Watching my Arcade (Easy) Devil Jin Run after hearing/learning that is hilarious, over half my rounds it almost looks like i took damage/baited attacks intentionally to not get perfects lmfaooo

I got Angel Jin for like 5 hours Straight of running Arcade Mode Easy with Devil Jin(Worst Final Boss to get, can combo everything/your HP Bar below half after 1 hit, always rage arts, and is good at blocking/tp'ing through hits for grabs to combo strings) and only got Azazel once, and Devil/True Devil Kazuya 0 times.

I originally thought this had to do with Finishing Story Mode, but apparently my friend whose finished story mode but never touched ranked/arcade quest has only gotten Devil Kazuya in his Arcade Runs. My other friend whose played as much ranked/arcade quest as I have was also only getting Angel Jin for Hours as well as more difficult AI in arcade Easy

It seems like there can be a large difference of load times factoring into a few of the runs ive watched(might be based off certain stages having longer loads), so I was wondering if that would be changed to make times more fair? Lack of IGT seems pretty rough

I think this is actually a 705 cuz timer ends pretty late as well, could be wrong tho

Its probs just not as interesting of a category since:

• 100% and All Special Bonuses do all S Ranks

• Normal Any% you S Rank 13/23 missions with some routes having 16/23 S Ranked

• DMD Any% is 21/23 S Ranks

So makin a whole new category that only 1 or 2 people have expressed interest in thats barely different from other categories is usually somethin that wont gain many runs. Kinda same thing with Hard Mode, Its pretty much just Normal X DMD strats barely bein much different

I think theres been talk of Hard Mode Potentially bein added but i dont think people have fully expressed much interest in it especially since you already have normal and DMD. All S Ranks would probs be similar cuz 100% already exists and that requires you to get all S Ranks, and All Special Bonuses also already exists which requires all S Ranks. The All Special Bonus Runs for all the difficulties are pretty outdated/unoptimal tho so those could definitely be improved alot

My biggest Assumption for Seperating Wii Version from Remaster would be all the stuff mentioned before, but also Load Times. Load Times should be SIGNIFICANTLY Longer on non-Remasters. Same with Console Remaster Vs PC, although if we're able to get a Load Remover for PC Versions thatd probs be best. Most Consoles are the same these days though. Ps4 vs One should be the same. Ps5 vs One X should be the Same. My Assumption for Fatal Frame 2 on PS2 vs Xbox, Xbox was a stronger console than PS2 that came out much later, and Fatal Frame 2 was released for Xbox a year after the PS2 Version so there was probs minor changes to the game. The only games i've seen where PC and Console are Together, are from Boards where every version of the game is the exact same with 0 difference, and where Mods actively time out all the loads for Console so the Load Difference doesn't exist, but very few games boards actually do that cuz its a ton of work and its usually reserved for very active/competitive games with alot of runners

I honestly assumed the Malkavians were used for 100% because of the Secret (Malkavian Only) Ending

Make sure in your vods, recordings, Streams, etc. you're starting the Vod at the main menu so we can verify (if you're doing a NG run) That you are indeed doing a NG Run and on the Correct Difficulty. Also the time doesn't start til you make your first input after the intro finishes so we start the time from there and we don't end the time til right when you enter the final cutscene of you going into the ship after beating the final boss. We Time RTA, So any Breaks taken during the run will still be counted towards the time that is put on the leaderboards.

In a week here I'll probably upload all the skips to youtube in each individual overarching category (Glitchless and Any%) and put em in google docs and place em in the discord, probably the forums as well to make it easier for everybody.

Like I said, we are much more active in the Discord have more tools/help in there though

Yeah Glitchless was only added to Impossible like a few weeks ago when I started runnin Impossible Any% lol and besides harder enemies, the run is the exact same as regular/easy glitchless.

I am also workin on a few new categories as we speak

Well yeah just cuz its called a skip doesn't mean its a glitch or anything but technically is a Skip/Exploit cuz it saves a chunk of time lol

Cheev I made a big List in the Fat Forum Post I made above of everything thats allowed in Glitchless that saves time, Console and PC Glitchless are the exact same, only difference is PC can remove Intro and some Dialogue Videos that Console can't. Other than that, Route is the exact same, they just don't have to wait in a few spots for dialogue to finish like you do on Console and thats the only difference.

1001 as far door falling down I actually don't know what you're talkin about so I couldn't say, but it sounds like its probably fine lmao but an example would be great to make sure. Watching the other "Glitchless Runs" is what I said, Not Glitchless Impossible, just the Regular Glitchless runs will have all the skips/tech you need that I mentioned in that Big Post. Its all works for Impossible, only difference between Impossible and Easy is that Enemies tank Harder and Do More Damage, everything Else in the Route is the exact same pretty much. I did mention one trick that Helios here did in Ch 10 with the Regenerator Chasing you, that will be in the "Barebones Impossible Glitchless Category". We also have a bunch of the clips of all the skips and tutorials for em lined up in the discord in different channels as well and a google docs spreadsheet in there as well. Once Again, I recommend just joining the Discord for any Questions or help you may need because all the info is already there as well as people that are usually pretty responsive at almost all times of day

Also Cheev I used to Speedrun DS1 on Xbox One without Splits so yes it works, but you def need clean recordings or streams of it.

