Painted Power should have been given at the end of Act 3, not Act 2

[DmonHiro]

So here's my only problem with the game. It's Act 3. I finish act 2 and people online told me that if I do all the side quests first I'm going to be way too powerful for the final boss. So I only do the side quests needed to max the relationship level then head straight to Lumiere. Sadly, with Painted Power I'm still killing everything before it gets a turn, except the mini-bosses. And no, I'm not using Stendhal. I truly believe the end of Act 3 was made without Painted Power in mind.

Now, the side quests in Act 3 absolutely need Painted Power, otherwise you're looking at at least 1 hour for some of the bosses. So I think they should have given us this after we beat the main game.

[This PC]

I think it was made to cater both to people who don't want to do the truckload of side content, and the people who want to do the truckload of side content. Both sides have what they want with this approach. Someone might really be put off by everything being lvl 70 in the world then, that person will still be able to finish the game. ^^''

[Ratsplat]

Or cap at 99k then unlimited later.

[DmonHiro]

I like that. Painted Power unlocks up to 99k. Then have another, say Painted Pain, that unlocks 999k.