After playing some more I realized how much levels affect difficulty in this game.. I was used to FF IX in which levels basically only change your hp, but here wow... the same boss that kills your party at lvl 20 gets wiped at lvl 25... When I reached the underworld and went on to beat Calbrina my cecil wasnt even lvl 20.. that explains why I was having so much trouble :P

Oh and btw, does Edge suck or its just me? He dies faster than Rydia or Rosa even in the back row... very lame

Something that makes this game really hard aside from the raw speed of enemies is the randomness of damage.. in the same battle an enemy can do 50 damage and the next turn do 500.. I dont get it

Either way, it seems having a fully armored Cecil with everyone else in critical hp is the way to go against physical attackers.. he just covers everyone and loses so little hp that Rosa has all the time to heal him