United StatesI made a discord
I expect to be one of the only people using it at the moment since I'm the only active runner, but it'll be a place where I can post my research and timings for various strategies. Feel free to join and ask questions! And mods can add to discord tab on src.
I will be looking into this tonight since I see yet another run inching closer to sub 1 hour without it. I wonder if perhaps it would be good to grind fire ghosts in the area after the ladder for a few levels instead of going directly downstairs. I'm not certain, but I feel like having the levels and being strong enough to one or two-turn most encounters in the game might be faster than the ~9 minutes "saved" by generator skip, followed by having to grind to meet the level gate requirements... Would love especially to hear TheSiege's thoughts.
Splits and deltas for comparison's sake between Rane's 1:04:16 (without) and my 1:05:56 (with). My PB has some mistakes and poor luck in it, so take this with a grain of salt.
Dynamo Skip Room - 11:54 (without) - 4:12 (with) Δ 7:42 Courtyard IN - 18:26 - 9:45 Δ 8:41 Low Key - 22:00 - 14:08 Δ 8:08 Basement IN - 25:24 - 17:48 Δ 7:36 Diary Key - 28:38 - 23:12 Δ 5:26 2Key - 34:13 - 29:36 Δ 4:37 Yamamura Death - 43:18 - 35:19 Δ 7:59 Projector Stairs - 49:00 - 49:19 Δ +:19 Coffin (Level 16) - 1:00:22 - 58:32 Δ 1:50 Mamiya (end) - 1:04:16 - 1:05:58 Δ +1:42
There are some factors like not having to set up the skip again in order to go get the Diary/Tool for the final boss battle, having to carry around the mallet all game just to use it to go get the one projector slide... I'm not so sure this skip actually saves time without insane luck, but I'm not really sure how to go about testing since there's so many different factors.
what path does Jason take in the upper woods? If I spawn on day 3 and go into the woods anticipating to run into him, what path should i take?
Another question I have is, between the (actual) entrance to the cave and the last cave cabin, Jason seems to take a long time to move, and I've never been able to encounter him in between those two entrances, is it possible? I find myself just waiting outside the cave area for him and wiggling back and forth.
Lastly, when is it optimal to give the weapon to Laura?
Countdown69/Countdown42 on twitch/irc respectively. I'm too lazy to make a tutorial and also nobody is currently running this game but most of the strats in the WR video are things that I fleshed out after the other two runners stopped playing, so if you've got the Plok itch hit me up I have all the info you need.
