Alpha Protocol

Alpha Protocol

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SMG Havoc

SMG Havoc

You achieved the maximum SMG Critical Hit Multiplier 7 times in your career.

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How to unlock the SMG Havoc achievement in Alpha Protocol - Definitive Guide

The general aim to get this easier would be to increase the amount of hits you cause without killing your opponent i.e. decrease you guns' damage, and increase ammunition, accuracy and stability.

To do this; my SMGs had these equipped:
- Extended SMG clips (-1 stability, +4 ammo)
- Internal SMG magazine (-2 recoil, +4 ammo)
The SMG themselves were the Samael Storm (high stability and recoil; low damage).


When firing, try aiming at the torso, rather than the head.
Also; once you do reach the maximum; then reload your weapons if there are more enemies nearby - you never know you might get it again.

Most importantly:
a) reloading resets your multiplier
b) level up your SMG skills, so the multiplier chain lasts longer (this also increases the maximum multiplier), and your accuracy increases


The two things I found were a problem with this are:
- knowing what the maximum multiplier is (it starts at 1.7x I believe, and increases as you level up SMG's)
- Knowing how many times you've reached the maximum (you do get a perk after 4)


Good luck
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16 Jun 2010 22:41

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I'd actually managed to get the perk for doing that 4 times while in Saudi Arabia. My advice: get as much ammo as you can hold in your clips, and get as accurate as you can.
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By ALMAINYNY on 27 Jun 2010 05:16
Can you get the max, reload, and then do that six more times?
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By DURDENS WRATH on 03 Mar 2011 01:00
Yes, you can. It doesn't matter if you get them concurrently or at seperate occasions.
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By BlindHurdler on 03 Mar 2011 21:23
Good. I don't want to use the SMG all the game. I hate it.
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By DURDENS WRATH on 03 Mar 2011 23:43
Blind,
Just to sure, can I get the max, reload last checkpoint, and do it again?
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By DURDENS WRATH on 22 Jun 2011 16:22
oh! That I really don't know; I havn't tried.
Unfortuately, I don't have the game anymore to check :(
I would say that it wouldn't work though; as this would likely be saved in the save game; not your profile
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By BlindHurdler on 22 Jun 2011 22:38
I'd like to add that you don't need to extensively research the maximum multiplier of your SMGs. When you reach the maximum, the multiplier will move to the left side of the aiming reticule instead of the right.

In addition, you can absolutely find an excellent area to grind this in, get the maximum multiplier, then die and still have it count. I did this in the trainyards of Moscow (because I just so happened to get to the SMGs there after focusing on one weapon at a time) and got the achievement after my eighth death (since I'm pretty sure I died at 1.6 for one).
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By Mobius Evalon on 21 Aug 2011 02:34
I'm a little late to the party but I came back for missed achievements and I can confirm YOU CANNOT load last checkpoint or even die and Reload last checkpoint must be done at 7 different points - I tried one spot for about 30 minutes all different ways and still did not pop
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By TREX1979 on 19 Jul 2021 19:52
I was able to do it in Subway mission in Taipei. I'd upgraded capacity and lowered damage. Since the enemies are fairly armored, I was able to get a max multiplier on just about every soldier. I'd never used them before this mission and never did again. Its the quickest and easiest weapon to get.
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By Trombonafide on 26 Oct 2012 21:08
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Some simple tips to get this achievement:

- aim for bigger ammo capacity with upgrades for the SMG
- give points to SMG skill, so you can have more time between the shots
- run, play like crazy, get in fights as many times as you can, don't play slow and careful (you may play on easy to make it sure, but it's not necessary)
- don't turn off the alarms, so you will get more enemies

And most importantly:
- use the Bullet storm skill. One easy way to do this achievement is that you shoot almost every bullet from your SMG, then just before reloading, activate the skill. With it, you don't have to reload, until it's on, so you have plenty of time to do the killing.

