Season of Awakening: roadmap discussion (spring '25)

That looks great.
Would love to see it be official.

Reflects what my journey about the Cherry Blossom Baller was:

  • when we had the thumbnail in leaks, disliked it for being too garish.
  • when we had the more subdued pink looking one on the roadmap, found it endearing.
  • when we had the in-game one, was disappointed.
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The Undying again

However much faster

Begin Dolphin Fountain

Equip Durian

Once inside building go to left concierge baggage area and get the Kronstadt disquise

Talk to Dave Ready he will get you to the meeting and avoid any pat down.

Once inside Faba will approach the center of table.

Go to corner near window basically behind him diagonally.

Throw the Durian both Faba and Ready will get sick

Be sure to walk away down the table to avoid durian gas

Faba should get sick first and go right into bathroom and ready will go to other down hall.

Drown and immediately put Faba in closet

Ready actually came back to use this bathroom and nearly caught me. Watch the map to make sure he isn’t close. If so just hide in closet because Faba is accident it’s SA

Leave after all drama and he’s dragged out.

But if quick once in closet just leave.

Avoid camera. If you get camera then head to parking garage and take out camera if you want SA

Easy 5:45 total

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The purple coin still doesn’t show to me in game.

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It might take a while since it’s been the Easter holidays and weekend, but I’m sure it will get fixed quite soon! :cherry_blossom:
Edit: it is fixed now. :purple_heart:

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It shows up for me, now (PlayStation 4 version).

… Although the description is a bit…

ā€œEveryone knows that silver is so last year… so why not impress and make your fellow coin collectors twitch with envy with this elegent, yet simple purple coin.ā€

Should be ā€œelegantā€, obviously.

(Not entirely sure about the lack of a question mark or the comma before the ā€œyetā€ either, but I’m not a native English speaker… Those probably aren’t big deals anyway, compared to ā€œelegentā€ā€¦)

Speaking of, would be nice if they could spell ā€œouroborosā€ properly, too. I believe they’ve already tried to fix that one, but…

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This reminds me of how annyoying I find the commas in the bug fix section for the patch notes.
All of them from the vr hotfix are fine, but these from the March patch are aahgh! :cherry_blossom:
(why am i such a nerd?)

CHARACTER ART
Thinking cap on
We fixed an issue in Mumbai, where the head of Agent 47 would clip through the glasses of the militia cook when wearing that disguise.
Skipped Leg Day
We solved an issue in Haven Island, where the legs of the snorkel instructor and Agent 47, when wearing that disguise, would not appear correctly.

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For the comma thing, it’s the ā€œyetā€ that bothers me a bit… I tried looking around for some ā€œrulesā€, and found this:

https://www.quora.com/Do-I-need-a-comma-before-yet-in-a-phrase-in-a-simple-yet-intense-manner

So… either ā€œelegant yet simple purple coinā€, or ā€œelegant, yet simple, purple coinā€, it would seem? Dunno! Again, not a native speaker!

As for the other one, I realize it’s just a suggestion phrased as a rhetorical question (but thank you for trying to help!). I was just wondering if maybe some English buffs were particular about rhetorical questions such as that one still requiring a question mark.

Again, I don’t imagine those two points are a big deal at all anyway! Basically, it was just ā€œhey, if I’m going to point out a typo that needs fixing in that description, I might as well try and make sure there’s nothing else in there that could potentially, mayyybe, be deemed somewhat less than ideal!ā€

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I saw this great video on YouTube today from the channel Captain Peach called Hitman is Quietly Dominating the Industry.

It makes you really appreciate IOI and how bad things could be with a live service game. It really is worth a watch.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qTLdzMmpX2A&pp=ygULSGl0bWFuIHBlY2g%3D

If you enjoy it drop the guy a like, he’s a small channel but the video is great :+1:t2:

(Didn’t know where to post this so feel free to move it to the correct thread if necessary)

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Hitman Woa being live service is a mixed bag. I won’t say it’s awful but good is also not a word I would use. This is a singleplayer game, so most of the live service elements feel tacked on.

I only skimmed the video, but when I saw the creator said Elusive Target Arcade is just a slightly altered version of actual Elusive Targets, I couldn’t take them seriously. It’s literally a mode built against the wishes of most fans, so ioi can pretend this game needs to be live service.

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Compared to any other Live Service game I know, it does not have lootboxes, has no microtransactions, and the bits of FOMO that once plagued 2016 and 2 have generally been resolved and are incredibly downplayed. H3’s ET suits are mastery rewards now, and the actual time-limited stuff is surprisingly rare, and that is relegated to the Free Starter Pack as seasonal content.

I’d say it’s pretty good in my books. Genuinely one of the best Live Services out there, and I don’rt think that’s a controversial statement, considering a lot of other game like Skull and Bones and Payday 3 are repeatedly shooting themselves in the foot with shotguns. It is very refreshing to play a game that isn’t constantly trying to dangle toys in front of me for a limited time in an attempt to part with my cash.

And my only gripes right now are to do with offline mode needing a revamp (Oh yeah, so many live services don’t even have an offline mode!) and IO’s edition monetization, which has little to do with the business model of being a live service, and more to do with IO’s own self-sabotage of how to market the damn game and their PR team that goes to sleep every two weeks.

Even the DLC’s that are meant to be DLC’s are generally pretty cheap these days, which, when compared to a multiplayer game where one skin can cost four times as much and does not include themed items, I’d say that’s a pretty good deal.

Can you elaborate on why you feel the live service element feels tacked on?

No, it’s not, and I don’t think anyone in the fanbase would say that. ETA is probably not what most players asked for, sure, I can see that, but against our wishes? That’s a bit strong, no? That implies we knew ahead of time of what it was and that we actively hate the mode, which, far as I can tell, we don’t.

And ETA is content like anything else, Like the actual Elusives and the escalations and challenges, so I don’t think it’s an excuse by IO to keep it a live service, especially since most of the ETA’s were burned through almost two years ago, and people told them to stop as they kept being spammed.

I mean, that’s not inaccurate? I’m struggling to disagree with that summary tbh. And that’s a good thing in some respects, as it keeps the majority of the ET’s replayable with minimal interference from optional objectives.

I don’t think ETA quite works as anything more than a remix mode for ET’s, but that seems to be what IO was going for, not to mention somewhat preserving ET’s. I don’t think it does well at the latter, but I can’t fault the former.


Also, not sure when this was added, but our purple tiddlywink has been added!

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I’d say as a live service game, it’s better than most examples I can think of, but it’s faults, while fewer, stand out all the more for it.

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Welp I am very late to the party then. Shows how much I play these days =P

bro.

Well, let’s wait for the next season ig))

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Been ages since I posted, I’m guessing nothing new has cropped up yet. No new challenges until the end of May from memory right?

I hope you’ve all been ok in the meantime :smiley:

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I don’t think there’s been new stuff since you last posted the remainder of the roadmap is

May 12th is The Bandit Featured Contracts and Quack? Quack! challenge to unlock The Egg Hunt Suit

May 16th - May 25th is the Liability

May 23rd - June 1st is the Gunrunner

May 29th is the Bend it like 47 challenge to unlock The Sapienza FC-Sanguine Boot

May 30th - June 8th is the Stowaway

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