Hi. I'm at the beginning of Chapter 3 and my party is around level 29. I try to do some side stuff before going to Hotspots, but the Fiends are horribly hard. Some use extremely powerful spells that hit the whole party (Macalania travel agency battles), some get oversouled and that way get extremely hard and some use status ailments that really mess the party up (Ochus with automatic poison/confuse added to their physical attack). Where's a good place to beat up enemies for lots of EXP with relative ease, without having to worry too much about the party being wiped out?

And one more question. Is there a place to get/buy accessories that protect against Confusion. If I can get my guys girls immune to Confusion, I could easily beat those Ochus.