Insane Difficulty: A playthrough! - Insane Difficulty

So, I'm doing this.

https://www.youtube....DnsVfonChsqiAiE

It's Chapter 1 so far, I started a few hours ago. Will try to see if I can make it to the end! (My White Knight SCC in 1.3 will have to wait a bit due to certain circumstances. >_>)

Fun stuff, 120 fps hypu. I'll be watching from ch. 2 onwards (watched the algus battle).

Just watched the entire thing. 120fps Also nice to see people like the bombs/squids, and new strategies in general.

Is there anything you think needs to be addressed in the faq, that hasn't been yet?

To be quite honest, no.

I was actually so very delighted to see such a complete FAQ, I read it all. I'm only thinking that maybe some things I can't know through a FAQ are the kind of things you get to know by playing the game yourself.

I'm only up to the 2nd chapter, so if there's anything I will let you know ASAP!

Chapter 2 is here!

Well... almost. It's up to Barius Valley. The difficulty is escalating as intended and will finish the chapter soon.

https://www.youtube....sqiAiE&index=11

Just watched through Zaland, the rest will have to wait until I get home from work today. Awesome stuff, keep it coming!

Also noticed you haven't updated, which is fine for now. Please do so before Bethla Sluice (version 2.07 fixes a bug that causes that battle to win itself).

So far, about how accurate would you say these rankings are? http://www.insanedif...and-discussion/ Keeping in mind that I'm just comparing battles to other battles in the mod.

Good thing the changes don't affect what I've done so far that much. (Although that Oil thing and Stone Edge would've helped a bit q.q)

As for the ranking, I'd say it's pretty much accurate, although I'd say...
- Dorter 1 = 2. Delita and Algus are a huge help. Enough to make it easier than it seems.
- Miluda 1 = 1. Self-destruct that bish.
- Wiegraf 1 = 1. I'm treating this and Miluda 1 as merely assassination and not counting what it would be like to kill every single enemy unit.
- Zirekile = 3. The battle was long, but it's a matter of taking out the units that would be more dangerous in the long run first.
- Goug = 3-5, dat Roulette can make this vary.
- Barius Hill = 5. But I'm probably being a crybaby here. This one took me like 3-4 tries, all those damned enemies reviving each other. >_>

I will update my ISO as soon as I get to chapter 3, might as well finish this chapter with the current build.

Just finished watching them.

Dorter 1 is usually the 1st or 2nd wall f or new players (depending on how much trouble Sweegy is), while the following few battles seem comparatively easier. I'm not judging the rankings solely on my own experience but with watching streamers/videos as well and adjusting accordingly. It was also a bit harder before I made Delita/Algus controllable (AI guests are often derps) but still nothing too bad.

Roulette can also make Miluda 1 vary a bit too. It's just more noticeable at Goug since you can't end it in 1-2 turns like you can with Miluda 1, and beginners are nowhere near as efficient at assassination.

Barius can be a bit easier if you have Ramza as a wizard, since Trees are physical tanks. Also Perish Song does a good job eliminating trees, but takes a bit longer. It's still decently hard for its portion of the game, though.

Goug can be easier as well - Mustadio can Eye Gouge the Metal Slime for a Berserk, which effectively removes it from the battle (especially if you also manage to poison it with something else).

Still though, your rankings are mostly about 1/2 a point different so I'd say so far pretty accurate.

The rest of Chapter 2 is now included.

Fun fact: when I was up against Quek, some guy knocked on my door asking if I had condoms. I just thought I'd say this 'cause it took me a long time to beat that guy, plus it's the first time this ever happens to me lol.

Will patch up to 2.07 to play Chapter 3!

Yay! Will watch now

Needed a break from testing the rest of my ch 4..

I'm sure there are much better ways to go around the mod. But I've been ramboing it so far, and it's actually the first time I changed Ramza's class. Not to mention I haven't done any random battles or monster recruiting... I'm guessing the following battles will demand more preparation, so I will need more tools at my disposal.

I suppose you could say it was a self-imposed challenge of sorts, though I can no longer say something like "perma Squire."

Despite my ramboing, I'm having lots of fun, especially because doing so requires me to pay so much attention to what's going on in the field, regarding the CT, positioning, and the like.

tl;dr: I LOVE THIS MOD!

Don't worry about going through the "ideal" way. I can tell you're ramboing it so far (especially because of the battle where you had a lv 2 goblin), but it seems to be working for you so far. It's helpful too for me to see strategies other than the ones I've used. Also I'm not 100% sure which strategies are actually ideal. I know what I've done that works, but wouldn't be too surprised if someone makes something I thought was hard look easy.

Fun fact: Queklain was one of the battles that barely changed since I made it, since I liked what I did with it when I first made it. So on the past few runs on it, been just trying to find new/dumb ways to kill him, which has just showed me that there's multiple strategies possible.

Just had enough time to try and upload Goland. I must say I kinda give up on the way I'm playing it. xD

I'll go and get some JP and recruit a few monsters. I will need it, especially after scouting Zalmo.

Edit: Ugh, never mind. Something went wrong with the video.

Video worked.

Really? On my side it freezes sometimes. Like it was badly recorded.

Yeah, it worked fine for me.

Zalmo isn't too bad, but is the hardest at its point. It is a smart idea to get a few more abilities on your guys and/or try different units for it. Since you haven't done this yet, random battles have been covered in the faq. At this point in the game, you have a chance of getting the easy battles (max of 4 units, no special ones) and of getting the regular ones (which can contain more units including special classes). Sweegy East contains a lv 1 friendly bomb in its easy battle, if you're one of those that likes beating on a lv 1.

I'm thinking beating a lv1 merclessly will net me a good amount of JP, right?

If so, I will be a bully and kick his ass.

I'm really curious about the Blue Mage so I might as well go for that.

Okay, Zalmo was exciting and weird. Like, really.

I'm about to upload it. I'll edit the post when it's done.

Edit:

https://www.youtube....DnsVfonChsqiAiE

So, three things.

1. NEW TEAM OVERHAUL, YO. And I only got like 7 levels in the end. Plus I got to even up a few of my other units. Didn't make much difference in the battle with Zalmo, regarding the enemy units' stats and stuff.

2. I made a mistake and put Time Magic on Agrias, when I actually had White Magic on her to see how things would go. I don't regret it 'cause it kinda worked in the end.

3. I swear to god I was going to quit the battle when I saw none of these guys' HP bar would go down. I was literally thinking "wtf did I miss something?" while moving around the cursor. I'm glad I was so dumbfounded that I just kept punching him out of confusion.

I'm not 100% sure why sometimes the ??? bar is grayed out and sometimes it's not. In the Unit List, you'll only see it go down on ???'s if it's below 999.

Yeah, I noticed on Quek. But I suppose it wasn't necessary for Zalmo's HP to go below 999 to trigger the end of the battle? That's what it seemed like to me. Like he just needed a few punches in his nose to gtfo my case.

Or maybe it did and he went critical.