Well to give an update on my progress. I will be doing my first attempt at this tomorrow on twitch at Highspirits. I met a DQ7 runner on twitch, Pingval, who uses vastly different strats than the ones you had posted Emily. After testing them out myself, they are really good. Pingval's PB for DQ7 is currently 12:58
For class progression:
Hero - Swordance
Gabo - Thief to knockdown, Healer to HealUs
Mari - Mage to Boom
Aira - Swordance
Melvin - Lispy to SickLick
That cuts down on 96 fights, and still very powerful. Boom is better mid game than Stampede, and he uses Aira instead of Maribel at the end. Melvin with Sicklick is amazing, as it effects a lot of bosses. Drops their DEF to 0 and stuns them.
Also a much cleaner order when it comes to pedestals, and a lot less item pick up than even the JP runner we followed earlier. I'll post a link to my VOD when I finish the run on Saturday. I'll also get my notes online too so you can at least see the changes. Looking forward to finally doing my first run of this.
For class progression:
Hero - Swordance
Gabo - Thief to knockdown, Healer to HealUs
Mari - Mage to Boom
Aira - Swordance
Melvin - Lispy to SickLick
That cuts down on 96 fights, and still very powerful. Boom is better mid game than Stampede, and he uses Aira instead of Maribel at the end. Melvin with Sicklick is amazing, as it effects a lot of bosses. Drops their DEF to 0 and stuns them.
Also a much cleaner order when it comes to pedestals, and a lot less item pick up than even the JP runner we followed earlier. I'll post a link to my VOD when I finish the run on Saturday. I'll also get my notes online too so you can at least see the changes. Looking forward to finally doing my first run of this.