Yeah, Santzo was sick of Optimelle because of the BKGS random drops. Crapple doesn't rely on drops so he went back to it. Besides, Optimelle is only faster in Fhyber's notes. It's not actually proven to be the better route, especially with the new soul duping and thief strats. Ela and Noobest still run Optimelle I'm pretty sure.

I suppose your right. That first mission on legendary was so difficult though.