For updated info, check out the last page of this thread and the google doc, which you can find here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/17_vMoBaqYRf3Awac-SHq2RbZz46aKLf13sz8Uw73A5k
ORIGINAL POST FOLLOWS:
Just completed my first run, clocking in at just over 3 hours. I'm sure there are plenty of glitches to be found, and there's tons of routing to do, so let's get on it.
So far, the route consists of doing all the required main quests in each zone until all that's left is the warchiefs, then do the warchiefs. I'm not familiar enough with the second zone to know what the route should be, but my basic outline of the first zone is: hirgon 1, gollum 1, upper-left forge tower, ratbag 1 + lower-left forge, ratbag 2 + lower forge, gollum 2 + lower-right forge, gollum 3, hirgon 2, then warchiefs, then hirgon 3 and 4. I do ratbag 2 before the gollum stuff because it lets you start getting intel on the warchiefs while you're doing the gollum missions. I'm not yet certain about which forge towers are worth lighting and when to light them; in this route I get all but one.
For branding the warchiefs in zone 2, the best strat I've found so far is to do the mandatory mission to brand the first one, then command that warchief to riot one of the other warchiefs, brand that other warchief during the riot, then command either of those warchiefs to riot one of the remaining warchiefs and so on until they're all branded. You never have to brand the bodyguards this way.
Also, if anyone wants to try to find cool speedrun glitches, I would be forever in your debt.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/17_vMoBaqYRf3Awac-SHq2RbZz46aKLf13sz8Uw73A5k
ORIGINAL POST FOLLOWS:
Just completed my first run, clocking in at just over 3 hours. I'm sure there are plenty of glitches to be found, and there's tons of routing to do, so let's get on it.
So far, the route consists of doing all the required main quests in each zone until all that's left is the warchiefs, then do the warchiefs. I'm not familiar enough with the second zone to know what the route should be, but my basic outline of the first zone is: hirgon 1, gollum 1, upper-left forge tower, ratbag 1 + lower-left forge, ratbag 2 + lower forge, gollum 2 + lower-right forge, gollum 3, hirgon 2, then warchiefs, then hirgon 3 and 4. I do ratbag 2 before the gollum stuff because it lets you start getting intel on the warchiefs while you're doing the gollum missions. I'm not yet certain about which forge towers are worth lighting and when to light them; in this route I get all but one.
For branding the warchiefs in zone 2, the best strat I've found so far is to do the mandatory mission to brand the first one, then command that warchief to riot one of the other warchiefs, brand that other warchief during the riot, then command either of those warchiefs to riot one of the remaining warchiefs and so on until they're all branded. You never have to brand the bodyguards this way.
Also, if anyone wants to try to find cool speedrun glitches, I would be forever in your debt.
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