Insane Difficulty: Playtesting Ideas / Playthrough - Insane Difficulty

are you running the stronger tier 1? that would partially account for bolt sword's (i'm just gonna call it that ) performance. i was quite pleasantly surprised by the elemental blades' performance. also i can't recall if jump increases the proc damage.

i like the idea of having one of each of the status relics available. i also can't remember if this is already the case.

i like the poison darts. not useful in many situations but when it works it really works!

i was against the cost increase of the cure line at first. but it doesn't hurt most characters much and is an indirect buff to remedy. on that note being able to use remedy outside of battle when you don't have a status ailment would also be nice.

i still like brainpan better than stray cat for the immunities and it's defence ignoring (not affected by imp?).

please consider getting a new mic and/or adjusting the balance so that your voice is louder than the music.

I'll adjust volumes. Thanks.

Glad ya'll like the idea with status immunity relics. I've always felt Atma was a little easy once you knew what to prepare for. I haven't really shown off other progressions that well. Most of its offscreen, or the difference is small anyways. (seraph, no, there's not one of Spirit Ring or Amulet available. There is Jewel & Fairy early in the game, but Spirit & Amulet must be bought).

Bolt Sword procs Bolt 2, which is unchanged. (Bolt Rod will run the stronger tier-1). There was nothing that Edgar did that any of ya'll can't do, except for the vig+2 / vig+3 on the mythril equipment. Striking a weakness is just stupidly powerful: its 2x damage (see: auto-crit) and it multiplies other multiplies (no other multiplier does this). Sword Jump is normally (damage + 50%), but striking a weakness means its (damage + 50%) * 2, or twice damage + 100%. And, yes, the proc is boosted as well.

For the Cure line's cost increase, sounds like I accomplished my goal. I had RegenX in mind for indirectly buffing, but Regen, Remedy, Brush, Mantra, Harvester, all also get indirectly buffed as well. And Holy Wind, though it didn't really need a buff.

Brainpan is superior to Stray Cat, even with "Club." He absorbs Magnitude, Quake, & Raze, is immune to Stop, and Blowfish's set damage means Gau can focus on defense & speed. (Used to have other status immunities; BTB!!). Stray Cat only nulls Earth & is dependent on two stats. If Snowball was, oh say, as strong as Fireball (60), set Slow, & Gau had a mid-game Club (all reasonable), Stray Cat would at least significantly outdamage Brainpan, on top of being a cruise-control Slow setter. Mind you, now that I remember (d'oh), Cephalid wins the DPS war, as its basically a 60 BPow Snowball that's stamina-based. Fah! Stray Cat's cooler!

Poison Darts struggles early on b/c of undead (Sealed Cave, Daryl's Tomb) or high defenses (IAF, Chupon, Atma, Behemoth). I couldn't think of another appropriate magic for Setzer either. (Well, Drain, but unless its cap is removed, who cares). It ate the randoms alive, and post-Daryl's Tomb with Daryl's Soul equipped, it'll be crazy. Hoping that the lack of shield (on a bulky healer, no less) balances it, but we'll see.