What is the max level most reach by the end of main story &/or secret bosses?

[Zarcos]

I'm curious if reaching the max level is any different compared to the first game. In OT 1, you essentially beat the game around 40-50 and leveling came to a near halt around 60-70. Sure, there was no reason to get to level 99, but felt a bit disappointed the game soft capped you at 60ish due to no enemies being a higher level.

Does this game make any changes to the end game/secret boss/dungeons? Would love to actually be able to reasonably hit the max level and fight enemies near or above level 99.

[Jprut]

I finished the game in 86 hikari and 83 throne

[Wiegs]

At the end of the story i had Castti at level 73, the rest ranged from 65 to a i think 53 for the lowest

[anthonyairbender]

I 100% completed the game with all of my characters being at least level 90, and Temenos being my highest at 97

[Sakhari]

For most people who bother to play the game to completion, the results will probably be similar to the first game with completions in the 60-75 range. Getting to 60 is fairly easy (the main group in my current save hit the 60's in less than 8 total hours of play) but the exp requirements to reach higher levels jump significantly after that.

The most difficult zone with random encounters suggests level 55 and with all available perk/accessory Exp. bonuses, you're looking at ~1500-2000 (give or take) exp per encounter there. Getting from level 71-72 requires around 60k experience (roughly 40 encounters) and it quickly gets worse from there.

There are specific farming methods involving some reliance on RNG which offer a decent chance of speeding that up but most people aren't going to bother with that.

Anyway, the TLDR answer to your actual question is 'no'. The end-game in OT2 has roughly the same expectations as the first and there really isn't much compelling reason to reach level 99 unless you've set a personal goal to do it.

[Wicca-san]

Im still wondering if there's any secret bosses like the post game boss for 1, which I STILL cant seem to beat no matter what I do :-(

Idk if Im just not mixing my classes and traits well enough or what, but I cant seem to do enough damage to anything. Just like that one side quest in the high level forest. It has actually made me hesitant to start in on 2.

[luvckay]

I had Evasive Maneuver equipped the entire time. Lv58 was my average levels for my team.

[Sayumé]

Take Alrond with you, equip the two cait powders you can find in the game. Save before search for a chubby cait (zone lvl45+)
When you've found one, try to get X100 EXP with Alrond. If yes gg you win 230 000+ xp, If not, reload your save and try again.

Don't forget to fight by night (Life un the shadows), with More rare monster hunter's skill and all +xp +jp + leaves skills and trinkets, take the forbidden shield and the alluring ribbon for more encounters. Run fights until you find a cait.