I'm slowly making progress on the world map in Destiny of Spirits - I believe I'm about 140 areas cleared (out of 504, fml), which isn't really helped by the lack of internet connection for a large portion of my time. On the other hand, I will eventually get to a point where I can fire off sorties about as soon as health recovers...
Not that that helps much when healing is real-time unless you buy it. I think I will get to a point where I have to rapid-fire 15-orb Continues (at 53-to-60 cents a pop depending on whether I buy 500 or 1000) just to keep pace.
The absolute murderous part about the red continents is that while usually, you only have either reinforcements or multiple battles, the hidden continents give you battles that have both - multiple battles with multiple reinforcements. And the boss levels? Two back-to-back boss battles. The suggested MO against these guys is to try to save them for their own day, and burn the hell out of any orbs you have to revive constantly.
Literally the only saving grace is that their levels are lower than those halfway across the map (in Africa for us Americans, natch).
I haven't even really gotten time to play Conception II, much less the other games I brought along, and even then I've been spending a lot of time grinding. Haven't even beaten the second main dungeon yet because lol the optional dungeons force me to clear them one floor at a time because lol SP use.
Also, Nep U released yesterday, but since I'm not commanding the vehicle, I can either spend three hours on a round-trip walk or two hours by bus to the nearest Gamestop (since I will be getting a physical edition), hope that our travels eventually stop nearby one that's selling Nep U, or just wait until I get home... many days away.