Assassin's Creed III

[Burns11]

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I just started sequence 7. When do I reach the point where I can improve weapons and/or armor? I have like 16000 pounds saved up right now. Have barely spent a dime.

You don't, I changed swords once and pistols once (at least manually, I know pistol changed once after a mission), and even then there was no discernible difference opposed to previous games. Don't worry too much about money, it's very abundant, I ended up more than 30K (easily) at the end, having bought everything you could without doing any of the homestead trading or selling of hunting proceeds.

[SlimKibbles]

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Do ALL of the homestead missions that you see in the sequence that you see them and you will be able to craft and sell things pretty soon. I think I got the blacksmith in sequence 8

Those missions are typically the first ones I do. I don't know why. I guess I liked seeing my homestead grow? And maybe I wanted to give myself options for trading whenever that really came into play.

I will say that I feel a little more lost in AC3 compared to any of the others in the series. Maybe it's because there are so many new things to do, such as trading and convoys, and I haven't figured out when to do that stuff or certain missions. I didn't mind all the stuff you had to do in the old ones though and I at least was used to it.

[ZB9]

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Those missions are typically the first ones I do. I don't know why. I guess I liked seeing my homestead grow? And maybe I wanted to give myself options for trading whenever that really came into play.

I will say that I feel a little more lost in AC3 compared to any of the others in the series. Maybe it's because there are so many new things to do, such as trading and convoys, and I haven't figured out when to do that stuff or certain missions. I didn't mind all the stuff you had to do in the old ones though and I at least was used to it.

ya me too, ive had lots of fun with the homestead missions.

You have to make sure you have the three artisans...the woodworker, the tailor, and the blacksmith. Your options really grow exponentially once you get the blacksmith. I got him in sequence 8 but made lots of money trading pelts until then (if you don't have any good pelts, especially bear pelts, then you can buy them from the huntress and sell them for over twice what you paid)

Do you have naval convoys yet? and do you see the ability to upgrade your convoy capacity?

I love all of the side missions in this game. Im chilling at the beginning of sequence 10 just doing a crapload of side missions in New York, homestead, and the frontier as well as finishing the naval missions (that helps lower the trade risk for your naval convoy and opens up new areas for trade plus the naval missions are awesome). I don't see myself continuing with the main missions for quite a while

[jmood88]

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How do you upgrade the artisans? I haven't seen a mission for any of them since I finished all the homestead missions but I noticed that they had a level next to their name. Does it just go up if you use them to make stuff?

[Chizzypoof]

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How do you upgrade the artisans? I haven't seen a mission for any of them since I finished all the homestead missions but I noticed that they had a level next to their name. Does it just go up if you use them to make stuff?

You can't upgrade until sequence 10. That's when you get all the remaining Homestead settlers. After that, every mission you do for the Homestead will end with it saying this person can now craft higher level goods.

For anyone wondering, the encyclopedia has nothing to do with upgrading. I wasted my time trying to record their activities. For all the hours of intro we had to go through you would hope that some of it would explain the new mechanics of the game like leveling the homestead.

[jmood88]

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You can't upgrade until sequence 10. That's when you get all the remaining Homestead settlers. After that, every mission you do for the Homestead will end with it saying this person can now craft higher level goods.

For anyone wondering, the encyclopedia has nothing to do with upgrading. I wasted my time trying to record their activities. For all the hours of intro we had to go through you would hope that some of it would explain the new mechanics of the game like leveling the homestead.

I beat the game and haven't seen that but I'll go check again when I get a chance.

[SlimKibbles]

The lock picking might be one of the most frustrating little tasks I've ever encountered in a video game. Good Lord...

[DickDalewood]

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The lock picking might be one of the most frustrating little tasks I've ever encountered in a video game. Good Lord...

Not calling you out in particular, but I'm not at all understanding this complaint. Move the left analog really slowly in a circle, when it vibrates, hold it there, then do the same with the right analog. Then, hold them both in place and repeatedly hit R1 until the safe opens. Why is this so hard for everyone?

Again, I'm not intending to be an ***, but lock picking is seriously one of the easiest things in the game. I have yet to not get it on my first try or have it take longer than about 20-30 seconds.

[bluengold34_OS]

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Not calling you out in particular, but I'm at all understanding this complaint. Move the left analog really slowly in a circle, when it vibrates, hold it there, then do the same with the right analog. Then, hold them both in place and repeatedly hit R1 until the safe opens. Why is this so hard for everyone?

Again, I'm not intending to be an ***, but lock picking is seriously one of the easiest things in the game. I have yet to not get it on my first try or have it take longer than about 20-30 seconds.

Man your such an ***

[SlimKibbles]

Not calling you out in particular, but I'm at all understanding this complaint. Move the left analog really slowly in a circle, when it vibrates, hold it there, then do the same with the right analog. Then, hold them both in place and repeatedly hit R1 until the safe opens. Why is this so hard for everyone?

Again, I'm not intending to be an ***, but lock picking is seriously one of the easiest things in the game. I have yet to not get it on my first try or have it take longer than about 20-30 seconds.

I understand how it works. The L stick I have no issues with. The R stick part I do. Maybe I don't hold the controller the best way one can. All I know is I've had issues where I'm hitting the R-trigger to break the lock and the pick will keep pulling back causing me to start the R stick part over. Maybe I just need to work on keeping my right thumb a little steadier. Don't know.

[cdawg44]

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You can't upgrade until sequence 10. That's when you get all the remaining Homestead settlers. After that, every mission you do for the Homestead will end with it saying this person can now craft higher level goods.

For anyone wondering, the encyclopedia has nothing to do with upgrading. I wasted my time trying to record their activities. For all the hours of intro we had to go through you would hope that some of it would explain the new mechanics of the game like leveling the homestead.

The encyclopedia is just you targeting them doing random activities. I typically did those after I would do Homestead missions. Because you can catch the people doing all kinds of random stuff. Yea, I am the ultimate bootlegger. I just make tons of liquor and medicine and ship it out. Also make sure to liberate forts and parts of cities because you reduce your risk for shipping.
Then, you make tens of thousands of pounds of profit on your shipping.
In addition, shipping to the Virgin Islands and the Bahamas get you crazy profits too.

Also, if you lose a convoy, how do you get another one?? Anybody know?

After AC III, I got the itich to now start playing AC Revelations again, because I never finished it. I see why people say some of the side missions and gameplay was "dumbed down" especially with the city liberation and Mediterrian Defense contracts. Also, I love the Den Defense metagame on there as well.

[SlimKibbles]

Also, if you lose a convoy, how do you get another one?? Anybody know?

I was wondering the same thing. I just sent my first non-tutorial convoy out and it was attacked. Do you just build another one? Does the attacked convoy eventually go away?

[cdawg44]

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I was wondering the same thing. I just sent my first non-tutorial convoy out and it was attacked. Do you just build another one? Does the attacked convoy eventually go away?

Yup, just figured it out. You have to craft new ones. Oak lumber plus oak bark with the wood worker makes new convoys. I'm probably gonna just do more naval convoys now since I finished the Privateer contracts.

[Burns11]

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I understand how it works. The L stick I have no issues with. The R stick part I do. Maybe I don't hold the controller the best way one can. All I know is I've had issues where I'm hitting the R-trigger to break the lock and the pick will keep pulling back causing me to start the R stick part over. Maybe I just need to work on keeping my right thumb a little steadier. Don't know.

If it does that, just rotate the right stick back a little, it doesn't reset if you go too far you just go past it.

[Gotmadskillzson]

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Yeah lock picking was easy. Hacking doors in Mass Effect 1 and hacking computers in Deus Ex was way harder.