No shit!! I cannot beat Deus, I have tried like five thousand times. And I ran outta cash and stuff to sell, just to upgrade my main party's Gears, so I can't really use the other characters to do away with those orbs... The foul thought of employing the use of a gameshark has crossed my mind more than once lately.
What are you? an RPG newbie?
If you want a hint, keep fighting in the lighthouse before Deus... Easy cash, easy upgrades, east level ups... Just make sure you don't die though... some critters can knock down a Xenogear with a few hits.... which is pretty scarier than Deus considering that those things are NORMAL enemies...
I leveled up for about 4 hours in the lighthouse, so I beat Deus in about the 3rd try.... It ain't that bad...
Yeah, I have been to the lighthouse as a matter of fact. Did all the stuff there, bought up all the junk I could from Big Joe's shop and all that. But I really did not see any cash coming my way thru battling. In fact, the only place I can find any enemies that give up money is inside of Merkava(?).
Oh, and I'd suggest stepping down from your 'l33t RPG expert high horse'. Some of us, after all, do in fact have lives and necessities outside of games. Some of us as well, have been around since the dawn of the advent of modern console RPG's