Maybe I'm weird, but I really enjoyed fighting Purple Ludroth. Just did it right now. Never fought a subspecies before, and I was impressed.
I expected it to be a Ludroth with a few more moves and a poison element, and it basically is, but it also seems to shuffle around like a Lagiacrus. Seems to be a lot more aggressive, too, and it does a ton more damage.
Since I was gathering a lot I didn't hae any room in my pouch for anything from the supply box (except topping off my Antidotes). I think I ended up using 11 antidotes and 10 mega potions. I fainted twice in the process, too. It reminded me of when I first fought Royal Ludroth and couldn't figure out how to avoid his rolls.
Duramboros felt like the game was trying to fight back again, but this feels like it's getting serious.
My armour's low rank since this is the first high rank quest. I'm just hoping that making high rank armour doesn't drop the difficulty too far down again.