Oh
How
I wish to be such a new player again!
Then again, is that Slam Dunk and Tuppence challenge still obtainable?
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The only surprise on the 2023 plan was seeing The Fugitive on the schedule for October (and thatās only because out of all the Y3 ETs, its the only one that wasnāt added to the game in the January patch).
At least The Warlord will get used this time around. Shame about the other two that go unused yet again. 
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Which two are those?
Keep in mind everyone, that this is only showing us the year for the actual year 2023. If how Year 2 went down is any indication, Year 3 will probably extend into part of 2024 as well, so things not seen here could very well appear there.
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Canāt say here. Itās already in the Leaks section.
Anyway, I hope that IO decide to completely revamp the plan for the Y3 ETs beyond the next patch in May (since their hands are tied until then). Given that all the Y2 ETs are going to be reactivated in December for people that missed any last year, it seems theyāve really missed an opportunity to make 2023 the year that every ET in the game goes live at least once. Remove the H1 ETs we got in Y2 and replace them with the (planned to be) unused ones. Some of them are ETs that havenāt been seen (outside of the Arcade) since 2017 which would make having them back more exciting than replaying the same roster as 2022.
Yes the unused roster is quite Paris-heavy, but they could also be spread out across the year to avoid multiple Paris ETs in a single month. Doing it this way would allow new players to experience every single ET, rather than just playing a selection of them twice in just over nine months.
For reference the unseen in 2023 ETs are: The Prince, The Sensation, The Twin, The Blackhat, The Pharmacist, The Fixer, The Identity Thief, The Chef, The Angel of Death, The Blackmailer, The Bookkeeper and The Paparazzo.
@Travis_IOI @Clemens_IOI plz consider the above and change the lineup
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Looks very good!
The overview of the year contains curated contracts for March and April but the monthly overviews above donāt. 
I really hope regularly featured contracts are not meant there, as otherwise we could not count on whopping 8 curators from May on!
Extra contract maps sound very nice too! The yacht will be interesting, even though probably more limiting than Final Test. But surely some gems will emerge there.
I think Snow Festival will be the least interesting but we will see. What I like is contract mode on Holiday Hoarders with all these juicy items lying around. Especially with HCCE hehe.
3 patches sound solid too, I expected just one at best some time this year. Otherwise, I think it brings a good late-live service mood where the focus is on user contracts, polishing and filling some gaps. 
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Are you talking about ETs that have been released before and are just not being shown here, or ETs that were never used? If the former, why would that be a leaks thing; we know what ETs have been released. If the latter, donāt care about ETs not released before; Iām concerned with returning faces.
Because anything found in the game files that isnāt officially announced is classed as a leak.
I canāt believe IO are still ignoring Arrival in Contracts Mode! Its the best mission in the trilogy! s/
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There are actually tons of free items in Holiday Hoarders that could make for fun weapon hunt contracts so itās good to finally be able to get some use of them. Egg Hunt would be nice to get for contracts as well, we could do a lot of interesting things with the poisoned eggs.
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Overall it looks a great roadmap.
Looking forward to them bug fixes for Freelancer! 
think everyone has been waiting for them to be fair.
Canāt believe we have to go through a Hardcore Campaign to get the Black Bruiser suit!!! 
thereās no way I can face putting myself through that yet. Shame the unlock shouldnāt be linked to how many campaigns youāve completed in normal or hardcore mode, or something along them lines?
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My insatiable need for suits is making me play hardcore, but Iāll wait to see the changes theyāre making for freelancer first.
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The changes could make things worse!
Play it now!
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I still donāt get it. If you were saying what ETs were getting released before the roadmap showed it, that would be leaking, but saying which ones are not showing up, why would that be a leak? We already know who all the ETs ever released arenāt and we can see from the timeline which ones are coming. How would saying which ones arenāt on there be a leak?
Makes me wonder why they donāt use any of special assignments for contract mode.
Roadmap is okay, I expected return of arcades and more unlocks. Oh well, atelast we will get update on May 11th.
Also, IOI, please update page for known issues, so we know what issues are tracked.
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Glad contract mode is extending. Iāve been pestering Clem for the Yacht for ages. I only hope that these bonus map variants also find their way over to freelancer too to help add a little variety. You could have it the same as now, except Paris may end up being Holiday Hoarders instead, for example. That way it could be made only for people with the Deluxe stuff without affecting the rest.
An escalation (probably for Ambrose) is also exciting stuff, but Iām probably more excited about Freelancer updates. Really enjoy that mode so any additions / improvements would be very welcome!
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If for every 3 months we are getting 2 FC Batches and 1 CC Batch then we will have about 4 curators at most
I do hope theyre secretely working on expanding Freelancer, it has so much potential.
I need more mastery levels and unlocks hue
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If the new unlocks for this roadmap are any suggestion, my assumption is that for every month that there will be a ānew unlockā, there will also be a returning unlock that was inaccessible for newer players (ex. the aluminum travel briefcase, etc.).
The question for me is what will the new and returning unlocks be for the corresponding months. Iām guessing in October we will see the pumpkin outfit with the actual pumpkin this time (much like the egg hunt outfit), while the new unlock might be the spooky bat or the meat hook (thatās now in Freelancer)
Iām guessing the Eiffel tower knife and the proximity micro taser will find themselves as unlockable in the main game too.
As for outfits I want / would expect I desperately hope for the one from that scrapped deluxe escalation that the meat hook comes from (Iām keeping it vague for those that donāt want to know about leaks or otherwise previously cut content). I also still desperately want some actually good tactical outfits for sneaking around in too, and I wouldnāt be surprised if we got outfits that were previously inaccessible outside of cutscenes (like the outfit from Dubaiās intro, or the tactical CICADA gear from the post dartmoor cutscene)
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Because like you said, there may be some ETs in January 2024 and they could be used there. Ergo, leak.
Yeah me too! Iāve really enjoyed working my way through to Mastery 100, so it would be cool to see it extended to 150 or even 200! 
I know the Xmas and Halloween decorations for the Safehouse have been seen in various videos, so at least we are hopefully getting more cosmetics for 47ās Safehouse
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