[spoiler] Cant kill quest target with air assassination

[Etheledan]

I am currently doing a 100% run but now encountered a Problem in sequence 7 where i have to kill John Pitcairn with air assassination. getting to the flag pole undetected is quite easy but whenever i then try to kill him from the top of the pole Connor just jumps onto the horse and pushes him down. Pitcairn dies but the optional objective fails.

I have now done this mission about 5 times but it never worked. i always checked if the hidden blade was equipped. I know that it worked in the original game.

does someone else got this issue? is it a bug/glitch?

[Iggy Wolf]

I thought I was the only one. I could have sworn that when I jump down to assassinate him, it would show Connor doing so. It sort of did but not before the sound that indicates I got detected.

[ADRIEN manowarad WRP crossbowlov]

same problem, still trying....

EDIT: success ! need to have a perfect timing (no "detected" sound before the hidden blade hit)

[Etheledan]

Originally posted by ADRIEN druchii manowarad corsair:

same problem, still trying....

EDIT: success ! need to have a perfect timing (no "detected" sound before the hidden blade hit)

oh you got it to work? did you jsut wait until the group of soldiers were going in away from you?

[ADRIEN manowarad WRP crossbowlov]

try it to find the timing i havent fully noticed / remembered every details

[^4JB^7L^1ZR]

Hey ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, thanks for putting spoilers in the title..

[Etheledan]

Originally posted by Aia i HEA ke ka'a 'ohua:

I think graphics may have a play into it. Back when I was playing Tomb Raider on typical laptop, I wasn't able to make this jump until I dropped the settings to let the game run smoother. Now that I have a better computer built, I can run things fairly well with nice graphics.

SO BASICALLY,...
I turned off ambient occlusion just to see if the game would run a bit faster, and it worked with the assassination :) Also, having it off doesn't seem to make it look any different for me...

that should not be an issue i have constant 60 fps without drop

[Etheledan]

Originally posted by ^4JB^7L^1ZR:

Hey ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, thanks for putting spoilers in the title..

im sorry i did not think of that. i just wrote this post out of frustration and did not think about spoiling something. ill try to fix that asap.

[SuperVegitoFAN]

I had the same issue. Read that you need the Hidden blade as your equipped weapon. That did the trick for me.

Do be aware that Pitcairn counts as a "Regular Kill" so you cant kill 3 enemies and then Pitcairn if you want 100%.

Also, you will know if it works because everything slows down (preparing for white room cutscene) before you hit Pitcairn, if you do it right.

You can also pause during the cutscene (or atleast the start of it) to see if everything procced properly, and retry with checkpoint, if it did not.

[Joabert DeMolay]

The trick is to wait on top of the flagpole. Watch the map to ensure the sniper and the group moving around Pitcairn are looking away before you strike, otherwise you will be detected while in midair.

[tiger199835]

Originally posted by Joabert DeMolay:

The trick is to wait on top of the flagpole. Watch the map to ensure the sniper and the group moving around Pitcairn are looking away before you strike, otherwise you will be detected while in midair.

You can also use a tripwire bomb to lure enemies away. This is harder and more convoluted than simply waiting on the flagpole, but much more fun and satisfying:

After crossing the battlefield (and completing the don't get hit optional objective), there are 2 groups of patrols in the forest, kill or avoid them, then climb the cliff. The "limit regular kills" and "no detection" optional objectives will now start.

Kill or avoid the first soldier patrolling the bush (1/4 kill).

Then you will encounter another soldier patrolling near a hay cart, this is the key part. You must not kill this soldier yet!

Instead move past him and kill the captain soldier patrolling near the tent (2/4 kill)

Then go back to the hay cart and plant a tripwire bomb near the cart.
1) You must position yourself so that enemies cannot detect you while planting.
2) You must plant the bomb on the patrol-route of that soldier.
3) You must plant the bomb just after the soldier leaves that spot so you have enough time to retreat before he steps on the bomb.
This is the hardest step, so it may take you a few tries to figure out how to do it correctly.

After planting the bomb, climb the tree and go on top of the flagpole. About 1 second after you reach the top of the pole, that soldier would trigger the bomb and die (3/4 kill), luring all enemies in the camp towards the hay cart to investigate, so you can 100% assassinate John without detection. One comment above claims John also counts as a regular kill (4/4) but that has never been the case for me.

TL;DR: Plant a bomb, the soldier patrolling the hay cart will die, luring all enemies in the camp away from Pitcairn, so you can assassinate him 100% safely.

[alban937sang]

You have to press E if you are on keyborad.