Yeah. I'm genuinely pretty sad about the new moon from a speedrunning perspective. But it'll all work out.

(not to mention the new moon stage, which is VERY different from what it was)

I just went to practice Loader for fun and I noticed that her pylon really shoots out fast, REALLY fast. I was able to get crazy momentum by grappling onto it. I know that pylon grappling isn't a huge deal, but the difference the speed makes when you have no items is crazy, and about the new Loader Thunderslam ability. I don't know how good it is, but when I was testing it I felt like it was pretty handy being able to just get to ground level fast. Anyway, I just think that once everyone starts doing the perfect strategy every time and the wr gets to a point where every hundredth second counts, this new pylon could be better than what the game had before, or I could just be crazy and it's only just saving like half a second on the first stage, I haven't tried a run with the new ability or the pylon yet.