Corrections/New Info: Communal Sense increases Eagle Vision duration, too. (Cred: RockTex) Assassin Cache's item-drops are not totally random, its given item-types can be increased by raising its duration, mainly via hoods. (Cred: Barney Saggers, Mr. Glitchy) These will be individual videos sometime soon.
Your voice with AC gameplay in the background is the quintessential video game guide experience. Hopefully this will become a classic too, like your video on early parkour which is still the go-to option in that area.
Hey Leo, about Communal Sence. It increases the time of how long Eagle Vision lasts. Even if you don't have a hood that increases the duration of Communal Sence. I have noticed this a while ago and I decided to test it and see the difference of how long Eagle Vision Lasts with and without Communal Sence; First test was with the Legendary Military Hood which only boosts the duration of Eagle Vision by 40% Legendary Military Hood - without Communal Sence is 7 seconds Legendary Military Hood - with Communal Sence is 20 seconds I also did a second test with a hood that boosts both Eagle Vision and Communal Sence. I chose the Legendary Sans-Culottes Hood which boosts the duration of Eagle Vision by 50% and duration of Communal Sence by 40% Legendary Sans-Culottes Hood - without Communal is 7 seconds Legendary Sans-Culottes Hood - with Communal Sence is 24 seconds I wouldn't say this makes Communal Sence a must have or a better skill then Disguise, but maybe it could put it higher on the list?
Wow. Incredible find. I'm not sure if I should re-voice, re-edit and re-up a 32 min video for this correction, BUT this is SUPER useful and definitely worth knowing, so I'll make it its own separate video and talk about it more in-depth. Thank you.
@@LeoKRogue I don't think it's worth re-voicing and re-editing an entire video because one super small detail, however making a card pop-up when talking about Communal Sence which has video about Communal Sence could work better. Because I can only imagine the pain of having to re-voice and re-edit an 32 minute video.
Also I would like to mention; In your video talking about weapon types. You said that weapon class does not change damage. However when I was using lower level weapons, I noticed they actually do. I edited a video showing this discovery, but choose not to comment about it on the video because, not a lot of people use a non max level weapon. However now since I shared this Communal Sence discovery I might as well tell you about weapon class damage difference on lower weapon levels. Here is a link to the video = ruclips.net/video/jkIYLmN1ZuI/видео.html&ab_channel=RockTex
@@LeoKRogue There actually is all the damage data in the piggyback official guide of the game. So I also agree with RockTex about your weapon types video. Heavy weapons have their dmg ranging from 10 to 60 from level 1 to legendary level for a normal hit and from 15 to 90 for a heavy hit. While one handed weapons have their dmg ranging from 5 to 50 (level 1 to legendary) for normal hit and from 10 to 75 for heavy hits. Also another mistake i'd like to correct is the HP of gunners : it does varry depending on their level. Gunners have 2 levels only : 2 (20 HP) and 4 (40 HP). I could provide some additional info with screenshots if needed, for the sake of rigor :)
You can keep up-to-date on Ubisoft's dismal, corrupt management by following @ABetterUbisoft on Twitter. There's also a petition you can add your signature to, if you want to put a bit more weight behind the group's demands. If you enjoy Ubisoft's games, you should care about the developers who make them and want them to work in a healthy environment. On the other hand if you're more like me, who's very disappointed and bitter about their recent games, remember that some of the drop in game quality is in part because of how awful it can be to work there. Would you create beautiful art if people treated you like shit? Exactly, neither would I. twitter.com/ABetterUbisoft kotaku.com/frustrated-ubisoft-workers-are-asking-for-your-help-so-1848003796
"If you don't like working with a company that sexually abuses you, just leave, bro lol. And this is nothing new, you do realize that many other companies do the same. Therefore It completely justifies Ubisoft from being a scummy piece of shit company." - AC fans
I respect anyone who takes any stand against bullshit like this- its far too easy to just ignore it or make excuses on the behalf of companies like this, so big respect to you and anyone calling Ubisoft out on their scummy practices. They need this.
Hey Leo! Simply listening to your voice is very calming and relaxing. Combine that with gameplay and lore expertise, extreme kindness and occasional real talks/philosophical discussions and you are easily one of my favourite content creators. Really glad your back working on ac and hope you are feeling better
I’ve been binge-watching your ezio trilogy marathon videos from two years ago. Did you ever finish streaming the rest of the games in the marathon? I can only find the ezio trilogy. Love your videos :)
Hi, I represent an "Assassin Cache Community". Forgive me if i understand it wrong, but you said that "Cache" refills your pouch with random items/ consumables. In my experience it could gives you random amount of items, but items it self is always the same. It never gives poison bombs, or money pouch. I did some quick tests and 5 out of 5 tries, I got the same result . Correct me if i'm wrong of course. Btw, its good to see some new videos about AC Unity from you. I love your work.
Thanks Mr. Glitchy, I got another comment similar to this one so I'll definitely investigate some more myself and make an update on the Skill. The more information we have, the better, and I want to make sure I'm as accurate as possible, and correct myself. I really appreciate it.
I’ve been replaying AC Revelations recently, and as I was watching this video, I kept thinking of the items and play styles I would deem more effective. Honestly, I’m stumped. Revelations is in a strange spot, since it has dozens of tiny changes from 2 and Brotherhood. Stealth feels… odd in Revelations. You have sooooo many tools available to you, but the enemy placements are super challenging. I’ve found good use of bombs and poison makes me feel like an absolute badass old man assassin, but the game doesn’t do a great job at teaching you how it all flows together. Also enemy detection in that game is all over the place. I figured I’d bring this up since ACU was directed by the same person, and they both have similar tool use button configs. I was just wondering what you thought of stealth in Revelations. It’s one of if not my favorite games in the series bc of its phenomenal sound track. Awesome video btw:)
Revelations is mostly fine since it gives you so many ways to control guards, and they work very similarly to how they did in Brotherhood so I personally didn't notice _too_ many differences. I really like ACRev, also one of my favorites.
Every Leo k vid: beautiful and calming voice The content In the vid: don't question my powers, I am the most powerful it can get Great job leo #wewantmoreacunityplsfortheloveofgod Also make sure you enjoy what you do, u aren't forced, take care of ur mental health
Completely off-topic, but today I learned that the cutlass in Unity is shaped weirdly since it has a skull on the hilt. That surprised me! Great video Leo!
Perfect timing! I just re-downloaded Unity after binging through all your old vids and I've seen such an improvement in my gameplay style since. I'm playing aggressive stealth plus utilising smoke bombs more effectively and I'm sure I won't be looking back. Great vid, man!
Your Rogue Academy videos on Unity are what properly got me into the series, so this is nostalgic. This is a really awesome overview and explanation of Unity’s tools. I wish that Unity’s bombs were as powerful or as diverse as they were in Revelations; the amount of interactions you have access to in Rev is genuinely insane. Great work Leo!
My friend uses cache in a very interesting way. Instead of using it reactively when we're running low on items, he uses it proactively every time we clear an area and render it safe to consolidate. This works wonders to defeat its time constraint and ensures we're always topped up on long missions, which most co op missions are. A phrase I often use when teaching is that items are your lifeblood in this game. If you're in a dangerous situation you can save yourself with a burst usage of items while you may not survive with more HP if you're out of consumables because of the way mistakes so quickly compound. Once you have all your items unlocked, cache is the first thing I recommend saving up the whole 10 sync points for Looks like SAD explained our new disguise techs already. Good, I scarcely understand how they work
I used it often and it's quite useful when you have the right clothes equipped to extend its time. It's not too random actually. The longer your cache lasts the more useful items you get, especially phantom blades and poison gas (i can't remember much the order of items since it's been a long time) . As a solo player it helps complete missions which are mainly designed for coop, so you can imagine having to use a lot of items and assassin cache suits this need wonderfully or if its just your playstyle to rely more on your inventory.
I've heard from a few comments, yeah. While Items are amazing in this game, Cache is just... God, this skill, man. _This skill._ The best way to make it "stronger" is to _make yourself stand still for even longer._ Hell to the noooooo, Leo K unsanctioned, disapproved. I'll make an update video on it explaining how it works more in-depth because it's worth knowing, but don't expect me to treat it much nicer.
After all these years there are still ppl that play this game... its incredible tbh! i recently downloaded the game again and it felt like seeing ur best friend again after a few years. but anyways i got a little rusty ofc and then i saw ur stealth , Combat and even developed a few tricks of my own. and now im trying to find a Coop partner and thats by far the most difficult part ._.
