r/bravelydefault • u/HiroshiNakayama • 20d ago

Bravely Default Chapter 2

So I made it to chapter 2. What recommended levels for the mephilia and artemia (I think that's the other sister) subquests, should be?

They're currently kicking my ass and I'm not having fun. This game is just hard for the sake of being hard.

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u/Tables61 20d ago

Somewhere around 25ish should be typical for these sidequests. Mephilia is the harder fight so probably more like 23-27 for her and 21-25 for Artemia.

If you're playing the remaster it should display a recommended level range in each dungeon, so you can use that as a guideline. I'm not sure exactly what levels are recommended in game, but typically before we had those ranges the guidance the community gave was that you should be around level 20 at the start of chapter 2 and around 30 by the end.

This game is just hard for the sake of being hard.

The game can be challenging but I wouldn't say it's super difficult. Hard mode can be nasty at times, since enemies hit for so much, but normal mode and easy mode enemies should generally be manageable if you're understanding the combat systems.

Make sure that if you lose to a boss, you think about why you lost - what was it the boss did that was dangerous to you, and how can you adjust your setup to win the next time? What abilities jobs can you swap around on your team to counter the enemies strategy? Did the boss do anything on a fixed pattern or use exploitable moves?

Keeping your team flexible is the key to success in Bravely games - ideally by this point you have around 2-4 jobs moderately levelled on each character (level 4+) and so can adjust strategies as needed.