I’ve made a post here listing all the Elusive Targets and how often they have appeared in Hitman 3 as normal ETs, reruns of normal ETs, and in the ET Arcade. So based on that, here is what I’d like to see.
Make ETs permanent: The ETs have lost their elusive nature and appeal given that almost all are already available in the ET Arcade to freely play as many times as someone wants. But it seems that that’s not on the table at this time, so here are some other wishes…
Add new rewards for Year 5 ETs: It’s difficult for experienced players to care about coming back for the live ETs when they have already collected all the rewards for them. A simple set of new challenges such as “Complete 3/6/10 Year 5 ETs” with their own new suit rewards would help a lot. Also, adding in challenges for completing an ET on Dubai, Dartmoor, Berlin, Chongqing, and Mendoza with new suit rewards would give the Hitman 3 ETs more appeal, as even though they’ve been ran the most they don’t have any unique rewards specific to them.
Select lesser used ETs to bring back in Year 5: The Prince, The Pharmacist, The Identity Thief, The Angel of Death, The Blackmailer, The Paparazzo, The Chef, The Warlord and The Sensation have all appeared in the Arcade but never as normal ETs in Hitman 3. The Black Hat, The Twin, The Bookkeeper, and The Fugitive have appeared as Year 1 ETs but not in Year 2/3/4. Please use more of these ETs in Year 5 instead of the usual batch of legacy ETs who have appeared 3 or 4 times as ETs already. Instead of using The Deceivers, why not use the individual missions of The Congressman and The Guru to change things up?
Make more new ETs: Having just one brand new ET a year to look forward to does not do much to revitalize the ET system. Ideally I’d like to see several new regular ETs in addition to a new Celebrity ET.
Select lesser used maps to make new ETs on: Mumbai, New York, Haven Island, and Ambrose Island do not have a single ET. Miami, Santa Fortuna, Whittleton Creek, Dubai, and Chongqing have only gotten one ET. I’d prefer that new ETs are located on these maps, I was a bit disappointed that The Disruptor uses Isle of Sgail when it already had two other ETs.
Bring back Elusive Target Arcade batches with new rewards: The ET Arcade featured heavily throughout Year 2, but then was largely abandoned in Year 3 and Year 4, just as a way to play the Celebrity ETs as much as you want. It would be nice to get new batches periodically as something ET-related that’s a bit more substantial than single reactivated ETs.
Add in a randomized ET Arcade contract option: My idea for it is having it choose 3 random targets from the dozens that are available and a random complication. With options to make it more difficult like having 5 targets, harder complications (eg No Pacifications instead of 1 Pacification), or even making the complication mandatory instead of optional. Failure has no time limit punishment, and you can either retry the contract or generate a different one. Owning the relevant DLC for Celebrity ETs adds them to the random pool. Maybe even a random weekly contract that’s the same for everyone so they can compete on the leaderboards. Have some challenges for completing X random contracts or X weekly contracts with rewards to work towards unlocking. I feel that this would be an excellent addition to spice up the ET Arcade gameplay.