On Getting to Level 20...

[clueless]

Will completing the escalation contracts and story missions on any given map(Paris for example) get me experience points towards level 20?

right now i am in Paris at 6/20...am trying to find ways to gain exp. points in addition to ..or maybe even avoiding ..many of the challenges altogether

[eli_GO]

Yes, completing escalations, challenges, bonus missions, contracts, elusive targets, and even arcade mode missions will give you experience for the mastery level of the map you're playing on.

[clueless]

Thanks!

[its4n00brain3r]

Like eli said yeah. But in my opinion you'll get the level mastery up a lot faster or easier by doing mission stories, challenges, featured contracts and such instead of escalations.
This is coming from a biased perspective though, I'm not a fan of escalation contracts, I like freedom with my assassinations.
When I don't want to do the campaign contracts, I sometimes dabble in playermade contracts.

I will leave you to prepare.

[eli_GO]

Originally posted by its4n00brain3r:

Like eli said yeah. But in my opinion you'll get the level mastery up a lot faster or easier by doing mission stories, challenges, featured contracts and such instead of escalations.
This is coming from a biased perspective though, I'm not a fan of escalation contracts, I like freedom with my assassinations.
When I don't want to do the campaign contracts, I sometimes dabble in playermade contracts.

I will leave you to prepare.

Yeah, I think the same and not to mention that you can do the missions in Silent Assassin Suit Only and Sniper Assassin for their respective challenges, that gives you 20,000 experience without counting other things you have done during that run, that is 6 - 7 easy levels.

[clueless]

Im in the Paris level(Hitman 1)..

i dont even see an option to play Silent Assassin?
when i click on game mode...silent assassin..i get the choice of 3 different maps...not Paris?

[eli_GO]

Originally posted by clueless:

Im in the Paris level(Hitman 1)..

i dont even see an option to play Silent Assassin?
when i click on game mode...silent assassin..i get the choice of 3 different maps...not Paris?

Silent Assassin is not a game mode, it is a challenge in which you have to finish a mission with these requirements:
- Only eliminate the target(s)
- Prevent non-target deaths
- Do not get spotted
- Have no witnesses
- Have no bodies found
- Do not get caught on camera

In the game's HUD options, you can activate an icon that alerts you in real-time if you meet the requirements of Silent Assassin. That icon has 3 colors:
Green: Silent Assassin
Yellow; Silent Assassin but the cameras detected you meaning that, if you destroy the evidence, you can get the green icon again
Red; A requirement was broken and the only way to get the green icon back is by loading the game or restarting the level

Then Suit Only is by completing a mission without changing your starting suit and, if you want to get it, Silent Assassin Suit Only is by combining the requirements of both in a single run.

EDIT: The game mode you saw in the menu in which there are 3 missions is not Silent Assassin, it is called Sniper Assassin.

[its4n00brain3r]

To add to that, poison kills and accident kills dont count towards bodies being found, you can poison someone or assassinate them in an accident and still get Silent Assassin if the bodies are found.
Personally I recommend just playing through the levels, play around a little bit, explore, and you'll find out what routes and such the NPC's of interest usually take.
Some challenges gets a lot easier once you get certain unlocks, such as lethal poison vial, or lethal poison syringes, and then of course the obvious; lockpick, but not limited to.

Have a look at the mastery levels for each map, and the challenges, you can unlock a lot of cool stuff that will make it easier, plus some really neat suits, briefcases, etc.

[its4n00brain3r]

Oh and if you do everything by yourself, not watch how-to guides on youtube, you'll have a lot of content for a long time:)

[clueless]

Originally posted by eli_GO:

EDIT: The game mode you saw in the menu in which there are 3 missions is not Silent Assassin, it is called Sniper Assassin.

OK got it
thanks again


so now after doing some silent Assassin challenges and stumbling on a few other challenges i am at 11/20 Paris

i see under challenges -classics there are silent assassin challenges that say complete 5, 12 and 17 challenges
i have 2/5,2/12 and 2/17
not sure how i got 2?


does this mean i do a regular challenge fulfilling all of the requirements of a silent assassin challenge?

[its4n00brain3r]

Originally posted by clueless:

Originally posted by eli_GO:

EDIT: The game mode you saw in the menu in which there are 3 missions is not Silent Assassin, it is called Sniper Assassin.

OK got
thanks again


so now after doing some silent Assassin challenges and stumbling on a few other challenges i am at 11/20 Paris

i see under challenges -classics there are silent assassin challenges that say complete 5, 12 and 17 challenges
i have 2/5,2/12 and 2/17
not sure how i got 2?


does this mean i do a regular challenge fulfilling all of the requirements of a silent assassin challenge?

