>>77269273Yeah probably. But the thing is, it's not time wasted. I'd argue grinding the bird is a far bigger waste than actually exploring a cool map with a ton of neat stuff to find. Like sure, most caves aren't that interesting but there's usually at least something unique about each one. Like those couple gaslighting looping dungeons I'll remember for a long time because they actually successfully tricked me for a bit and I don't remember any Holo doing either of those.
>>77269084On the contrary, it helps if you don't lock into some fight as if someone will actually kill you if you walk away from it. Struggle? Go find a better weapon. Or just get a few levels. Or some useful item. Up until lategame, there's very rarely only a single path available. Stuck at Magrit? Go to Weeping Peninsula. Or even go around the castle, run around Liurnia, find some upgrade mats and come face him with far more powerful weapons than you're "supposed" to. Know what you're doing? You can rush to lvl80 in like 3 hours by doing a rush of dragon bosses
and cheese Greyoll if you're a bitch who can't kill 5 basic small dragons and nightcavs in Liurnia and Caelid.