It can be, for sure. :[ If you want, you can check out SneakyServer, which has a lot of Unity players. discord.gg/Kz9Quhngzp You can also check out MementoGallery whenever he's streaming, he'll sometimes open co-op slots for Unity. www.twitch.tv/Memento_Gallery twitter.com/Memento_Gallery The AC Multiplayer Revival Discord Server may have players willing to Co Op as well. discord.gg/9fUQshH
I just watched your coop gameplay with memento and it really is a fun time to watch you guys play. I don't know if Memento has a YT channel but I wish he would archive his AC Unity coop live vids and upload it.
idk why rank videos are so fun to watch, but this one is no exception (and very useful!) also ah yes, cherry bombs, the a tier item i forgot existed right after it was introduced....
I don't know what the video will be about (haven't played Unity) but I tapped the second I got the notification. Seeing Unity content by Leo again genuinely brought tears to my eyes. I love his work a lot, and I tried watching his other games' vids too, but didn't find much interest. Only anchor was he himself. So coming back after a few months now, I feel.... great
Leo I love to see that you are back buddy, keep it up! Thanks to you I ended up buying Unity and I've LOVED it thus far, thank you for all the tips, tricks and tutorials!
Thank you Claudio. ^_^ I know it can be a frustrating game sometimes, so feel free to take the occasional break, and don't be afraid to use the strongest stuff you can get your hands on haha
the legend is back! :D thank you so much for making my Monday evening. you can't imagine how this video has improved my mood. also, your videos are always informative and useful. despite how much I played Unity, it was very interesting to listen to you talking about this game again.
That makes me really happy. ^_^ I hope I'm able to keep it up and follow-up on all the ideas I have for videos I want to make. A few people in this comments section actually corrected me on Assassin Cache and Communal Sense, which is SUPER hype, I'm gonna make update videos talking about those in-depth since there was some stuff I didn't know.
Awesome, now you have one. And hey, if you're looking for another excuse, you can try beating my score on the Occupied Paris - Tower Helix Rift :D ruclips.net/video/k2vMqc2YMLk/видео.html
I’d love it if you went into the equipable clothes a bit more. While playing unity I always had no idea what was better in stat wise because I never went with something that made me look silly. You can always mask it with a clothes set like Ezios outfit, but I never found a solid set of clothes that would help my gameplay with their stats. This was a great video nonetheless, glad ur back :)
I have a video on that from a while ago, but the TL;DR is that clothes don't matter once you have a belt that holds a lot of Smoke and the Legendary Military Bracers for the Phantom and Berserk Blades. Everything else is minor at best, so just wear what looks cool to you. AC Unity | What I Wear and Why ruclips.net/video/qRzjesKAvgM/видео.html Beating AC Unity With No Upgrades / Weakest Possible Arno ruclips.net/video/9b1pV3K8ooY/видео.html
Loving the top notch editing and really thought description. You made this game so much enjoyable throught the years with all this knowledge. Of course I would like more in depth gameplay tactics like this for ACU, but please, any game you feel passionate about, you really give folks a new perspective. At least for me it was like that with AC1-Rev. Take care!
Thank you so much. ^_^ And, wild thing is, I got corrected on THREE different things I'm excited to make update videos for in this exact comments section we're in now. I don't even care that I was wrong, I just want to expand our community's knowledge and make sure I'm spreading accurate information. Pretty exciting to think this game is _seven years old_ and I'm still discovering new stuff.
@@LeoKRogue That is an awesome mindset mate. For sure, seeing people discover and rediscover mechanics, like the vaulting and the fist drop in AC1, still blows me away
Figured I'd mention, with another independent comment, if you equip a different pistol, rifle, or Guillotine Gun, and then go back to your original, you get a free shot. (Gold plated pistol gets an entire cylinder.) Essentially, with skill and speed, a 15 second menu break, equals unlimited Mortar Bombs. Interesting certainly.
Was it? :P I'm actually concerned that I missed something, either an entire item, or an aspect of one I forgot to mention. Thank you. ^_^ EDIT: I totally missed some things! Looking forward to releasing updates on those.
This was an unique ranking. This tells me that a game did a good amount of usuable items for them to have a tier list. Btw, I have some questions about future videos, will you perhaps do more Helix Rift high score missions and/or Franciade Outposts Stealth Reapers?
@@LeoKRogue It's my favorite assassin's game, and I'm sure others too. But the thing was all love is your comprehensive break down. You've taught so many things to us about these games and that has made them so much more enjoyable. Keep up the great work. 👍👍
Thank you. Please check the pinned comment for things viewers corrected me on, since I got some stuff wrong, both of those should be videos pretty soon.
The king is back in power. As mentioned before, I really dig this longer-form of video, keep it up, great video! And thank you for reminding us about Ubisoft's shitty work environment that they're trying to dissolve by raising pay. Too often in this digital age we move on too quickly from important news; we read it, we react and then we move on to the next thing. I'm glad a content creator as prominent in the AC community as you is still making sure your audience is aware of the people behind the games.
Thank you, I appreciate that quite a bit. Some of the people who work at Ubisoft (including those who push for / prefer the more 'classic' style of AC) are people I talk to every once in a while. I care about them and I want them to be okay. I can't do much, but posting links and talking about these things is better than nothing, I think.
@@LeoKRogue Are there actually devs there in Ubisoft who genuinely want to make a classic Assassin fantasy style of AC despite the known original devs of AC like Darby, Raphael, etc... leaving the company ?
I like poison gas against gunners. You can throw farther and they have an aoe, so you can use it around corners too. Since gunners have such a long sight range, this can allow tossing a poison gas to deal with a guy who spots you in an awkward spot without consuming a blade.
I’m going to keep watching the video because I love your content Leo, always have, but I felt like I needed to mention this now before I forget: Assassin Cache items are NOT random. I’ve used it for years and what it does is give you back a set number of specific items, depending on how long the cache lasts and how long you stand in it. Assassin Cache on its own gives you back several smoke and cherry bombs, as well as ammunition and lockpicks, 1 mortar bomb and I think stun grenades too but that one I’m not certain on that last one. The way you increase the number and variety of items you get from the cache is based on the hood you are wearing - something like the Legendary Napoleonic Hood extends the duration by 90%, crucially giving you back more smoke bombs, stun grenades, and most importantly a phantom blade at the very end of the cache’s duration. The only two items you cannot get back from the cache ever are medicine and berserk blades - it’s a pain that you can’t get berserk blades, but if you’re using the Legendary Military Bracers and looting the occasional level 5 guard body, you shouldn’t run out of them often. When I’m running a stealth mission and I’m behind a wall aiming smoke or cherry bombs and I’ve got several seconds to kill, Assassin Cache is a godsend - it effectively doubles to triples the number of consumables I can use during a mission. I think this makes it the strongest ability in the game, and I think it deserves more credit. Try it out Leo and let me know what you think :)
Interesting. The fact that it's still so static and that the only way to "upgrade" it involves making myself _wait even longer,_ which is already its biggest downside makes me reluctant to value it any more, especially since high ammo-caps mean re-upping at a Shop is so much more painless. I'll talk about this in a later video though, thank you for the information. People definitely deserve to know about this.
And I’m fully aware that fast stealth is the best way to play, I know, and I do play like that, but unless I’m trying to get a perfect run with no stopping at all, which isn’t often, stopping once every 2 minutes for a few seconds to replenish half of my consumables isn’t too much of a cost, and it’s definitely more helpful to me than healing (which I never need because if I’ve taken damage in a stealth mission I’m likely to restart and do it better) or disguise (which is a slow version of smoke bombs effectively)
No worries, happy to help. You taught me the berserk stun, I’m happy to share my own knowledge. I agree that topping up at a shop is so much easier and that late game when you have enough expendable cash it’s the better option every time, but during missions when it would really be helpful to just have more consumables and you can’t access a shop, I find that stopping once in a while to restock is fine by me. Think It Belongs In A Museum, every time you pull a painting off the wall just use Assassin Cache while the animation plays, assuming the cooldown has reset - costs you a couple of seconds and restocks your inventory to a large degree, allowing you to continue using the better items like smoke, cherry and phantom. Works a treat for me
I'll reply to this comment as I find other things to talk about. But for first, I'm surprised you didn't previously know about Communal Sense's other upgrades. I personally always use it. I love it immensely, because, (ESPECIALLY with the Legendary Sans-culotte hood that upgrades communal sense and regular eagle vision separately,) Communal sense lasts over ten times as long as normal vision, and can extend three times as far. It is a godsend for me no matter what I'm doing. I used to use Disguise, but I eventually found myself feeling cheap. Especially after running into Knightmarist, who had that revelation sooner, and stopped using disguise because it was just too easy. Of course now I have detailed classic paths marked in each Co-op mission. Beautiful.