The New Category Added is Impossible Glitchless, its in the Impossible Category. There are some tools to remove most of the cutscenes that prevent progress that are allowed in every Category, as well as an Intro Skip. Aim Fix Mod is also allowed in Glitchless. There a few ways to deal with crashes but nothing permanent, Most people think the longer the game is on the more it will crash(usually Ch 6 is usually a big Crashing spot for most people so Most people make saves just in case of crashes usually around ch 6 but anywhere else is fine.) Usually Restarting the Game after it being on for awhile helps make it so theres less crashes. Also Running the game on lower FPS is recommended, the higher the fps the more the game breaks essentially. Usually 30-200 FPS are fairly stable. Skips that are Allowed in Glitchless are Ch 3 Gondola Skip(Getting Level 2/3 Kinesis to Kinesis the Switch while Riding the Gondola at the beginning of Ch 3 skipping the area to the switch.(If you watch any Top Glitchless Runs youll find this as well as a few other skips that are allowed), Ch 3 Centrifuge Partial Skip (should be in some top Glitchless Runs(stasis Railing before it comes up after activating Centrifuge, walk over railing and drop down to the floor and make it to the elevator faster), Ch 4 Hammond Skip(walking in and out of a door to skip Hammond Cutscene/Locked Door Room), Ch 5 Quarantine Skip(Only been done in 2 runs, once in Very tight line up to walk past the Quarantine Trigger, Accidentally done in RedChaous's Glitchless runs and I have some clips of lineups for it in the Discord), Ch 6 Nicole Skip(Line Gun Mine the Weezer from the Door Entrance of the Room that Nicole usually traps you in for a tiny cutscene), Ch 6 Level 3 Weezer Quick Kill(Shoot Weezer on level 3 Platform in the Brute Room from the base Level, Ch 6 Tentacle Skip(not Really a Skip just a Quick Kill with Contact Beam(I believe this still works on Impossible, Ch 3 and Ch 10 Tentacles are fine too, don't know if you can quick kill those on impossible or not tho), Ch 10 Waiting Room should be in Barebones Impossible Glitchless WR by Helios(wait in room before Horde Room after activating the Hunter/Regenerator and waiting to Kendra opens the door while in safety), Ch 12 Despawn(Kinesis the Switch in the pipe from higher up in the pipe and it Despawns all enemies outside of pipe including brute, enemies while pulling marker,4 minute Nicole/Kendra Cutscene, and Final Boss. Have to Suicide in Final Boss Area to Spawn the Boss(Extremely helpful for time especially in Impossible. Should be in Any Top Glitchless Run). Also Quick Kills on Wall Guardians with Line Gun Mines are Allowed throughout the run and do work on Impossible, should be in any top run in any category besides barebones. There is no clipping through walls with weapons, OOB, No Pulse Boosts, No Ch 3 Centrifuge Full Skip, Wall Boosts, No Isaac Tilts, No Save Station Clips, No Hammond Skip, and no Deloads(although sometimes these happen randomly in the run although its fairly rare, it can happen and all you have to do to fix it is let the door close again then open it or sometimes open the door behind you then open the deloaded door again. This will not disqualify your run due to it not helping your run.) We understand the game is pretty glitchy so we can be fairly lenient with random glitches or deloads happening as long as they don't actually help the runner. Most runners and mods are pretty active in the discord, I'm not a full mod so I can't help with everything, but I suggest joining the Discord for any help, questions, etc. Everybody in there is pretty cool and very helpful and we are much more active in the discord for everything than in the forums

I was actually gonna ask about this myself after doin my playthrough on Hard, cuz it does actually feel like a solid middle ground between DMD and Normal. Plus theres an Easy % as well so i was interested in that as well

Theres only a few i know of Upgraded kinesis on chapter 3 to skip gondola transport and runnin to grab both switches, Theres some fast ways to kill the tenticle arms before they grab you idk if youd consider those skips or not, and theres 1 in Ch 3 I actually wanted some clarification on, but in Ch3 you can do the Gyro Skip "in a sense" but you have to stasis the railing and run over it >onto the ground< instead of onto the next railings. Theres also 1 I actually don't know if works for PC yet cuz im the only person to do it so far and i did it on console but its Chapter 5 Quarantine Trigger Skip

I knew they talked about adding it and saw it wasn't added still so i didn't bother attempting a run lmao, so ill def hit em up to try and get these goin

I'll def check it out cuz i have been pretty interested in running VoS No Duke as well, just started with Hardcore for a solid challenge but to have somethin not be that crazy lmaoo, and yeah hopefully a discord channel would come cuz thatd help alot. I am about to start workin on Hardcore and Vos Runs now though since i'm done with my break so im pretty stoked

No Duke would be dope! Vos/Hardcore are routed in Merchantless Forum! A big thing would be whether or not you allow people to sell weapons/make food dishes? You can't discard weapons in RE8, so whatever weapons you pick up you're stuck with. I understand people just wanting to make it so you can't buy anything to make things a bit easier, which is similar to how the in-game challenge works. (The challenge is for not spending more than 10,000 lei). However, I really like that additional challenge to the run(along with no food items) cuz it makes routing more fun and explorable "imo"(I skipped the 1st shotty in all my runs to get the tac for example on Merchantless Hardcore and that seemed faster), some people might even try skipping sniper or shotty altogether for magnum, GL, etc. and it just makes it feel like a true No Duke/Merchantless Run. I'm extremely happy and excited to see this category being made as well as 100%!

Yeah most of my runs landed around 2:45, but cuz i was doin the challenge run aspect of it i did alot of safe starts that took the time down hella hard, i'll probably be back at it again this week. Do you skip the first shotty in your run? Thats what seemed to work better for me, but I've also been wanting to test skipping shotties or Snipe for GL or Magnum(although i dont know if either would be worth due to not bein able to make ammo for them)