Thread:Deathstalker666/@comment-1915529-20140121210201/@comment-3547390-20140214205544

Exactly, let's see how you fared.

I liked the no kill, no knockout objective and thought it was a good challenge. Garrett couldn't take the mask off the servants, they are sealed to the person once they are attached by other components. Garrett could perhaps do it if he was as good in technology like Karras, but nobody ever said he was.

By the way, did you find the correspondence (the optional objective)? You will need to find it in Masks otherwise. That is actually what I was talking about, the thing that caused the stress for 5 hours. So I really hope you had luck. Please tell me you found the correspondence....

I don't think the elevator key exists. The objectives basically are to evade detection so it isn't harder on you later, find the secret staircase to the third floor as Garrett wanted to be sure it was accessable, find the correspondence if he could so he wouldn't have to do it during masks, map out half the mansion to be more familiar with the place, and find 7 secrets to make travel easier in the next mission. I actually felt good with the mission until I hit the glitchy third floor and then had to spend 5 hours looking for a TRB.

XD, so did you ever find M?

I would agree with you, it went from a good challenging level to a near broken disaster. If you were looking for masks, I hope you didn't go to the third floor like I warned... The library was good (one of the only areas that made me nervous as a child, this time I was still jumpy with the ghosts), but it was hell for me when you just keep listening to the ambient sounds which start to drive you crazy.

What type of difficult is Dromund Kaas? Is it, find the tiny button located somewhere in this map difficult? Is it, enemies are powerful difficult? Is it, mazelike and confusing difficult? I enjoy the second type as I see a threat and therefore become excited to fight it, the other two get slowly worse when I keep hunting.

Glad to know I wasn't alone in being frustrated. So what I have learned is that we seem to share opinions about what is enjoyable versus what is not. Thief 1 and 2 were good, but 2 improved on gameplay so is better. Undercover was a terrible level and this level is perhaps Thief 2's terrible level. Thief 2 is my favorite game of all time, but even I got frustrated by Casing the Joint. It wouldn't surprise me if the levels were causing you problems, they are rather broken and were sent unfinished and rushed.

You might need to go through the library again in Masks. Didn't you realize you now needed to go back to the same place you just came from in order to retrieve the masks? Hopefully you learned the level well enough to make this one a bit less stressful.