[quote name='Backlash']So I have played a couple of hours of the story and last night I decided to try the multi-player. It was mostly fun, but I also mostly got my ass kicked. I have these questions for my fellow CAG templars:
1. I was level 0 or 1, or whatever you start at, and I was playing against guys in their 30s and even 40s, and they were using advanced abilities (like Templar Vision and Poison). Is there really no match-making based on level? How did they put me in there as basically a punching bag?
2. In one 10-minute match, I literally only got like 4 or 5 targets. I went at least 3 minutes with no target at all, just a flashing question mark. Why/how did that happen, and how do I get more targets? I thought you would always have a target? It's no fun just wandering around waiting to die with no one to hunt for.
3. In my last match (with I think 7 people), one guy killed me 7 times in row (maybe 8, I forget). I mean, he got me 7 or 8 times within about 2-3 minutes, so it was obvious that he got me as a target that many times in a row. How is that possible? Have you ever heard of such a thing?
4. What is the best strategy in general for newbies? I was trying to walk slow and blend in, etc so my target wouldn't get alerted, but that mostly just ended up with me getting killed easily by my pursuers since I was moving so slowly I think. And 19 times out of 20 I had no clue I was about to get killed - I never saw any warning or anything like that so I could run. On the other hand, when my target was running arounf like crazy on the rooftops I had a hard time catching up and killing them (even when I could see them) so maybe that's a better way to go, even though it's kind of aginst the theme of the game?[/QUOTE]
1. The abilities aren't as much of an advantage as they might first appear to be. Once you get into the flow, you'll be able to better adapt to situations where higher-level players are using those things. For example, if you're trying to blend in, rotate the camera and keep an eye out. In case you didn't know, you can take your hand off the control stick when you're "blended" and you'll keep walking with the crowd automatically. Rotate the camera around and keep an eye out for players moving oddly. If somebody uses Templar Vision, they'll glow white and it'll be a dead giveaway. As soon as you see that, just bust out into a sprint and try to escape, because they've obviously figured out who you are (or use some sort of ability once you've earned some). I guess there isn't any true level-based match-making, but honestly, a player's level is not really all that indicative of their skill. All it means is that they have more tools at their disposal, but in my opinion, none of the tools are *that* over-powered.
2. Going 3 full minutes without a target seems weird, but not entirely impossible. The better a player is doing, the more people will be assigned to assassinate them. So, you could have been stuck in a constant state of flux. For example, if somebody else kills the target you were assigned, it will take a second to assign you another, but if that target was killed in the meantime, you would be assigned another one. That kind of stuff.
3. That does seem strange to have the same person assigned to you 7 times in a row (unless you were in 1st place - which it doesn't sound like you were). Are you sure you weren't playing the 4-on-4 Manhunt mode without realizing it?
4. I would suggest you refer back up a few posts were I posted an article and a video, which provide some good tips. Generally speaking, just pay close attention to the compass indicator. Always be aware of who is assigned to kill you (what they look like, how many of them are there). There can be times when nobody is assigned to kill you, specifically when you're not doing well and when another player has just killed them before they could get to you. Take advantage of that time to sprint quickly to the vicinity of where you target is, but keep an eye out for the compass to glow, which indicates line-of-sight of your target, and be sure to stop sprinting when your target is in sight. Use the lock-on targeting so that you can keep track of where your target is when you're slowly rounding corners or if a chase breaks out, you can keep track better. When you blend into a crowd, make sure there is at least one character that looks like you in the crowd, but the more the better. Try to resist the urge to just sprint straight at your target and kill them - the discreet kills provide way more points. As I mentioned before, run like hell when you see somebody using Templar Vision, because by then, the cat's out of the bag. As you play the levels more, try to learn the layouts, paying close attention to where the chase-breakers (like gates) are, so that you can sprint towards them when you get chased. To escape a chase, you'll want to take erratic paths and preferably go through gates and either just stay break line of sight long enough, or quickly blend into a crowd with numerous lookalikes. They'll either spend too much time deliberating on which to kill or they'll just guess and be wrong (or they'll use Templar Vision, at which point you should take off running again). Also, try to assign your abilities and perks as soon as you unlock them, because playing without them once they become available is pointless.
And yeah, when you do 'play now', it'll drop you into different modes.