Use the above tactics on bosses (maybe even multiple times), and in bigger fights, and you shouldn't have problem getting this achievement. I got mine in the first city after Saudi-Arabia, so I still had plenty of time left.
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15 Nov 2010 07:18

the walkthrough and guides here are awesome and yet i found it frustrating to use smgs in missions so when i got to taipei i took adv of the level with 3 bosses :

Mission - Assault Triad Headquarters (taipei)

equip your weakest smg
having the skill iron will can make this easier
having the skill bullet storm will make this easier
extended clip can easily make up for bullet storm

you will have 3 bosses on this map. the first one is in the building immediately at the beginning up the stairs. take out all the guys around first then head up stairs, pick the lock and procceed to :

1) tap the trigger while shooting at his legs. allow his armor to come back each time u tap before tapping again(with one point in the smgs i found his armor healed before the timer ran out on the hit counter). you will know when you have hit the objective hit goal when the counter goes from the right side to the left (the number that increases as you land hits)

2) once you've hit your goal run back out the door behind the camera and allow ur endurance to come back, reload and if your taking alot of damage wait for iron will to come back then go back and do step 1 again. if you run out of bullets before hitting the goal 7 times or accidentally kill him too soon...

3) move onto the next boss. theres no save between 1 and 2 so id suggest at least 5 max hit counts on the first boss. the next boss has a cowboy hat and is upstairs in the building your sent to. repeat steps 1 and use the stairs instead of the door for step 2.

when i was done (on the first boss) i reloaded the mission with my prefered equipment. i found this way easier than using smgs EVER. they suck and i didnt want to waste alot of points on any guns other than pistols.
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15 Sep 2016 04:42

See Pistol Mastery for more info.

SMG's are a very unique weapon. Instead of waiting for your crosshair's to turn red like the pistol or the shotgun, you must increase your damage multiplier as high as you can, which is 1.7 damage. Simply hitting the target is all it takes to increase your multiplier, however it can be reset in one of two ways. If too much time passes between your last hit, or you reload, your damage multiplier will automatically be reset. Any upgrades you can get that will increase how much ammo you have per clip will make this achievement much easier to go for, so try to get it if you can. Also, using the skill Bullet Storm in the SMG tree will give you infinite ammo for a small period of time, which can make this achievement much easier.

It's hard at a range to try and pull this off unless you are invested into the SMG tree, so get as close as you possibly can to enemies, and slowly shoot quick bursts into them. Every time you hit them, you will notice a bar at the bottom of your crosshair's fill up, and your multiplier to the right of it. You may have to kill multiple enemies for it, but once you hit a 1.7 multiplier, you can just let it go.

You will unlock the perk "SMG Fury" after maxing out your damage multiplier four times.

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While holding the button to aim with the SMGs, you will see a bar across the bottom of the reticle and a critical hit multipler at the lower right which starts at x1.0. As you continue to hit enemies this multiplier will increase to a maximum of X1.7, but if you stop the bar will slowly shrink to indicate how much time is left in your critical hit streak. Find more enemies to shoot before time runs out or it will reset to x1.0 and you will have to start again. Keep in mind that reloading will also reset your critical hit multiplier, so use of extended clips or the Bullet Storm ability are key. Streaks are often easiest to accomplish in boss fights as they can absorb a great deal of damage, potentially giving you multiple streaks at a time. The "SMG Fury" perk will unlock at 3 maximum muptiplier streaks, marking the nearly halfway point.

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The trophy is obtained on the first playthrough (easy difficulty level). I advise you to postpone work on it until the murder of Konstantin Braiko. For this act you will be given gold SMG (38 rounds). The +12 clip will go on sale in Rome. Total 50. Our task is to hit the x1.7 multiplier 7 times. 2 missions Investigate Ruins Transmission and Investigate Delivery at Warehouse are very suitable for this.
If 50 rounds in the magazine is not enough, pumping up the SMG branch 3 times (initial level of the Bullet Storm skill) no longer makes sense.
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26 Nov 2010 08:46

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not 1.7 but 1.5, because For me personally, it never rose above 1.5.
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By Svobodovets_ on 31 Aug 2011 20:31
There is no need to fire the entire clip at once. Shoot in short, targeted bursts without letting go .
Got it at the next level after Braiko's dacha (Surkov's escape), there are quite a lot of opponents, raise the alarm, and they will run to the slaughter steadily.
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By walex on 17 Jun 2015 22:36