Current Events > Decided to start over in Octopath Traveler since there are huge level gaps.

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I don't know how I was playing my original file but somewhere along the way I fucked and there's huge gaps in the party levels. Any tips on how to play this "correctly"? I loved what I played so I'd like to finish it this time.
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Tried to get into that game but it was too much reading. I like reading books but I don't like reading anime dialogue.

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Decide on a core team of three with a flex spot for story. My core was Ophilia (who I started), Therion, Tressa. Then just do the chapters in level order and make the most of the tools available to you in combat. Thats how I did it and never felt like I needed to stop and grind. Often had to take on a few bosses a few times with different strategies, but I never felt like winning was impossible.
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There will always be huge level differences.

The character you pick first will lower-level quickly.
For instance chapter 2 might require level 23 but chapter 3 requires level 30.
That means by time you finish one characters chapter 2, the party should be sitting between 21 and 25.
Then you have 7 more chapter 2s to do, each time swapping at least one party member.

I opted to swap all 3 party members for each chapter.

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