Edit: watch Vegeto's VOD Down below for a way faster version of this strat!
Seems to be totally consistent and it's 1s faster than WR when done sloppy like I did. It can be about 5s faster, I think.
Key moments:
- Take the flying route I took, keep low to trigger the enemies. Go higher when you approach the trigger zone for the cutscene so that you don't trigger it.
- Land on the roof.
- Pick up rockets.
- Jump down behind those containers to trigger the cutscene. Keeps you safe.
- Shoot down the heli.
- Go up, kill m16 guy as seen in the vid, on the stairs.
- Get Maria.
Ideas and opinions are welcome!
About a 30s difference shown here. I've seen the chopper be destroyed at 5:38 before, but for some odd reason it was 5:30 in this case.
There are two triggers. The bigger one is triggered with the dodo early. That ones loads the guys on the ground, and it allows the second trigger to happen.
The second trigger does not extend to the roof that we land on, so we land on that roof, pick up the rocket that we aren't supposed to, them trigger the cutscene by dropping down a bit on the stairs. This allows us to shoot the heli right away, for a 'zero cycle' kill.
The first trigger covers the whole area, so we trigger it in an area the second trigger does not cover, to avoid accidentally triggering the cutscene.
New and more consistent 'slowdown' setup: The key points in this are:
- slow down quite a bit after you take off with Num9, then glide over the fence
- use the reference tress for the lineup #
- dive down early, start turning early
- make a subtle turn
The angle and the speed you arrive at the chimney are really good, the turn and the flight are both way easier this way.
Make sure to practice it.
Comparison video of the slowdown strat and going fast: As you can see, the new strat is exactly as fast as the old one (if both are done optimally), but there are some major advantages:
- The slowdown strat's turn is way easier to pull off
- The landing is more forgiving, because of low speed (bounces aren't as bad)
- The lineup is way easier for the landing
- You get shot less by the M16 guy (almost killed me in the fast flying strat video)
