Sniper achievement tips?

[David_Sh]

I'm finding getting maximum rating on the first sniper mission exceedingly difficult, does anyone have some tips for it?

[Rushin]

Funny enough I've *just* recorded a video of sniping flawlessly in both parts.
https://youtu.be/rDuaVfmpT_4

Honestly the strategy here is to just replay the segment like 5-7 times at least, it gets easier and easier with practice. Some quick tips:

• Memorize the order and timing of events - it's fixed every time (helicopter and extra limo arrivals, rooftop spawns etc)
  
• The number of enemies per spawn that you must shoot is fixed also. E.g. helicopters usually (or always?) need 2 out of 4 people shot; identify them both and don't inspect the others, focus your attention elsewhere
  
• Rooftop enemies stay there for a long time, you can easily ignore them for like five seconds as you finish off some other group. Don't prioritize them
  
• There's a large delay between the helicopter landing and the people starting to come out. They then immediately walk down the stairs in a jaggy way. It's best to ignore the helicopter until a couple seconds after its landing and shoot people past the stairs
  
• Most importantly you don't need a completely flawless run at all, you just need to keep the rating at 125/125. I let 4 criminals pass in the second segment and it the achievement popped for me anyway.

[danejerus]

It's not fixed every time. In the 2nd event, I would usually get an unfit as my first target, but a couple times I'd get a hair as a first target, so I can confirm it isn't fixed. But yeah this achievement blows. I would watch these groups like a hawk and a criminal would sneak in every time. Cheap.

[Rushin]

Perhaps I didn't convey it clearly enough but again, the order of events (limo/heli/metro arrivals etc) is fixed and the number of criminals per every spawn group is also fixed (i.e. five people come out from a limo at some point and always, always exactly two of them need to be shot).

The type of crime is very obviously randomized of course. Yes, clearly you can get a different kind of target. The important part is that you know in advance exactly when and where your targets arrive and how many per group there will be, which lets you pass most of the run flawlessly (until the end where it gets too hard to track everything so you just wing it). If you know in advance that a helicopter arrives soon and you need to shoot 2 out of 4 people coming out from it you can plan ahead, do it very fast, and upon shooting two targets ignore the rest and immediately focus your attention elsewhere.

[David_Sh]

Originally posted by Rushin' Russian:

Perhaps I didn't convey it clearly enough but again, the order of events (limo/heli/metro arrivals etc) is fixed and the number of criminals per every spawn group is also fixed (i.e. five people come out from a limo at some point and always, always exactly two of them need to be shot).

The type of crime is very obviously randomized of course. Yes, clearly you can get a different kind of target. The important part is that you know in advance exactly when and where your targets arrive and how many per group there will be, which lets you pass most of the run flawlessly (until the end where it gets too hard to track everything so you just wing it). If you know in advance that a helicopter arrives soon and you need to shoot 2 out of 4 people coming out from it you can plan ahead, do it very fast, and upon shooting two targets ignore the rest and immediately focus your attention elsewhere.

It's that "until the end where it gets too hard to track everything so you just wing it" I have a problem with.

[Rushin]

Originally posted by David_Sh:

It's that "until the end where it gets too hard to track everything so you just wing it" I have a problem with.

I'm sorry to hear that. At that stage the only real tip would be "keep practicing". Also a reminder that you can make multiple mistakes and only need to reach 125/125 for the achievement.

[David_Sh]

Yh you really have to get in the zone. During the last section where you just have to "wing it", glancing at the camera was really helpful. I managed to do the first sniper segment with zero mistakes.

[David_Sh]

Kind of unrelated, but does anyone know where the last 3 enemies on that mission are? I've played it twice now and missed exactly 3 enemies.

[1mbalanced]

jeez 2nd sniper mission timings are too tight.