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Septerra Core: Legacy of the Creator (1999)

Duration: 1:17:54

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Better & final run: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIINDZi_2h8
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First completed run of this route. Mistakes such as at 2:51 because the QoL mod is both a blessing and a curse. Clip timestamps: 5:56, 6:15, 7:15, 8:38 (this one sucks), 10:20, 10:38, 15:37, 16:24, 17:08 (I swear, this one should be perfectly consistent, but it is what it is, so I saved), 19:13, 19:39, 21:19 (repeat), 22:05 (repeat), 22:57 (Repeat of the annoying one -- See what I mean?), 23:51 (repeat), 24:15 (repeat). 25 minutes in and that's about it. The rest is just bashing my head against Doskias' damage mitigation for 45 or so minutes. Spoilers: he wasn't nice either: see 57:48. The fight can be improved a lot, and probably not only because of the heal, but also because of how often he seemed to clone himself. The fastest I managed to do it in practice was around 36 minutes, which would be pretty damn close to sub 1 hour.

The thing about Doskias is, you could do the grind Professor_Palmer and AndyPerfect did but it takes a long time -- 7 minutes or so -- just to enable Led to deal 30 damage per 2c. Selina also deals 30 damage, but her skill costs another 10 MP on top of Badu. To put it into perspective, it took Palmer some 45 minutes of grinding to dish out 50 damage on each character. I've additionally tested shorter grinds, but with poor results. Palmer's Doskias would've probably been much faster with the Herb strat and using special attacks, but it still shouldn't offset the time it takes to return to the vendors multiple times. Maybe a different source of Exp could be found, but I couldn't come up with anything.

Changes in this run:
• Outclaw Canyon serves no purpose anymore. The simple discovery of shells 2 and 3 as well as 3 and 6 being connected grants access to most of the characters in the first minutes of the game. Unlocking them out of order causes some dialogue not to trigger, but also allows skipping the magi that would normally have to be fought prior to warping to Doskias. You don't get warped to the magi anymore for reasons unknown -- that is to say, delivering Supplies to Layla is probably what triggers him, which is no longer necessary.
• Minor improvements to some of the more difficult clip setups, such as the one in the cemetery.
• Because Shell 6 is accessible as soon as entering Shell 3, quest progression toward Shell 5 is skipped. (I was also oblivious to this one, but eventually noticed that the locations are connected.)
• I take the opportunity to collect Quick Gem from the ??? area; it isn't easy to test, but I've had some disastrous results when attempting Doskias without it where he would attack all at once and decimate the party. The two Soul Stones also come in handy.
• No grinding and only 2 extra encounters to unlock Corgan's Core Force.
• Herb strat to detect which one of Doskias' clones is the real one.
• Right click, then F after a small delay to lessen the QoL mod's glitchiness in certain situations.

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