Just started to replay DQXI yesterday.
My last save was like 1 & a 1/2 years ago so kinda forgot the mechanics. Also noticed I had some Draconian quests turned on, no wonder it takes more effort to kill the normal monsters, not going to change anything though.
Managed to level up 99 for all the characters last night except Serena. For some reason Serena's level only reached 88 even as I maxed out the 2nd last character. I don't recall her being so late in joining the party to the effect of having such a wide gap in level. Maybe she was away from party as part of the story previously?
Anyway now grinding in an area that spawns the metal hands, so hopefully won't take too long.
Btw, 2 of my characters are dual sword wielding and I think one of the hands do full damage whereas the other like half damage, but I'm not sure which hand is the dominant hand. The right hand? Need to know as the dominant hand should be holding the more powerful sword.
Also noticed in the equipment screen some characters show right hand first followed by left hand and other characters show the opposite, wonder if this had anything to do with which hand being dominant for that character.