- Jun 17, 2017
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Since we're sharing thoughts on hard mode, I'll throw in my recent experience. I started on 25.2 (so before the book change). I didn't use NG+ bonuses, and for RP reasons am selling the early star metals to the workshop, so I don't have a ton of spare gold to work with. This is an RP run, so I'm triggering some but not all lewd events. Under these circumstances, the early game is rough. And the game-to-reading ratio isn't optimal (I'm rereading to get the full experience and see if I can catch clues to some of the game's mysteries). Aura can do essentially nothing while under Curse II and III. However, things get a bit better near the end of Chapter 1. I did the Festival on Day 81, and was able to go all of Chapter 1 without using SKA until after the first phase of the Festival boss fight where I finally used it for the rest. Alicia was still in the first room, with about 10-15 corruption needed to progress to the second. Some boss fights took multiple attempts, but the only really obnoxious encounter was the slime summoner fight, which the buff to 30% might be affecting disproportionately. But I did get through it, so it's manageable. I'm not very far into Chapter 2 yet, but I haven't had any issues so far.
Edit: Spelling/Grammar
For clarification I wasn't saying Hard mode was unbeatable, although I haven't played much in the last few months. My problem is that I wasn't finding it that much enjoyable, and that the direction it seems to be taking should exacerbate my issues with it.
Moreover, if I understood correctly the latest bosses added in Chapter 2 are extremely difficult already in Normal mode, so I expect it'd take months from now to beat them in Hard mode.
Methinks for the time being I'll play Normal when I'll pick up the game again, and will give Hard a go when the 1.0 will be released.