I've always oddly found Assassin cache to be consistent. It always starts with types of bombs, than some phantom blades, and ends with a lockpick. (I basically used it in cleared Museum rooms or other missions where my stubborn ass wanted to get through a locked door and had no picks.)
For the Blunderbuss, (Or five shot duck foot.) My biggest "fun" use, as it does really have minimal DIRE use. But in a co-op mission like the Tournament, Food Chain, things you MAY or must enter dense combat, it's fun to back into a corner, wait for everyone to slightly bunch up... Click.
As far as gunner counters, note that a poison gas bomb, (with great throw distance.) always kills any gunner. (Level 4 is max I've seen a gunman.) Great for Ancient History. If you have the Military belt... Edit, ah, you mentioned it.
19:30 However, yes, Disguise breaks if you brush an enemy, yet if the enemy is a standing guard, blocking say, a door, you can brush them, and Disguise will give right once you've slipped behind them. Basically waste a disguise charge to get past a tight fit.
Excellent content, great stuff as always! Nice to see you coming back to AC uploads. I wonder if you'd be willing to do more of this for other AC entries. In any case, thanks a lot for this.
@@LeoKRogue Sounds great to me. I'll be here to watch either way :) Who knows, maybe with AC Infinity and all the new entries added to the franchise, a quieter, simpler, actually stealth driven AC game can exist. A spiritual successor to Unity.
I might at some point, but Rev Bombs have a _a lot_ of granularity and almost... an excess of options that most players are never going to use? If I did that, I would go very broad and general, just like a, "Hey, here are the most helpful things you should keep in mind and use."
In my opinion the best item in the game is money, because without money you can‘t buy Smoke Bombs. Money can also be used to buy gear. Conclusion: Money is S-Tier.
I don't think I've seen anybody mention it - but I've had poison from berserk blades spread to other enemies the beserked enemy hit. No predictions here though - and its more likely to work against bigger groups. Sure, it's still slow - but in narrow, high guard density areas; I find it fun to berserk a spearman/agile; berserk another of those archetypes that joins in the fight; then drop poison gas while they're all clumped up - and watch the enemies clear themselves, from either spreading poison. Quite hilarious when I used it to solo Moving Mirabeau; trivialized the tight space under the pantheon.
This also helps with my Dead Kings DLC. I almost get boned most of the time there and let me tell you, Berserker Blades really helped me to avoid getting detected by "Nasties" high-leveled freaks.
Small tip, ever need to double assassinate but guards are FRACTIONS too far apart? But obviously close enough where the literal second you stab one, the other loses their mind? Do this. Arno's assassination durations depend on his profile. High Profile assassinations are often long. Low profile walking ones are medium. If Arno STANDS still, his assassination is almost always a quick prick in the spine. Walk behind one guard, stop moving right before pressing Assassinate. Right as the blade pulls out, you CAN try low profile executing the second, but it's best to instantly enter high profile mode so Arno closes any required moderate distance. So in short, two guards, (technically even three.) Close but not close enough together. Stand still, Assassinate one, then jerk to High Profile to catch the other 1 to 2 before their SSI freaks out.
I like your videos and it helped me a lot get back into playing ACU properly (and not sticking to the old AC habits I had built). This game is indeed quite different. However, regarding styles efficiency, I find your clips showing little justification to your points. I must agree berserk blades have a strong impact, but the cases where you used them just proves nothing of interest. You could have fought the one guy, even if he detected you it wouldn't have been much longer (one heavy and the finisher and it's done). So if it's only for the sake of efficiency and the matter is about not wasting 1 or 2 seconds in a single player game, I am skeptical. I also like that ACU has diversity in animations, so I enjoy not doing the same kill anim over and over. Same goes for smoke. I agree that ACU's fights aren't that convenient as in other AC games, but they aren't impossible and you can always run away if too many people join. Maybe it's me liking fights rather than assassinations over and over, but I don't feel as you're stating that smoke is that mandatory. Only if you play the game with level 1 gear eatirely I guess it's mandatory, but for regular experience I find it limiting. Anyway, as it's a single player game, those are only guidelines you could say, which is right. We can still do whatever! :)
Thank you! Yeah, I have to correct a few things but overall, you can feel free to watch various stealth content creators' videos and you'll see they're also very reflective of what I say here. I threw this one together really fast.
@@LeoKRogue Okay. Also, if you intend to bring more informations on the topics of coop abilities, it could be nice to know the stats of the abilities : cooldown, duration, HP healed for collective heal and for assassin cache how long does it need to be for each item to be refilled.
I never used "money poach" in other ACs aside from giving money to beggars, and I'd would've preferred a more respectful way of being charitable tbh. But the most important reason I have never unlocked it in Unity is that I find it so dumb that you have to learn how to literally throw money on the ground. It makes more sense to learn other abilities. And yeah, you don't have to be a master swordman to know how to stab someone who's lying on the floor, but that ability compensates with usefulness.
I know this is kinda unrelated, but do you have any thoughts about the new mod: ACU fixes that have been making the rounds across the ACU community. And any thoughts on the fact that a small group of highly passionate modders have accomplished what the many patches from a big company can't (ubisoft)
You know what? I've got a damn challenge. I love to memorize CONSISTENT routes through every Co-Op mission, where if all else fails, I KNOW one way. One area has beaten my attempts. Over a hundred positions, cherry bombs, blades, and smokes later, I can't create a CONSISTENT path through this area without exhausting resources and looking sloppy. (Like phantom blading every guard over the hour.) Political Persecution, last section. Snuggling the Girondists underneath the Royal Guard outpost. Having to sneak through and drop down each tunnel to turn a lever. I cannot create a CONSISTENT path that doesn't rely on sheer luck of patrol movement. You do that. A consistent path through that last damn blue area. The reason, is because it has gunners EXPERTLY placed. (Keep note, I actually don't have poison gas at the moment... that would probably make something here much easier.) But it has gunners, watching gunners, watching gunners, from distances. And they all see you kill one, and ALL watch the entrance to a main building. Absolute...
It's insane, yeah. At one point I attempted to do 'perfect' runs through Co Op missions, but the game crashes to desktop for me _way more_ in those missions than anywhere else, so I eventually gave up on it because I couldn't deal with all the crashing.
I really dislike how a lot of item usefulness is dictated by their effectiveness against gunners. Such an oppressive guard type really discourages diverse tool usage. Whenever I try to use other items for style I get frustrated to the point where I just default to gun/blades/smoke anyways to avoid detection from them. Maybe it's my fault for not having as much awareness as I should, but the reach of their vision cones is seriously ridiculous
It's definitely not just you, their detection range is ridiculous indeed. It's at least, a small blessing that Gunners aren't in every single mission with the same level of frequency. The ones they are in excessively are truly awful, though.
I've never used Disguise because in lore it's a hack which just feels less immersive to me. As a result I've always kinda doubted it's usefulness. Don't get me wrong it's obviously good and should be rated high up, but on the other hand there's a lot of ways to proceed without using it. Most of your options remove enemies or aid in not getting detected so ir just feels like an extra smoke bomb.
just a question on the headshot statements: are you sure guns and blades one shot on headshot? i have only had this happen while using level 5 gold gear
Hey Leo, it's good to see you back on AC, just like I am doing in fact! But essentially, I have just introduced a friend to the AC series (I'm lending him the games so that he won't buy them) and I'm doing a Playlist that showcases a lot of advanced mechanics and tech. And I was wondering if you would have any ideas or suggestions to add to the list! I'll leave a link here for you to see: ruclips.net/p/PLuqgFxE24XR-gSST228ZjMrMrcsgw1Qlg
Do you know about Execution Producer's channel? He has a _lot_ of really useful techniques that I've never covered before, and didn't know about myself. ruclips.net/channel/UCrxthLJiksudukhFUTsOv7g Please also check out this UPDATED Vaulting guide from No Nostalgia, it improves on my original Vaulting guide. ruclips.net/video/93BS2HnLaEE/видео.html
You know sometimes, Unity just smokes a joint and gives up. Le Roi Est Mort, King of Beggars mission. Covered the sewer vents, I have "Visibility reduced." confirmed on my screen, but the entire sewers elected to remain perfectly clear, despite last playthrough I remember it being misty and actually helpful. Okay Unity, whatever floats your boat.
