FFVI - Children of Vector

Since i don't have much time, i usually only see the projects... but this time it may be different: the story sounds great, i've always wanted to see some kind of spin-off for unanswered questions... if you use your chance properly, i'll even be ready to play your hack, but since i'm an hardcore player, i must ask you to do a difficult game... after all it makes sense: you're not terra, celes, sabin, etc... i mean, they're hero, unmatchable fighters compared to normal humans.
Vicks/biggs and wedge are common humans, they belong to the empire, so they're trained soldiers, maybe they're elite soldiers, but surely cannot stand the level of the three generals(celes, leo and kefka).
It's normal that they would have hard times to survive in a world like that. what's your opinion?

It saddens me that in order for the game to be "hardcore" to you, it must be extra difficult. Games like this aren't built for their difficulty level, they are built to tell a story, to teach us something about the world or ourselves... a "hardcore" game should be something that is true to its concepts, core beliefs, and characters. Hardcore gamers are not sadists in gamer form, they are true fans of the hearts of the games and look at cheap, bastardized rip-offs and spiff-ups designed to sell more titles as something that takes away from the community. Making a game that is OMGSOHARDITSAWESOMEONLYHARDCOREGAMERSPLS is really just something to puff up gamers who get a high on challenge, not turn them appropriately introspective, something FF6 did beautifully. So if that is what you are looking for in my game, you may want to look elsewhere for your hack of choice.
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Sorry, just a personal rant of my own. You may not have even meant that to the extreme I took it, but since its my thread, I took the opportunity to rant. I still like you Tenk. And don't get me wrong, I appreciate a good challenege and look at the glorified cutscene gameplay a lot of modern games have as the same cheap tactic that takes away from a game just as much as pointlessly difficult gameplay. I'm just not willing to sacrifice the pacing of the story for needless challenge. And I will qualify this by saying I thought MM9 was pretty easy on my first playthrough and Black Sigil: Blade of the Exiled's encounter rate didn't bother me... so I think I have a generally high tolerance for what is considered "difficult".

Now... all that being said, the game will probably be a bit harder overall, complete with mega- and optional bosses scattered throughout the gameplay (not just at the end) and I do want to have a noticeable difficulty spike late-game, so I don't think many people will be disappointed. However, the point of the hack isn't to make it hard, its primarily a story-telling hack, so I doubt it will be too artificially boosted with bosses that take forever to kill when endurance fights say more about the amount of time the player has to waste rather than any actual measurement of "skill" associated with an RPG.