My characters feel rather weak around level 20 or so.

[Loot]

Is there a way to farm equipment, or do I always have to purchase it?

[Ice-Nine]

I pickpocketed and/or found all of my equipment. I never purchased any equipment in my first playthrough.

[Tyrannical Cancer]

you can steal or mug someone. There is a way to be broken early game but some people probably just complain it will make the game too easy. Like for example:
1. Get level 20 especially your merchant and hunter.
2. Capture Light revenant with the help of hired help
Now u have broken 6-9k light area dmg to wipe opponent entire field. But yeah if u just start the game it feel like the game so hard. But if u understand deep into the game. It is actually easy. A lot of things can be exploitable to break the game.

[AH-1 Cobra]

Equipment, sub job and passives matter more than levels in this game.

[dustin1280]

1. Get Cleric 100% run passive
2. Get Scholar's encounter reduction passive
3. Explore high level dungeons for treasure chests (running from all battles) to get uber gear

Alternatively, have Ozvald/Throne on your main team and mug/steal items from npcs

[JonWoo]

Originally posted by dustin1280:

1. Get Cleric 100% run passive
2. Get Scholar's encounter reduction passive
3. Explore high level dungeons for treasure chests (running from all battles) to get uber gear

Alternatively, have Ozvald/Throne on your main team and mug/steal items from npcs

Evil Ward isn't 100%. I've definitely gotten stuck with it on.

[dustin1280]

Originally posted by Jonwoo89:

Originally posted by dustin1280:

1. Get Cleric 100% run passive
2. Get Scholar's encounter reduction passive
3. Explore high level dungeons for treasure chests (running from all battles) to get uber gear

Alternatively, have Ozvald/Throne on your main team and mug/steal items from npcs

Evil Ward isn't 100%. I've definitely gotten stuck with it on.

Evil Ward IS 100% run chance, you are wrong.
What it won't do is stop the enemy from potentially getting ambush/surprise attacks which you would have to absorb before you can run.

[renzsweet]

Leaning into the systems available, I have felt overpowered the entire game. Started with Osvald and went exploring. Gave him thief, and got the flee passive. Stealing in every town and exploring high level dungeons helps a lot. I have 60 hours and have not even started most characters 2nd chapter. Giving Hikari the counterattack move and just defending rolls through most encounters, including his challenges.

[JonWoo]

Originally posted by dustin1280:

Originally posted by Jonwoo89:

Evil Ward isn't 100%. I've definitely gotten stuck with it on.

Evil Ward IS 100% run chance, you are wrong.
What it won't do is stop the enemy from potentially getting ambush/surprise attacks which you would have to absorb before you can run.

No it's not, I've had it on when I went into a much higher level area and couldn't run.

[dustin1280]

Originally posted by Jonwoo89:

Originally posted by dustin1280:

Evil Ward IS 100% run chance, you are wrong.
What it won't do is stop the enemy from potentially getting ambush/surprise attacks which you would have to absorb before you can run.

No it's not, I've had it on when I went into a much higher level area and couldn't run.

You are wrong, and you are mis-remembering.
You will not be able to re-produce what you claim.
If evil ward is equipped by an active party member you will be able to run 100% of the time, regardless of any other factors.

Won't stop surprise attacks though, where your party gets attacked first round THEN gets a chance to run.

EDIT: I also believe the person that has it equipped needs to still be alive... If they get KO'd I think the 100% run chance goes away for that battle.

[JonWoo]

Originally posted by dustin1280:

Originally posted by Jonwoo89:

No it's not, I've had it on when I went into a much higher level area and couldn't run.

You are wrong, and you are mis-remembering.
You will not be able to re-produce what you claim.
If evil ward is equipped by an active party member you will be able to run 100% of the time, regardless of any other factors.

Won't stop surprise attacks though, where your party gets attacked first round THEN gets a chance to run.

EDIT: I also believe the person that has it equipped needs to still be alive... If they get KO'd I think the 100% run chance goes away for that battle.

Sure dude.

[ChildNotNamed]

Originally posted by dustin1280:

Originally posted by Jonwoo89:

No it's not, I've had it on when I went into a much higher level area and couldn't run.

You are wrong, and you are mis-remembering.
You will not be able to re-produce what you claim.
If evil ward is equipped by an active party member you will be able to run 100% of the time, regardless of any other factors.

Won't stop surprise attacks though, where your party gets attacked first round THEN gets a chance to run.

EDIT: I also believe the person that has it equipped needs to still be alive... If they get KO'd I think the 100% run chance goes away for that battle.

You're the one being wrong. Literally just happened to me, right here, right now. Area level 45 and my characters were lvl 18/42/48/65 and Evil Ward was on Temenos, lvl 65. And yes, he was alive. I'm guessing it's because of my lvl 18 character, because it didn't happen before when I had higher leveled characters on my party.

So yeah, it definitely can happen.