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

[ReDsKuLL]

You can complete multiple challenges in a single run. Also you can reload saves without losing completed challenges, meaning you can finish an assassination challenge and immediately reload to do a different one. You'll get the XP for them after finishing a run. You can also probably find video guides to walk you through quick mastery progress.

[dbond1]

Paris was my first as well.

Instead of mainlining one map until maxing mastery, mix it up and come back from time to time and do it that way to avoid feeling like you are grinding.

[its4n00brain3r]

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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

You don't need mastery lvl 20 on every map, look at the rewards for the mastery levels on the maps and find out what rewards is worth grinding.
If you get bored, move on to another map, then go back later if you want.
The "easiest" way to get mastery levels up on different maps is in my opinion mission stories, challenges, exploring the maps, finding random challenges.

Sure you can reload save and complete multiple assassination challenges in one run, or watch youtube videos to grind XP, but I don't recommend it if you want to enjoy the game.

Just play through the campaign, focus on the rewards that will make it easier to complete challenges such as lethal poison pills/vial, lethal poison syringe, emetic poison syringe, silenced sniper rifles, Sieker 1 (emetic dartgun), etc etc.

Right now theres also currently 2 active elusive targets, you can try them in arcade mode first, they are called "The Infiltrators" and "The Provocateurs", the lvl 2 contracts are the elusive targets that are currently live.
These elusive targets or arcade hits have no marker on the target (red in focus mode), so you'll have to actually use the intel provided and ID the target.
Once you complete an objective or kill any of the targets you cant replan or restart, so be careful.
On Arcade you have to wait 12 hours before you can replay if you fail.
With Elusive Targets you have to wait until next year to kill the same target if you fail.

Maybe its just me, but finding out how to get away with the perfect hit is a lot more rewarding than following some guide, and will give you a lot more content or bang for your buck.

[its4n00brain3r]

Just to add; I would kill to get some of the suits from the Elusive Targets rewards, I'm currently gunning for "The Undying" suit.
I used to play on PS4 but moved on to PC, so I'm basically redoing the whole game, I've only reached mastery lvl 20 on maybe half the maps, if that.
My focus has been on getting the good looking suits, briefcases, silenced sniper rifles, poisons, tools etc etc.

[clueless]

Publicado originalmente por its4n00brain3r:

Publicado originalmente por clueless:

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

You don't need mastery lvl 20 on every map, look at the rewards for the mastery levels on the maps and find out what rewards is worth grinding.

Well for me getting all 83 achievos is a must....so getting 20/20 on very mission in hitman 1 is a must(not sure about 2 or 3)
the tips and advice given by you and others in this thread will greatly reduce the number of play-throughs on each level and the time it takes to 83
i will certainly follow these great suggestions and hopefully ill get all 83 before i die of old age

[its4n00brain3r]

Publicado originalmente por clueless:

Publicado originalmente por its4n00brain3r:

You don't need mastery lvl 20 on every map, look at the rewards for the mastery levels on the maps and find out what rewards is worth grinding.

Well for me getting all 83 achievos is a must....so getting 20/20 on very mission is a must
the tips and advice given by you and others in this thread will greatly reduce the number of play-throughs on each level and the time it takes to 83
i will certainly follow great suggestions and hopefully ill get all 83 before i die of old age

Haha!

Well, even still, if you first focus on getting some of the rewards it should make your life easier.
F.ex. using a silenced sniper for the sniper assassin challenges is gonna blow your cover a lot less, lethal poison syringe will let you poison targets who doesn't consume food or drinks, same approach with emetic syringe if you want them to visit a bathroom.

[clueless]

Managed to slog my way through to 20/20 on the first 3 maps of Hitman 1
my system is to first complete the main mission
then do all of the Escalations and then the challenges

the escalations in Paris and Sapienzia werent too hard for me but then things went straight down hill in Marrakesh

escalations called for wearing bizarre and hard to find suits(outfits) ,,making kills in all sorts of ungodly and complicated ways

after completing one set of 5 and only getting 4000 pts ...i gave up on the escalations and went for the challenges

what a huge difference in the difficulty level of the escalations between Paris-Sapienzia and Marrakesh

hopefully the escalation contracts on the remaining maps wont be so hard

i leave to prepare

[Chris!!]

Do the 5 regular assassination challenges (garrote, drown, poison, accident and headshot), then go for Silent Assassin score (just follow story missions without making a fuzz), and then go for the other assassination challenges.

Reaching lvl 20 shouldn't take too long, and you don't have to finish the mission to clock in the XP, just don't get reckless or impatient, or you will screw and likely have to redo things.

[its4n00brain3r]

I wouldn't recommend escalations if you want to get your mastery lvl up, they just take too long for the points you get. Some of the escalations will give you some cool rewards though, such as a sniper rifle in Marrakesh.

[clueless]

The Seven Deadly Sins DLC....
Are the 7 locations for this DLC part of the regular locations or brand new cities?
if regular cities will completing the dlc add experience pts towards the 20/20 requirement?

[Chris!!]

Publicado originalmente por clueless:

The Seven Deadly Sins DLC....
Are the 7 locations for this DLC part of the regular locations or brand new cities?
if regular cities will completing the dlc add experience pts towards the 20/20 requirement?

Same locations, and yes they count towards mastery of their respective locations.

[clueless]

Thanks!

[clueless]

Well...hit 20/20(Mastery level) on all H1 Cities .... Currently playing H2 ...2 cities at Mastery level so far
i am enjoying the main missions of each city but getting to 20/20 is just a chore for me..
basically to get 1 achievement (20/20 Mastery at any given city) you have to play through several more hrs in each city to rack up exp. pts ..and instead of getting multiple achievements for making it to 20-20 you get 1 ....
time for me to take a break and play a different game for awhile..
i leave to unprepare..

[its4n00brain3r]

Publicado originalmente por clueless:

Well...hit 20/20(Mastery level) on all H1 Cities currently playing H2 ...2 cities at Mastery level so far
i am enjoying the main missions of each city but getting to 20/20 is just a chore for me..
basically to get 1 achievement (20/20 Mastery at any given city) you have to play through several more hrs in each city to rack up exp. pts ..and instead of getting multiple achievements for making it to 20-20 you get 1 ....
time for me to take a break and play a different game for awhile..
i leave to unprepare..

Haha!
Like I said before, you can play other maps and come back to the previous levels with new rewards that could make your life easier.

[Talon]

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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.

An additional thing with Silent Assassin. If your target sees you, and you kill them before they can alert anyone else, then you'll restore Silent Assassin rating. They can even see a body and, as long as you kill them before they go running to anyone, you can restore your Silent Assassin rating.

Futhermore, lethal poison and accident kills will not invalidate Silent Assassin if the body is found but only if you do NOT move the body. Wouldn't be surprised if shooting the body would also end up invalidating Silent Assassin if it is found.