Talk:Rafael's playthrough - Introduction/@comment-75.139.26.85-20151229002223/@comment-25941257-20151229073424

I was able to pick up Altina, run through the tower, then grab Varia, swing north, revisit the cache to take out the respawning monsters, kill the plant monsters at the potion materials gathering spot and then go after the Impaler while still having Simon say "we made better time than I expected", but I don't know if that's the absolute best you can do for his Economics score.

You can't grab Varia and return to the cache or kills the plant monsters ;-). You don't mention if you recruit Orcent's army or the Succubi at the tower...