Level "Zones" & Planning Progression

I decided to sit down and chart which areas will be best suited for what level ranges in Blackmoon Prophecy III. Lenadia, being a little more open, can be tackled in a slightly less linear way than the Esper World. The player does most of the early game work in Lenadia (except for a brief pre-level 10 mini quest in the Esper World) which is, as I stated, mostly non-linear since it's just the player going around the kingdom to recruit new party members in whatever order they wish.

Outside of the area around Ikaros, the Esper World is level 20+. This is where the linear story progression occurs, and it's where the player will have better ways of traversing the world (ie. airship). There's more jumping around, and the areas aren't as interconnected as they are in Lenadia.

There are a few areas on both maps that are optional (level 50-56 area in Lenadia, 65-70 island in the Esper World). These are the only areas which optional overworld encounters. There will still be optional locations scattered across both world maps.