My headache begins. Arycelle is traveling with the group as a guest, but make no mistake, she is a far cry from the ones we've seen before. She may be an archer, but I repeatedly saw her get in close range on this map, committing suicide in the process. To make things worse, she is not packing a Shiftstone or anything of the sort, so when she dies, it is automatically permanent and we are out the character. I would go as far as to say that her AI here is more of a challenge than the enemy itself. The only silver lining to this map, is that we get the marks for one of the jobs I am really interested in. The bad part is that we don't have the weapons to effectively use it, so its potential will fail to be achieved for some time now. Lastly, I am really getting annoyed here at us re-treading old maps, where the only difference is that we start on the opposite side than we did the previous time. I was hoping that if we were fighting here again that it would be a different part of the lake, or something would occur to change things up, but I get the impression that right here is when the map designers either started to run out of time or money and start recycling from the previous chapter. This is always a red flag to me, especially seeing as we are still less than halfway through the game. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_91SxvgbCg

Utsushi's challenges continue with this time us going up against the spider and the dragon. Both are flame elementals, so you can pack fire resistance if you want some protection from their attacks, but by now you should know enough to dodge the majority of what comes your way. Like usual, Rakna Kadaki is fairly resistant to bullets, yet offers some really good gunner gear and Los loves to stick to the skies, making him a great target for gunners. You may need something of theirs, but I think you should have whatever you're looking for by now, so pick them off to continue crossing off your list of quests. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhtGN9iF5rQ