routing thought dump

skip hb1 ap boost - -12s
skip using ap boost - 2s?
skip ap boost before cerb - -11.5s
skipping sardon buying - -4.5s
skipping sardon equip - -2s
skip stitch chest - 3.5s (possibly 4)
master form demyx - -6s
master genie in mansion - 17s (mickey makes this random as fuck)
master xig - -4s (saves 4 ethers over current route)

      ~time save - -63s max~

buying and equipping 2 tourmaline rings - +10 seconds
no wisdom in bc2 - +3seconds
master xig menuing +6 seconds
genie core - +3-15s (pretty random strat, but every core strat will lose time to my PB, so idk
what to do really. Using genie so I can skip stitch is appealing, but I
have doubts about being able to pull of the strat consistently.)

      ~net time save - around 40s max, hard to tell with the randomness~

One problem with this is early game Ethers. Having to equip
a third ether for hydra wastes a bit of time. Or, it can save time if
you equip it instead of a potion in LoD1, but then you have to face
hades escape with just one potion. This in theory is doable, but if you
get bad luck you ded, which I'm not sure I like. Also, getting the
ether gives more leeway anyway. Other problem is no drive recovery for
thresholder. That fight is dumb as balls, idk if I want to reset to it
:(
Last problem is munny, looking at past runs I usually have between 600
and 700 munny before BC1. This means there is no guarantee I will have
enough munny in timeless. A solution is selling potions/drive recovery
if I still have it. That would probably lose like 4 seconds if I had to
do it, which seems somewhat likely. If I'm more concious of picking up
money early on, it could be avoided, idk.

Alternate;y skip 100AW AP Boost and DC Ap boost
This save 16 seconds compared to 23.5, but you get ether and drive
recovery. This is probably what I'll end up doing.

      ~net time save is closer to 33 seconds max.~

I don't like not doing the fastest thing, but I also don't like the
idea of resetting even more to the first hour.



unequip guard for combo boost(lod)
reequip guard after rapid thrusters
unequip guard before ocpete
buy 2 rings in timeless 640 munny
set up to use master form for xigbar
alternately, there is a 3 ether strat for xig that doesn't use master form, but loses 0-5 seconds over
current 6 ether strats.
luxord needs to be done without limit form at the start, this is possible to do without losing
or gaining time, but its harder.


current ether uses
3 hydra
2 boat fight
2 hb3 - tifa & cloud
1 gr1
1 gr2
1 carpet fights
1 axel
1 roxas
6 on xigbar
3 on luxord
1 on armor 2
22 used, 20 with trinity skip. usually can use around 6 in stitch
fights

current ethers gotten
1 donald
1 yensids tower
1 ping
1 lod1
2 from oc
2 from aladdin
2 from jack
8-10 from ht1 shop
1 from tron
4-5 from twtnw
2 from riku

25-28 gotten

new routes ethers used
3 hydra
2 boat fight
2 hb3 - tifa & cloud
1 gr1
1 gr2
1 carpet fights
1 mansion
1 axel
1 roxas
2(or 3) on xigbar
2 on luxord
3-4 core
1 on armor 2
21-23 ethers used
19 ethers used if trinity skip is gotten

new route ethers gotten
1 donald
1 yensids tower
1 ping
1 lod1
1 from oc
2 from aladdin
2 from jack
6-7 from ht1 shop (unsure, might be 5-7)
1 from tron
4-5 from twtnw
2 from riku

22-24 ethers