@@LeoKRogue I think the worst inconsistency issue I've had with Unity, is AI awareness. Can even YOU 100% say if someone will or won't see you? Enemies occasionally flicker out of leans and animations prematurely, such as tying shoes, gazing at walls, leaning against walls... And the 50/50 chance that stabbing someone in the head, you pretty much have to just clutch the controller hard in hopes that THIS time, the unaware guard doesn't just blow up at you with his spider-senses. Often it's fine, but most of my Museum fails... A guard was at a door, turned around, so I crouched up, but as he turned, he got stuck on the door collision and ballerina'd his ass around twice on the spot and saw me. Sometimes however, he walks back just fine. Hm...
@@LeoKRogue quite a while ago I was playing the tournament with some randoms and there was this person who refused to move to the objective so I just started chasing, throwing poison gas at them continuously lmao. Watching them continuously try to climb up a wall, stumble and fall down because of the poison gas was the funniest shit I've ever seen
I lost my main controller and tried to do the Museum Heist using a touch screen android controller from my phone. Do not try to do the Museum heist with a touch screen android controller on a phone. I think I should try my hand at uploading a complete guide to the Co-op missions. I have memorized stealth routes through almost every one. (Even remaining undetected for 2/4 flag raises in a solo Tournament.) But my voice is so abysmal I think, I'd be laughing at myself. But I suppose the information is what counts.
Ouch. o_o Touch-screen on _Unity?_ Sounds rough just from the outset. The information is indeed the most important part, and if you're really very self-conscious, you can always use Text overlays on-screen to convey certain information. I do that myself sometimes.
@@LeoKRogue Aye, but one thing I certainly believe, voice gets a point across stronger than text, doesn't it? People gloss over text, and have to pause to read it sometimes, and often ignore it. Kind of hard to ignore or gloss over voice. Unless your muted, in which case... Oh. I have a heavy feeling though, I'm going to post it, and someone with your experience will go, You could've walked right past him! Come on, you didn't need a bomb there. There's an easier entry just up there! You used the cover system? That's why you got slowed down. That's too tedious, just use Disguise. You only need two stun bombs in this room, not three. Learn conservation. I will... but I'm DREADING the day I post what I dare call, a "Walkthrough/Guide."
I also have this dread, believe it or not. Just because there's a better way to do something doesn't mean we shouldn't do our way at all. If the new discovery is truly so much better, we can always just use it the next time we make something that can take advantage of it. A few of my guides now are outdated because we discovered new things the community didn't know about before, and I'm still being corrected and still learning new information all the time. :D And if you want to know how great Text can be, check out the channel Zullie the Witch. She covers Souls games and she's amazing. Never speaks a word.
Let me know how familiar this is. *Running around/sneaking.* ~Alert!~ What?... Gunman pointing his explosive log at you. You run. *Target aquired symbol!* Aaaaaaand you make it behind cover! Literally right as this happens. *Bang.* Health, |______________| Health, |______ | MOTHER- THAT WENT THROUGH THE WALL CORNER PISS OFF.
I recently came up with a funny joke, here here... Arno engages in combat with Extremist. Arno Staggering Strikes Extremist into wall. Then the Extremist hits the wall, gets his collision negated, and instantly flickers out of combat for a second. Because of this, Arno ends up taking cover by a wall when he tries to dodge. Arno gets hit. I laughed at that myself, I don't know about you. I laughed very realistically as I spent 75 Francs at the merchant.
@@LeoKRogue Did you know enemies outside a smoke bomb can see you in it? Not all the time. Sometimes they do. Sometimes not. The game won't say when, it doesn't want you to know when... but it'll happen. Randomly as you run through a smoke screen to pass a hallway door. Sometimes it's a yellow SSI, sometimes red. You don't know until you try it. Like a new... bloody ice cream flavor.
I wouldn't put poison bombs in the D-tier since any player with minimal skills can clear dozens of guards in two minutes by making them bunch up with a cherry bomb or a berserk dart. It almost feels like cheating.
Speed is just too big a factor. What's more, mid-game and later, guards will no longer die to Poison Bombs in one throw, which means you'd have to use them more than once, waiting even longer and using even more time. Just too unwieldy. Same reason why Berserk's "official" effect is often ignored in favor of its tight stun. That said, they still have their uses, and if _you_ personally want to play with them, that is perfectly okay!
Get this dude to 100k Also Leo, the definition of the phantom blade upgrade says something about berserk blades too, what does it mean? Can I get a full explination of the skill pls 😅 Thx Leo
One of the functions of the Phantom Blade Upgrade is that it upgrades your "magazine" from 1 to 2, so you can shoot twice before needing to reload, instead of just once. Because Berserk Blades and Phantom Blades are fired out of the same mechanism, it does the same thing. Before Upgrade: Shoot, Reload After Upgrade: Shoot, Shoot, Reload
@@LeoKRogue ohh ok, thx alot for coming back to me man. Is there enough sync points for all the skills? (I accidentally got the poison bombs unstead of the upgraded phantom blade…)
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Corrections/New Info:
Communal Sense increases Eagle Vision duration, too. (Cred: RockTex)
Assassin Cache's item-drops are not totally random, its given item-types can be increased by raising its duration, mainly via hoods. (Cred: Barney Saggers, Mr. Glitchy)
These will be individual videos sometime soon.
“ Let me know if you want more discussion type content.”
I think this goes without saying but: YES!
Alright, good to hear xD
Your voice with AC gameplay in the background is the quintessential video game guide experience. Hopefully this will become a classic too, like your video on early parkour which is still the go-to option in that area.
That's a wonderful thing to hear. I hope so too, and I hope I'm able to entertain people some more with the upcoming ideas I have for it.
@@LeoKRogue Shock and awe?! ;)
*The Return of the King*
Right when me and my friends got back into Unity too, great timing. Glad you're taking health seriously Leo :D
Thank you.
Damn, a new Unity video from LeoK! A perfect end to the day!
:D I talk a bit fast at some points, but overall I had fun with it.
Hey Leo, about Communal Sence. It increases the time of how long Eagle Vision lasts. Even if you don't have a hood that increases the duration of Communal Sence. I have noticed this a while ago and I decided to test it and see the difference of how long Eagle Vision Lasts with and without Communal Sence;
First test was with the Legendary Military Hood which only boosts the duration of Eagle Vision by 40%
Legendary Military Hood - without Communal Sence is 7 seconds
Legendary Military Hood - with Communal Sence is 20 seconds
I also did a second test with a hood that boosts both Eagle Vision and Communal Sence. I chose the Legendary Sans-Culottes Hood which boosts the duration of Eagle Vision by 50% and duration of Communal Sence by 40%
Legendary Sans-Culottes Hood - without Communal is 7 seconds
Legendary Sans-Culottes Hood - with Communal Sence is 24 seconds
I wouldn't say this makes Communal Sence a must have or a better skill then Disguise, but maybe it could put it higher on the list?
Wow. Incredible find. I'm not sure if I should re-voice, re-edit and re-up a 32 min video for this correction, BUT this is SUPER useful and definitely worth knowing, so I'll make it its own separate video and talk about it more in-depth. Thank you.
@@LeoKRogue I don't think it's worth re-voicing and re-editing an entire video because one super small detail, however making a card pop-up when talking about Communal Sence which has video about Communal Sence could work better. Because I can only imagine the pain of having to re-voice and re-edit an 32 minute video.
Also I would like to mention; In your video talking about weapon types. You said that weapon class does not change damage.
However when I was using lower level weapons, I noticed they actually do. I edited a video showing this discovery, but choose not to comment about it on the video because, not a lot of people use a non max level weapon. However now since I shared this Communal Sence discovery I might as well tell you about weapon class damage difference on lower weapon levels.
Here is a link to the video = ruclips.net/video/jkIYLmN1ZuI/видео.html&ab_channel=RockTex
Thank you, I'll look into both of these. It's a really exciting time whenever I can learn something new.
