I want this thread to be a place for us to gather data about glitches, skips, etc. Below will be a list with videos and everything. Feel free to comment and I'll add yours and give you credit. I'll also add what version it works in.
Glitches:
- Glitched Chromatize Button / Skill Refresh Description: If you Chromatize immediately when your turn begins (the "Squad's Turn" text shows up), and press tab. Wait for the Chromatize animation and switch back to the first character. Now every character but your first one (which will usually be Scout) will be Chromatized with their skills. You will also have a Glitched (Invisible) Chromatize Button, which can be used to Chromatize again, therefore refreshing your skills without Skill Regen. NOTE: This can be done infinitely at the beginning of each turn even if your first character is dead. NOTE: This effect can be done at any point during a turn if there are two characters on the screen and one has a Chromatize button. Just Press the Chromatize button on one and tab immediately to the other.
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- AI Turn Skip Description: During a fight if your party is concentrated in one area and you lure the enemies to that area, you can move one character very far from the rest of them. The enemies will continue to agro on the other members until they die. If you are far enough away after, the AI of the enemies will not detect you and none of them will do anything, therefore skipping the turn. NOTE: This is very helpful on set turn fights (i.e. fights were you have to last a certain number of turns) as it skips the enemy movement entirely. NOTE: This Glitch is easy to do on harder difficulties as your character can take enough damage to die.
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- Season Finale Final Cutscene Skips Description: On Season Finales for S1-4 there is a cutscene after the final scene which comes after a loading screen. If you go to the menu and press "abort episode", you will leave out of the episode, but it will consider that episode to be beaten. You will gain everything you normally gain from that episode and can continue onto the next season.
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- Audience Report Skip / Money Save Description: After any Season Episode (excluding finales), you can press the "esc" key during the Audience Report Screens. This will exit you to the pre-episode menu, where you can go to record the next episode. The Money/Fans gained/lost from that episode will not be counted to your total, and emails will not show up in your inbox. However, all materials gained from the episode will be accounted for. NOTE: This is helpful for episodes where we lose money. This will allow us to accumulate a large sum of money to use on Weapons/Stat Boosts/Mecha. NOTE: This saves around 10 Seconds per episode from skipping the screens. NOTE: This skips having to read/reply to some e-mails. This even includes the director's emails, which we can skip and still get the same story line as we usually do.
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- Glitched Chromatize Button into Cutscene Description: If you GCB before you land the last hit on the last enemy of the scene, and attack them during the Chromatize, you will finish the level (getting the director feedback) while Chromatizing. The Chromatize animation will go into the director feedback and one character's skills will be present during cutscene. However that character's skills cannot be used.
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- Audience Report Skip / Dropped Items Exploit Description: Do an Audience Report Skip and in the following episode attack an enemy to drop some items. Then press "esc", then "Abort Episode". When you abort the episode the Audience Report Screen should come up again, but in the "Materials Dropped" part it should display the items dropped before you aborted the episode. Now you have the items that dropped during the episode, before you start it. NOTE: Once you get the items before an episode, you can re-enter an episode and abort it again. This will give you the same items again. This can be repeated several times to stack up items.
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- Season 1 Complete Skip (Found by Maejin in 2019, rediscovered by Hardrocker in 2020) Description: By rapidly clicking the "Sign" button under the New Contract for Season 1 (right after the prologue), the game will increment your state to Season 2. This skips all of season 1 and brings you right to season 2. NOTE: This skip should in theory save around 10 minutes, but due to the low amount of money, not every weapon can be acquired at this point. Rerouting will need to be done
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Hi. This morning i started to relearn the game. And i discover a skip for the Entire Season 1. You can start the game on season 2. You just need to double click on Sign on the Season 1 Contract and then you will be directly on season 2. That Save about 10 minute on the Run but don't have enough money to equip everything, i can't buy another sword for the Scout or Assault on season 2 but i can buy everything else. Here is a video of the skip.
Hi ?
Incredible that very nice! I'm surprised sometime how it's easy and how we don't find it earlier
Gg for the found maejin! When I'll back house I'll try it. it look crazy
I'm sure we can found something will replace the sword.
I tested it and it worked, I'll see if it works to jump other seasons as well.
about not being able to buy equipment, we can rely on the RNG emails BlessRNG.
After testing: Apparently it is only possible to do this to skip the first season.
After beating ( Casual ) : You can buy the armor and take it by the end of season 2, the money you can use in the studio (the best to improve is the Vacuum Cleaner, to be able to do upgrades in the Mecha without spending money or time crafting materials) and weapons.
In season 3 buy armor and equipment and follow the path of the Night Driver.
I'll see if I make a new guide, with everything better explained.
One strategy I do is to use Mike as the Assault. He turns almost a human catapult and the loss of 1 movement compensates when turning Night Driver.
Another strategy is a bug: Before beginning the first episode of season 5, make sure the Assault has the "Trample" equipped as ability.
This way you will have two movement skills without ending the turn. "Trample" and "Driver Kick". This helps a lot in boss fights, killing them in a round.
Wow, I really havent checked these forums in the past year. Great finds guys.
As for the rerouting with Season 1 Skip, I will take that under my wing and create a route that hopefully is able to merge with the old route and save time.
As for clarifying the current route. @NykolasN you mentioned some things need explaining. Would you like to elaborate so I can make it better?
EDIT: After realizing when these comments were posted. I remembered that a few months after y'alls posts I rerouted the game to make Knuckle gloves obsolete. This takes $1100 dollars out of the equation I beleive giving us more money at the beginning of season 2 than in the original route. The only harm I see is that i may be harder to get enough money for the MECHA, but we can just use the +$500 marketing to get free money.