Because of my mistake removing super strong monsters on DQ11, I've deleted my 40 hour save file and started again. I recommend when playing Dragon Quest 11 you at the very least play it with super strong monsters by hitting triangle when choosing your name. This save data I chose super strong monsters, no fleeing, and weak enemies give half or even no exp.

The game is incredibly well balanced while still being difficult on super strong monsters, but the bosses, especially when you get to a certain point can be a brick wall of unbalance to where you may need to grind a couple hours(attacking twice a turn, some even three times.) Maybe the normal enemies on SSM are so well balanced because once you clear a boss you're likely powerful enough to deal with the next group? Who knows. Either way, as I stated not making the mistake of reducing the difficulty again.

Three hours in though, got the second character and defeated the second boss. My first three items that I crafted were perfect as well, so that certainly helped. Just want to say that despite playing 40 hours before that fateful mistake and despite the slow beginning, I'm really enjoying my playthrough and it just goes to show how quality this game is. Great gameplay, great (albeit super cliche) story,and best characters in a DQ by far. Knowing how other parts of the game plays and my continued enjoyment after this restart, will fully play through this game this time and might play Dragon Warrior 7 back to back to determine whether I think this is better.