I'm at level cap now and it's far more casual. Can just cruise around as I please and solo spawn most of the NMs. Didn't take long to mow down about 50 worms as a black mage alone; biggest hit on those lv28 enemies was a 270K direct crit Foul. Soloing lv35 minotaurs to pop Brothers was slower but has a chance to give me light for weapon progress and I can just Sleep them for a moment if my HP gets low. While level cap feels much more powerful and less stressful than low level play, the grind is still crazy. Farming more protean for addition weapons after your first is going to be very slow. I've heard of people getting a large boost from gentle or bright light, but this hasn't happened to me ever. It's either feeble light or nothing. Presumably that will be nerfed some time, but not until the weapon is irrelevant aside from glamour. Louhi seems a big pain to spawn. We can long farm enemies through multiple night windows, Louhi doesn't pop and our instance time expires. Pazuzu seemed far more reliable to pop; did not need a huge amount of enemies killed and being tied to weather helped you plan and predict exactly when it would arrive.