New 1.1.2 normal world record using an insanely brutal route beating Dread's run by over 5 minutes. This route I have been working on for a year now, by far the most effort I've put into anything xenoblade related. It's a sick but demanding route with many unique strats. Tons of both large and small optimizations all centered around efficiency of exp gain. Very difficult category to route because there's a ludicrous amount of options this game has to offer in terms of exp to research and lab, not even mentioning equipment+skills.
Older routes had exp farms lasting over an hour combined, which has now been significantly reduced to ~30m or less. The biggest change is a section of the run wh...