Globe Trotter Clock Exploit Still Works

[Lag_The_Ravager]

Those who played this game back on PS3 remember this exploit.  The Naval Campaign is a mini-game in AC:Rogue, and quite literally a game of waiting.  Some missions can take over 40 minutes to complete.  It was meant to be done as backgroud task throughout your playthrough, however due to poor incentive to even play it (petty money rewards) - many people left it until the end and found themselves stuck in a super long and boring waiting game. 

There was, however, an exploit for this that allowed you to put your PS3's clock ahead an hour, and then when you returned to the game the mission who would be complete as though the time passed naturally.  

After some testing I can say it seems with Rogue this exploit still works, but with some caveats.  The PS4 allows you to change the time while the game is still open, and this will NOT work under any circumstances.  It doesn't matter if you're at the war table, or have left it - it simply will not work.

In order to make it work you will actually have to Close the Application every single time you wish to do this, then change the time and start the app again, upon load the clock will have advanced and missions complete. 

For best efficacy, I recommend you are at an area who's fast travel point is right beside or near the dock - for some reason, even if the game saves in the Morrigan, it will put you back on dry land at the last location you visited when you reload.  For example, I was at Marais Rocheux when I did this the first time, however I was on my ship at the dock, and much to my dismay, upon loading I found myself deep within the area and no longer on the ship .  That is the type of instance you want to avoid - a good place to sit and do this is at Twin Snake Path in River Valey (732, -673) as the travel point is only a small distance from the dock.  

[GTAmissions4]

Thats cheating i did the whole ac series legit what a shame you are for using this 

I hate people that use this type of shit in video games just play the fuckin game the normal way im out of here

[Lag_The_Ravager]

On 3/31/2018 at 2:14 PM, KillerLegend91 said:

Thats cheating i did the whole ac series legit what a shame you are for using this 

I hate people that use this type of shit in video games just play the fuckin game the normal way im out of here

Dude nobody gives a crap.  Honestly.  If you want to sit there with your thumb up your butt waiting for time to pass while staring at your wall, be my guest.  Trophy Guides recommend doing it, and it's not against anybody's rules to do it.  If you don't want to - that's your personal choice.  Nobody cares about your moral compass you're trying to project onto us.  Nor are we interested in the fact you platinumed every game in one of the easiest game series of all time.  You're not a better trophy hunter than anybody else because you had the patience to sit there and wait for 17 hours worth of missions to go by.  You literally didn't do anything but let time go by, so who cares if you did it legit or not.  It took no skill, it took no effort - it took nothing out of you to do it.  

The normal way is literally sitting there doing nothing and waiting for time to go by.  You can have every other trophy in the game and still be left with hours of nothing but WAITING.   If that's your idea of good gaming, then don't let the door hit you on the way out.  

 

Edited April 13, 2018 by Lag_The_Ravager

[HellcoreFire]

On 31-3-2018 at 8:14 PM, KillerLegend91 said:

Thats cheating i did the whole ac series legit what a shame you are for using this 

I hate people that use this type of shit in video games just play the fuckin game the normal way im out of here

 

49 minutes ago, Lag_The_Ravager said:

The normal way is literally sitting there doing nothing and waiting for time to go by.  You can have every other trophy in the game and still be left with hours of nothing but WAITING.   If that's your idea of good gaming, then don't let the door hit you on the way out.

 

I played it on PS3 and didn't know about this exploit. Also I did it the normal way and it wasn't like that at all. It was even the 24th trophy out of the 47 I earned. This exploit does seem to be more of a hassle to me than doing it legit, so I personally wouldn't have used it. But then again to each his own and you're both being childish.

[Lag_The_Ravager]

15 hours ago, HellcoreFire said:

I played it on PS3 and didn't know about this exploit. Also I did it the normal way and it wasn't like that at all. It was even the 24th trophy out of the 47 I earned. This exploit does seem to be more of a hassle to me than doing it legit, so I personally wouldn't have used it. But then again to each his own and you're both being childish.

24th out of 47 for you for one very obvious reason - a quick glance of your trophies shows you played through the story first and ignored all misc. exploration until after the story was done - BUT, not everybody plays like that.  Some people will explore first.   

