just curious why is there no rocket launcher category ? is it because there will be or currently no interest in it ? pointless category to add im just wondering as other resident evil games have that category

Back on the Wiki, Rocket Launcher used to be done by ElyzSabo I think. I don't think anyone cared about separating or rules in Any% though, people just ran what they wanted.

It is faster. My own personal opinion on the matter is that we already have a designated route with the Grenade Launcher that works and is consistent. The only actual differences would be pickup animations in menus / grabbing the Launcher and that's it.

I'm not against it, but can see why some would be.

thats a fair point wulfz i was just curious about it really i could see it being a fun category albeit meme% OpieOP but it would be interesting to see how fast classic could be beaten on each respective platform thanks for the quick reply though :D

obviously if there was interest in this idea it would have to be separated from any% for the simple fact any% has been optimised to almost perfection it would be a shame for the rocket to be allowed in to that specific category and generally any% is always base weapons in any game

New stuff is always interesting, I guess.

I've even been thinking now we use Acid Skip, that Beginner Mode on PS1 might be faster for Glitchless than Original. Since you start with an additional FAS we don't need to pickup the herb outside the safe room after Chemical, whereas before it was slower due to the fact you can't heal when at full HP and we didn't use Acid Skip.

I think it's interesting to consider. Games and how they've run is always evolving and changing, so my mindset is sometimes people have to change with them. It all depends whether people will do it though.

Out of curiosity, I would want to see how faster any% could be done with the RL, but I don't think it's much of a difference in time.

I'd assume it could probably shave off a good 45 seconds or so. No Bazooka or ammo pickups or reloading. I would think boss fights would be slightly faster also. I'm not against it. It is a new game+ feature so maybe put it up as a misc. type of category. I'd probably run it out of curiosity of how fast it can actually be.

Also, I believe the RL takes up 2 spaces of inv. if I remember right which means 1 less pickup for acid skip.

last time i checked it took 1 space of inventory im sure of it. i would say its a possible 58:xx but then again you cant aim up or down if i recall correctly. either way im interested im the time difference.

It only takes one space, I just checked, but there was another weapon in my inv, so the result is the same on the acid skip. It sounds like a fun category and I've wondered why there isn't a category for it too, recently actually, maybe the bosses are faster to kill like Yawn, Plant 42 and Tyrant, but I'd have to test it cause I don't know if the damage on the RL is that big. Maybe if some people start doing it'll become a thing, I'd be interested but I wouldn't start now, RE1 is making my head hurt.

rocket launcher has mostly been one hit kill. So in theory its 7 seconds a door so your saving 28 seconds minimum from grenade launcher and 14 for the acid shells so already 42 seconds just from two areas so take clix's any% run was 59:14 now 58:38 already i believe its 3-5 seconds for picking up an item so grenade launcher and acid shells also including equipping the grenade launcher about 58:25 or around there with a run of perfect movement good DNG OpieOP quick boss kills good black tiger ( mostly pc side of things) possible 58:00 maybe sub 58:00

although with chris sub 56:00 wont be an issue if your familiar with the route and understand chris's hitbox issues like i always say when chris does a speedrun its to Mc'Donalds OpieOP obviously im on about the emu side of the times not pc not too sure about the pc times yet

Doesn't the PC version have you start off with the infinite weapons when you load the clear save? It also has the SMG (Jill) and LMG (Chris) exclusives alongside, but I can't remember if the rocket launcher is in your inventory.

I think so.

I've never actually done Rocket myself, so no idea if you start w/ it, or if its in the box. It takes up one space too iirc, same as rocket on helipad in Best End.

I'm with Clix personally. I feel if anything it should be a misc. It is faster, but there's no real need to separate competition again, especially when Grenade Launcher is very consistent as it is.

There was already segregation over PC being brought up, with tons dropping Emu, we don't need further segregation. Just my thoughts.

On PC you start with the

• Knife
• Handgun
• FAS
• Rocket Launcher
• Sub Machine Gun

i agree rocket launcher should be a misc its more of a fun run than a true run in my opinion i still think we should call it meme% but if we do run it i have a feeling there could be a route change.

Idk if we should name it rocket launcher. I mean if a do i knife only run but with NG+ stuff in my inventory i will also win time because of acid skip. Plus, Misc seems a good idea but i think it's not ... because misc must be done for every platform ? I saw that we can create a misc subcategory but i never tried

So if it's done, i guess it must be named NG+ and must be a subcategory ( misc or not )

As a mod,I m not against but it must be done smartly and with a test phase without run submission allowed. As a runner ... idk ... i love challenge and rocket launcher is surely too much easy .... but on other side ... Maybe there's new stuff/possibilities or even glitches :D So i just don't know what to think about that.

Finally, i don't want stuff like "if we allowed NG+, why beginner or double ammo tips are not ?" RE1 have so much categories so let's think before act :)

Ok either we call it rocket launchair meme% oh got it we will call it anal% because it will be easy as shit Kappa OpieOP

or we could put it out to a vote for the community to decide for what it should be called and where it will be placed mainly a misc tab obviously.

Maybe a bit of a stretch but a nice challenge run for NG+ would be kill all enemies, since the infinite ammo allows it without it becoming a never ending search for ammo, I'd see myself doing that but I don't know if people would bother. I agree that it should be called NG+ and be a sub category, maybe for the people that are tired of doing the same route and want to do something different, it's good to have something fresh to work with, it should be fun