The story could be that X grants Zero his buster, kinda like Zero gave X his buster in X1, and Zero then combines it with his own, and the end result is a stronger saber. Killing X in the Doppler 2 miniboss fight grants Zero an upgraded saber that one or two shots bosses. Quote from: Teemu on July 09, 2019, 03:00:42 am Is this a scenario you could give some thought:
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But if that's the way it's gonna be, then that's the way it's gonna be. And the removal of the insta kills for Crawfish and Seahorse hurts a little, too. Not to mention having to deal with Tiger and Catfish RNG twice in one run. I just still really dislike not having a quick kill saber for Zero in the refights because it literally means having the exact same boss fights twice in a run, and that's lame. It's a tough run, very challenging towards the end. I haven't really looked into a run with X at all, though, so I'm not sure, though. The boots would be collected for elevator skip. In a run with character swaps, I guess the fastest route would be Zero through the 8 mavs, collecting the boots and buster upgrade, then killing Zero at Doppler 2, and finishing the game as X with the beam saber because it saves a crap ton of time in the boss rush and Sigma.
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For this run, I collected one subtank for safety. I still believe in sub 42, and I would like to see it one day.
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It's a good run, nailed most of the strats. Zero Project is part of the official Mega Man RTA Leaderboards, and here is a recent world record by me: