Season of The Royal Ace - Roadmap late April/May 2026

I guess The Serial Killer has been permanently bumped off its usual spot in the lineup before The Rage, after accidentally being skipped during Year 5 and only being activated during the Elusive Target Galore. Years 3-4 it was slotted in before The Rage.

@IOI_Artjoms FYI. Just in case the Year 5 order is being followed for Year 6. The Serial Killer would need a spot somewhere if it is. :slight_smile:

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So, to get that briefcase, I have to SASO Sniper Only one mission only?

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Contract mode next to Freelancer at the gallows: ā€œFirst time?ā€ :smirk:

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Yes, but it must be one from the main campaign. I tried it with Landslide just to see, but it didn’t count.

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out of curiosity what was your strategy on landslide? Abiati really loves to stand in the crowd

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I did it on Hawke’s Bay and really cheesed it, to be honest. I waited in the wicker chest in Alma’s room for her to go to sleep and then just shot her point blank with the rifle. Then I headed for the exit. It took about 14 minutes but whatever.

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Enter the map with a sniper rifle in the agency pickup location, get it as soon as you enter, make your way to the top of the church and leave it there. By this time, Abiati is meeting with the lawyer. Wait until he finishes and wait until he’s done addressing the crowd on stage, then trigger the events that send him behind the church to the graveyard. As far as I know, once you do that, he’ll never leave, so you can take your time after triggering it to get to the top of the church again. Snipe him from the top, his guards never look back. You can probably leave him there, but in case there’s an NPC route I don’t know about, you can make your way to that spot via the sewer access and put his body in the shredder. Then scram. Doesn’t unlock the briefcase though, unfortunately, like I said.

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Gregory Carlisle WILL return in 007: First Light

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I guess, I will choose a map where I still need the usual Suit Only or Sniper Challenge to get both at once. Just wanted to make sure, that I understood the task right.

TLDR the actual objective Just do Hawkes Bay.

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Yeah, just start inside the house, bring a Sieker, take the Kalmer and a grenade from the security room, close the blinds before interacting with the PC, and the rest should be self-explanatory.

Id recommend Dartmoor (ff backyard spawn) for that challenge honestly. Youd be done in 1.5 min

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What’s the best angle and location to snipe her? Because I started there and climbed up to her secret room and then waited for her to show up. Took a little longer!

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I waited in the secret room next to her private room and shot her in the face when she was crying into the pillow. Pain in the ass but it’s the most isolated way.

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That’s the same way I completed the challenge I just followed my plan from when I unlocked the red tie

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I thought about something like Hawke’s Bay, but in the end I went with the Chongqing mission story because I hadn’t redone it in a while, it’s straightforward to do it SASO, and it has some nice dialog.

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Mendoza is another easy sniper kill!

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My mind went straight to Dubai and locking the targets in the meeting room. So hard to mess that up.

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hes the main villian

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My concern with a strategy like this, with more than one target together, is that the challenge had as a stipulation ā€œNo Bodies Foundā€. I assumed that if a target saw another body, that would void the challenge, even if that target was about to die and I’d get SA back.

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