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Splinter Cell: Blacklist |OT| Warning: May Contain Trace Amounts Of Stealth
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SammiiDoogles
Member
Playing some Spies vs Mercs now that I've finished the campaign and while I wait for my co op partner to do the rest of Charlie's, Grim's and Kobin's missions (finished Briggs missions, pretty great).
It's a lot of fun, but it's insane how many people just ragequit. Also the Mercs seem a little TOO weak, and I think they need a quicker spawn time.
I'm a pretty great Spy but a pretty shitty merc...
It's a lot of fun, but it's insane how many people just ragequit. Also the Mercs seem a little TOO weak, and I think they need a quicker spawn time.
I'm a pretty great Spy but a pretty shitty merc...
My steam version has just suddenly stopped working. =S
It'll just try to launch the game, then immediately bring up that Uplay screen you'll seen, when you've finished playing a game. It just says I've been playing for 0 hours and 0 minutes, of course.
I've tried restarting my PC and verifying the integrity of the game cache. Apart from surfing Neogaf, I've literally done nothing since I played it earlier and I've no idea why it's doing this now.
Stupid Uplay.
It'll just try to launch the game, then immediately bring up that Uplay screen you'll seen, when you've finished playing a game. It just says I've been playing for 0 hours and 0 minutes, of course.
I've tried restarting my PC and verifying the integrity of the game cache. Apart from surfing Neogaf, I've literally done nothing since I played it earlier and I've no idea why it's doing this now.
Stupid Uplay.
Neuromancer
Member
So there's this list of the co op missions from a wiki:
I think I must be missing some of them, do they all unlock sequentially when you finish the previous one? Also which 2 are the DLC missions, does anyone know?
Coop: (16 maps: 14 coop maps + 2 DLC maps from pre-orders)
1. Kigali, Rwanda (Russian Embassy / Charlie Mission)
2. Pihtla, Estonia (Hacker's Den / Grim Mission)
3. Sana'a, Yemen (Pakistani Embassy / Charlie Mission)
4. Amman, Jordan (Swiss Embassy / Charlie Mission)
5. Istanbul, Turkey (Fish Market / Kobin Mission)
6. English Channel (Hawkins Seafort / Grim Mission)
7. Bangalore, India (Missile Plant / Briggs Mission)
8. Faryab Province, Afghanistan (Opium Farm / Kobin Mission)
9. Lupton Island, Australlia (Billionaire's Yacht / Grim Mission)
10. Kanghastan / Aral Sea (Dead Coast / Kobin Mission)
11. Kargil District, Kashmir (Smuggler's Compound / Briggs Mission)
12. Chittagong, Bangladesh (Voron Station / Briggs Mission)
13. Koltsovo Naukograd, Russia (Abandoned City / Briggs Mission)
14. Sharoysky District, Chechnya (Border Crossing / Grim Mission)
15. Bratislava, Slovakia (Egyptian Embassy / Charlie Mission)
16. Mibonde, Equatorial Guinea (Blood Diamond Mine / Kobin Mission)
1. Kigali, Rwanda (Russian Embassy / Charlie Mission)
2. Pihtla, Estonia (Hacker's Den / Grim Mission)
3. Sana'a, Yemen (Pakistani Embassy / Charlie Mission)
4. Amman, Jordan (Swiss Embassy / Charlie Mission)
5. Istanbul, Turkey (Fish Market / Kobin Mission)
6. English Channel (Hawkins Seafort / Grim Mission)
7. Bangalore, India (Missile Plant / Briggs Mission)
8. Faryab Province, Afghanistan (Opium Farm / Kobin Mission)
9. Lupton Island, Australlia (Billionaire's Yacht / Grim Mission)
10. Kanghastan / Aral Sea (Dead Coast / Kobin Mission)
11. Kargil District, Kashmir (Smuggler's Compound / Briggs Mission)
12. Chittagong, Bangladesh (Voron Station / Briggs Mission)
13. Koltsovo Naukograd, Russia (Abandoned City / Briggs Mission)
14. Sharoysky District, Chechnya (Border Crossing / Grim Mission)
15. Bratislava, Slovakia (Egyptian Embassy / Charlie Mission)
16. Mibonde, Equatorial Guinea (Blood Diamond Mine / Kobin Mission)
I think I must be missing some of them, do they all unlock sequentially when you finish the previous one? Also which 2 are the DLC missions, does anyone know?
i'm assumig you've tried this already:
GO TO:
1: C:\Users\yournamehere\Documents\Ubisoft\Blacklist\videoSettings.ini
2: Change "WindowStyleFinal=1" option to 0 or 2.
