I super fucked up the last two of these.

@cthomer5000: I felt it was the exact opposite. The woman is only alone for a second or two, after her phone call as she's walking into the room with all the guards. The man eventually walks out to the garden over to the ledge where the curator kills himself and stays there for like a minute.

Totally fucked this one up at the end when a guard I somehow missed saw me stick the guy with the needle. Had an SA up to that point too and no problems with the girl.

I was so shocked when I saw the word "combat" that I froze like chump and was immediately wasted. FAILED!!

First elusive for me that I've failed. I was bummed at first, but it was bound to happen eventually. Damn this game is good. No game has held my attention for this long in ages.

The new Elusive Target (The Bookkeeper) will go live in Colorado later today. I noticed this interesting bit of text on the Hitman website:

The below image shows all of the suits that can be unlocked through Elusive Targets and the requirements for earning them. When you have unlocked a suit, it will be added to your inventory and can be used in all locations and contracts that allow you to select a starting suit. This new reward structure was introduced on November 18 with Elusive Target 14 and if that was the first ET that you completed, you had the possibility to unlock all of the rewards. If you started playing Elusive Targets after ET 14, or if you have missed/failed too many, you won't be able to unlock all of the rewards. Make sure to aim for the Silent Assassin rating with this Elusive Target if you want to make sure you unlock the prestigious Winter Suit.

https://hitman.com/news/elusive-target-22

It sounds like the Elusive Targets (at least for season 1) are winding down, and if you miss any Silent Assassin ratings going forward, you won't be able to unlock the Winter Suit. Sooo....5 more Elusive Targets?

@baconhound: Oh man I really hope that's not what that means. Seems very possible though; they gotta end sometime, right? I picked this up during the Steam winter sale and my first elusive was The Chameleon. Also, only one ET for Hokkaido (that I totally bungled)? That's rough.

The Bookkeeper is going to be tough. I only followed him around for one loop, and didn't see him alone. Ever.

With the current elusive target I managed to get SA on it by rigging a propane tank along the bookkeeper's path , arming it with a suppressed pistol shot and hitting it again with a sniper shot from the water tower. I waited until the the target was just close enough to the tank in a position where none of his armed guards were close enough to take a hit from the blast. It took some planning and patience but it worked out. It ended up registering as an accident kill.

@lkpower: Yeah, I did the same exact thing as you.

Fucked up my SA in such a shitty way. Did everything great, easy as fuck, blew the dude up, got the ledger, about to exit and one of the guards in the house is coming up the stairs so I don't see him on the minimap and we run into each other at the top and he sees through my disguise. So fucking lame. First one I've not got SA on :(

@alexw00d: I learnt my lesson by using Instinct mode every time I go up or down stairs to check for any white dots before I proceed. It sucks that the mini-map doesn't keep track of people above or below you but at least Instinct mode mitigates this somewhat.

I completely screwed this one up. What a mess. I got caught trespassing and then basically the whole camp started to open fire on me.

@dr_monocle: I was confused about the ledger too. I assumed it had to be behind a locked door so Rose's room. When I saw the safe in rose's room I knew that had to be it. This was one of the weaker elusive targets IMO. Not a lot of room for error and really only one way to get SA (accident explosive kill) The propane tank method feels a bit cheap but it works. Other targets have been better with more opportunities for accident kills. That being said I guess not all of the elusive targets can be great.

@lkpower: Yeah, this and the other ET in Colorado (The Chameleon) were pretty strict in terms of opportunities/how you had to take them out. I think that's just a function of the way Colorado's design is though. It's so much more hostile than any other map. There are very few places where I feel like I can take a breather and plan my strategy; it's as gated as Hokkaido is without the areas you can just hang out in.

Fist mess up I had in a while. Tried to hide the guy that watches the cameras in the main building but got seen last second. Ended up getting gunned down by the shed. Found the ledger too.

I guess this board is kinda dead, huh. Well, whatever, seems like they're probably winding down on season 1 stuff. Anyway:

This contract (The Paparazzo) is easy, a little boring, and a little annoying if you're short on patience.

@dr_monocle: I've fallen off Hitman for the moment simply due to time pressures (I've fallen off gaming generally at the moment). I want to get back to it, but the limited times run of elusive targets means I've now missed most

@captain_insano: Yeah, and it doesn't help that there are a ton of good games out right now. I think it's cool they're still supporting the game. They add escalations every month too.

This guy is pretty easy if you have the time to jump in real quick.

@dr_monocle: Yea I've not bothered with the past few Elusives, I'm just burned out on the maps. Still very eager for Season 2 though.

I just did it now so that I could watch Lang's stream. I didn't bother with SA this time, just sniped him from the 2nd floor balcony while he smoked a cigarette. Had to clean out that room which was easy enough because you can just turn on the vacuum and pull the two guys into the side room one at a time.

This was my 14th Elusive Target (1 fail, the rest missed). I wish they would release more unlockables. It maxes out at 5 SA and 13 Elusive Targets, plus the location specific suits which you get from doing one in each. I've got all that shit. Still fun though.

Sweet. Got the silent assassin and unlocked the Winter Suit. Been after that for the last couple of targets.

I had the exact same strategy except for the life of me I couldn't lure him into a room. I ended up saying fuck it, walked up to the second floor and dropped a speaker on him as he walked to the outdoor area next to the bar room.

@probablytuna: Ugh...of course I forgot about the speaker. That would've made things so much easier.

@dr_monocle: You still got SA though, so that's alright! I didn't think the speaker would work cause in other ETs they've made it so the targets either walk around that path or they don't stop at the drop zone so you gotta time it perfectly.

@probablytuna: Yeah that's true. I think I had just done the speaker kill with Novikov for Professional a month ago too. But, like you said, job was done regardless.

Took my time and got my Winter suit!

...I guess I probably should have got around to playing this game a little sooner.

putting on the cufflinks and my fancy tie for one more job

@brad@danryckert Guys, we need a East/West video for this!

I do wonder if they're going to offer any "Best of" targets after this or if there'll just be Escalation missions 'till the season 2 (pressumedly) appears one day.

Well this is going to be my first elusive target, having only got the game when it was on sale a few weeks back, looking forward to it though and hoping we don't have to wait too long for season 2.

Yeah I'm hoping they do a video as well.

I should replay through this game and do this elusive target. I came to Hitman late and played through each mission once, with the intention of going back again. If I'm ever going to do that, now seems like a good time.

I totally agree. The friendly elusive target competitions led to some great videos on the site (doctor sniper the sniper doctor is a classic)

Hitman gave the site so much content, I think they need to give the first season a proper send off and what better way than this?

It's on

I hope season 2 has more elusive targets