Whoa!, it took me two nights to completely walk out the sandsea area and finally I was able to get to the king's tomb.
That wall gave me a hell of a startle, now that is a wall.
Also, my party got nearly killed by an elemental, all thanks to Vossler, I escaped with only one member barely alive, sheesh!, those flans in the caverns are pretty tough, too, especially since they didn't give me time to figure their weakness out.

Spoiler:
I loved Balthier's explanation as to why Fran went bersek in the ship, he does all this quirky comments with a straight face, I love that.


And, when I got back in Rabanastre, I took out that T-Rex with my first summon, which I found to be really nicely done.

I'm at level 20; I like to have even levels in my party, so I switch characters frequently.
As to the weapons, I've switched to fitting whatever strongest weapon is available to either a character that has that license or the weakest character available.