History Headscratchers / AssassinsCreedRogue

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* Speaking of which, is it every explained why the Assassins are so hell bent on killing Ben Franklin in Paris? I thought Franklin was rather well regarded by them, even if he didn't realize just who they were. I know they're never technically called such but they act like Assassins and it's not like Shay has referred to Assassins using the generic "Criminals" before. Assuming of course it wasn't just an excuse to lead into Shay's final scene.

* On a related note, what is the purpose of having temples with Pieces of Eden inside which are so incredibly unstable that they cause massive earthquakes if disturbed? My only guess is that they were meant to somehow stabilize the Earth against the 2012 disaster that Desmond averted but it's annoying that this is the first(and perhaps only) mention of them in the series so far.

* Does anyone else find it kind of puzzling that the device in Lisbon is basically in the church basement and obviously the people who built the church had to have known about it(not to mention install an Assassin Friendly security system in the rafters) and yet somehow not activated it, triggering the Lisbon Earthquake centuries earlier? Unlike the other Precursor temples(such as the vaults in Rome, the Grand Temple in upstate New York, the Sage temple in the Yucatan, or the Observatory in Cuba), it's neither hard to get into(AKA locked behind impenetrable doors) nor deep underground, yet Shay apparently was the first one to both get in and trigger a massive earthquake.

*** Shay had just emerged from a near fatal encounter with the Assassin's, hell I'd be surprised if he HADN'T been a bit out of sorts after that kind of confrontation

* [[spoiler:Did the assassins develop amnesia during Shay's trip to Lisbon? Achilles tells Shay to be careful because Pieces of Eden are powerful relics. I understand why Achilles and Shay could have forgotten but not Hope who was within earshot when the comment was made.]]

* Did the assassins develop amnesia during Shay's trip to Lisbon? Achilles tells Shay to be careful because Pieces of Eden are powerful relics. I understand why Achilles and Shay could have forgotten but not Hope who was within earshot when the comment was made.

* Since De Costa asks, why didn't Kenway mention Cormac in any of his journals?

* During the [[spoiler: 1755 Lisbon Earthquake]] what do you think is the better strategy for survival? Find an open clearing away from any collapsing buildings or run through several hundred of them at top speed?
** When you are a well trained assassin bad-ass who can leap up an around buildings with cat-like graceI think you are allowed a bit of leeway with your course of action. Also, what open areas? The entire city was collapsing around him!

* Why did Juno unleash that virus on the Helix servers? Was it really just to get that condescending Animus fragment message to the Helix researcher?

** Shay calling out the Assassin's on them becoming more focused on killing Templars + fighting them at every opportunity rather than doing what they're preaching (which lasted into the modern era, as indirectly noted by Shaun and Rebecca in III) is part of his tale.

** Wouldn't be the first time that Assassin leadership focused more on the war with the Templars than on fulfilling and promulgating the very ideals that the war is supposed to be about...

** Also note that in III's prologue, the only sign of the Colonial Assassins was a rather large, well-manned fort full of gang members/mercenaries. They decided to capitalize on that, probably because dozens of hooded master Assassin mooks would get kinda silly.

** In fact, the Assassins have had a significant criminal presence since the time of Ezio, when both La Volpe and Antonio were members of the Italian brotherhood in good standing despite controlling organized crime in two cities. It's just that here we see the negative effects when the Assassins actually have control, and therefore let their minions run wild. It may well be Ezio's policies that started them on this path, as Ezio supported several ''very'' questionable people (such as Lorenzo de Medici, Caterina Sforza, and Selim I) in his lifelong war with the Templar Order, not to mention the countless innocents that he killed in Derinkuyu.

** In fact, the Assassins have had a significant criminal presence since the time of Ezio, when both La Volpe and Antonio were members of the Italian brotherhood in good standing despite controlling organized crime in two cities. It's just that here we see the negative effects when the Assassins actually have control, and therefore let their minions run wild. It may well be Ezio's policies that started them on this path, as Ezio supported several ''very'' questionable people (such as Lorenzo de Medici, Caterina Sforza, and the Ottoman Empire) in his lifelong war with the Templar Order, not to mention the countless innocents that he killed in Derinkuyu.

** In fact, the Assassins have had a significant criminal presence since the time of Ezio, when both La Volpe and Antonio were members of the Italian brotherhood in good standing despite controlling organized crime in two cities. It's just that here we see the negative effects when the Assassins actually have control, and therefore let their minions run wild. It may well be Ezio's policies that started them on this path, as Ezio supported several ''very'' questionable people (such as Lorenzo de Medici and the Ottoman Empire) in his lifelong war with the Templar Order, not to mention the countless innocents that he killed in Derinkuyu.

* What the heck happened to the Assassin Order in the colonies? They used to just associate with thieves, criminals, and pirates, but now they are the active majority amongst the Assassin ranks. With Achilles' off hand dismissal of Shay's concern about Precursor superweapons, it seems like the Assassin have adopted view that they are incapable of doing wrong as long as their actions are anti-Templar.

** I found it odd, too, but I think the pre-release source of that info said it was because the Templars have no rule against it like the Assassins do. I still think it was a poor choice given the plot, though.

** Shay believes he's responsible for [[spoiler: the Lisbon Earthquake]] so in his mind he's ALREADY killed innocents. That may be why he doesn't desynchronize like the others. In which case, it becomes FridgeBrilliance.

* On a similar note to the above, how did Shay miss [[spoiler: he was killing Assassins while trying to recover the Morrigan? They have all of the skills of his people and it's not like he doesn't know his ship is with them.]]
** Shay had just emerged from a near fatal encounter with the Assassin's, hell I'd be surprised if he HADN'T been a bit out of sorts after that kind of confrontation

* Shay is the Assassin ''most'' concerned with not harming innocents yet is able to do it in gameplay without desynchronizing. What's that about?

* On a similar note to the above, how did Shay miss [[spoiler: he was killing Assassins while trying to recover the Morrigan? They have all of the skills of his people and it's not like he doesn't know his ship is with them.]]

** When you are a well trained assassin bad-ass who can leap up an around buildings with cat-like graceI think you are allowed a bit of leeway with your course of action. Also, what open areas? The entire city was collapsing around him!

* During the [[spoiler: 1755 Lisbon Earthquake]] what do you think is the better strategy for survival? Find an open clearing away from any collapsing buildings or run through several hundred of them at top speed?