I would state that I would prefer it not having to be a completely original save state with higher difficulties unavailable, for the very reason of trying to drop that level 40 weapon to speed up the rest of the run.

But then again, if that is the case, then that strategy would become the main one used to push through. As weapon drops are random, that would then make the biggest inhibitor of run time how lucky you get with the weapon drop, which perhaps is at odds with speed running, if you consider the main point of it being about skill and experience, rather than random luck.

Hi All, thinking of doing an SR but considering tactics here.

As we know, in some missions the action doesn't start or finish until the voice files have played out. Is there any generally accepted language setting where the dialogue finishes fastest?