I don’t know if this is a bug or if I’m doing something wrong but on at least 3 occasions i’ve gotten to a showdown on hardcore and failed even after completing the mandatory complication and all optional ones. Has this happened to anyone else.
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Do you remember the specific objectives? Did the game show a failure already during the mission or only upon leaving?
This is on one occasion they were,
- Hide Target Bodies
- Kill Only Targets
- Headshot Kills Only
- Silent Assassin/Suit Only
And I only found out I failed after exiting the mission and it would say campaign failed even with all complications completed. It may have to do with the Silent Assassin objectives because on all occasions I’ve failed, I’ve had one of the Silent Assassin objectives chosen but it doesn’t fail me on regular missions only showdowns so im not sure.
We can ignore the optional objectives (although “Hide Target Bodies” being completed means you did not kill the wrong suspect without noticing or leave the target knocked out instead of killing them 
).
Only the Prestige Objective counts and it is risky indeed to select any of the Silent Assassin ones in Hardcore as they can be failed in a single moment.
Did you perhaps get caught on camera and did not destroy the evidence before leaving?
No if I didn’t destroy surveillance it would have had an X on the objective after leaving the mission but all of them had check marks so the game registered it as completed. The Silent Assassin objectives are risky but in terms of choosing it in a showdown I think that may be the reason I’m failing because on the missions before the showdown I choose it and I pass the mission but not on showdowns. I may have to choose a different objective on my next showdown and see if that’s the problem.
Not sure if either of these would lead to a situation where the prestige objective is checkmarked but the campaign fails nonetheless, but they are things to keep in the back of your mind:
I seem to remember people saying they got spotted while exiting (for example guards close to the Paris Helicopter).
There’re also some stats that don’t count properly for challenges when you skip an exit cutscene. Maybe the same can happen for objectives?
I’ll keep that in mind. If it’s not any of those hopefully I can progress by just choosing a different objective for the showdown. Preciate the help😎.
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This alone I wouldn’t risk on a Hardcore campaign. I was very fortunate on my two Hardcore runs I had Mandatory objectives like Melee Kill, Silenced Pistol Kill, or Headshot Legendary 
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I never had a problem on my hardcore runs
I would focus on arms trafficking
You will get many easier opportunities
Freelancer needs to add the new unlockables to the random chance boxes.
The Party Cracker could be used for some scenarios around that the Big One alone wouldn’t fulfill.
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Question for anyone
Miami
Knox building
Upstairs where the Android robot is
Derek McGinis is sometimes a target and his ID badge is in the closet area in the opposite room of the other 2 lab guys
The point of this is
The robot uses the Concept 5 pistol
Is there a way to free it?
I’ve tried but no options
As of now I don’t think there is a way and just wait to buy or be rewarded.
Was just hoping because it be a free pistol
I totally agree with this. Hopefully it’s something that’s considered in the future 
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If you are playing on PC and have the Freelancer Variations mod, you can wait for Miami to spawn in the version that features the Undying (or force this by disabling all other versions of Miami). The Concept 5 and other weapons can be found and collected in the room where the Undying meets the blue-dressed scientist.
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I wish in freelancer, they would allow it via explosive or something
Xbox wouldn’t count?
Unfortunately, you generally can’t use mods on consoles.
Well
I finally achieved
Top Dog challenge
100 campaigns
Just 2 Challenges left to complete freelancer
Employee of the Year 475/500
Prestige V - Advanced to level 10, I’m currently 9
So both are nearing completion.
I also realized after getting to 10 I’ll have to get all the items one last time
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Question Elum
When you got to level 10 did you still collect all the weapons?
Because they award the final Challenge for reaching 10 from 9.
I’m about to do the same.
The only thing left is level 10 and
I have 480/500 so 20 leaders left
That’s it.
Once I hit both Freelancer is complete.
I don’t know if I’ll have all the weapons collected once that happens.
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Yes, I collected all the weapons, but I decided not to go for level 11. I think it was around my 85th campaign or something when I hit level 10 prestige. I decided that resetting my weapons again would only slow my progress towards 100 campaigns at that point.