What level should the characters be at to fight Ancient Dragon or the boss of that area?

[Paratech2008]

I have level 11 characters at the moment. I'm trying to grind them to level 15. Would that be good enough for that area?

[Rathole]

I jsut started playing this for the first time, and started having some trouble. I found a guide that said that a general rule of thumb was each new area you can start fighting in successfully should last you up to 5 levels then move on to the next tier. So far this has worked very well for me.

[Paratech2008]

So the area I'm in I should be level 15? I think its the third area? Beginning Act 2.

[Ammy]

Yeah, lvl 15 is a good lvl over all for that zone.

Personally starting out I had trouble beating that dragon till I was like lvl 25 with life rings, but that was because I was still getting a handle on the game as a whole.

[Paratech2008]

Should I use the default characters? I have 6 characters in my party, but the 3 I use for fighting are the 3 that you start with. I have the all DLC to the game and the other characters are leveled up the same as the main characters.

I'm at level 14 at the moment with all 6 characters. I plan on trying the first boss in the second area when my characters are level 15. I have life rings on all 3.

[Ammy]

Originally posted by Paratech2008:

Should I use the default characters? I have 6 characters in my party, but the 3 I use for fighting are the 3 that you start with. I have the all DLC to the game and the other characters are leveled up the same as the main characters.

I'm at level 14 at the moment with all 6 characters. I plan on trying the first boss in the second area when my characters are level 15. I have life rings on all 3.

Honestly I say go for it! Save before hand of course.

In my experance with the game, wheres the 2 DLC characters are powerful, they are honestly as strong as the other CPUs and I found by the end of the game party config came down to preferance of who you wanted to see beating stuff up.

[Racerman2001]

Level 15, you say? Well, there goes my summer. I've bought a Life Ring for Neptune and Stamina Rings for Compa and IF, and they're all at level 11 at the moment. Neptune and IF also have game discs loaded for SP Cost Reduction. Well, better safe than sorry.

But before I go grinding, where should I grind? I've used the Plans for adding Mechtro Factory and Zeca Ruins.

[Ammy]

Honestly the Factory if you are able to grind there. Especatly if the whale spawns and you can kill it.

The whale gives a large amount of EXP if you can kill it and is useful even for end of chapter 2 grinding if you need it. (I used it to go from lvl 20-35 I beleive it was))

[Paratech2008]

So should I be level 20 before entering the factory? I defeated Black Heart @ level 15. Now Noire is in my party.

Thanks for the tips.

[Deathman.Kenshi]

Use Plutia, not cause he is powerfull but cause its Plutia, your psychotic over the top yandere :)

[Paratech2008]

I defeated the Dragon with level 16 characters. yea! I used the one character to heal and the other characters special powers. I'm thrilled. Thanks for the help.

[Paratech2008]

I'm at level 18 and beat the Phoenix. There's another event after it, but my characters were drained on SP. What level should I be to fight that next boss?

[Ammy]

I'd say that should be good over all to be honest. Should be able to do the rest up until the factory in the main story with no excess grinding.... might even beat that no trouble with no big extra work to it... but thats a maybe.

[Paratech2008]

I lost the first battle to the boss but leveled up to 19/20 and beat it. I guess I'll try the next area.

I tried to fight some giant character, but it nearly destroyed the group and they had to flee it. It was after the area was made harder.

Thanks for the input.

[Paratech2008]

My party had their hide handed to them by the boss in the Factory. I guess I'll be grinding again. Will level 26 with the exe ability enabled be enough?

[Ammy]

Definitly with the EXE attacks. Also to note the bosses in the factory and the one after it are both resistant to physical attacks and weak to magical.