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I started recording stage 19, Antanjyl, for Ogre Battle today and quickly filled all 10 movie slots on ZSNES. I really should just skip to killing Galf but for some reason the stage is both amusing and boring. It's boring because the enemies are mostly lower level (what were the developers thinking?!). It's interesting because there are so many backrow vampires and that means lots of Charms flying around. They're mostly set to 'Weak' and that gives the AI a semblance of intelligence ... sometimes. The other times they just try repeatedly to charm someone who's already used up all their actions.
There *might* be a day or two gap where there are no new episodes of Ogre Battle to post and that means no new episodes of Langrisser 2 either. That game isn't a problem. I have 53 recorded segments but I have to go back and redo battles 26 and X4. I still haven't triggered the requirements for Egbert to offer entrance to X4 and it's still bugging me. I've gotten the total turn count, including secret scenarios 1-3 down to a total of 183 before starting stage 26. I might be able to trim a few more off but it's really getting hard to shave off even a single turn. The problem isn't killing enemies - oh no, my characters are absolutely ridiculously powerful - but getting to them quickly.
Hmm, the earlier stages where Riana is present it's possible for her to Teleport herself across the battlefield. There are still some possibilities with that. The stage numbers I've flagged for review are: 5, 7, 12, X1, 17, 18, X2, 21, and 22 thru 25 with stages 24 and 25 having been my chief grinding areas. My current fastest completion time is currently 2 turns for stage 7 followed closely by 3 turns for stages 4, 9, and X3. Stage 21 looks to be the most challenging in terms of speedrunning because it is a Kill All objective, most of the team has to move through deep water to reach any enemies, opponents are spread out all over the field, and reinforcements show up on turn 9.
There *might* be a day or two gap where there are no new episodes of Ogre Battle to post and that means no new episodes of Langrisser 2 either. That game isn't a problem. I have 53 recorded segments but I have to go back and redo battles 26 and X4. I still haven't triggered the requirements for Egbert to offer entrance to X4 and it's still bugging me. I've gotten the total turn count, including secret scenarios 1-3 down to a total of 183 before starting stage 26. I might be able to trim a few more off but it's really getting hard to shave off even a single turn. The problem isn't killing enemies - oh no, my characters are absolutely ridiculously powerful - but getting to them quickly.
Hmm, the earlier stages where Riana is present it's possible for her to Teleport herself across the battlefield. There are still some possibilities with that. The stage numbers I've flagged for review are: 5, 7, 12, X1, 17, 18, X2, 21, and 22 thru 25 with stages 24 and 25 having been my chief grinding areas. My current fastest completion time is currently 2 turns for stage 7 followed closely by 3 turns for stages 4, 9, and X3. Stage 21 looks to be the most challenging in terms of speedrunning because it is a Kill All objective, most of the team has to move through deep water to reach any enemies, opponents are spread out all over the field, and reinforcements show up on turn 9.
