I'm not sure, but I'm thinking there's a way to get the enemy knockback clip without the need of an enemy.
if you shoot a larger egg, then switch to a smaller egg, then you jump when the large egg returns, it breaking your egg gives you the same knockback as an enemy, but with no damage. so I'm just wondering if someone can test out whether that clips or not cause then the 1-1 gate clip can be done like that instead of the precise pixel jump-shoot, 1-5 won't need to rely on enemies, and 1-6's second and third clip could change
Got it to work with an egg 2 sizes larger, pushed me through the wall in 1-3, so it's more consistent than the enemy manipulation, and skips having to hatch any eggs. Still not sure if it works with the one size larger or any other size combination. (I did level 1 with level 3 combo)
Just thought of this, the 5-3 puzzle board can be skipped by clipping instead of the very inconsistent egg ricochet, which was previously impossible due to the lack of enemies.
Very interesting, I can't believe I didn't try using this before. I don't think it's going to be faster in most cases, but if you find ways to use it and speed up times that would be amazing. Let us know! One instance where I know this will lead to new possibilities is the treasure in the captain room. Can you try clipping through that wall?
Also, puzzle board ricochet isn't inconsistent.. it's just a difficult maneuver. Also, in 1-3 you don't need to hatch any eggs by enemy clip either.
Just clipped through the gate that blocks the treasure room, I once skipped the cutscene trigger as well by using the circus hat and rolling there over the water. I still don't know if it's faster, 2-5 is pretty optimized but it's still a very cool trick to use.
Now for the real question.. Can we use this to get to Corvo? :0
Not to burst your bubble as it's a sick find but enemy clipping isn't inconsistent at all either. It might be you playing on PC version but I can pull of 1-1 clip, 1-3 and 1-6 almost 100%.. Practice you noob <3
The enemies have random movements out of a set, so sure you could learn all the sets or take the time to manipulate each of them, but the egg isn't ever gonna be something you have to manipulate. Also, I meant inconsistent for 5-3 as though we're talking about someone bad at the game... like me, who's never pulled it off once. On PC knockback clipping is like much easier, but clipping through things like the gate in 1-1 is tighter I'm pretty sure (I have done it multiple times on gc, but never on pc). It has something to do with the "clipping" stat that you can change upon starting the PC version, higher values are easier for knockback, but lower values make stupid stuff like my egg roll through a fence. The only time I would think this could speed up times would be clipping through the 7-1 wall because you can skip waiting for the spawn animation and slow movement of the hopping ones.
You have a clipping stat on PC? Good thing you switched to GC then - practicing the ricochet bounce is done by using big eggs of the same size and once you have the timing down, keep decreasing the egg size. I suck now, rusty as fuck, but I used to be able to pull it off 1/3 of the time.
Gate clip.. it's a complete muscle memory trick that needs a few days of consistent practice. It might be worth finding an alternative to it like the trick you came up with.
Honestly, I got my strat twice within 10 tries, but haven't gotten the egg bounce once. I'd say rather than a fast strat, this is more of just a... beginner-friendly strat or something. Here's the stats you can edit on PC btw http://imgur.com/a/fJ4oy
