This was huge! Some new strategies and features:

-The Palom grind on Mt. Ordeals was really interesting and different, and helped to buff Yang, Kain, Cecil, even Rydia through the midgame.

-I was able to sneak through a 3-level spell to help take out Cindy much quicker at Zot for the first time.

-I was able to turn a deficit of over 5 minutes from my old PB in the mid-game sections to being ahead more than 3 minutes by the end.

-Another nail-biter at the Four Elements battle...

-This is my first complete run including a CPU quick kill!