Lost Odyssey where you at?

[Dodece]

@SpookyXJ

To progress with the linear story all you have to do is approach the port of Numara with the Nautilus. This will instigate the Arthosaurus battle. That is when you find out the cold truth. Up until that point in the game the monsters have actually been taking it easy on you. From that point onward they really start to take on whole new dimensions of difficulty. I would describe it as losing mercy. That margin that would let you hang in earlier is just gone.

I suppose thats what the lull is for to give the players a chance to back out of the story, and tweak their characters. I knew that is exactly what I had to do after facing Arthosaurus for the first time. After he killed me in under a minute. I realized I was completely out of my depth as far as the developers were concerned, and I really was. There were a lot of things that I had totally screwed up, and before I would just muscle through them with healing tanks, and mana capsules. Which in hindsight was pretty damned stupid of me.

Before you jump back into the story proper make sure your characters are built correctly. Make sure you have enough elemental resistance. Make sure you have enough items for protracted dungeons. Make sure you have enough accessories, skill slots, and the right equipment.

My absolute best advice is that you make sure you get Sarah's notebook, and have leveled every immortal in it, and make sure you give it to your mortal character before you proceed onward. You have to increase your fire resistance regardless, and at least fire absorb not only nullifies fire, but it can actually use fire to heal your characters.