Hello!
I just finished a new version of the Playstation 3 route. It looks so well optimized and hopeful for those who wishes to run it! With some borrowed ideas from the Xbox version, I was able to improve the route significantly. I will remove all traces of the old PS3 version notes once I publish the new ones. I will try and tell you a little bit about it. I will run through the game one more time before I finalize the notes to ensure there are no mistakes in the guide.
So in the beginning I was going to include Prill Cotton, but as it turns out it has been nerfed. :'(
Changes:
- Marlin Glaive is no longer present in the run. Has been replaced by Vandog (bought in Casino) and has a mobility of 3 (means he can move a lot better in battles to align the combos easier).
- Valkyrie is no longer present in the run. Has been replaced by Lilly-Lilly who is much stronger than Valkyrie but less durable. Not that it will be an issue in this run.
- Increased Casino Coins required by around 15K (won't really be noticable timewise).
- Buying Smoky Champ (London #1 instead of London #2 - deals more damage early for bosses, but extends the transfers by a bit.)
- All bosses are easier, faster and have better movement and reliability than ever before... PS3 was really terrible when it came to stability of battles. In some bosses you had to get a specific position on your characters to be able to win, but should no longer be the case (which is why it was difficult to create a RTA route for it - runs that are done in real-time).
- Stats path has been updated to be easy to follow and prevents most ambushes that can happen in the game.
- Better EX path (sacrificing characters in random encounters or dancing).
Random information: Some of you might not know that if characters are dead during a boss battle for instance you still get the experience (level ups and stats). Meaning you will always have a level 33 Atsuma at the final boss regardless of if he was dead in every encounter or not. The downside to being dead in a boss battle is that you get no SP. I have routed in a way that doesn't require all the SP in battles. Especially with Atsuma who is expected to be dead in some battles since he has Smoky Champ and gets killed in 1 hit in some battles. The plus side is that you get +10 EX everytime a character dies in a battle. Sometimes it can be intentional.
This makes it perfectly possible to calculate all of the endgame stats in advance. Easiest way is to keep track of how much it costs to upgrade HP, EP or other stat points.
Normally it looks like this: HP: 3600 EP: 1650 Direct: 300 Ranged: 30 Support: 30 Agility: 30
Knowing what the stats will be at the end (HP will land at 7590 to upgrade) helps to route this game into perfection.
Anyway, short story long... I will be running next weekend and releasing the notes next weekend (available in the guide section) for those who are interested in looking at them.
I have limited data plan so I can't stream with good quality, but I will upload the high definition footage once I am connected to a wired connection so don't worry if the quality of the PS3 run is terrible, it's just temporary.
(Part 1 of my PS3 routing, just including it so you can know which channel I will be streaming it on next weekend). Will also upload it if I get a full run completed here to the leaderboard.
I am really happy with how the PS3 version turned out. I was scared for so long it was going to be brutal since it's more difficult than the Xbox version, but I did it and I feel confident now! Expecting the run to be 45 minutes slower than Xbox 360. If I had to guess I would say somewhere between 6:30-7:00. Hard to tell in advance. Can give a better estimate once I do my first full run. ;----)
Running tomorrow around this time. I am practicing the ending a little bit before the run tomorrow. Guide is probably more optimized than Xbox version. It feels perfect now. :)
Guide is now available in the guide section. Still the same old link but the guide is updated. :)
I got a good run today.
6:24:24 (Bad Ending) 6:43:30 (Good Ending)
English version. I am now done with PS3. Will upload run 1st of March. So in about a month you can see it in HD. Will start working on XBox 360/One (Good Ending) again. Bad Ending is already done. ;)
