Don't buy the Spectral Aspect

[^1Romanov77]

I just ruined my playthrough by buying this expensive trinket.


I thought it might have helped with stealth.
It actually BREAKS the game and turns it into SUPER-EASY mode.

You can literally stand under a bright street lamp right in front of a guard and he doesn't see you. The only way to get caught is actually bumping into them repeatedly.

What were they thinking? I was playing on MASTER with lots of difficulty modifiers, now it feels like a walking simulator.

[Kevin]

Yes, it practically makes you invisible

[tigerpoetry]

I agree wholeheartedly.

I just noticed this fact yesterday. I was replaying missions to ghost them and pick up the few thieving challenges I'd missed in the client jobs.

I needed combat takedowns in 'The Happy Medium' quest and that was ruined for me by having the bow fully upgraded and the 'Blackwing Feathers' trinket (that's another story).

I couldn't even get them to initiate combat without barging in front of them and knocking them on the head with my club. Quite funny, really, but a real immersion breaker.

To think how long I spent getting the timing right especially on that safe in the Graven area of Chapter 6. Total waste of time, I think.

Now I don't know if I'm playing well or just getting away with mistakes.

[ChasingCoyote]

@ Tigerpoetry....you ARE getting away with mistakes!I In Chapter 2 (on Master Difficulty) where you need 10 combat takedowns...I was able to get all thieving Challenges in one go using Spectral Aspect. There are only two types of guards you can do a combat takedown on; the others stay down for less than 2 seconds and are back up before the action meter fills! Those are the crossbow guards and Sleeping or Sleepy Guards. shoot them in the leg with the SAWTOOTH arrow from a CLOSE range. immediately (I"M on PC) RIGHT click the mouse while holding Q to initiate combat takedown. (Right click is to put away the bow). You cannot do a combat takedown while the bow is equipped. I had 8 CTs before TTG office. IIRC there are 2 or 3 crossbow guards in the final area. but I only need one. I did a CT on the Sleeper near the area exit before the room witrh the pipes ( just before the final area. So, I did 5 Cts on Sleeping Guards, one at the beginning in a chair, 2 sleeping next to switches, another in a chair guarding the Barons Lock Door, and the last one sleeping next to the courtyard exit. (They sleep standing UP! :)) and all the crossbow guards up to that point. Without Spectral Aspect It was possible to do all these without being detected until the last area, where I needed 2 more CTs, Knocking out the dog got me immediately detected and it's a no-brainer, you can't do a CT near a dog or bird undetected without first dealing with them.

The Client Job Combat Takedowns are easier. 2 broadheads in the leg is all you need to get them to a knee and do your CT. (on Master Difficulty, probably less on Thief and rogue). It's only on Chapter 2 that you can't get

[ChasingCoyote]

If you honestly regret buying the Spectral Aspect, you don't have to actually USE it! just store it into your chest in the Clocktower, It'll be like you never had it. same with any trinkets you don't think you need. just put 'em away and don't use'em. pick them up any time you are at your hideout if you want to use them again.

[tigerpoetry]

Originally posted by ChasingCoyote:

If you honestly regret buying the Spectral Aspect, you don't have to actually USE it! just store it into your chest in the Clocktower, It'll be like you never had it. same with any trinkets you don't think you need. just put 'em away and don't use'em. pick them up any time you are at your hideout if you want to use them again.

For anyone reading this and not a similar reply you made (about the chest), you have my eternal gratitude!

I had no idea that trinkets could be stored... maybe I didn't pay enough attention to the on-screen hints.

I did honestly regret getting it, except that it made me realise what I'd taken for frustration without it was actually the fun bit!

Thanks again.

[ChasingCoyote]

no problem, just glad I could help

[^1Romanov77]

Thanks, if I had known before this would have really saved my play-through.

What a silly idea adding such trinket.

[Zorbec-L-Kraak]

Why did you buy it in the first place? You needed help, no?

[^1Romanov77]

I thought it could have helped with the hardest challenges, instead I got a cheat.

Too bad I didn't think could have unequipped it...

[Zorbec-L-Kraak]

That's fair. Thanks for the warning!

[GloriousZote]

I for one am kinda thankful, I was playing on custom difficulty master and if i get spotted its game over, u have completed the main game and i honestly just need to finish a few things off, and it pissed me off that my reward for beating the game was "the guards are back, everywhere in the city is the biggest pain in the ass it has ever been" to this is a welcome gift, not having to deal with the same piece of ♥♥♥♥ guards every time i cross an area

[Dieter]

This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.