@@LeoKRogue There actually is all the damage data in the piggyback official guide of the game. So I also agree with RockTex about your weapon types video. Heavy weapons have their dmg ranging from 10 to 60 from level 1 to legendary level for a normal hit and from 15 to 90 for a heavy hit. While one handed weapons have their dmg ranging from 5 to 50 (level 1 to legendary) for normal hit and from 10 to 75 for heavy hits.
Also another mistake i'd like to correct is the HP of gunners : it does varry depending on their level. Gunners have 2 levels only : 2 (20 HP) and 4 (40 HP). I could provide some additional info with screenshots if needed, for the sake of rigor :)
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twitter.com/ABetterUbisoft
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"If you don't like working with a company that sexually abuses you, just leave, bro lol. And this is nothing new, you do realize that many other companies do the same. Therefore It completely justifies Ubisoft from being a scummy piece of shit company."
- AC fans
Seriously, fuck the higher ups at Ubisoft and the AC community.
I respect anyone who takes any stand against bullshit like this- its far too easy to just ignore it or make excuses on the behalf of companies like this, so big respect to you and anyone calling Ubisoft out on their scummy practices. They need this.
Hey Leo!
Simply listening to your voice is very calming and relaxing. Combine that with gameplay and lore expertise, extreme kindness and occasional real talks/philosophical discussions and you are easily one of my favourite content creators. Really glad your back working on ac and hope you are feeling better
Thank you so much Broox.
I’ve been binge-watching your ezio trilogy marathon videos from two years ago. Did you ever finish streaming the rest of the games in the marathon? I can only find the ezio trilogy. Love your videos :)
I did not, unfortunately. Thank you though. ^_^
Hi, I represent an "Assassin Cache Community".
Forgive me if i understand it wrong, but you said that "Cache" refills your pouch with random items/ consumables. In my experience it could gives you random amount of items, but items it self is always the same. It never gives poison bombs, or money pouch. I did some quick tests and 5 out of 5 tries, I got the same result . Correct me if i'm wrong of course.
Btw, its good to see some new videos about AC Unity from you.
I love your work.
Thanks Mr. Glitchy, I got another comment similar to this one so I'll definitely investigate some more myself and make an update on the Skill. The more information we have, the better, and I want to make sure I'm as accurate as possible, and correct myself. I really appreciate it.
I’ve been replaying AC Revelations recently, and as I was watching this video, I kept thinking of the items and play styles I would deem more effective. Honestly, I’m stumped. Revelations is in a strange spot, since it has dozens of tiny changes from 2 and Brotherhood. Stealth feels… odd in Revelations. You have sooooo many tools available to you, but the enemy placements are super challenging. I’ve found good use of bombs and poison makes me feel like an absolute badass old man assassin, but the game doesn’t do a great job at teaching you how it all flows together. Also enemy detection in that game is all over the place. I figured I’d bring this up since ACU was directed by the same person, and they both have similar tool use button configs. I was just wondering what you thought of stealth in Revelations. It’s one of if not my favorite games in the series bc of its phenomenal sound track. Awesome video btw:)
Revelations is mostly fine since it gives you so many ways to control guards, and they work very similarly to how they did in Brotherhood so I personally didn't notice _too_ many differences. I really like ACRev, also one of my favorites.
Every Leo k vid: beautiful and calming voice
The content In the vid: don't question my powers, I am the most powerful it can get
Great job leo #wewantmoreacunityplsfortheloveofgod
Also make sure you enjoy what you do, u aren't forced, take care of ur mental health
I'll do my best. :)
Will be bringing some updates to the few mistakes I made / incomplete knowledge I had in this vid, too.
Look out for that. :D
Completely off-topic, but today I learned that the cutlass in Unity is shaped weirdly since it has a skull on the hilt. That surprised me!
Great video Leo!
That's amazing, and quite fitting that The Bread Pirate would've been the one to notice it!
This vid got me feeling like AC Revelations: Sequence 6, Memory 7
Awww T___T cryin
Perfect timing! I just re-downloaded Unity after binging through all your old vids and I've seen such an improvement in my gameplay style since. I'm playing aggressive stealth plus utilising smoke bombs more effectively and I'm sure I won't be looking back. Great vid, man!
Heck yeahhh, that's what I like to see :D
I hope you take as much time you need. This franchise can be really draining with these current times. Also YAY NEW AC UNITY VIDEO
Yayyy
Your Rogue Academy videos on Unity are what properly got me into the series, so this is nostalgic. This is a really awesome overview and explanation of Unity’s tools. I wish that Unity’s bombs were as powerful or as diverse as they were in Revelations; the amount of interactions you have access to in Rev is genuinely insane. Great work Leo!
Thank you! Viewers are mentioning some really smart stuff already too, I'm looking forward to talking about it in updates to this video soon.
My friend uses cache in a very interesting way. Instead of using it reactively when we're running low on items, he uses it proactively every time we clear an area and render it safe to consolidate. This works wonders to defeat its time constraint and ensures we're always topped up on long missions, which most co op missions are. A phrase I often use when teaching is that items are your lifeblood in this game. If you're in a dangerous situation you can save yourself with a burst usage of items while you may not survive with more HP if you're out of consumables because of the way mistakes so quickly compound. Once you have all your items unlocked, cache is the first thing I recommend saving up the whole 10 sync points for
Looks like SAD explained our new disguise techs already. Good, I scarcely understand how they work
I used it often and it's quite useful when you have the right clothes equipped to extend its time. It's not too random actually. The longer your cache lasts the more useful items you get, especially phantom blades and poison gas (i can't remember much the order of items since it's been a long time) . As a solo player it helps complete missions which are mainly designed for coop, so you can imagine having to use a lot of items and assassin cache suits this need wonderfully or if its just your playstyle to rely more on your inventory.
I've heard from a few comments, yeah. While Items are amazing in this game, Cache is just... God, this skill, man. _This skill._
The best way to make it "stronger" is to _make yourself stand still for even longer._ Hell to the noooooo, Leo K unsanctioned, disapproved.
I'll make an update video on it explaining how it works more in-depth because it's worth knowing, but don't expect me to treat it much nicer.
After all these years there are still ppl that play this game... its incredible tbh! i recently downloaded the game again and it felt like seeing ur best friend again after a few years. but anyways i got a little rusty ofc and then i saw ur stealth , Combat and even developed a few tricks of my own. and now im trying to find a Coop partner and thats by far the most difficult part ._.
It can be, for sure. :[
If you want, you can check out SneakyServer, which has a lot of Unity players.
discord.gg/Kz9Quhngzp
You can also check out MementoGallery whenever he's streaming, he'll sometimes open co-op slots for Unity.
www.twitch.tv/Memento_Gallery
twitter.com/Memento_Gallery
The AC Multiplayer Revival Discord Server may have players willing to Co Op as well.
discord.gg/9fUQshH
I just watched your coop gameplay with memento and it really is a fun time to watch you guys play. I don't know if Memento has a YT channel but I wish he would archive his AC Unity coop live vids and upload it.
He does have a RUclips channel, but I don't think he archives streams anywhere.
ruclips.net/channel/UCr9bVYBZuIjZ0Mq11h420Kg
Always brightens my day when I watch one of your videos
Yes the goat is back with ac unity content🥳
idk why rank videos are so fun to watch, but this one is no exception (and very useful!)
also ah yes, cherry bombs, the a tier item i forgot existed right after it was introduced....
Thank you. :3 And yeah, Cherry Bombs are something I don't often use either, but they have their moments where nothing else is a better choice.
I don't know what the video will be about (haven't played Unity) but I tapped the second I got the notification. Seeing Unity content by Leo again genuinely brought tears to my eyes. I love his work a lot, and I tried watching his other games' vids too, but didn't find much interest. Only anchor was he himself. So coming back after a few months now, I feel.... great
Sometimes being patient pays off.
@@LeoKRogue yeah
Another gem of a video, everything was so thoroughly explained so that anyone can get a clear picture of how things work in Unity. Great job.
Thank you. :) I have to make some corrections to some of the stuff in it, check the Pinned comment for sure.
Leo I love to see that you are back buddy, keep it up! Thanks to you I ended up buying Unity and I've LOVED it thus far, thank you for all the tips, tricks and tutorials!
Thank you Claudio. ^_^ I know it can be a frustrating game sometimes, so feel free to take the occasional break, and don't be afraid to use the strongest stuff you can get your hands on haha
@@LeoKRogue thank you Leo! I'll try my best to get better!
the legend is back! :D
thank you so much for making my Monday evening. you can't imagine how this video has improved my mood.
also, your videos are always informative and useful. despite how much I played Unity, it was very interesting to listen to you talking about this game again.
