Alerted mode question in Normal difficulty
(Example is Berlin, but need not be location-specific):
When do stationary guards, usually guarding access to a hallway or stairs, become elevated guards (is there a terminology for such guards exhibiting the following behaviour?) where, if they see a dropped or placed firearm, they will summon via radio another guard to fetch the weapon and bring to a weapon box?
I had an alerted Berlin in Freelancer where one of the pair of stationary biker guards outside the doors to Hirschmüller’s office saw a placed firearm at the base of the concrete staircase and he radioed another guard (answering was one of the pair inside Hirschmüller’s office) to fetch the firearm.
I could reproduce this effect 100%: on Sapienza Professional story mode, one of Caruso’s bodyguards (they walk with him) sees a firearm in any difficulty, the bodyguard will radio another guard, who will come to fetch the firearm.
Same result in Freelancer non-alerted Sapienza; have not tested alerted Sapienza.
As they are formally bodyguards to Caruso, I would expect different behaviour than ordinary guards.
When I tried on Master Mode story in Berlin, the same guards would see the weapon, pick it up themselves, carry to the weapon box (in the security room next door), and place it (on the lid). Several tries later, even with Banner’s bodyguard picking up the weapon and carrying it to the same weapon box, I gave up trying to reproduce the effect @ Master Mode.
For non-alerted Berlin and Professional story mode, the guards also always have fetched the firearm themselves, not radioing another guard… 30 times? Have not tested per se; this is from experiences playing the story / contract modes during 2+ years as well as Berlin showdowns (and as a territory), including after update 3.200.
(I put the question in Freelancer as that’s when it occurred, but I suppose it can be moved to “Berlin” section if moderators consider it’s wrongly placed)
Best regards.
