This shows the setup for the dialogue skip on the elevator and compares dialogue skip vs no dialogue skip during Hold the Line.

By throwing a grenade (after hacking the code from the first guy), you don't have to stop to shoot anyone. The non-grenade/shooting strat can be a bit faster here, but the grenade strat should still be faster and more consistent.

A Blank Spot There-ish (A2M5) - Jump to Top of Building with 1st Terminal This jump is really inconsistent and probably works less than 10% of the time.

Planting a Bug (A2M14) - GL Escape Strat I posted the GL escape strat in the strats thread and have tried it a few times in runs before, but it's not used anymore. The problem is that the enemy spawns are inconsistent and there's a bug with pulling your gun out.

Hope is a Sad Thing (A3M1) - Weird T-bone Dialogue Skip It's apparently possible to skip some of the internal timer here by skipping some dialogue, but we can't figure out how to do it consistently.

Some ideas:

• Maybe push T-bone earlier at its destination (at the entrance of the junkyard, near the sniper)

• Let the "..that don't make us friends" dialog play and skip specific lines

• The internal timer comes on after a certain line is said, if you skip it, it might screw things up

Bait (BB A2M1) - First Guy that is Supposed to be Profiled is Skipped I had Tobias skip the first guy in Bait once when I was practicing the mission. I pushed Tobias with the bike, and this was off a save. There is also no recording of this. Edit: solved by Sprite doing it with a car instead. Strat vid was posted in strats thread/discord.

Bait (BB A2M1) - Fixer Car Snipe This snipe is really difficult to pull off, and you need to pick up a sniper rifle from Fading Signal for it to be worth it. There is no easy reference point (currently) either.

Connections (BB A2M4) - Fewer Enemies to Kill There is no vid of this, but I only had to kill four enemies one time (during the download) to eliminate them. This was after the autosave, so that could have something to do with it.

This compares the highway jump route, old driving route, and the new one. The drive for the new regular route could have also been a bit faster. I used the no vehicles mod for this.

You can do a dialogue skip before leaving the bunker island and still get the early Damien dialogue at the right time, but you do need a good drive to save as much time as the left comparison.

The new strat here uses the GL to shoot near Tobias to stun him after the autosave, allowing you to take him down closer to where you spawn. If you fail it, you can do the backup GL strat to take Tobias down after climbing over the wall. It is not shown in this video, but both GL strats are obviously faster than the bike strat + poker game dialogue skip ().

This comparison includes an alternate (safer) way of doing the fast walking strat on this mission because the main method can cause the mission to fail randomly. The comparison is not perfect for the alternate strat, since Bedbug doesn't get out of the car at the same time, and you can probably shoot a second earlier. The alternate strat probably can't be done if you do the skip for the current patch.

The new strat here uses a blackout (after the train is hacked) to prevent it from moving so that you can enter it at the first station. Then you blow up both of their cars up before killing the guys on foot; this makes only one car spawn, and you just blow that one up.

This new strat can save over 35 seconds!

This compares the fast walking strat (manipulating enemy NPCs to walk faster by shooting a silenced pistol near their heads) done at the marina.

For earlier fast walking, you want to be able to hack the bridge and cross the other side before the boat gets there. Then open the door and stand near the railing to shoot the silenced pistol. Shoot once the briefcase animation starts because it will cancel the fast walking if you do it earlier; this also skips the animation. Doing it this way is very fast, so the guy is not there to shoot you and interrupt your briefcase animation. Use the silenced pistol to kill the briefcase or find another way to damage yourself when using the briefcase. You also need to hack the bridge again to exit the marina, but you should still have enough time to reach Mad Mile ctOS and do dialogue skips. Time saved is about 10 seconds.

You can exit the front of the mansion by using a blackout and R/C car, but you might need to use an extra blackout to get the escape circle. This new strat can be risky because you can die if you mess up your timing/execution.

Figured out a way to make the ending more consistent. The enemies here can be manipulated to spawn in a particular spot if you stand far enough away from that spot. Then you can just shoot them as they spawn in. You can use grenades for the last 1-2 guys if you are not sure about when they will stop spawning (can also count how many are killed/use the timer).

The new strat requires you to kill all enemies outside of the ctOS center and then reload autosave to spawn outside of the nearest train station (along the normal route that we take). You can throw a grenade to kill the two guys on the balcony. Hack the explosion to kill the two guys on the train platform thing. Then you can kill the rest with the Goblin after you climb up near the ledge. You can also blow up the ctOS box to freeze the enemies and make the shooting easier.

The bike will then normally spawn in three different locations after you reload autosave. It could be a Kodachi rather than a Sayonara though.

This compares the strats that I have done for the fixer chase. The fast/risky strat relies on good RNG with the traffic light hack for it to be the fastest. The alternate fast strat can be done with the Kodachi, and it requires you to catch up to the car at the intersection shown for it to work; it is also more consistent than the fast/risky strat. The old/slow strat here is not perfect, so it can be done a bit faster.

A faster way to exit the silo in the first mission (after sleeping) is to slide over to the refrigerator, climb on top of it, and then jump off the moose head to get up there. You can also exit out of cover near the elevator to reach the controls faster.

This shows how to set up the "upload virus from anywhere strat" and where I stand to kill all the enemies in Connections. For this strat to work, you can't reload the autosave at the fixer place. You also don't want to start the upload close within the range of the computer.

This shows the new bike strats that can be done on Connections (with the dirtbike, so it can be faster with a better bike). Taking a bike inside the building allows you to do an extra dialogue skip and makes it so that you can get to the next mission quicker. You can also park the bike after you have killed everyone and while waiting for the upload to finish. The bike can't be parked right next to the computer due to an invisible wall.

This compares the new route that I found with Mr.Dirtbag's route and the old route in Bait. You might have to slow down/power turn in the grass to avoid crashing into stuff.

Thanks to @MrDirtbag and @GALLLABO for making me take another look at this driving route.

Doing the bomb jump strat here requires you to have the blast resistance skill, so you will need to have obtained enough XP from killing enemies earlier in the run. By positioning T-bone as shown here, you can make the bomb jump consistent. It skips the R/C car section and the short hacking puzzle. This saves over 10 seconds.

Again, this is similar to the new strat in Breadcrumbs. You can shoot near Bedbug to put him into a state where he has the gun drawn and walks faster. It saves about 8 seconds here.

Credits go to @Alienarea7 and Beanie Boy for finding the strat in Breadcrumbs.

This is similar to the new strat in Breadcrumbs. You can shoot near Bedbug to put him into a state where he has the gun drawn and walks faster. It carries over even after he exits the vehicle again. You do want to be careful with this strat though because you can fail the mission more easily for some reason if you do this, so it is recommended to wait for Bedbug's car to drive a bit further away before getting on the bike to prevent this. There is a time save of about 13 seconds here.

Credits go to @Alienarea7 and Beanie Boy for finding the strat in Breadcrumbs.