Is this a dead community? If it is can I save it? What do u think is the lowest this run could go is? My estimate:2:40-2:45. Is it worth getting level 2 minion spell,berserk. Is the route fully optimised. Depending on the answers of the first 2 questions I either will or won't try to optimise my current time (3:27:41) past WR (2:55:48) Thx for reading :)
If I get a response to my post I will talk about new catorgary ideas. e.g. Oberon% 100% raising hell% and more. :)
community is dead as far as I know. as for categories, do whatever you have fun doing. any% route was not fully optimized and should easily get sub 2:45 when well optimized and executed. specifically I never worked on making boss fights faster, and I did not do a whole lot on minimizing farming (or making sure that farming was done at optimal times) other than it generally felt faster to farm and then burn minions.
I don't think I speak for everyone, but I think the best way to improve this speedrun and maybe bring in new players is to find skips or tricks that can be used during the run. Right now the only sections we really skip are the troll fight in the slave camp and the swamp section of Evernight. I've been playtesting a lot recently looking for anything useful; The biggest potential skip I've found is the bridge that connects the golden hills stronghold to the golden hills pass. If you can manage to get a single minion across the bridge to turn the wheel you can skip the majority of heavens peak (excluding moist hollows), the sir William fight, and the dwarven brewery. I might make a video on some of the odd things I've found if anybody is interested.
Thx brewballs I agree with everything your saying.i think if we found more skips more people would be interested in this speed game.I also think that the length of the speedrun might be affecting the popularity.If through optimisation and new skips we could get it somewhat shorter it might become a more appealing game to run.i am very interested in your testing and looking for skips.if u find anything plz tell me.
On a side note:if u find any mistakes in my overlord any% guide on speedrun.com talk to me and I will fix them . If your interested in watching any overlord stuff my YouTube is electrowolf and my twitch is electrowolf1. :) I've subscribed to u so if u upload any overlord skips or odd stuff I'll know.
40 minutes later: Ive found a glitch but i dont know if it can save time.In halfling homes 1 u can avoid the trigger to get the fix the wheel quest.just hug the walls and stay as far away from the wheel as possible. by doing this u can get the 2 spokes and fix the wheel without getting the quest.walk straight through the opened gate and you will get the quest. But while being in halfling homes 2 it will say 0/2 spokes collected.not sure if this is helpful but we may find a use for it.
