Please post any ideas about improvements to any of the routes throughout the game, or time saves that you have found that may be worth exploring.

Currently working on removing the big shopping trip before the spoiler fight where you have to sell the Nodachi at Lenele, and then run back to Iona to shop. This could be taken out by doing ikaemos swamp before khosani, and selling the nodachi at the vendor in khosani and then doing your shopping. However you would need extra gold in the beginning to be able to get enough inferno scrolls to do ikaemos (about 5k worth).

This would save a minute or two, but could be very risky.

EDIT: This route is viable, but you would also have to fight a second rider before entering khosani. Not sure if it will save time because of this.

Discovered a new exploit to avoid some sequences. If there is an invisible trigger, such as the one in the first sewers to start the cutscene/boss fight, you can send a party member past the trigger while you are using another party member, e.g. In the sewers you can click to the end of the room, sending Joseph there in solo mode, and immediately switch back to Flece, then switch back to Joseph once he is at the end, then un-solo and Flece will cross too - effectively skipping the boss.

This would only save time if you follow the normal route up until the aqueduct, and then use the revive scroll on Joseph. If you just want to get both of them through the sewers alive, it would cost 30-60 seconds. This strategy would also save 1k gold.

There may be some other places where this is useful.