Find a way for my controller to stop dropping and I'd love you.
It doesn't help that the matchmaking puts you against Level 20-40 Clantards on a team of level 4-7's. Who the fuck thought that was a good idea?
Dead Coast (Kobin) and Billionaire's Yacht (Grim)
JohnOfMars
Banned
The missions are divided by Briggs, Grim, Kobin and Charlie. The first mission of each is available immediately and then once you beat one of their missions, the next one of theirs unlocks.
a secret-boss
Banned
only played 1 main mission. just doing Grim's mission. I wish there's more.
gonna be sad when I go back to the main mission
gonna be sad when I go back to the main mission
negative. the controller support is atrocious. the only fix for now is to keep unplugging/replugging your gamepad and switching back and forth from kb/mouse to gamepad in the control settings.
it's especially bad when attempting to use the uplay overlay. assuming this will be fixed in the next patch.
Anybody else playing on kb/mouse getting the cover button actually performing a "jump over" action instead? It seems to happen when you're moving towards cover and you're still holding W when you hit the cover button. In SvM this makes it so you accidentally jump out over a ledge into a Mercs line of fire instead of pushing up against cover. I have to purposely stop moving before hitting the cover button to prevent this from happening. We have a dedicated jump button, why allow the cover button to do the same thing and potentially screw you up?
Also why when you are on a ledge is the "drop down" button the cover button again? Shouldn't it be the crouch button? Weird control scheme makes me slow as a spy.
Also why when you are on a ledge is the "drop down" button the cover button again? Shouldn't it be the crouch button? Weird control scheme makes me slow as a spy.
Check the bindings, the cover button might've been bound to also toggle active sprint from what I read, but I redid all my bindings (didn't really like the layout) and never had problems.
But yeah I definitely agree, drop down should've been bound to crouch on the PC version. On a controller layout it makes sense (A to climb up, B to climb down; B on controllers = cover as well) but less on PC IMO.
I checked, active sprint and cover are 2 separate bindings. I don't see any sort of overlap though maybe I'm missing something.
sometimes i game
Member
Y'all - is this a rent game or a buy game?
Believe it or not I've never played Splinter Cell mp - I've been absorbed by the stealthy goodness of TLOU mp for weeks - if this gives any context for an answer.
Believe it or not I've never played Splinter Cell mp - I've been absorbed by the stealthy goodness of TLOU mp for weeks - if this gives any context for an answer.
It's a buy, unless you have like a week off school and work to devote to it. 12 campaign missions, 14 side missions (coop-able), and a really deep multiplayer. I've played almost 50 hours so far, and no signs of stopping anytime soon.
the_batman
Banned
there are dlc missions? what the fuck. i knew they were skimping on the number of Grim missions available. those were the best ones.
i wonder how MGSV will handle it.
yeah i would've thought it'd be mentioned at least.
they even show the detainees locked inside cages within cages.
you can extract after every five waves, and yes they're all like that. it can get pretty boring.
Neuromancer
Member
Thanks. Bummer, I don't have Billionaire's yacht. It sounds cool though.
Neuromancer
Member
Hey that one guy who's first mission sounds like a horde mode (I think Charlie), what do you have to do to complete it? Survive until the end or just a certain number of waves? Also are all that guy's missions like that?
To complete the mission you can go to 5 then leave when the option is given to you. The mission can go to 20 waves though. All 4 of his missions are like that, yeah. I love em.
MAX PAYMENT
Member
I'm about 25% through a non lethal perfectionist play through. I've been spotted numerous times and still managed to escape due to the great level design.
I'd have seemingly 50 dudes swarming my position, then find a lucky break and zip past everybody either stealth, or with the use of a flash bang. Then it leads to a crazy intense chase. It's pretty crazy to be fleeing through a map from 50 dudes and dogs in a 1 shot 1 kill situation.
I'd have seemingly 50 dudes swarming my position, then find a lucky break and zip past everybody either stealth, or with the use of a flash bang. Then it leads to a crazy intense chase. It's pretty crazy to be fleeing through a map from 50 dudes and dogs in a 1 shot 1 kill situation.
