Whoever designed the initial catapult ambush at the castle...

[Leon Phelps]

Either had no idea how much time it could waste due to wiping out 5 chapters worth of progress on Professional because Ashley decided to walk into an incoming fireball and then become impossible to pick up or the guy was a sadist. Either way, time for a break. I'll be back for you later, Professional.

[Agentti Kiivi]

Most of the catapults you can destroy before even reaching the cannon and you can raise the cannon before you even see the catapults.
All you need is a couple shots from any pistol.

[Nirvash]

It's possible to destroy them but due to how dangerous they are on professional, it requires you to either have it memorized already, or do very small micro-movements to find them. It's a puzzle in it's own way trying to find the tiny little openings that reveal the explosive barrels.

Honestly I still haven't found out if there's a way to destroy the last one to the right of the door. I always have to avoid it and destroy it with the cannon.

[Leon Phelps]

Originally posted by Agentti Kiivi:

Most of the catapults you can destroy before even reaching the cannon and you can raise the cannon before you even see the catapults.
All you need is a couple shots from any pistol.

I mean literally as soon as you get to the castle. When you are coming up from the low ground. Right after they fire the first shot and there is the one lone cultist boi in the alley.

[Kitt 🌟 Stargazer]

I do wish you could command Ashley to actually wait in a specific location here so you can run by yourself and not put her in danger I will admit.

[Agentti Kiivi]

Originally posted by Salacious Shaitan:

Originally posted by Agentti Kiivi:

Most of the catapults you can destroy before even reaching the cannon and you can raise the cannon before you even see the catapults.
All you need is a couple shots from any pistol.

I mean literally as soon as you get to the castle. When you are coming up from the low ground. Right after they fire the first shot and there is the one lone cultist boi in the alley.

Don't walk in the 1 fixed spot where it shoots and you can destroy 1 from there with 1 pistol shot.

[Nirvash]

Another tip I have is, make sure to save occasionally. I don't know if S+ Professional has a save limit attached but I lost an hour of fast paced progress due to a dumb mistake. So I try to save once every 3 chapters.

And the reason I say this is because you will likely need to have a save ready for the Ashley section of the castle. Unless you have the armor already, Ashley of course dies in 1 hit from the knights slashes, and learning to dodge them without the lamp is a bit tricky. I had to redo that part like 5 times, so to expedite it I collected all 3 heads and then put a save down in the merchant room before putting the heads in.

[SunfireKnight86]

Originally posted by Nirvash:

Another tip I have is, make sure to save occasionally. I don't know if S+ Professional has a save limit attached but I lost an hour of fast paced progress due to a dumb mistake. So I try to save once every 3 chapters.

And the reason I say this is because you will likely need to have a save ready for the Ashley section of the castle. Unless you have the armor already, Ashley of course dies in 1 hit from the knights slashes, and learning to dodge them without the lamp is a bit tricky. I had to redo that part like 5 times, so to expedite it I collected all 3 heads and then put a save down in the merchant room before putting the heads in.

15! Can do one at every chapter start.

[TyresTyco]

If you hug the left wall after coming up after shooting the cannon down there the catapult will hit above the wall. You can safely run and kill the enemy there and at the stairs and run into the safe zone to shoot all barrels. Run to cannon.. done. Might take some practice since they swarm kinda fast.

[Onion Rings]

You lost 5 chapters? Why? I was able to save before almost every big encounter/boss and still get the S+. You don't have to be THAT sparing, if anything you should have saved before mendez, not that he's that difficult, but its a boss fight, so save there and then if you did die in catapults, boom just redo mendez and back to the castle you go.

[Leon Phelps]

Originally posted by Agentti Kiivi:

Originally posted by Salacious Shaitan:

I mean literally as soon as you get to the castle. When you are coming up from the low ground. Right after they fire the first shot and there is the one lone cultist boi in the alley.

Don't walk in the 1 fixed spot where it shoots and you can destroy 1 from there with 1 pistol shot.

See original post as to what the problem was. Ashley AI.

[Leon Phelps]

Originally posted by OnionRingsGamingTTV:

You lost 5 chapters? Why? I was able to save before almost every big encounter/boss and still get the S+. You don't have to be THAT sparing, if anything you should have saved before mendez, not that he's that difficult, but its a boss fight, so save there and then if you did die in catapults, boom just redo mendez and back to the castle you go.

Over confidence is a problem of mine. I got too cocky from having such a solid run.

[Agentti Kiivi]

Originally posted by Salacious Shaitan:

Originally posted by Agentti Kiivi:

Don't walk in the 1 fixed spot where it shoots and you can destroy 1 from there with 1 pistol shot.

See original post as to what the problem was. Ashley AI.

The AI is fine when all ashley does is literally stay right behind you.

This is a certified skill issue.

[ruin]

Switch Ashley to her armored set to make her invulnerable. Hoping Ashley remembers to duck is a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ mechanic and there's no shame in opting out of the escort quest portion of the game.

[Leon Phelps]

Originally posted by Agentti Kiivi:

Originally posted by Salacious Shaitan:

See original post as to what the problem was. Ashley AI.

The AI is fine when all ashley does is literally stay right behind you.

This is a certified skill issue.

Yea, no. That isn't always the case. Her ai isn't that consistent. I also don't wanna hear someone who beat the game on Standard first run and then likely used bonus weapons for their professional run talk about skill.

[ice]

all you had to do was shoot a big stationary bright red target in front of your face so it's a skill issue