Don't be too hasty about selling gear in this game, weapons have special abilities and sometimes the ability makes up for the low stats. Yeah, poor Tia, I kind of feel really bad for her with putting up with Maxim. The biggest thing I would remind you is to make a note about pivoting. It's a skill shown only once in the first dungeon but then becomes paramount to completing puzzles later in the game. When I originally played this I forgot that ability and was completely stumped with a very simple puzzle that required it...