Primethius
Banned
Charlie's missions are so good. Love both his and Kobin's. I play through the campaign complete ghost as much as I can and the ability to do just unwind and stealth knockout a whole bunch of baddies is amazing (double-so in coop).
the_batman
Banned
not if you're fast enough to take them out right after they become disorientated.
Yeah Charlie's are nice because you don't feel bad going all out and messin with different styles because everybody already knows that you're there. Trying to master assault on perfectionist is a pretty thrilling challenge. Not how I usually would want to play Splinter Cell, but it's fun. Like a whole new game.
the_batman
Banned
you're still undetected though, they don't know where you are until you let yourself be seen.
Neuromancer
Member
Hmm well at the very least I bet they're great for racking up money and kills.
Yeah, I meant more that usually I like to ghost through levels, but since the enemies already know that I'm in the area and are hunting for me, I feel like going loud can fit the situation.
chickdigger802
Banned
sticky noise maker + sleeping gas.
so good.
so good.
Neuromancer
Member
Sounds like it. Maybe eventually it will come out for us plebes.
the_batman
Banned
i'll co-op with you if your play style is ghost and non-lethal.
chickdigger802
Banned
haven't really examined the math... but don't you get the most points from ghost style, and i assume max points is from avoiding everything?
btw: what is actually worth investing money into? I got all the gadgets and suit upgrades to hold more gadgets... and upgraded my sonar goggles a bit (kinda feel like they will be too OP if i upgrade more). Not entirely sure why i am offered a shotgun or ak47...
btw: what is actually worth investing money into? I got all the gadgets and suit upgrades to hold more gadgets... and upgraded my sonar goggles a bit (kinda feel like they will be too OP if i upgrade more). Not entirely sure why i am offered a shotgun or ak47...
There's other ways to play?
Edit: I have a couple errands to run, but I should be available in a couple hours. Hopefully that works for you.
chickdigger802
Banned
does sniper rifle work with mark and execute?
the_batman
Banned
anyone else surprised
sure, just invite me when you're ready.
no one close to Sam betrayed him? i was expecting Charlie to be a double agent for the Engineers or something.
There's other ways to play?
Edit: I have a couple errands to run, but I should be available in a couple hours. Hopefully that works for you.
sure, just invite me when you're ready.
This worked. Thanks very much! =D
Some of the plane upgrades are pretty useful. With cockpit level 2, the radar shows enemies as chevrons instead of dots, which indicates the direction they're facing. Might be a little OP but whatever. The black market weapons are kind of shitty IMO, but the prototype sniper rifle is freaking amazing, as others have mentioned. Totally worth upgrading to workship level 2. And command level 2 makes it near impossible to miss those dead drops.
As for gear, crossbow is great for ghosting. I went mostly panther, so I bought a better pistol (forgot what its called) and some attachments. And DAT SNIPER RIFLE. So good.
Yes, yes it does. SOOOO GOOOD.
chickdigger802
Banned
sniper rifle needed though? i try not to lethal when i don't need to.
having a good time with the drone too. probably one of the best controlling flying thingie in games lol.
and you can just call it back, lol wtf.
having a good time with the drone too. probably one of the best controlling flying thingie in games lol.
and you can just call it back, lol wtf.
the_batman
Banned
oh wow, i didn't know that. time to Anton Chigurh this shit. mark everyone in a room, breach the door and silently blast everyone away lol.
LabouredSubterfuge
Member
I've got the "thanks for playing" bug so I can't start my game.
I've tried the "Change "WindowStyleFinal=1" option to 0 or 2." solution but when I start the game it just reverts my ini file and won't start.
Can anyone help me here? I've got a game that doesn't start.
I've tried the "Change "WindowStyleFinal=1" option to 0 or 2." solution but when I start the game it just reverts my ini file and won't start.
Can anyone help me here? I've got a game that doesn't start.
zero margin
Member
ran into my first game where almost all the mercs had mines and were using them liberally in totally random places, that shit is maddening.
JohnOfMars
Banned
Here's what Gabe of Penny Arcade has to say about it:
I'm enjoying co-op and story mode, but that quote sums up why I'm reluctant to try SvM.
Lostconfused
Member
Huh so mark and execute is entirely useless against enemies with helmets because Sam has to shoot them in the head when a single shot to the body would have been effective. Seems kind of silly.
I dunno, it's like eight years removed from what SvM was back in the day. If they were expecting a carbon copy then I really don't know what they were thinking.