Roborobz Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 (edited) In assassins Creed 2 the Sweeper Achievement eluded to find an easy way to deal with it and then I noticed a guard pattern that might make this easier for some people: - Must have acess to the Venice, San Marco District -Must buy "Long Weapon Training" from the villa combat instructor (the guy by the ring) for 10k Florians (i think 10k not sure) - Take fast travel from any other area besides those in Venice to the San Marco District - Quickly move foward and look for the first guard patrol -- the patrol should have a soldier with a spear which i found is the weapon to sweep with ---Assassinate all 4 in the group and grab the spear -move North around the area of the Campanile di San Marco and look towards the east you'll see 4 Brutes standind together guarding the gate. -Engage the brutes ( 1 random soldier should attack with them making 5) - Pull of the sweep and stab your way till freedom Edited December 3, 2009 by Roborobz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJHirst Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 cheers m8 it worked 1st time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirius Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 Thanks! I haven't gotten this yet but I'll make sure to try it out later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead by Don Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 I kept killing the first Brute I picked a fight with and ended up with only 4 in the target group LoL. Managed to run until I found a nearby patrol and pulled the sweep off with that group included. Thanks man, this one eluded me quite a bit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris113113 Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 Thanks! Got me my 1000! First try, too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow_Knight Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 awesome thnx it worked first try Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roborobz Posted November 30, 2009 Author Share Posted November 30, 2009 Glad everyone likes it, bumping it to keep it close to the top incase others need help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBigRig Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 thanks for the tip, just got my 1k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLGMost Likely Gay Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Do you have to learn how to sweep or can you do it as soon as you pick up a spear or poleax? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakisbac Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Do you have to learn how to sweep or can you do it as soon as you pick up a spear or poleax? You need to learn it outside your villa with the combat trainer. I believe it costs 1000 florins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Testament Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 I did the same thing to get it a couple of days ago. Did the same to get my Messer Sand one as well. I'm glad your thread is still open, mine was deleted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurtonBoarder7 Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Excellent tip, I am going to do that right now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roborobz Posted December 2, 2009 Author Share Posted December 2, 2009 Made a quick edit to the combat trainer location and cost for learning the move, other than that should be good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tasty Empire Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 (edited) Great tip, worked like a charm! I previously spent a lot of florins on medicine trying to get this one. It does also work for the Messer Sandman chievo as well! Edited December 2, 2009 by Tasty Empire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarekBH Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 I actually ended up getting this near the very end of the game, as when you're infiltrating the final area there is a set of guards where four guys are patrolling the wall, and one archer is in the same area, and one guy always has a spear. It's a perfect setup to run in, disarm the spear guy, and quickly sweep all five guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DENAz666 Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 I actually ended up getting this near the very end of the game, as when you're infiltrating the final area there is a set of guards where four guys are patrolling the wall, and one archer is in the same area, and one guy always has a spear. It's a perfect setup to run in, disarm the spear guy, and quickly sweep all five guys. Exactly what i did Worked a charm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dz06lt Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 why not just get a group and smoke em then bam sweep em Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roborobz Posted December 2, 2009 Author Share Posted December 2, 2009 I go for the brute for the fact that they are slower at attacking, which helps pull off this achievement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostndshell Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 In assassins Creed 2 the Sweeper Achievement eluded to find an easy way to deal with it and then I noticed a guard pattern that might make this easier for some people: - Must have acess to the Venice, San Marco District -Must buy 2-hand combat training from the villa combat instructor (the guy by the ring) for 10k Florians (i think 10k not sure) - Take fast travel from any other area besides those in Venice to the San Marco District - Quickly move foward and look for the first guard patrol -- the patrol should have a soldier with a spear which i found is the weapon to sweep with ---Assassinate all 4 in the group and grab the spear -move North around the area of the Campanile di San Marco and look towards the east you'll see 4 Brutes standind together guarding the gate. -Engage the brutes ( 1 random soldier should attack with them making 5) - Pull of the sweep and stab your way till freedom Change the highlighted bit to Long weapon training and this is a perfect guide to this cheevo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreadlord Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 In assassins Creed 2 the Sweeper Achievement eluded to find an easy way to deal with it and then I noticed a guard pattern that might make this easier for some people: - Must have acess to the Venice, San Marco District -Must buy 2-hand combat training from the villa combat instructor (the guy by the ring) for 10k Florians (i think 10k not sure) - Take fast travel from any other area besides those in Venice to the San Marco District - Quickly move foward and look for the first guard patrol -- the patrol should have a soldier with a spear which i found is the weapon to sweep with ---Assassinate all 4 in the group and grab the spear -move North around the area of the Campanile di San Marco and look towards the east you'll see 4 Brutes standind together guarding the gate. -Engage the brutes ( 1 random soldier should attack with them making 5) - Pull of the sweep and stab your way till freedom Did this yesterday. Worked great. At least it took me a few tries because I only got 3 or 4 guards down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roborobz Posted December 3, 2009 Author Share Posted December 3, 2009 edited again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Petrol Can Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 I have trouble keeping my spear intact. After so many strikes, the brutes cut it in half, making it useless for a sweep. And often, the fifth guard doesn't join in. But I keep trying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViRaLuNdEaD Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 I have trouble keeping my spear intact. After so many strikes, the brutes cut it in half, making it useless for a sweep. And often, the fifth guard doesn't join in. But I keep trying. One thing you might want to try. Go to the area mentioned by the OP and find a brute and assassinate him for his spear (I found one poking at a bail of hay), then assassinate the two guards usually following him. Take the spear and run around until you find a group of normal soldiers in that same area. Just keep bumping into them until they go hostile. A bunch of other normal soldiers standing at the perimeter wall will join in. Now you should have A LOT of regular soldiers around you. Just keep doing the sweep until it unlocks. It doesn't seem like they all have to be hit by the same sweep, as long as they are all down at the same time. It popped for me after doing two sweeps in a row where I hit 3 each time and all of them were down at the same time. Super easy and no brutes needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novus Luna Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 Good call my mate gonna go do this now! Sandman is doing my brain in he wont even pick up the sand always throws a punch!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trublustuuk Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 I have the same problem, the other 3 I need (sweeper, 100 feathers adn tehcape one) I can get no probs but this one is annoying. Is there a particular part that has sand in it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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