Board Thread:Off-topic Discussion/@comment-27713488-20170606001125/@comment-33405369-20171018185320

Yes, I also save a save like that. But it doesn't feel like a playthrough like this needs a full walkthrough; It's pretty easy to just ignore the trial part of my walkthrough and adapt it to do this and then start following it after the trial.

The thing about playing them against each other is that after the end of the trial, both of the alliances will be cancelled (putting you back to where to walkthrough is) and you will incur a -3 penalty to both A_tekrok and A_rokgrid. If you also choose to let the catgirls go free later (-1 to both), you will be at -4 with both of them. This may or may not lock us out of some things in future versions.

The obvious advantage of playing them both is unlocking Hunting and having an easier start (and an easier time during the Feast event). We still don't know how relevant Hunting will be throughout the game though. I think it's just something you do at the start and that's it; but if I'm mistaken and it turns out to be something huge, I'm already prepared to adapt the walkthrough.

Another advantage is that Hunting 10 times will also give you 10xp and put you right at level 4 before the Soldier fight when travelling to meet up with Vehlis. You don't actually need to be level 4 to beat him though, and given how the xp curve works in this game (needed xp = previous level xp * 2) that 10xp feels like it's gonna be irrelevant pretty soon.

In the end, it's a lot of speculation on my part. I will need more versions of the game to see how things will play out and keep adapting the walkthrough if necessary.

Just one small detail about the Slave Armor: in practical terms, so far, it's no different than using the Leather Armor since there are no enemies that use magical attacks yet. Using the Leather Armor is, in fact, the superior choice at the moment for one small plot detail: When you you travel to meet up with Vehlis you will get more A_vehlis (+2 instead of +1) if you have it equipped. This may or may not snowball into affecting your orcfestivalscore during your chat with Vehlis depending on your other choices when talking to her.