I think it also counts silent assassin from the ICA facility.
The sniper challenge in my opinion have some good unlocks too, I just really like the leather suitcase.

[Tassimo]

Try and get SASO and Sniper Assassin done early, then you can just focus on grinding out different assassinations, since most of them seem to award 4000 xp and many of them give you mission stories and discoveries and other challenges just by completing them. Since you aren't worried about getting SASO at this point, and because you do not actually have to complete the mission you did your challenge for, just fulfil the requirements of the challenge itself, you can reload saves and kill targets in a few different ways, THEN complete the level, and get all of those challenges completed at once.

For example in Paris I disguised myself as Helmut, set the meeting up with Dalia, saved, spiked her drink with rat poison and drowned her, reloaded, lethal poisoned her drink, reloaded, stuck the usb in her laptop and snapped her neck, reloaded, set off the fireworks and threw her over the ledge onto Viktor, extracted and got all these challenges completed at once without needing to restart the mission.

[its4n00brain3r]

Originally posted by Tassimo:

Try and get SASO and Sniper Assassin done early, then you can just focus on grinding out different assassinations, since most of them seem to award 4000 xp and many of them give you mission stories and discoveries and other challenges just by completing them. Since you aren't worried about getting SASO at this point, and because you do not actually have to complete the mission you did your challenge for, just fulfil the requirements of the challenge itself, you can reload saves and kill targets in a few different ways, THEN complete the level, and get all of those challenges completed at once.

For example in Paris I disguised myself as Helmut, set the meeting up with Dalia, saved, spiked her drink with rat poison and drowned her, reloaded, lethal poisoned her drink, reloaded, stuck the usb in her laptop and snapped her neck, reloaded, set off the fireworks and threw her over the ledge onto Viktor, extracted and got all these challenges completed at once without needing to restart the mission.

I agree those are some good tips if you just want to get mastery level up as fast as possible, but in my opinion takes all the fun out of the game.
The Hitman trilogy has tons of content, but if you cheeze your way through the challenges by reloading just for XP you can easily find yourself wondering "Now what?"

[ReDsKuLL]

Originally posted by clueless:

i see under challenges -classics there are silent assassin challenges that say complete 5, 12 and 17 challenges
i have 2/5,2/12 and 2/17
not sure how i got 2?

The "Classics" challenges require you to complete the associated challenges (Silent Assassin, Suit Only, SA/SO [that's both together in a single run] and sniper assassin) on that many different missions. This does not mean playing the same mission on the same level that many times, instead it means playing different maps or different missions on a map (There are maps that have different campaigns. In those campaigns the map will have some noticeable differences). An example would be "Showstopper" and "Holiday Hoarders" in Paris.

[clueless]

Got it
so the 5...12...17 classic challenges are not mission specific and are meant to accumulate over different missions
Thanks for the explanation

[clueless]

Originally posted by its4n00brain3r:

Originally posted by Tassimo:

Try and get SASO and Sniper Assassin done early, then you can just focus on grinding out different assassinations, since most of them seem to award 4000 xp and many of them give you mission stories and discoveries and other challenges just by completing them. Since you aren't worried about getting SASO at this point, and because you do not actually have to complete the mission you did your challenge for, just fulfil the requirements of the challenge itself, you can reload saves and kill targets in a few different ways, THEN complete the level, and get all of those challenges completed at once.

For example in Paris I disguised myself as Helmut, set the meeting up with Dalia, saved, spiked her drink with rat poison and drowned her, reloaded, lethal poisoned her drink, reloaded, stuck the usb in her laptop and snapped her neck, reloaded, set off the fireworks and threw her over the ledge onto Viktor, extracted and got all these challenges completed at once without needing to restart the mission.

I agree those are some good tips if you just want to get mastery level up as fast as possible, but in my opinion takes all the fun out of the game.
The Hitman trilogy has tons of content, but if you cheeze your way through the challenges by reloading just for XP you can easily find yourself wondering "Now what?"

i finally hit Paris 20/20...

It took me replaying the Paris level easily 30-40 times..did all escalations...many stories and many challenges...etc..etc
i have to say that for me..this is just too many times to have to play the same mission over and over ...it just got boring after a dozen replays
i played it so many times that my vision was getting blurry and no longer 20/20(just a joke)

i shudder at the thought at having to hit 20 for the rest of the missions
so any tip or advice on how to count cut down on the number of replays is welcome news in my eyes