,
the front door guards were neutral. I couldn’t get to Lord Wimple’s from
Frederic’s north window, however. Hopping across the small gap alerted the
stationary thief on the bridge (right image above), the same thief as earlier
preventing my progress from Trundle Gate. Only a first alert, so regular
Ghost was fine, but for Supreme I’d have to find a different way in. The
north tower was also inaccessible from street level for Supreme, due to the
thief at the bottom level. The most reliable way I could find was jumping
from the fence post just east of the bridge over to the lamp by Wimple’s
garden (left image below). It was a tough leap, but definitely repeatable.
From here I could access the ledge and furthermore Wimple’s balcony. I was
careful of Wimple’s guard, as he didn’t utter any alerts if stationed on said
balcony. This was also out of view of the thief on the bridge. The rest of
the mission was straight forward.
Statistics: Time: 31:47 Loot: 1862 out of 1862 Pickpockets: 5 out of 5 Locks Picked: None Damage Dealt: 0 Damage Taken: 0 Secrets: 1 out of 1 Consumables: None Ghost: Success! Perfect Thief: Success! Supreme Thief: Success! Perfect Supreme Thief: Success! Notes: -
The street guards occasionally first alerted or gave
settling remarks to the thieves in my apartment, and vice versa. Nothing to
do with me, so no bust. |
