Thank you so much for the kind words and sharing your experience with the game!! I think if I was to do this one over again, I'd either kick out the Dispel Herbs or adjust things so that status effects were more pronounced - they can be useful against the boss, but it's entirely possible that they won't be necessary, and the enemies cause status effects extremely rarely. Still, glad you had a good time on Hard! I think the game is at its best when pushing the player's RPG skills, so I'm satisfied people are selecting the difficulty that suits them.