Oh snap it's been a while. I'm messing around in Disc 3, and now 1.5 is going to be a thing soon. Cool. Does that include the New Game+? I forgot whether it going to be a traditional, Chrono Trigger-esque one where you keep all your levels and equipment and you get to beat up all the lowly enemies with your end-game stats, or something else. Somehow, I'm getting a picture of the ENTIRE GAME being balanced for level 99 characters, and it sounds very awesome and very painful.
I honestly wouldn't mind a few things getting moved, altered, or axed completely. I gave Omega a few half-hearted attempts, consulted GarlandTheGreat's video where you need to have the Sadness/back row AND Defend active to have any hope of surviving Terra Break (and I can never get the timing for Defend down during any circumstances), and I said, naw, screw it. It ain't worth the trouble. Same goes for Nemesis. I would not mind one bit of those two were overhauled.
But mainly I'm glad that the HP curve was fixed for the latest build, and that rank ups automatically give +5 to each stat. I can actually survive things now! And rely on party members besides Barret and Cait Sith! But ironically, it seems this build is harder than I remember. Maybe the game's balanced differently precisely because of the +5 for all stats on each rank up. Or maybe I'm just thinking of the optional bosses, which are now evenly distributed across the game instead of in one big boss rush on disc 3 and are SUPPOSED to smack you around. Or maybe I was just overconfident and underprepared and the game punished me for it. Yeah, it's probably that last one.
Oh yeah, beating Zack in Nibel Manor didn't get me Omnislash. Is it found somewhere else now, or I did I just get trolled?