@dlmthree

A game breaking bug is a pretty big issue for reviewers to be dealing with days before release. Odyssey had a game breaking bug that cost at least one forum member 100 hours of gameplay.

Thankfully this has been reported. Hopefully it will be fixed ASAP. I value my time. Ego isn’t a consideration.

@martygod12

I’ve got around 200 hours in Origins, and I’m at 1000+ with Odyssey. I played all other AC games except the first one: with varying levels of engagement.

Valhalla is among the least rewarding and the most boring. I don’t dislike it (as I dislike Black Flag). I just don’t care about it. I’m at around 12 hours in Valhalla, and I’ve really no desire to continue playing.

@k1417sind68

”Scotch” is an alcoholic beverage produced in Scotland. “Scots” are the people.

If you’re going to make an analogy like that, at least make sure it is correct.

Sincerely,
A Scot in Canada

Yup. This is dreadful.

I can’t just quickly scroll through the post titles. And, being that post content is displayed on the main page, it is going to be more difficult to avoid spoilers: which has been a big problem over the last few weeks.

edit: I just checked the settings, and there appears to be no way to turn off the post preview.

I can't fathom how this could be an issue . . . am I a total moron? I can't select Eivor.

@snakeeater49910
As far as some of us are concerned, you’re a part of the younger generation of gamers.

If you’ve been gaming for 25 years, my eldest son could be just a year or so younger than you. He loves Valhalla. I think his standards are too low.

@k1417sind68
A low reply? Your post is offensive to Scots. Norwegian Vikings may not be Danes, but Scots are NOT “Scotch.” Whether English is your first language or not is irrelevant. You have been informed.

Don’t cry about one group of people being mislabelled, when you mislabel another.

@viem While it is a voluntary process, it is one that is very biased against the consumer. Steam is the only platform that is even remotely on the side of the consumer (they gave me a refund for “No Man’s Sky” after I had downloaded it, played it, and deemed it crap). Sony has only sided with consumers as a retaliatory step against a developer.

Until I can say “This game sucks. I want a refund,” or, “The armour I paid extra money for did not come in at the advertised tier. I want a refund,” the process it anti-consumer.

@show_stoppa I just popped in to say, “Hey! I just hired your Jomsviking.”

Eurvicscire

Supper was half an hour late while I completed this one.

https://www.ubisoft.com/en-ca/game/assassins-creed/valhalla/photomode/photo/41389224-a010-4174-9326-c0edb2533139

@asgardian02 lol. It is.

I’m a very reactive person, and I’d rather not be banned from the forum.

@patricia81994 Normally I really like you, but that came across as pretty nasty. I’m going to refrain from biting back, but next time I won’t hold my tongue.

Edit: I’ve just chosen to block you, so next time I just won’t see it.

@kreutzgang I typed it all up while I was watching the U.S. inauguration. I’ve actually been meaning to do it for a while. I think it would be fun to learn that someone had hired my Jomsviking, but there’s no way to find out. At least there’s now a written record of the ones I’ve hired (minus the people who appeared to use their real first and last names in their user names).

@kreutzgang
I've recruited 33 other players' Jomsvikings. The only thing I look at is the player's ID.

I don't recruit any Jomsviking where the user name has "Guest" as the first part of it anymore. I figure those people most likely can't be bothered to create a Ubisoft account, so they're probably not interested in anything beyond the actual story content of the game.

I don't recruit "CachouMTL's" Jomsvikings: because of the bug.

I've recruited Jomsvikings from:
show_stoppa (Kata the White) - Friend
ManIsNoOne62 (Johanna Long-Nose) - Friend
pvtJustin (Jon Dragon-Hunter)
cjag100 (Vedraldi the Ball-Breaker)
flo0379 (Domhildr the Rabid Juggler)
Bigz_90 (Brusi Dream-Wisher)
Crellz (Svafa Brain Crusher)
TheHorridSquid (Beni the Berserker)
GunZ0811 (Abjorn the Lone Warrior)
Rolling Culture (Kogir the Lord Slayer)
Angryspartan06 (Dufan Goat-Footed)
Fulwimini (Fridaelfr the Cold-Handed)
Andremeda1969 (Olafr the Lone Warrior)
StewyParasite50 (Ulfrun Sleep-Soul)
Thomas050407 (Juti of the Windy Sea)
MrLebowske (Krinan the Clever)
muki03 (Jora the Undying)
guest-PEc009uo (Uhtred Bone Hammer) - No longer meets my criteria
Bartwiesglanc (Mundi Hawk-Winged)
guest-7gpwXEyp (Holmvidr Black Swan) - No longer meets my criteria
SockDobby (Sveinaldr the Faithful)
localginge (Eylaug the Forester)
Name not posted for privacy reasons . . . looks to be real first and last name (Solva the Fealess)
guest-qSKWFDKa (Botheidr the Dim) - No longer meets my criteria
musterthehords (Holmvidr Blood-Eye)
WagglyElk (Oneisi the Calm)
dark-lion001 (Gnupa Lucky-One)
Knifes_b4 (Tassi Ant-Legged)
Name not posted for privacy reasons . . . looks to be real first and last name (Ofridr the Deep-Minded)
Darwine6491 (Bjorn the Lord Slayer)
WillyPitviper (Folkbjorn the Ergi-Impaler)
OxyDox_Kaos_ (Kalfr the Ergi-Impaler)
kay_leeR (Leikr Fuzzy-Hair)

I think that's all of them. There could be some typos in there. There really are two "Ergi-Impaler" Jomsvikings side by side in my barracks.

I didn't recruit any of them because of how they looked (though I did choose not to recruit one basically naked really big one, as I found him hard on the eyes). Most of them are wearing in-game armour.

Their outfits change, too. The ones that I have on my ship keep the same name, but occasionally wind up equipped differently. It looks like their appearances are updated when the player who owns the Jomsviking changes the gear. It wouldn't make sense to recruit them because of how they look.

My Jomsviking is Ofridr Sneak-Thief. He's decked out in the Mentor's set right now, with dual daggers, but that will change again.

I'm hoping I'll be able to utilize more of them with the river raids.

@kreutzgang You can jump off things with it, with zero fall damage. It’s possible to jump off mountains with it. It jumps over obstacles that other horses can’t.

Basically, if you ride your horse cross country a lot, it makes things much easier and quicker.

@asgardian02 So, it is either a cross-save issue, or I'm losing my mind.

Let's keep our fingers crossed for a cross-save issue.

Cross-save isn't without it's issues, but I'm so glad that it has been implement that I'll forgive them all (even the bugged achievements).

When I clear the map, I clear everything on the map: no matter how inconsequential.

Every single small chest in Portcestre is lit up on the map again. I'm convinced that I already cleared all of the chests in Portcestre. I distinctly remember making a trip back to get the small chests. This has happened in other areas, too.

Are these things respawning? If not, could this be a cross-save (PC/Xbox) issue?

Hopefully I'm not losing my mind. I'm at an age where that is becoming an increasingly likely probability.

@crazybone992 If I want to play a timing/button mashing game, I’ll play a drinking game. Lol.

The challenge in a successful assassination, IMO, should be setting it up. To have an assassination fail after perfectly setting it up is total BS to me.

I was hesitant to use it at first too, and for the same reason as you. But, it’s the one thing from the olde4 games that I really missed. It seemed silly (to me) for me to pass up the opportunity to use something I’d been missing.

@evilhippo It works the way assassinations worked in earlier games now (guaranteed). The return to having assassinations actually be fatal is a breath of fresh air.

I've been equipping weapons and armour that I haven't upgraded yet and not using runes.

It helps a bit.