To be completely honest, I've slowly come to enjoy fun encounters over difficulty. It's usually not difficult for me, but for the others I play with (the community as a whole), it can be. Nothing it more frustrating than trying to explain something as simply as possible and the person not grasping the idea (or they forget it when the mechanic comes up). Also, I rather like the fact that HM and EX were not so different. In my opinion, this makes it not only easier to not mess up normal after only farming EX (how many times have I fallen off in Sophia HM, but do EX flawless), but can help the more casual/time constrained players to quickly get into the EX fight and clear it. Plus both versions of Byakko are fun.

Especially once things are on farm; I'd rather reflect on it and ask myself is this encounter fun? Well, I can at least say that is a yes with Byakko and Susano.