So i'm in the final dungeon, the Lunar Subterrane. Get down to B7. I'm level 65 with most of my characters.
The mobs in this dungeon are pretty easy.
Moonmaidens only deal ~700 damage even to the squishy mages, and are taken care of quickly with a few well placed blizzagas to the face.
Lil' Murderers don't even move except to cast Libra on themselves before going down.
Dark Sages are nasty, but don't get a chance to knock out more than one party member before themselves falling.
Behemoths are tiresome but easy enough to predict. (44000 health, only melees unless you hit it with a spell. Simple enough to just set up Blink on everyone and be immune to melee for a few turns.)
I don't even see these mecha's names before they destroy me. I was very lucky and got to B7. I think that's one before Zemus, but I'm not sure. Anyway, I get the dreaded message 'Surprised' when i enter battle. That, for you Final Fantasy Philistines, means that the enemy gets a free turn.
It chooses Laser Barrage. That's ~2.8k to the entire party. Okay, no problem. Rosa survived with ~20hp. Edge on ~200. Cecil on 1200. Kain on about 500. Rydia, as usual, fainted.
What does it choose for its next turn, half a freakin' second later? I was setting up a Curaga with Rosa and Edge to use Smoke (100% chance to escape when cast) when it used
LASER BARRAGE
again. Well shit. That's 30 minutes of slogging through a difficult dungeon, getting to the 7th floor, with no save points, and getting run through by a RANDOM ENCOUNTER.
I know that Final Fantasy IV DS was made very difficult, but goodness.
Final Fantasy IV DS, just in case you didn't get it.