Sadly, the game opens up exploration to all 3 major maps before it gives you the story mission for Naval Campaign to start.  For people like me, who will go out and explore as much as we can early on - this is where the problem begins.  For people like you, the Naval Campaign is ongoing while you explore.  For people like me, and many others, it is not - and unless you're specifically aware of the trophy, and how to start it - you have no way whatsoever to know this until hours later when you get screwed.  By the time we do get around to the Naval Campaign, we've already sank some 20 hours into the game, that otherwise would have counted towards the trophy.  This is one of the final trophies I got, for that very reason.

It's a bad design choice on Ubisoft's end - they allowed you to sink massive amounts of time into the game (arguably able to finish nearly 80% of it) before starting the Naval Campaign.  Many players will go out and explore and collect first, so they don't experience burnout post-story.  These are the people who will find themselves starting the 17 hour long naval campaign with only 5 hours of tangible gameplay left.  That is why this exploit is useful.  It's not hassle, it saved me from leaving the game idling for 12 hours for nothing.  

The entire need for this exploit could have been avoided if Ubisoft unlocked the Naval Campaign before they unlocked full-world Exploration. 

PS: Sorry if you think it's childish that I'm going to defend myself from somebody who calls me a "cheater" and says he "hates people like me."  There is very real reason why one would use this exploit and I don't need somebody to come here and flash their e-peen at me and make me out to be some gaming demon for legitimately trying to help others.  

Edited April 3, 2018 by Lag_The_Ravager

[HellcoreFire]

11 hours ago, Lag_The_Ravager said:

PS: Sorry if you think it's childish that I'm going to defend myself from somebody who calls me a "cheater" and says he "hates people like me."  There is very real reason why one would use this exploit and I don't need somebody to come here and flash their e-peen at me and make me out to be some gaming demon for legitimately trying to help others.  

 

Your definitely allowed to defend yourself it's a right everyone has and after reading your response to that troll again I can admit I was wrong. The way you did it wasn't as out of line as I first thought and maybe it was just the way I read it in my mind. Even though i see you edited that post last night, I will give you the benefit of the doubt and apologize. Because I see your response to me was pretty respectful and well put. So in retrospect it seems only he was childish. Try not to take the bait next time, though. ☺️

 

I can't really remember why I played the way I did back then because I normally like to explore as much as I can too. Probably because I was eager to start Unity or another game  that came out in the same period. So, I guess I was lucky that this trophy wasn't that much of a chore for me when I got back to the game later on. There's nothing wrong with using exploits or whatever, just don't give these trophy elitists the attention they want especially the ones that act like they're gatekeepers.

[Warlord99956]

On 31/03/2018 at 7:14 PM, KillerLegend91 said:

Thats cheating i did the whole ac series legit what a shame you are for using this 

I hate people that use this type of shit in video games just play the fuckin game the normal way im out of here

A quick look at your profile shows you used the debug method for all the jak games recently. Seems you don’t care as much about doing games legit as you like to make out. JUST PLAY THE GAME THE NORMAL WAY. lol

On 27/03/2018 at 11:33 PM, Lag_The_Ravager said:

After some testing I can say it seems with Rogue this exploit still works,

Thanks for the tip

[EternalChaos72]

As long as you keep track of the time on the missions this exploit wouldn't have to be used.

[Lag_The_Ravager]

On 4/20/2018 at 10:15 AM, EternalChaos72 said:

As long as you keep track of the time on the missions this exploit wouldn't have to be used.

I've already explained why it can have to be used.  If you do open world exploration before starting the naval campaign, you 100% do have to use it.  Or waste time turning the game on every 50 min to an hour to start the next mission.  

If you want to get the plat 16 hours later than you should, all because you chose to explore first - then like I said to the other guy, be my guest.  

Edited April 22, 2018 by Lag_The_Ravager

[EternalChaos72]

4 hours ago, Lag_The_Ravager said:

I've already explained why it can have to be used.  If you do open world exploration before starting the naval campaign, you 100% do have to use it.  Or waste time turning the game on every 50 min to an hour to start the next mission.  

If you want to get the plat 16 hours later than you should, all because you chose to explore first - then like I said to the other guy, be my guest.  

Disregard everything i said about this. I ended up using it to complete the 2 Abstergo challenges.