Game requires intense level/item grinding

No, I'm playing through XC1 right now and the game literally throws overleveld shit at you all the time, even when I'm doing some side activities. X final boss was also bullshit so fuck em

The only "overlevelled" stuff is on side paths for optional fights. And the super-duper overleveled ones don't even aggro to the player unless you hit them, so they're not a problem.
You're actually just wrong.

How come Alex's legs didn't get chopped off?

>Waste time doing mechanical tasks that don't help you in its usage, strategy or otherwise.
Or
>Cheat the grind, use it at full potential where it counts

wrong
The first boss battle with those 2 floating things(room with the batteries) is literally level 8 or smth when your party is lvl 6 when I reached them had to grind 2 levels to beat them, then the spider that too needs grinding, then Zog and so on

>run past enemies
>lose to boss
>complain you didn't have enough exp
Sounds like you're just retarded and are upset you got your shit pushed in.

I fought every enemy that attacked me aniki and even a little more to map up the cave and was still lvl 6. Xenoblade has retarded agility tied to level system anyway, no need to defend it

>I fought every enemy that attacked me
You genuinely didn't. The games are specifically designed to give you more than enough experience by just running straight down the path the compass tells you to go, without doing sidequests.
You are either lying or you really suck at using skills. Either one makes you a retard.

>The games are specifically designed to give you more than enough experience by just running straight down the path the compass tells you to go

Then they fucked up big time because I'm not the only one having the issue

gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/960564-xenoblade-chronicles/62609963

>the first actual informative response says "You should never have to grind in this game at all"
Way to go, you googling faggot.