That makes me really happy. ^_^
I hope I'm able to keep it up and follow-up on all the ideas I have for videos I want to make.
A few people in this comments section actually corrected me on Assassin Cache and Communal Sense, which is SUPER hype, I'm gonna make update videos talking about those in-depth since there was some stuff I didn't know.
Still at it with unity content
Keep going king
Thanks. :)
thankyou, i've been looking for a excuse to play ac unity again!
Awesome, now you have one. And hey, if you're looking for another excuse, you can try beating my score on the Occupied Paris - Tower Helix Rift :D
ruclips.net/video/k2vMqc2YMLk/видео.html
Babe wake up. LeoK uploaded another AC Unity video
I’d love it if you went into the equipable clothes a bit more. While playing unity I always had no idea what was better in stat wise because I never went with something that made me look silly. You can always mask it with a clothes set like Ezios outfit, but I never found a solid set of clothes that would help my gameplay with their stats. This was a great video nonetheless, glad ur back :)
I have a video on that from a while ago, but the TL;DR is that clothes don't matter once you have a belt that holds a lot of Smoke and the Legendary Military Bracers for the Phantom and Berserk Blades. Everything else is minor at best, so just wear what looks cool to you.
AC Unity | What I Wear and Why
ruclips.net/video/qRzjesKAvgM/видео.html
Beating AC Unity With No Upgrades / Weakest Possible Arno
ruclips.net/video/9b1pV3K8ooY/видео.html
I’m really happy seeing you back on Acu again, :)
Here’s Kacper btw
Thank you!
Loving the top notch editing and really thought description. You made this game so much enjoyable throught the years with all this knowledge. Of course I would like more in depth gameplay tactics like this for ACU, but please, any game you feel passionate about, you really give folks a new perspective. At least for me it was like that with AC1-Rev. Take care!
Thank you so much. ^_^
And, wild thing is, I got corrected on THREE different things I'm excited to make update videos for in this exact comments section we're in now. I don't even care that I was wrong, I just want to expand our community's knowledge and make sure I'm spreading accurate information. Pretty exciting to think this game is _seven years old_ and I'm still discovering new stuff.
@@LeoKRogue That is an awesome mindset mate. For sure, seeing people discover and rediscover mechanics, like the vaulting and the fist drop in AC1, still blows me away
Figured I'd mention, with another independent comment, if you equip a different pistol, rifle, or Guillotine Gun, and then go back to your original, you get a free shot. (Gold plated pistol gets an entire cylinder.)
Essentially, with skill and speed, a 15 second menu break, equals unlimited Mortar Bombs. Interesting certainly.
Huh. That is very odd. o_o
This was an extremley well put and well researchead video. Well done Leo.
Tldr; spam smoke bombs like theres no tomorrow. WOOOOOHOOOOOO!!!
Was it? :P I'm actually concerned that I missed something, either an entire item, or an aspect of one I forgot to mention. Thank you. ^_^
EDIT: I totally missed some things! Looking forward to releasing updates on those.
Good to see you back. Love from UK as always.
Thanks so much BM 99 :)
This was an unique ranking. This tells me that a game did a good amount of usuable items for them to have a tier list.
Btw, I have some questions about future videos, will you perhaps do more Helix Rift high score missions and/or Franciade Outposts Stealth Reapers?
I would like to do both.
Master class, as always. Great to have you back helping us to become the best assassin's possible!
Thank you so much Mooky.
I'm actually a little surprised people even still care haha 😅
@@LeoKRogue It's my favorite assassin's game, and I'm sure others too. But the thing was all love is your comprehensive break down. You've taught so many things to us about these games and that has made them so much more enjoyable. Keep up the great work. 👍👍
I am happy you came back to ac. Thank you for the tips 😃
Thank you. Please check the pinned comment for things viewers corrected me on, since I got some stuff wrong, both of those should be videos pretty soon.
More Unity videos let's gooooo!!! Great to have you back Leo!
The king is back in power. As mentioned before, I really dig this longer-form of video, keep it up, great video! And thank you for reminding us about Ubisoft's shitty work environment that they're trying to dissolve by raising pay. Too often in this digital age we move on too quickly from important news; we read it, we react and then we move on to the next thing. I'm glad a content creator as prominent in the AC community as you is still making sure your audience is aware of the people behind the games.
Thank you, I appreciate that quite a bit. Some of the people who work at Ubisoft (including those who push for / prefer the more 'classic' style of AC) are people I talk to every once in a while. I care about them and I want them to be okay. I can't do much, but posting links and talking about these things is better than nothing, I think.
@@LeoKRogue Definitely, and the people who care will definitely appreciate your efforts. Keep killing it, Leo.
@@LeoKRogue Are there actually devs there in Ubisoft who genuinely want to make a classic Assassin fantasy style of AC despite the known original devs of AC like Darby, Raphael, etc... leaving the company ?
There are still a few, yeah. They're not 'big names' so you wouldn't hear about them in news or articles.
Oohh this is good idk if you a video like this for revelation because I've been trying to make content with bombs
Bombs in Revelations would be their own massive project I don't even know how to begin, honestly.
@@LeoKRogue 😮😮😮
I like poison gas against gunners. You can throw farther and they have an aoe, so you can use it around corners too. Since gunners have such a long sight range, this can allow tossing a poison gas to deal with a guy who spots you in an awkward spot without consuming a blade.
Yeah, it's amazing. Anti-Gunner is its best use and it's not even close;
ruclips.net/video/KZQOdN2NR6w/видео.html
I’m going to keep watching the video because I love your content Leo, always have, but I felt like I needed to mention this now before I forget: Assassin Cache items are NOT random. I’ve used it for years and what it does is give you back a set number of specific items, depending on how long the cache lasts and how long you stand in it. Assassin Cache on its own gives you back several smoke and cherry bombs, as well as ammunition and lockpicks, 1 mortar bomb and I think stun grenades too but that one I’m not certain on that last one. The way you increase the number and variety of items you get from the cache is based on the hood you are wearing - something like the Legendary Napoleonic Hood extends the duration by 90%, crucially giving you back more smoke bombs, stun grenades, and most importantly a phantom blade at the very end of the cache’s duration. The only two items you cannot get back from the cache ever are medicine and berserk blades - it’s a pain that you can’t get berserk blades, but if you’re using the Legendary Military Bracers and looting the occasional level 5 guard body, you shouldn’t run out of them often. When I’m running a stealth mission and I’m behind a wall aiming smoke or cherry bombs and I’ve got several seconds to kill, Assassin Cache is a godsend - it effectively doubles to triples the number of consumables I can use during a mission. I think this makes it the strongest ability in the game, and I think it deserves more credit. Try it out Leo and let me know what you think :)
Interesting. The fact that it's still so static and that the only way to "upgrade" it involves making myself _wait even longer,_ which is already its biggest downside makes me reluctant to value it any more, especially since high ammo-caps mean re-upping at a Shop is so much more painless. I'll talk about this in a later video though, thank you for the information. People definitely deserve to know about this.
And I’m fully aware that fast stealth is the best way to play, I know, and I do play like that, but unless I’m trying to get a perfect run with no stopping at all, which isn’t often, stopping once every 2 minutes for a few seconds to replenish half of my consumables isn’t too much of a cost, and it’s definitely more helpful to me than healing (which I never need because if I’ve taken damage in a stealth mission I’m likely to restart and do it better) or disguise (which is a slow version of smoke bombs effectively)
No worries, happy to help. You taught me the berserk stun, I’m happy to share my own knowledge. I agree that topping up at a shop is so much easier and that late game when you have enough expendable cash it’s the better option every time, but during missions when it would really be helpful to just have more consumables and you can’t access a shop, I find that stopping once in a while to restock is fine by me. Think It Belongs In A Museum, every time you pull a painting off the wall just use Assassin Cache while the animation plays, assuming the cooldown has reset - costs you a couple of seconds and restocks your inventory to a large degree, allowing you to continue using the better items like smoke, cherry and phantom. Works a treat for me
I'll reply to this comment as I find other things to talk about. But for first, I'm surprised you didn't previously know about Communal Sense's other upgrades.
