Innumerable annoying pop-up battles, redoing the same area for hours, and dealing with extremely weak characters...
Not me though. I don't even wanna waste my time progressing further with the story past the first town.
My experience thus far.
Exit town and head to waterfall. After three pop-up battles my guys are near dead. I have exactly two herbs with which to heal. I'm forced to return to town, and I can buy one new upgrade for armor. Then I go out, and after 4 battles I have to return to town...
This process continues for quite some time until my characters are far above the level of that particular area. