United KingdomThere could be something for them in the future, it would be good to consolidate Any% into a singular thing and then each clan as a subcategory.
At the moment, the 3 clans (Nos/Trem/Gang) are the ones that have all the routing done. The route will be very different for all the other clans, but there's nothing to say you can't run it anyway!
For example, Any% Malkavian will have a much, much longer Santa Monica as their physical stats can not exceed 1 from character creation. Any% Ventrue will likely have to route in actual Firearms due to their lack of offensive disciplines.
Heya!
I think the most straight forward answer is that Nossie/Tremere/Gangrel are faster due to the skips and combat ability. Malkavians don't really have a spammable discipline like Blood Strike / Burrowing Beetle, even though they do have Obfuscate which is a pretty nice discipline for just running through rooms. Malkavians also can't improve their Strength/Dex/Stamina with the V1.1 character sheet glitch, so the first skip with Jeanette and then moving to the Ocean House hotel can't be done.
Malkavians are used for 100% Quest Log because their dialogue options are faster and can let you talk your way through quests, instead of having to go from point A to B to complete them, if that makes sense?
Something that lurk has mentioned in the past is the idea of consolidating Any% to a single category, with each of the clans as their own respective subcategory - which isn't a bad idea. The problem is that clans like Ventrue, Toreador, Brujah and Malkavian are much slower in taking down Ming Xiao so we'd need to route in things like firearms, which will greatly extend the overall run time compared to the existing Nossie/Gangrel and Tremere route.
All that said, if you do want to route these things out, there's zero harm in doing so! Eventually all clans will be their own subcategory of Any%, probably.
Superb run, great job! Welcome to the VTMB boards :D
For those wanting to run Turbo, the following ways may be used in order to display and FPS counter over your runs while you play:
- Steam -
On the top let of the Steam client select Steam > Settings. A new window will pop up with In-Game > FPS Counter. You can design it and position it in FAITH anywhere you see fit.
- GOG -
Boot FAITH up from the GOG Galaxy client. Press Ctrl + Shift + Tab all at once and an FPS counter will automatically appear on the bottom right of your game for runs.
- Alternate methods -
RTSS Rivatuner Statistics Server: https://www.guru3d.com/files-details/rtss-rivatuner-statistics-server-download.html
MSI Afterburner: https://www.msi.com/Landing/afterburner/graphics-cards
- Launch MSI Afterburner.
- Settings > Monitoring > Tick Framerate Average box.
*AMD Relive:
- Download the latest AMD drivers here: https://www.amd.com/en/support
- Right-click on desktop, click AMD Radeon Settings then click the Relive tab and look for the “Toggle Toolbar Hotkey”.
- Press the corresponding Toolbar Hotkey, click the Performance tab, open the Metric Options, and enable the Show Metrics option.
*NVIDIA GeForce Experience:
- Download the latest drivers here: https://www.geforce.com/drivers
- Open the GeForce Experience and click the gear icon.
- Enable the Experimental Features by clicking the check box, then turn on the In-Game Overlay option and click the Settings button.
- In the Settings overlay, click the HUD layout.
- Click the FPS counter tab then select the position to where you want to show the FPS counter. Click the Back button when you are done.
- GeForce Experience FPS counter looks like this.
*Information source: https://www.gamingpcbuilder.com/how-to-show-fps-counter/
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Re-timed to 10:29 as Ending Screen appears at 10:29, good work on the run!
Mod note: Unsure why the Kuei Jin that guards the door at 41:05 didn't spawn, but I will try to recreate the event as the entrance route you use is different and maybe that's why. Great run otherwise!
Nope, not against the rules! I've retimed it to 5:24, as the title card comes up at 5:24. Congrats! Thank you for this new route, this is insanely faster!
Good run! Glad to see another person running Chapter 2. Looking forward to seeing more runs from you!
Few mod notes: If Thrall spawns were better for Phase 1 Miriam fight, you could have saved around 10 seconds+ there had Garcia died sooner and not forced her to teleport. Nothing you could have done about that I think. Beyond that, great run - there's room for faster time but make no mistake, 19:3X is pretty close to a category killer. Well done!
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