I personally always use it. I love it immensely, because, (ESPECIALLY with the Legendary Sans-culotte hood that upgrades communal sense and regular eagle vision separately,) Communal sense lasts over ten times as long as normal vision, and can extend three times as far. It is a godsend for me no matter what I'm doing. I used to use Disguise, but I eventually found myself feeling cheap. Especially after running into Knightmarist, who had that revelation sooner, and stopped using disguise because it was just too easy. Of course now I have detailed classic paths marked in each Co-op mission. Beautiful.
I've always oddly found Assassin cache to be consistent. It always starts with types of bombs, than some phantom blades, and ends with a lockpick. (I basically used it in cleared Museum rooms or other missions where my stubborn ass wanted to get through a locked door and had no picks.)
For the Blunderbuss, (Or five shot duck foot.)
My biggest "fun" use, as it does really have minimal DIRE use. But in a co-op mission like the Tournament, Food Chain, things you MAY or must enter dense combat, it's fun to back into a corner, wait for everyone to slightly bunch up... Click.
As far as gunner counters, note that a poison gas bomb, (with great throw distance.) always kills any gunner. (Level 4 is max I've seen a gunman.) Great for Ancient History. If you have the Military belt... Edit, ah, you mentioned it.
19:30
However, yes, Disguise breaks if you brush an enemy, yet if the enemy is a standing guard, blocking say, a door, you can brush them, and Disguise will give right once you've slipped behind them. Basically waste a disguise charge to get past a tight fit.
Excellent content, great stuff as always! Nice to see you coming back to AC uploads. I wonder if you'd be willing to do more of this for other AC entries. In any case, thanks a lot for this.
Thanks for your patience. :)
Right now I don't want to make any promises, we're taking it one day at a time and seeing where it takes us.
@@LeoKRogue Sounds great to me. I'll be here to watch either way :) Who knows, maybe with AC Infinity and all the new entries added to the franchise, a quieter, simpler, actually stealth driven AC game can exist. A spiritual successor to Unity.
Would you consider making a video similar to this on the types of bomb in revelations? I'm curious to hear your thoughts on that
I might at some point, but Rev Bombs have a _a lot_ of granularity and almost... an excess of options that most players are never going to use? If I did that, I would go very broad and general, just like a, "Hey, here are the most helpful things you should keep in mind and use."
In my opinion the best item in the game is money, because without money you can‘t buy Smoke Bombs. Money can also be used to buy gear. Conclusion: Money is S-Tier.
Money's not an active/something you use during encounters xD But yes, agreed.
YAYYY AC CONTENT (it’s doctorque btw)
Awesome. :)
@@LeoKRogue do you remember me? it’s fine if you don’t 🔫🗿
I don't think I've seen anybody mention it - but I've had poison from berserk blades spread to other enemies the beserked enemy hit. No predictions here though - and its more likely to work against bigger groups.
Sure, it's still slow - but in narrow, high guard density areas; I find it fun to berserk a spearman/agile; berserk another of those archetypes that joins in the fight; then drop poison gas while they're all clumped up - and watch the enemies clear themselves, from either spreading poison.
Quite hilarious when I used it to solo Moving Mirabeau; trivialized the tight space under the pantheon.
Indeed, it seems to happen pretty randomly. I've seen it spread to an insane number of people in It Belongs In A Museum
Its nice finally seeing some more ac content from you leo!
Thank you.
This also helps with my Dead Kings DLC. I almost get boned most of the time there and let me tell you, Berserker Blades really helped me to avoid getting detected by "Nasties" high-leveled freaks.
Nice, glad to help. :D
Small tip, ever need to double assassinate but guards are FRACTIONS too far apart? But obviously close enough where the literal second you stab one, the other loses their mind?
Do this.
Arno's assassination durations depend on his profile. High Profile assassinations are often long. Low profile walking ones are medium.
If Arno STANDS still, his assassination is almost always a quick prick in the spine. Walk behind one guard, stop moving right before pressing Assassinate. Right as the blade pulls out, you CAN try low profile executing the second, but it's best to instantly enter high profile mode so Arno closes any required moderate distance.
So in short, two guards, (technically even three.) Close but not close enough together.
Stand still, Assassinate one, then jerk to High Profile to catch the other 1 to 2 before their SSI freaks out.
Yessss. Great tip I use all the time.
You really can never get away from this game huh Leo :D
And I have a question: Are there any AC marathons or streams planned for the future?
There might be, yeah, they'd all be on Twitch though, and I'd try to do a game a day if I could.
I like your videos and it helped me a lot get back into playing ACU properly (and not sticking to the old AC habits I had built). This game is indeed quite different. However, regarding styles efficiency, I find your clips showing little justification to your points.
I must agree berserk blades have a strong impact, but the cases where you used them just proves nothing of interest. You could have fought the one guy, even if he detected you it wouldn't have been much longer (one heavy and the finisher and it's done). So if it's only for the sake of efficiency and the matter is about not wasting 1 or 2 seconds in a single player game, I am skeptical. I also like that ACU has diversity in animations, so I enjoy not doing the same kill anim over and over.
Same goes for smoke. I agree that ACU's fights aren't that convenient as in other AC games, but they aren't impossible and you can always run away if too many people join. Maybe it's me liking fights rather than assassinations over and over, but I don't feel as you're stating that smoke is that mandatory. Only if you play the game with level 1 gear eatirely I guess it's mandatory, but for regular experience I find it limiting.
Anyway, as it's a single player game, those are only guidelines you could say, which is right. We can still do whatever! :)
Thank you! Yeah, I have to correct a few things but overall, you can feel free to watch various stealth content creators' videos and you'll see they're also very reflective of what I say here.
I threw this one together really fast.
@@LeoKRogue Okay. Also, if you intend to bring more informations on the topics of coop abilities, it could be nice to know the stats of the abilities : cooldown, duration, HP healed for collective heal and for assassin cache how long does it need to be for each item to be refilled.
"While you're feeling cool, *blowing away* 5 guys at once" 11:33
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Imma let that sink in😂
You should do that. ;]
This man just creating the best shit. ❤
Thank youuu
I never used "money poach" in other ACs aside from giving money to beggars, and I'd would've preferred a more respectful way of being charitable tbh. But the most important reason I have never unlocked it in Unity is that I find it so dumb that you have to learn how to literally throw money on the ground.
It makes more sense to learn other abilities. And yeah, you don't have to be a master swordman to know how to stab someone who's lying on the floor, but that ability compensates with usefulness.
And after all this time using a rifle while believing it has a longer range 😂 Great to have you back Master and Mentor Leo de...lalala
Thanks Black Light. :)
Perfect time to make some food and kickback , brb
Nice nice ^__^
Favorite game, favorite YT.
Favorite kind of comment.
I know this is kinda unrelated, but do you have any thoughts about the new mod: ACU fixes that have been making the rounds across the ACU community. And any thoughts on the fact that a small group of highly passionate modders have accomplished what the many patches from a big company can't (ubisoft)
It's amazing so far, genuinely, and the author keeps improving it.
You know what? I've got a damn challenge.
I love to memorize CONSISTENT routes through every Co-Op mission, where if all else fails, I KNOW one way.
One area has beaten my attempts. Over a hundred positions, cherry bombs, blades, and smokes later, I can't create a CONSISTENT path through this area without exhausting resources and looking sloppy. (Like phantom blading every guard over the hour.)
Political Persecution, last section. Snuggling the Girondists underneath the Royal Guard outpost. Having to sneak through and drop down each tunnel to turn a lever. I cannot create a CONSISTENT path that doesn't rely on sheer luck of patrol movement.
You do that. A consistent path through that last damn blue area.
The reason, is because it has gunners EXPERTLY placed. (Keep note, I actually don't have poison gas at the moment... that would probably make something here much easier.)
But it has gunners, watching gunners, watching gunners, from distances. And they all see you kill one, and ALL watch the entrance to a main building. Absolute...
Snuggling... yes. SNUGGLING.
It's insane, yeah. At one point I attempted to do 'perfect' runs through Co Op missions, but the game crashes to desktop for me _way more_ in those missions than anywhere else, so I eventually gave up on it because I couldn't deal with all the crashing.
I really dislike how a lot of item usefulness is dictated by their effectiveness against gunners. Such an oppressive guard type really discourages diverse tool usage. Whenever I try to use other items for style I get frustrated to the point where I just default to gun/blades/smoke anyways to avoid detection from them. Maybe it's my fault for not having as much awareness as I should, but the reach of their vision cones is seriously ridiculous
It's definitely not just you, their detection range is ridiculous indeed. It's at least, a small blessing that Gunners aren't in every single mission with the same level of frequency. The ones they are in excessively are truly awful, though.
