Cultivate intrinsic motivation, bruh.
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What he said. 
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So have I but Iāve been playing consistently since launch.
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Canāt get the damn striker pistol. Itās the last one i need to go to the next prestige and itās been 3 full campaigns, many loot boxes, all gun inventory people, all campaign bonus crates, etc etc. and i camt get it.
can i find it on a map? Or just just to keep waiting?
I havenāt retired leaving a weapon behind. Iāll try that idea. Thanks.
Iām on ps4. So no mods unfortunately.
Happy new year! 
I took the chance over the holidays to complete the campaign and started my Freelancer career. I love roguelites/likes and couldnāt wait to start with Freelancer. Any tips on the order of the campaigns? I started fresh so no silenced pistol yet and mistakenly accepted a campaign with silenced pistol kills as an objective, which went as expected. Just wondering if there is one youād recommend to start out with.
Good to be back!
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I think every syndicate type has objectives, that would be impossible to complete as a new player, since they require specific items. But honestly, I wouldnāt worry too much about that in the beginning. Before you pick a syndicate you can see which objectives are part of it and as long as you would be able to complete at least some of it, that should be fine.
Also, choose syndicates not only based on the objectives, but also on what maps are part of it. Youāll have much more fun and success, if you focus on maps, that you feel comfortable with, and avoid more difficult maps for now.
On a final note, you definitely want to avoid Arms Trafficking at first, since it requires a lot of different weapons and is also more difficult than other syndicate types.
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Every Assassin on the map carries a silenced pistol, so on your first showdown just lure one into a bathroom or someplace secluded.
You can also get one by digging it up in Isle of Sgail, but the assassin one is quicker honestly.
Best of luck 
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1.get a slience gun frist
2.snipe in mendoza or sapi to do showdown,WC also good(shoot the feet,the guy who make escape HUI appear is target)
3.better never pick SA challenge,cuz very ez to fail
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It doesnāt really matter what order the campaigns are done in, although given the nature of the available contracts and the option to choose their order, you can have fun constructing your own scenarios.
For example, hereās what I usually do: two campaigns in a row, using each type of contract, in this order. First, start with an Assassination contract, because 47, being in business for himself, is not only going to want to collect the price on the head of that syndicate leader, but as a rival assassin, they could be going after the other available contracts as well, and so 47, being practical, will want to start by eliminating the competition. Next, an Arms Trafficking syndicate, as they are the ones who were supplying the Assassination syndicate, and all the others, their weapons. After that, an Espionage contract, as they are the ones who were providing the Assassination people their intel on their targets. Finally, conclude the campaign with a Psy Ops syndicate, as they were the ones who hired the Espionage to gather intel, the Arms Trafficking for their weapons, and the Assassination to take out specific targets, to further their goal of political upheaval with false flag operations.
Then the second campaign, start with a Sick Games contract, just because theyāre particularly heinous and 47 isnāt fond of victimization even with his limited capacity for empathy. After that, an Organ Trafficking syndicate, whom were purchasing organs and other body parts gathered from the victims of the Sick Games people. Next, an Eco Crimes syndicate, although no direct connection exists between them and the previous two contractsā¦ yet. Finally, end the campaign with a Big Pharma contract, as they were using the plant and animal samples gathered from the land the Eco Crimes syndicate were developing on to make their super expensive and unsafe medicines, as well as being the brokers of the harvested organs obtained by the Organ Trafficking people, and were thereby also working with the Sick Games syndicate by proxy.
Thereās other combinations that can be done when thinking up the right motivations for the syndicates, of course, but you see how you can make it all fit together in a little story if you so choose. You can also imagine who the clients are: Vengence seekers, rival criminals, government agencies who canāt stop the syndicates through legal means, etc.
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More than syndicate types / optional objectives, you could go by the map pools at first. Either by how familiar with the maps you are or by what weapons you can pick up on them to fill the collection on the walls. The Freeloader document is handy in that regard:
Dubai for example is good to pick up a concealable silenced SMG (plus a silenced assault rifle) from the guards.
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Have fun with freelancer. If you want to collect weapons and tools fast (and donāt want to spend a lot of mercs) Iāll recommend having a look into this topic. Also to find the leader based on the clues fast.
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Awesome. Thanks eveyone!
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This is a pretty good way of looking at it to be fair 
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How is the assassin one faster if you can only get it during a showdown whereas in sgail, you can make that in your very first mission?
I guess he meant faster in terms of time spent during the mission. Itās a bit of a hassle to dig up the pistol, since the two shovels on the map are not nearby. And thereās a bunch of other stuff you might want to collect on Sgail as well, so lots of running around already.
In comparison, there will be several assassins and multiple opportunities to quickly take one out to get the pistol during a showdown, which is better than the one from Sgail as well.
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Well, you have to actually get Sgail as part of your mission lineup in your first syndicate. If itās not there, youāre gonna get the opportunity to take from the assassins before you can dig up the opening Sgail.
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You could always reroll the syndicate selection if you donāt get a level you want (just quit to the main menu and return to Freelancer, the syndicates will be different). I often do that to ensure Mendoza or Whittleton show up for showdowns.
(Besides, the DAK DTI from the Dubai guards is probably easier and quicker to get if you want a silenced weapon, than the assassin gun or the shitty Sgail gun)
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I also do this to avoid objectives that I donāt want. I flatly refuse to begin a campaign that has any maps with Only Use One Disguise, Suit Only, Do Not Pacify, No Bodies Found, Hide Target Bodies, or when in New York, Doors Stay Locked (canāt access the security office or vault if you donāt start in the garage and you canāt go back into it once you leave).
Sure you can make it on your first mission IF the map is amongst them. The showdown is certain no matter the maps.