Finished the game for the 1st time over the weekend. at the end my party were all level 21-23 and consisted of RFS-81, Vi, Liz Ftr, Dracon Sam, Elf Bishop, Mook Bard, Gnome Alc and Hobbit Ranger.My general feeling was that after bayjin, there weren't any really hard fights until the Rapax prince at AP. Nebdar, Peewee, Al-sedexus etc were pretty easy to take down despite their high levels. Also, none of the monsters around AP were that hard, apart from the occasional insanity-casting ones who got initiative before my soul shield was up.
I'm going throught the game again and thinking about doint it on hard difficulty setting - does it make a big difference?