Okay i played the game for a little bit, but wow it is very difficult. I can barely go very far in the level 1 area without my party being completely drained from a few fights.
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It's tuned to demand attention to everything. I'm not a fan of how uninvolved RPG early games can be.
If it helps, you can get level 2 by doing the 2 missions that explain the library right away. And stat differences matter a LOT.
I'm buffing Novice TEN abilities in the coming patch though, keeping the Novice class kinda sucks right now.