You know guys, how much you suprised me? :D . Mods of other games are sometimes SUPER aggressive and dont know about the whole game and speedrunning nothing. I will be 2 days out, then I'll prepare something :)

I was thinking about that No Traces category. If you hate too many categories, what about to edit No Traces? Problem is, OCM already did a lot of runs and results will be that his runs will be invalid, so not great idea then. I want it merge together, like No Traces with this rules, but forget it.

Are exceptions allowed? Like small exceptions, in 1 Mission you must start with horse, of course, you can leave him, so it can be did it like "You cant use buddy, horse". Let me just adjust it, I dont want to make it unfinished.

...... I now understand why MGS:V speedrunning is almost dead. Just you, the mods, doing what only YOU want. I just suggested "classic" category, this category is in many games, that one hardcore category. Im tired of rushing everything with Raiden on Walker gear, thats not interesting, it is in every category. Its funny how someone tried to make a change (Only one category, not big change anyway) in half-dead game and mods are againist of this idea... I thought mods of this great game are motivated to push speedrunning of this game to the limits, it is "Tactical Espionage Action", no "Walker Gear Racing"! Some challenge guys, not hyped, only me? Damn, okay, you're the mods by the way, Im just "Hyped Runner" then.

So guys, that's my opinion. If category will be added or not, thats up to you. By the way, I will CONTINUE in my "dream" equipmentless category, no matter if I will be 20 minutes behind WR, I really enjoy that way of playing and sadly, you don't see this in same way. If you enjoy this, then it's everything ok :) . Have fun!

Ok, then we still must wait what about moderators. I hope they will understand why I want to add it :) .

Mine runs are slow, that's because I'm the first who tried it. I believe it can be done more faster and I can't imagine what would players invent. I understand your "no", it's okay. I know this is not fitting to the all levels but in these missions can be an exception for example Mission 1, where you must start with buddy (horse) or Mission 12, where you must use helicopter to attack, so it can be done "Equipmentless" with these exceptions. Camo is equipment, but it don't gives any benefit (some HUGE benefit). Rules can be modified, the point is still the same: Start without anything. I still believe It's much interesting to add it. My opinion :)

What means "equipmentless"? I dont know if that name fits to this "category", but I still dont get better name for it.

Its category, where you must start without anything. No primary and secondary weapons, no support weapons and no items. But not only this. Here are list, what you can and cannot do/use:

• You can't start with Primary and Secondary weapons, Support weapons and items.

• You can't start with Buddy and Vehicle.

• You can't play as Raiden or Cyborg Ninja and can't wear Bandana (also Infinity Bandana) or Parasite suit

• You can't use Supply drops, Buddy supports, Fire supports and Helicopter supports (Helicopter ONLY for pickup)

• You must disable "Reflex mode"

• You can use everything you will find DURING mission (Weapons and vehicles) but you CAN'T prepare anything before mission (like stole a vehicle or use supply drop before mission)

• You can wear any clothes you like (except these what i mentioned above)

• You can play as Snake or Mother Base Soldier (With Snake you can use ONLY Bionic Arm, no matter if stock, silver or gold)´

Why it should be added to categories? Well, Any% is classic, you can use everything you want. Any% S - Rank is the same like Any% but you can't use some items. All tasks let you use everything you want, like any% but you must complete all tasks. Perfect Stealth, no kills, again, you can use everything like in All tasks and Any%. No Traces, pretty similar like Any%, All tasks and Perfect stealth, no kills. So you are able to fill up to 4 categories with one run. It let you use OP items that make runs very easy and monotonously way to play every category.

"Equipmentless" is totally different with this. You must find new (usually harder) way to complete mission as fastest as you can. I think this is what is missing in leaderboards, that extreme category which is does not resemble to the others.

I made runs to prove difference between existing categories. It's a "new" way of playing. Also I agree with adding rules like "Disable HUD" or "Disable crosshair" to make it even harder.

MISSION 3

MISSION 5

MISSION 7

MISSION 10

MISSION 13

Ok I'll explain everything and create new thread about it then.

Yes, but in No Traces, you still able to use Raiden, Parasite abilities which is close to the Any%. But this? Its longest than the other categories, its a crazy category like in Resident Evil the knife% category. When I look at these boards, youre usually able to fill 4 categories with the same run (OK, Im able to fill S - rank board and Equipmentless in this case), but still better than 4 in a row. I just want one category where you cant use Raiden, Parasite abilities, OP items and so. With these items, the runs looks like similar, try to compare with "Equipmentless". No Raiden, no invisible suits, no Walker Gear rush, just about your movement, your route, your skill :) .

I tried one from Africa, mission 13. Yep guys, it can be done equipmentless :D .

Made another now, If moderators needs more examples. Starting without anything makes runs more interesting, its totally different way of playing. I hope someone will be interested like me :) .

I made second one as well. Not perfect, enemy routes are changing every reset. Im suprised how easy are missions in this game :D .

First (un)official equipmentless run :D edit: Fun to play, needs more practice. I choose this mission because its short and for a test its great.

Maybe only "Any%" and "Any% S - rank" should stay and other categories add to the Misc. Then the boards looks normally. I will try make speedrun without anything, it must be challenging. Also I saw, when I leave "Real time without loads" and "Time with loads" blank, my run always drop to the bottom of leaderboards, I re-submited my runs because of this.

I dont want to add new thread so I'll write it here.

Most of level runs (Any%) are S - Rank, because the very short time add much score to have S - Rank, no matter if you are stealth or not. I think the "Any% S - Rank" is useless, if you want to do Any%, you automatically obtain S - Rank. Maybe you cant use some items or support but you dont need it, if you want short time.

Also, what about new category? Did you ever imagine, how interesting can be speedrun without anything? Like no buddy, no primary and secondary weapon, no items, no vehicle, only character with clothes, totally without anything (and no supply drops)... I just cant say it with one word. Weaponless, equipmentless? Only that items you will find. Can be really challenging, doesnt it? :) Think about it guys.

To understand: Level leaderboards like ALL goals as fast as possible.

Well, that "shortcut" is even slower that the normal course :D . Also, I think it was useless, its better to have "car" variable instead, doesn't it? :)

Ok, thanks guys :)

Hi,

I want to play with character mods, is it ok? Its just a mod which change Mother Base Soldiers to the different ones (especially the women ones), no benefits with this while gameplay :) .

Not interested? :( :D

I did changes:

• Wrote rules to every category
• Changed theme to more "V-rally 2" menu style
• Deleted "shortcut?" variable
• (In progress) Level leaderboards

Hello guys,

I'm suprised there aren't level leaderboards.It can be interesting to see how many miliseconds will split the first three records. I think im not alone who is interested :) .