(Based off scheduled maintenance times)
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Patch likely goes live at 1PM UTC. Every patch for H3 except for Day 1 and the last patch in October went live at this time.
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Hs not actually teleporting. Heās throwing a smoke ball like that crap you see magicians and ninjas do in movies while hiding behind a corner, and then jumping into the middle of it to see like he appeared there by magic. In-universe, anyway. Thatās why itās a guy with a fake beard; itās just for show.
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When everyone else is talking about what time theyāll be downloading and when the server maintenance will finish and youāre an adult with a full-time job living in a European timezone:
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Iām already planning out my overall strategy for the mode itself. Priorities one and two: find or buy a silenced pistol and a silenced sniper rifle. Based on what I saw in the CTT, the sooner these items are obtained for myself, the easier itāll be to complete the most likely kill objectives Iāll probably run into most often early on, and allow me to earn even more money to purchase the other items. Other kill objectives such as with knives, explosives, poisons, and assault rifles/shotguns are easier to find on maps and/or more likely to be found inside item crates, but the silenced pistol and sniper rifle will be harder to buy, or obtain and keep. Priorities three and four: find or buy the fiber wire (for aesthetic reasons; I dislike using the stethoscope in its place), and find/buy/unlock/earn as many emetic items of any type as possible, as these will make eliminating targets, guards, assassins, or intercepting couriers that much easier. For my first campaign, and carrying over into others if necessary, thatās where Iāll be focusing my earnings and my searches for rarity items.
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i feel that.
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You can easily get a very good silenced handgun from assassins in any showdown, so silenced handguns are actually easier to come by than most of the other stuff you listed 
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Fingers crossed itās that time then 
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But I will be attempting to avoid the other assassins and only go for the target, at least during the first few campaigns while I get used to the mode. So during the early stages, getting the silenced pistol and silenced sniper rifle, of any type, for use in later contracts is my top priority, but I want to avoid engagement, so it will mostly be finding and buying.
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I would rather prefer to be like you 
Ghost Mode is what Iām waiting for a revival
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Been wondering if I should approach it with some strategy or just decide things spontaneously. At the beginning Iāll probably concentrate on collecting weapons and might base my syndicate choice on the map pools. Sgail and Dubai for example have guards with silenced, concealable SMGs, right? Seems like a good place to start.
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All I had in terms of a plan was taking on Espionage syndicates when starting out unless maps arenāt desirable, mostly since I already follow most of its objectives when playing the game normally. Also because it didnāt seem to have as many bonuses requiring specific gear to accomplish compared to something like Arms Trafficking, Psy Ops or Eco Crime. Thus I thought it could be a good early Merces source.
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I know the first thing Iāll do before starting to play Freelancer is go through the Mastery tab just to see what all there is to unlock (even though Iāve been spoiled a lot by the leaks)
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I think when I get home from work Iām going to most likely focus on maps I didnāt get to play in the Closed Technical Test. Mostly assassination-style contracts too. Iām looking forward to it!
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Same. I donāt even know what the mastery stuff is, Iāve seen no leaked past 25. Although, since I already know things that I want to be unlocked for main game play wonāt be included, Iām less anxious to see it. Still, I need to know what Iām striving for with the safehouse.
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I partly want to see what theyād put in 100 levels of Mastery, but I also really want to be surprised by some of them, if theyāre special weapon or suit unlocks.
Iāll be holding off on looking, and I hope others at least have the courtesy not to spoil some of the final unlocks right off the bat. (If thats not too selfish of me! 
(Spoiler tags please!)
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I think theyāre given nonsilenced weapons so theyāre less easy to obtain. Silenced weapons are obtained from assassins or purchase seems like.
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However on some of the maps there are guards who do have silenced weapons, even with freelancer changes:
- Isle of Sgail elite guards (the ones with the blue tarps and black suits) have silenced SMGās
- silenced pistols in Whittleton Creek (on the undercover guards)
- silenced pistols and assault rifles in Dubai (with silenced pistols on some of the white outfit guards and silenced assault rifles on the Black outfit guards)
- Silenced two-handed SMGs on the elite ICA facility guards in Chongquing.
So those will be the maps of interest for natural silenced weapons
Screaming_Meat, you got me there. I still want to believe.
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