United StatesIf timing differences can be proven and evidence provided, this can certainly be discussed further, as it has never been an issue previously for this game. Timing differences can vary game to game and console to console, the only people who really can tell a major or minor difference are those running the game, or using such an exploit to cheat time saves.
This is a topic across many competitive speedrun leaderboards and communities, and while most popular games have already been plotted, routed, and a defined set of rules has been established, less popular games remain a bit of a gray area. If anyone else has additional feedback or input I certainly welcome it. If we can come to a consensus then I can begin to edit the rules and leaderboards. Until then no current speedruns will be removed and or moved to alternate categories.
The new category has been added. There will be updates coming soon to every category for more detailed information and resources.
As lead moderator for this game, let me be clear and concise.
Within the next week, there WILL be a 50k points category added to the leaderboard. As long as there is interest and active runners, new categories will always be highly considered. Our job as moderators is to encourage anything that could bring activity, routing and the spirit of friendly competition to the games and leaderboards here at speedrun.com.
Thank you for all the interest and posts in the forum, if anyone has further questions, comments or suggestions, please continue to post here or message me directly. Big 20 hype building!
Awesome news, new routing is always exciting, looking forward to what is discovered!
Big 20 Race March 2024 Main Page:
https://thebig20nes.com/race-18/
The Konami Code for extra ships is allowed!
50k Points can usually be achieved before the stage 2 boss fight.
5000 Point scoring "Hotspots", could be useful in routing and saving time:
http://arcanelore.net/articles/lifeforce/index.html
There have been complaints from at least 5 other individuals about you Xenka. Why would I make it up? If you want I can direct them here to offer their testimony.
What should I do to get in contact with support here. I have a mod who is causing trouble on more than one leaderboard and too many times is becoming a nuisance. Neglecting reviews, updates, and being overly dismissive of forum posts and inquiries.
If a category is popular enough, by all means lets do it.
Puwexil just informed me there are runs on the japanese version which finish around 2:30 for the glitchless no manipulation category. The route is 1 Beast 1 Robot. I hope to find more information on this soon. If I find speedruns that are legit after a review and comparison, a new category will be created for the differing national versions of the game and those runs will be added to the corresponding categories.
Testing will have to be done to determine if there are any timing differences between console versions of the game before new categories are added.
Per the rules and regulations of Speedrun.com, I merely followed up with the observed protocols and I messaged you the moment I noticed your speedruns were absent from the leaderboard. Your runs vanished from the leaderboards and were never removed, and there has been no re-submission of them. When I verified the runs, I did not observe any rules being broken. However let me be clear, the rules of speedrunning video games are strict, and once anyone has been accused, and proven to be cheating, their credibility is forever harmed. If you were banned under a previous account, for another game, which does appear to be the case, I will be extremely skeptical and critical of any future runs you choose to submit to the leaderboard here, that is my job as the lead moderator of this game. Friendship has nothing to do with it, nor should it. This is a professional business and the integrity of not just you and I, but also everyone else here who has submitted speedruns under any category. The fact is you seemingly devised new and never before seen strategies for categories that only 3 people have ever attempted previously, which is is certainly not impossible, but should be put under the magnifying glass very closely, which I did, and I did not observe any forms of cheating. The issue is not your speedruns here, but elsewhere.
The rules are clear, cheating will not be tolerated in any way, shape or form. Your previous account was banned for that exact reason. Your speedruns would not have disappeared from the leaderboards unless this was the case. You have multiple accounts, names and personas, this does not help your case. I appreciate you taking the time to bring all of this up in the forum none the less. You can message me at any time on discord if you wish to discuss the matter further personally, or you can continue to use the forum here.
All the new strats that Intovariance and myself have devised are now included! Enjoy!
https://www.speedrun.com/final_fantasy_legend_3/guides/7f542
I had suspected this is how the chain worked, it could prove useful with the Glitchless No Manip Route in being able to get the ideal transformations. Usually it is not that difficult, but I have had runs where there was just no meat drops.
It seems that you can win the Dahak battle very quickly! From what I can tell here there was an HP underflow that instantly ended the fight after Dahak used swallow. Not sure how this works yet but I have some ideas, Blitz might be related.
So I figured out what happened here I think. As far as I can tell, no one else has made this discovery yet.
During a recent stream, I was experimenting with meat drops in FF Legend III speedrunning. I did not get the monster I wanted at first, so I went to the talon to use the flushex. This is supposed to change monsters and beasts to humans, but it turns out, that if you are a monster class, it might turn you into a beast instead of a human first! I have to do some more testing, but the important part of this is, once you have the flushex, you may be able to save a ton of time and RNG by using it to transform into the ideal beast evolution for the speedrun, which is Air type.
This opens up several more possibilities and increases your chances for a successful run. Something this game is known for being absolutely brutal for is the RNG and requires it in many pivotal points of the speedrun.
Here is the clip of it happening, and the monster/beast chart which shows that the Air type monster, Griffon, became the Air type beast, Sylph, which can be found here: http://shrines.rpgclassics.com/gb/ffl3/transform.shtml
Emulation is allowed to run the game yes. Gambatte is the preferred emulator but VBA is also acceptable.
One minor improvement I have found is to buy a Samurai Glove in Cirrus if you have enough gold. This can prevent the Succubus monster from being stone gassed at Agron, which is quite helpful. Open to any additional suggestions!
Per the request of runners here, Easy and Easy Co Op categories have been added. All the current runs have vanished. Not sure why, I moderate several leaderboards on speedrun.com and none of the others have done this. Might be a bug or something.
At any rate, feel free to resubmit any runs you may have to the corresponding category.
