Thinking Robot on 3/2/2024 at 19:22

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Thanks for the mission, intruder!

I had a lot of fun playing this. The cathedral itself was massive and the tomb section was also really lovely done!
It took me nearly two hours to finish this mission, barely above the loot limit and I still was missing around 500 in loot - so it seems to be really well hidden.
You unintentionally created a well-done arena. It makes a lot of fun to fight, hack and slash your way through the hordes of Hammerites and staff members. :ebil: Of course, staying unnoticed really is a challenge and should be Garrett´s style.

For other players I strongly recommend to leave at least one water arrow and a vial of holy water - you might need it. And there is no way to finish the mission without them!


Also technically I was able to access the tomb of Alarus without using the talismans - it was just possible to diagonally jump over the abyss to get one of the two key hammers

klatremus on 4/2/2024 at 04:00

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Then how did you complete the mission...?

intruder on 5/2/2024 at 09:41

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Travel back to the "tower" where you've found the fire talisman (the one floating in the lit brazier), i.e. the one right next to those suspended wooden boards that are attached to the ceiling above via chains. Then simply climb through the window of said tower to the other side and you'll find your path.

Vennobennu on 6/2/2024 at 03:58

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Very good mission. I enjoyed the cathedral area with a tastefully redecorated Soulforge (if you hadn't said so I wouldn't have been able to tell it was Soulforge, and I just replayed it last week), but I'm grateful that the ghosting objective was optional because the Undercover-style situation is very finicky with not a lot of feedback from AIs and mysterious busts of the objective that I eventually gave up on trying to avoid. It's also always nice to see a nice tomb area that feels much larger than it physically is. I had a lot of trouble with the Expert loot objective but was just able to eke it out with 1763 in a little over two hours total.

I noticed that the catacombs Hammerite only seems to alert if he detects you in one of the stairways leading down to the catacombs; whenever I met him in the catacombs themselves he was friendly. I also think the map could just start you off in the cemetery without that whole minute long segment at the start, but at least you can just save after it's done. Thank you for the fun mission in any case!

Vennobennu on 6/2/2024 at 04:58

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Hint:
The note does specify what would be needed to damage the heart.
Solution:
Holy Water Arrows will break it open.

Which reminds me - I greatly appreciate this mission's use of ambient sound, particularly for the above scenario and for the broken piles of machinery with their eerie noises emanating within.