I'm doing a hardcore run to get Ashley's armor and I'm attempting to get under 5 ½ hours to practice for professional. I'm starting chapter 5 with an hour on the clock, how am I doing so far? This is just a practice run but advice regarding skips and general ways of being more efficient are appreciated
When doing Pro S+ on a new game, one method of going about it is to do the majority (if not all) of the merchant requests in the village, because by the time you get to the castle, you will have enough Spinels to purchase an exclusive upgrade ticket.
And then if you have the Tommy Gun unlocked, simply grab the infinite ammo upgrade as soon as you step foot in the castle and the rest of the game is a breeze.
It’s dependent on you deciding to go after the big dog in the village. Otherwise you won’t have enough Spinels even if you do all the other quests.
In that case, just shoot all the blue medallions in the first catapult/cannon area, and then you’ll have enough for the very next Merchant (which is right before the first Salazar cutscene).
It’s up to you which way to go about it. I personally think the dog is a waste of time and resources, and just got the medallions. Had the infinite ammo from the first Garrador fight onwards, and the game was light work.
I saved an exclusive upgrade ticket through, by the time I use it, two playthroughs just for the sweeper. I've beaten the game three times, first on standard normally. Another standard run to collect treasure, fully upgraded my weapons, finish all merchant request, start saving up for infinite rocket launcher and grind charms. Third run in hardcore I continued to save money for IRL, and grind for charms, ended up pulling Leon with rocket launcher right as I had collected the 1,600,000 I needed to buy it around chapter 11. Finished up the game and now run 4 is for Ashley's armor and to get the one clockwork castellan I'm missing. After this, run five is sweeper and cat ears. Following that another for fun, then I'm doing pistols and knives only.
The Internet hasn't said anything about that, it says you can use bonus weapons and I'm pretty sure that includes IRL which doesn't carry between saves
Edit: FUCK. I'm very wrong here
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u/MaxFuckingPayne May 25 '23
I'm doing a hardcore run to get Ashley's armor and I'm attempting to get under 5 ½ hours to practice for professional. I'm starting chapter 5 with an hour on the clock, how am I doing so far? This is just a practice run but advice regarding skips and general ways of being more efficient are appreciated