Making a sunstone yet ?

[Beastykato]

I beat the mimic queen at level 8 and I know I was around 11-14 on the leviathan. I did have trouble there though, when I tripped an alarm and the whole place came running at me I died, and I couldn't beat the judges. So, I lvl'd up to around the ship until i had everyone to 14-16 and made easy work of it.

As for the palace and that at the beginning though I don't see any reason you can't go in there at lvl 5, which is what I was at.

I'm starting the game over now going for a perfect completion this time and I was lvl 7 going into the gramsycthe(sp?) waterway and lvl 11 at the mimic queen. I let the lights go out on purpose so I could fight the ghouls, skeletons, and specters. They are also tougher to fight so you get more levels and loot. With the loot I was able to get the javelin and the second gun (vega? i can't remember) before I fought the mimic queen by selling my loot to the bangaa at the beginning of the area.

EDIT: Btw the ONLY reason my level was 11 at the mimic queen is because when I get to a new area now I kill everything enough times to get the bestiary complete.