Gonna be honest, the boss fight of the new Expanse area feels like a pretty significant difficulty spike. The enemies hit really hard, and there's just no way any of my healing magic can even hope to keep up. Short of doing a lot of grinding I don't see myself beating it anytime soon.
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The area as a whole is definitely significantly more difficult, though it's a lot easier if you're chill with the hobs. I cleared it OK at 16 with Metatron and then Aspasia.
If you can't beat it on the first try I think that's fine tho, enemies give a LOT of XP so it's not actually that much grinding, and resting after every fight or returning to camp gives heals with no real consequences.