Act 3 is extremely difficult, is that normal?

[Stan Lee]

I was above level 60 when entering Act 3, nervons now have millions of HP and cause extremely high damage, they can easily kill my entire squad with 1 or 2 hits. Only Stendhal and perfect dodge/parry can handle them whereas Stendhal just got nurfed hours before. My friend told me those nervons were supposed to be battled in NG+, is that true?

[['w']]

where is your friend right now and how many do you see?

game is not difficult on normal, time is all you need

[tenchu400]

You can battle any and all bosses before NG+. I just took out the snake yesterday for example without Stendhal. It would come down to your set up and picto choices for each char.

[Apoc]

That is one problem with Act 3, you are free to go everywhere but have no idea which area/monsters are for lvl 60 and which are for lvl 99. There are some lower level areas but you pretty much have to go and hit your head against enemies until you find ones you can actually damage. ( Without the need of a broken setup. )

[Ratsplat]

Story? Balanced and/or easy if you head right there. But everything else? Can range from easy to impossible.

[Piglampa]

40% nerf Stendhal no problem.1 000 000 000 dmg nerf to 600 000 000 all one hit.SImon 2nd phase 50m hp.

[toughnails]

Act 3 is non-linear, you're supposed to figure out the zone order yourself, but if you can't bothered:
- do the party member quests first, Maelle's in particular takes you to a new area where you will level up
- go to Lumiere to finish the main story, don't wait until later, else it will be too easy
- go to Frozen Hearts to keep leveling
After that it should be pretty straightforward

[Dark]

There is no real clear progression track when you hit Act 3, Correct. But it can all be done in postgame/now. NG+ scales everything harder.

As a reference, the final story dungeon drops level 16 weapons as loot.

Can do
* Any area you can get to without flying.
* Go to camp and unlock compaion quest/max rep.
* Ready for the final area / story boss.

Post game:
* Can start with Crimson Forest
* Finally do/complete the Frozen Heart side quest for the Grandis
* Can start doing some of the world bosses now.
* Twilight Forest
* [???]
* Flying Manor
* Renoir's Drafts

[Stan Lee]

Thank you guys, I'll try those!

[DmonHiro]

God, I hope you're right. Act 2 has been so easy for me.

[Stan Lee]

Originally posted by DmonHiro:

God, I hope you're right. Act 2 has been so easy for me.

I can even terminate the final boss of Act 2 with 1 skill, but Act 3 is vice versa.