The following changes have been made to Gate of Providence in v1.0.3:

Balance

• Decreased the overall stats of enemies on Trainee (Very Easy) and Mercenary (Easy) difficulties.
• Increased the STR, DEX, and AGI stats of enemies on War Hero (Hard) and Lunatic (Very Hard) difficulties.
• Judgment - Base Damage reduced by 100 (500 -> 400).
• Ram Stance - Base Damage increased by 5 (75 -> 80).
• The Hierophant - ANI Cost decreased by 5 (15 -> 10).

Other

• Revamped Cooking and Smelting to accept number input. This allows for crafting multiples of items that aren't 1, 5, and 10.
• Guarding will no longer affect healing or Anima gain from items or skills.
• Achievements Go-To Guy, The Hero Iris Deserves, Awaken, My Masters, Can't Hide from the Past, Jun the Explorer, Cat Lover, and Pest Control now have progress bars. (This change will not be visible on older save files.)
• Dependencies (DirectX and Visual C++ Redistributable Packages) have been included with the downloadable zip file.