Just doing a quick (yeah right, I went off on one... oops!) blog post to say how awesome this game is. I haven't played multiplayer anything for years (the odd game of GH/RB/PQ don't count, neither do the few L4D2 games I had recently). I was so scared by the thought I'd make an idiot of myself, I spent hours in the Intro Session practicing. Mainly watching the NPCs and copying how they move around.
 
Well it paid off... eventually! When I finally gave in and had a couple of games, I had nfi what was going on. People were glitching in and out, whole groups were there one second and gone the next, my pursuers seemed to come from nowhere with no warning. I now know from some tweaking that my 360 was in NAT Strict mode. D'oh! As soon as I got it set to Open all was good! I started seeing the red hearts above high profile pursuers and the compass started to work properly.  I pretty much only play Wanted mode, I did try Advanced Wanted, but I was pretty terrible at it. I haven't even tried Manhunt, Alliance or Chest Capture yet. I don't really play well with others so a free-for-all stabfest is more my style.
 
It took me a while to work out some of the finer points, like the whispers. The closer your pursuer is, the louder the whispers. Playing late at night this can get a little creepy, I've 'noided out smoke bombs waaaay too often on late night games. I am also so anti-running about like a spazz that I am having to really force myself to run when my abilities are on cooldown and the whispers give away my pursuers. I know who they are about 95% of the time, but for ages I just tried to pull off a stun. It's 50/50 though, kill will always over-ride stun, so if they're mashing away at the kill button you stand no chance. I don't get that many kills in my matches, most of my points come from stuns and lures as that time learning to walk around like an NPC really wasn't wasted!
 
Because I play a stealthy game of defensive dodging I like my mute & smokebombs. The games where others are playing a ground-based, stealthy game are just lots more fun than when they're all running about on the rooftops. I HATE the rooftops! In the single-player I'll happily stalk about up there with my cross-bow, but the 100pt kills in mp just aren't worth letting everyone know where you are. I'm not sure I've got a kill under 400 yet, just because I refuse to leg it about after people. Not everyone likes a stealthy player though. Some people  get really, really mad at me for ruining their shitty 100pt kill on me, by spotting the bright red heart above them or their entire body glowing as they use Templar Vision to work out which Hellequin I am and using a smokebomb or mute just as they close in, then stunning them. I've had everything from repeatedly barging me out of the way, smokebombing me and throwing knives at the NPCs next to me just because someone was pissed I got to stun them... Really wtf is wrong with them :/ Probably just as well I don't use a mic, knowing I'm female would probably make them ragequit. No wait, that's a good idea!
 
So yeah, I found a multiplayer I love. If only I didn't have the slowest internets known to all humanity as it lags me out really badly sometimes. I've had killers appear from absolutely nowhere, like I'm on an empty staircase with walls both sides then suddenly someone is in front of me killing me :/ If I had a better connection I'd probably be dangerous... ;)