Good early game. Encountered a glitch where all NPCs in Atlasdam despawn after Russell and was unable to Purchase the Thunder S. Had to go back to pick it up after Academy cutscenes.

No random encounters until Ravus manor, and decided to kill the encounter to give Cyrus EI as well. A couple scary later game encounters, but no wipes.

Was able to skip Wind L in Sewers thanks to EI procs. First try Esme.

PC load times are OP.