re: Question regarding AC Odyssey

I'm level 34, completing the pirate, hooker, doctor quest after Athens. Killed enough cultist for lvl 4 spear. It still looks like I have a lot of map to discover. I don't think I will have any trouble getting to 50, but I am getting tired of all the ?s. I was taking my time at each one that required killing a camp, but now I just run in, flame sword, and wreck shop.

I'm also getting wrecked in Ship combat and all my upgrades are in the purple range. Just tried to do a naval battle and I'm going down without sinking an enemy. I don't remember it being this hard in Black Flag.

Reached level 50 yesterday. Just finished fighting with Brasídos in Macedonia.
I have 70+ hours in it now. Still two more artifacts to find, 20 cultist and however much longer in campaign.

I’ve been to every spot on the map but haven’t 100% yet.

I'm at level 19 and feel like I'm finally really diving into the story. I'm really enjoying the game. One of my favorite AC games so far.

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The one thing that irritates me though is the mercenary system. I don't feel like it was well thought out. It's way too easy to get a bounty when you're trying to complete a POI either by accidentally killing civilians who love to attack you with their broomsticks or by alerting and then subsequently murdering countless guards because the game won't let you one hit stealth kill the strongest enemies.

Miraculously the mercenaries find you within about 15 seconds of you obtaining the bounty. In the process of fighting off one mercenary, sometimes you can increase your bounty even further and end up killing 2 or 3 more before all is said and done.

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Yea I agree with this frustration. Especially the civilians. They just meander through the battle and you hit one by mistake and they all start attacking. I try to avoid them but eventually they're so annoying I just kill them. But then you end up with 2-3 mercs on you and you're toast.

I also think it's dumb that the soldiers start attacking you in these fights. It would be different if they attacked the merc as well, but they never do. I get them stopping a fight, but why only attack me? Fricking annoying.

Still love the game though.

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You can have multiple different endings.

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Don't they all center around saving family members though? Hence you get a different ending if you kill Nicholaos, etc.

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The ending of this game is so bizarre

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I FINALLY beat this game. I second the bizarre ending opinion. I didn't invest 100+ hours and save everybody for an awkward wrestling match.

The ending to the Cult was also meh.

The only ending I did like was the scene after closing off Atlantis where you see that Alexios/Kassandra is still alive in the present.

I see in true AC fashion, they still have no idea how to incorporate the present day story-line. Aren't the Assassin's looking for my spear? Did I miss a cut scene about that?

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I see in true AC fashion, they still have no idea how to incorporate the present day story-line. Aren't the Assassin's looking for my spear? Did I miss a cut scene about that?

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It seems like every AC takes the modern day storyline in an entirely different direction and literally nothing is explained

I think it is loosely based on the storylines taking place in the comics, but it would appear to me that the actual AC devs are taking a rather backseat approach to the modern day stuff.

I bought this, and Spiderman, on sale last week and can't put it down. Has elements of Black Flag, Syndicate, and Origins all wrapped into one. Spidey is going to have to wait for a bit longer.