This can be done in many places saves huge amounts of time
Just did a test run of Chapter 1 using these clips. Haven't polished/remembered the movement so it is very sloppy. Saved quite a bit of time but it makes the required fights much harder due to lack of levels, and I fear for full game runs you wouldn't get all the Skill Points needed for certain abilities that would make that easier to deal with.
Welp, thats what I get for not testing things before doing a run. About 10 minutes after I posted that, I found a faster clip to get to Hadhod after Elegost. I don't think the Troll and Watcher are possible without Elegost, so this one seems better. New clip is at 8:47 youtube time, 8:40 Livesplit time.
Now we're talking. That's very neat. We're going to need some sort of list of all these that are useful.
I doubt anything more with Chapter 1 can be skipped, unless you're willing to skip Elegost and/or Hadhod. I found 3 spots that can easily be clipped through in chapter 2, but none of them seem useful because so often you're going up and theres no way to gain height without some sort of terrain with collision, and its mostly just darkness from what I've seen. I can record where they are later just in case someone finds a use for them though.
After testing, that last skip I posted may not be worth it. If you don't do those fights you won't have perfect mode for the last fight of Chapter 2 which makes it almost impossible without crazy luck since you're under leveled if you've done all the previous skips. Still good to know its there though.
As mentioned previously in this thread, we probably need a better way to keep track of these. Made a quick spreadsheet with links to each clip's video. Clip names are tentative, if anyone has better names let me know. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Se9KY0POEj-1P0ATywYQNfo05vK_3SIQqKl02mg6tWQ/
Found a few spots to clip out of in Chapter 4 and 5, but none of them seem useful unfortunately. In Chapter 4, if you manage to get behind the Uruk-hai bonfire, it just plays the same cutscene as if you approach it without gathering the elves first, just with no audio, then it forces you back in bounds because it places you at a specific location after the cutscene. In Chapter 5 you can clip out of bounds to skip Morwen, but that stops 2 of the rider groups from spawning and I cannot find a way to get around the bridge without them. Also in Chapter 5 you can clip out on top of the first hill to your right when you enter the town of Rohan, but you're surrounded by in bounds areas and can't get anywhere useful. Wasn't able to find anything in my run through on chapters 6 or 8.
I hate that Chapter 5. I was nearly landing on the wall in Edoras and trying to walk up it to the exit. I got this for the Gullies that may save some time if you go grinding for Black Speech first.
I found a different spot in chapter 4, it requires 1 less fight than the one you found I believe.
