Fynn
is an EoFF Hero and/or Heroine
Radical Dreamer

The Wanted Monsters are mostly like the Hunts from XIII and XV where you end up fighting monsters from later sections. By going to the locations they are said to be at, you will engage in a "random" battle, and there is a chance the monster you're looking for will be among the usual encounter on the map.

The exceptions are when the Monsters are part of a Hunter's Job which are the real jewel of the side content since these missions are story driven. So for instance, one Wanted Monster is a Doll Master which is a type of weak mage monster with HP, but his wanted poster doesn't know where the guy is. Instead, I take a Hunter's Job that involves protecting a jewelry store from being robbed, and lo and behold, this is the Monster that shows up to steal all the jewels with a small troop of Golems. Making this mission even more interesting is that the Golems try to ignore you and instead target the jewelry displays before trying to run away and the Wanted Monster tries to be a diversion. So you have to stop the Golem's before they leave or the mission is a failure. Also, if you advance the plot too much, other Hunters will complete the missions instead. Wanted Monsters are exempt from this though and are always available. So yeah, the Hunter Jobs are the awesome side-quests.

I'd suggest finding a map online for it, but frankly most of them are awful sadly...

I finished Arc the Lad 1 and started Arc the Lad 2 which is frighteningly better. My only issue is that I screwed up and moved the story ahead before completing a few limited time missions and I had to start all over again. That and remembering why I actually don't like the Wanted Monsters, because it's actually random if you will encounter them on the map they're suppose to be hiding out on.

I think I id the same thing, but mine was more of just not wanting the fight to reset again, cause that was the bigger issue with the fight for me.

Of those three, only Zeromus gave me trouble and that's because the lack of group healing combined with BS undead encounter rate makes that fight a pain. Exodus died before I even really started and Chaos is manageable once you get rid of the Elementals guarding him. Honestly, the only Espers that gave me a real headache were Zeromus and Zodiark. Even Ultima fell after my second or third attempt, which was really quick considering she was the one I struggled with the most in the vanilla version.

It wasn't so terrible, just time consuming. Of anything, it was easier the second time around because I've been doing a much better job keeping my whole team well leveled. My first time through years back ended with me doing the whole return trip with no items and only two characters left alive.

Glad you got those Mark Hunts done, Save the Queen is a great weapon, though nothing compared to Excalibur. Are you going to try Ultima while in Giruvegan?

No, this is an archaic Tactical RPG, so it's a do it all at once experience. Hell, I just discovered last night how to change accessories mid-battle which would have been super useful to know for that dungeon...

On the brightside, I'm at the very end of the first game, and I'll soon be able to jump into the vastly better Arc the Lad 2.

Depending on what magic you have, I would go in with a full mage party and maybe one melee but crowd control is your friend for that fight at first and then it's all about healing. Black Belt's to counter immobilize are a necessity.

Arc the Lad has reminded me of why I strongly dislike multi-floor dungeons in Tactical RPGs. I just did the optional 50-Floor Super Dungeon and it took me most of the freaking night to complete. Not helped that the devs thought it would be a great idea to make sure there is no warp out of the final floor and instead I have to waltz back up through all fifty floors...

The Necrohol is a nasty place in general, as for Cuchalain, what is your team set-up?

Odd, could be an accent slip though.

Roblon was the first Mark Hunt to give me serious trouble and I think I needed Slowga to finally make that fight work for me.