I've never used Disguise because in lore it's a hack which just feels less immersive to me. As a result I've always kinda doubted it's usefulness. Don't get me wrong it's obviously good and should be rated high up, but on the other hand there's a lot of ways to proceed without using it. Most of your options remove enemies or aid in not getting detected so ir just feels like an extra smoke bomb.
As I say when discussing Value, subjectivity or style are not taken into account. That's why I play with Rifles even though they're not great.
just a question on the headshot statements: are you sure guns and blades one shot on headshot? i have only had this happen while using level 5 gold gear
Pretty sure, yeah! I can run some more tests on a No Upgrades character and upload the footage some time soon.
how to change ur active skill ? Go from assassin's cache to disguice again ?
It should be in either Skills or Equipment.
@@LeoKRogue Thank u bro , cuz this ui that unity has is very cool and very unique better in some occasions complicated for no reason
Love it
Thank you.
Hey Leo, it's good to see you back on AC, just like I am doing in fact! But essentially, I have just introduced a friend to the AC series (I'm lending him the games so that he won't buy them) and I'm doing a Playlist that showcases a lot of advanced mechanics and tech. And I was wondering if you would have any ideas or suggestions to add to the list!
I'll leave a link here for you to see:
ruclips.net/p/PLuqgFxE24XR-gSST228ZjMrMrcsgw1Qlg
Do you know about Execution Producer's channel? He has a _lot_ of really useful techniques that I've never covered before, and didn't know about myself.
ruclips.net/channel/UCrxthLJiksudukhFUTsOv7g
Please also check out this UPDATED Vaulting guide from No Nostalgia, it improves on my original Vaulting guide.
ruclips.net/video/93BS2HnLaEE/видео.html
@@LeoKRogue Thanks a lot for the response!
Edit: Holy Moly, that's a lot of content from Execution Producer!
@@LeoKRogue hey, just another question: Is there any other tutorials for the Kenway Saga? If it's not too much to ask
Mm... Not that I know of, but Jcers will be uploading more at some point soon.
@@LeoKRogue Thanks for answering. That's pretty much all.
You know sometimes, Unity just smokes a joint and gives up. Le Roi Est Mort, King of Beggars mission. Covered the sewer vents, I have "Visibility reduced." confirmed on my screen, but the entire sewers elected to remain perfectly clear, despite last playthrough I remember it being misty and actually helpful. Okay Unity, whatever floats your boat.
Relatable as all hell.
@@LeoKRogue I think the worst inconsistency issue I've had with Unity, is AI awareness. Can even YOU 100% say if someone will or won't see you? Enemies occasionally flicker out of leans and animations prematurely, such as tying shoes, gazing at walls, leaning against walls... And the 50/50 chance that stabbing someone in the head, you pretty much have to just clutch the controller hard in hopes that THIS time, the unaware guard doesn't just blow up at you with his spider-senses.
Often it's fine, but most of my Museum fails...
A guard was at a door, turned around, so I crouched up, but as he turned, he got stuck on the door collision and ballerina'd his ass around twice on the spot and saw me. Sometimes however, he walks back just fine. Hm...
Poison bombs on teammates! Gonna experiment that.
Aw, don't do that to your allies lmao
@@LeoKRogue i don't know if it affects on them (it might) but have to experience it XD
@@LeoKRogue quite a while ago I was playing the tournament with some randoms and there was this person who refused to move to the objective so I just started chasing, throwing poison gas at them continuously lmao. Watching them continuously try to climb up a wall, stumble and fall down because of the poison gas was the funniest shit I've ever seen
I lost my main controller and tried to do the Museum Heist using a touch screen android controller from my phone.
Do not try to do the Museum heist with a touch screen android controller on a phone.
I think I should try my hand at uploading a complete guide to the Co-op missions. I have memorized stealth routes through almost every one. (Even remaining undetected for 2/4 flag raises in a solo Tournament.)
But my voice is so abysmal I think, I'd be laughing at myself. But I suppose the information is what counts.
Ouch. o_o
Touch-screen on _Unity?_ Sounds rough just from the outset.
The information is indeed the most important part, and if you're really very self-conscious, you can always use Text overlays on-screen to convey certain information. I do that myself sometimes.
@@LeoKRogue Aye, but one thing I certainly believe, voice gets a point across stronger than text, doesn't it? People gloss over text, and have to pause to read it sometimes, and often ignore it. Kind of hard to ignore or gloss over voice.
Unless your muted, in which case...
Oh.
I have a heavy feeling though, I'm going to post it, and someone with your experience will go,
You could've walked right past him!
Come on, you didn't need a bomb there.
There's an easier entry just up there!
You used the cover system? That's why you got slowed down.
That's too tedious, just use Disguise.
You only need two stun bombs in this room, not three. Learn conservation.
I will... but I'm DREADING the day I post what I dare call, a "Walkthrough/Guide."
I also have this dread, believe it or not.
Just because there's a better way to do something doesn't mean we shouldn't do our way at all. If the new discovery is truly so much better, we can always just use it the next time we make something that can take advantage of it. A few of my guides now are outdated because we discovered new things the community didn't know about before, and I'm still being corrected and still learning new information all the time. :D
And if you want to know how great Text can be, check out the channel Zullie the Witch. She covers Souls games and she's amazing. Never speaks a word.
Let me know how familiar this is.
*Running around/sneaking.*
~Alert!~
What?...
Gunman pointing his explosive log at you. You run.
*Target aquired symbol!*
Aaaaaaand you make it behind cover! Literally right as this happens.
*Bang.*
Health, |______________|
Health, |______ |
MOTHER- THAT WENT THROUGH THE WALL CORNER PISS OFF.
Very :3
I recently came up with a funny joke, here here...
Arno engages in combat with Extremist.
Arno Staggering Strikes Extremist into wall.
Then the Extremist hits the wall, gets his collision negated, and instantly flickers out of combat for a second.
Because of this, Arno ends up taking cover by a wall when he tries to dodge.
Arno gets hit.
I laughed at that myself, I don't know about you. I laughed very realistically as I spent 75 Francs at the merchant.
Me laughing at these moments but with tears in my eyes the whole time. Unity in a nutshell.
@@LeoKRogue Did you know enemies outside a smoke bomb can see you in it?
Not all the time. Sometimes they do. Sometimes not. The game won't say when, it doesn't want you to know when... but it'll happen. Randomly as you run through a smoke screen to pass a hallway door. Sometimes it's a yellow SSI, sometimes red. You don't know until you try it. Like a new... bloody ice cream flavor.
I wouldn't put poison bombs in the D-tier since any player with minimal skills can clear dozens of guards in two minutes by making them bunch up with a cherry bomb or a berserk dart. It almost feels like cheating.
Speed is just too big a factor.
What's more, mid-game and later, guards will no longer die to Poison Bombs in one throw, which means you'd have to use them more than once, waiting even longer and using even more time.
Just too unwieldy.
Same reason why Berserk's "official" effect is often ignored in favor of its tight stun.
That said, they still have their uses, and if _you_ personally want to play with them, that is perfectly okay!
@@LeoKRogue I don't really like using that trick since it's so slow, but it's the only way I can finish Smuggler's Paradise without detection.
I love the berserk blade. Shoot the tankers and let them wipe out there own crew
So good.
Kroogie boogie
:D :D :D
My top 3 is
1. Smoke bomb
2. Smoke bomb
3. Smoke bomb
Literally deletes game coding
You understand. :)
Get this dude to 100k
Also Leo, the definition of the phantom blade upgrade says something about berserk blades too, what does it mean?
Can I get a full explination of the skill pls 😅
Thx Leo
One of the functions of the Phantom Blade Upgrade is that it upgrades your "magazine" from 1 to 2, so you can shoot twice before needing to reload, instead of just once. Because Berserk Blades and Phantom Blades are fired out of the same mechanism, it does the same thing.
Before Upgrade:
Shoot, Reload
After Upgrade:
Shoot, Shoot, Reload
@@LeoKRogue ohh ok, thx alot for coming back to me man. Is there enough sync points for all the skills?
(I accidentally got the poison bombs unstead of the upgraded phantom blade…)
Yeah, you can get every Skill.
@@LeoKRogue thx for the replies. Will tell my mates to support this channel. Keep up the good work