Insane Difficulty: Xenosaga - Episode II - Jenseits von Gut und Bose - HardType v3.9 - Insane Difficulty

Xenosaga - Episode II - Jenseits von Gut und Bose - HardType v3.9
http://www.insanedif...de-ii-hardtype/

This patch is a difficulty and re-balance modification for the PS2 NTSC-U version of Xenosaga Episode II.

Enemy HP, STR, and EATK have been increased in the normal difficulty version, and they have been increased further in the hard difficulty version. Re-balanced Equip Abilities, E.S. Accessories, Ether Abilities, Double Ethers, Dual Techs, Single Techs, and Special Attacks. Some enemy experience, class points, skill points, and drops have been altered.

Equip Abilities
STR and EATK+4 - +4 Str or Eatk
Fiber Coat - +4 Vit and Edef
Fiber Hat - +4 Dex and Eva
STR and EATK+6 - +6 Str or Eatk
Gorgon Coat - +6 Vit and Edef
Gorgon Hat - +1 Agl
Masamune - +10 Str, attack up when an ally is KOed
Excalibur - +10 Eatk, defense up when an ally is KOed
Prism Coat - +10 Vit and Edef, all damage reduced by 10%

E.S. Accessories
POW and EATK+20 - +20 Pow or Eatk
POW and EATK+40 - +40 Pow or Eatk
POW and EATK+60 - +60 Pow or Eatk
Gorgon Frame - +60 Arm and Edef
Fine Circuit - +10 Dex and Eva
POW and EATK+100 - +100 Pow or Eatk
Prism Frame - +100 Arm and Edef

Ether Abilities
Medica 3 - 8 EP cost, restores a large amount of HP, E.S., battle only
Flame Blast - 6 EP cost, Attack Power 20
Ice Blast - 6 EP cost, Attack Power 20
Thunder Blast - 6 EP cost, Attack Power 20
Aura Blast - 6 EP cost, Attack Power 20
Flare - 12 EP cost, Attack Power 30, E.S.
Medica Rest - 40 EP cost, restores a massive amount of HP to the party, E.S., battle only
Angel's Rain - 18 EP cost, Attack Power 40, all-targeted Aura-based ether damage, E.S.
Erde Storm - 8 EP cost, Attack Power 20
Erde Beam - 8 EP cost, Attack Power 20
Erde Quake - 8 EP cost, Attack Power 20
Erde Kaiser Fury - 50 EP cost, Attack Power 100

Double Ethers
D Medica 3 (Double Medica 3) - 8 EP cost, restores a large amount of HP to the party, E.S.
Flame Storm - 6 EP cost, Attack Power 25
Ice Storm - 6 EP cost, Attack Power 25
Thunder Storm - 6 EP cost, Attack Power 25
Aura Storm - 6 EP cost, Attack Power 25
Flare 2 - 12 EP cost, Attack Power 60, E.S.
Flame Burst - 6 EP cost, Attack Power 40
Ice Burst - 6 EP cost, Attack Power 40
Thunder Burst - 6 EP cost, Attack Power 40

Dual Techs
Ice Brand - Attack Power 131
Elemental Nocturne - Attack Power 86
Archangel's Requiem - Attack Power 111
Dual Spell Ray - Attack Power 120
Cross Fist - Attack Power 131
Gravity Bomb - Attack Power 146
Silver Duet - Attack Power 116
Power Strike - Attack Power 252
Lion Heart - Attack Power 161
Cross Hilbert - Attack Power 138
Twin Buster - Attack Power 184
Grand Ronde - Attack Power 202
Fiery Ritornelle - Attack Power 97, now properly deals fire and pierce damage
Phoenix Blade - Attack Power 190

Attack Power

Single Techs

Chaos
Spirit Touch - 15
Angel Blast - 15
Divine Seal - 15
Spirit Cross - 15
Spirit Strike - 15
Angel Shot - 16
Heaven's Wrath - 17

KOS-MOS
T-Arts 1 - 15
T-Arts 2 - 15
T-Arts 3 - 15
T-Arts 4 - 15
T-Arts 5 - 15
T-Arts 6 - 16
T-Arts 7 - 17

Shion
Electro Shot - 15
Electro Ray - 16
Electro Blast - 17

Jin
Tempest Blade - 15
Wind Blade - 15
Spinning Blade - 15
Rising Blade - 15
Tornado Strike - 15
Soaring Blade - 16
Raptor - 17

Ziggy
Combo One - 15
Combo Two - 15
Combo Three - 15
Combo Four - 15
Burst Blow - 15
Burst Blade - 16

MOMO
Robin - 15
Lark - 16
Sparrow - 17

Jr.
Quick Draw - 15
Quick Turn - 15
Quick Drop - 15
Quick Shot - 15
Cross Hand - 15
Crossover - 16
Killing Sky - 17

E.S. Dinah
Hand-to-Hand - 15
Beam Blaster - 15

E.S. Zebulun
Kick - 15
Archery - 15

E.S. Asher
Shield Lancer - 15
Gatling - 15

Special Attacks

KOS-MOS
Minigun - 39
Micromissile - 25
Dragonblade - 42
X-Buster - 55

E.S. Dinah
Spiral Fist - 36
Tornado Fist - 53
Twin Dragons - 57
Chained Blast - 52
Meteor Storm - 53
X-Buster - 46
Iron Blade - 80

E.S. Zebulun
Rain Arrow - 23
Starlight Arrow - 55
Golden Bow - 53
Ice Rondo - 55
Power Kick - 63
Aird - 49
Meteor Blast - 83

E.S. Asher
Shot Buster - 35
Gatling Blast - 57
Wings of Light - 57
Ice Storm - 52
Corona Buster - 52
Odin Buster - 79
Moonlight Blade - 47

v3.9 Changes
added a version with extra enemy buffs
tweaked some ethers and double ethers
altered some xp and drop lists

v3.5 Changes
revamped the ether ability alterations to fix some ai bugs

v3.2 Changes
tweaked some dual techs

v3.1 Changes
tweaked some special attacks

v3.0 Changes
tweaked the final boss
altered libra, scutum, pilum, orgulla, and the e.s. issachar's drop lists
tweaked ether abilities
tweaked double ethers
tweaked dual techs
tweaked single techs
tweaked special attacks

v2.2 Changes
tweaked the final boss
finalized enemy modifications

v2.1 Changes
finalized equip abilities and e.s. accessories alterations

v2.0 Changes
tweaked e.s. accessories

v1.8 Changes
tweaked equip abilities

v1.7 Changes
fixed a minor bug

v1.6 Changes
altered e.s. accessories

v1.3 Changes
altered equip abilities

v1.1 Changes
altered erde kaiser fury

v1.0 Changes
modified all enemies

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http://www.insanedif...de-ii-hardtype/

Playing through this now (finally), the beginning is definitely a challenge with the hard hitting enemies and very little revival ability. My one suggestion so far would be to change the beginning bosses to always drop their rare item, since you don't have access to Psycho Pockets and it's no fun replaying the Pilum/Scutum boss fight over and over for a 20% drop.

Is there a way to check if the patch applied correctly? I played up through Disc 1 and it still seems too easy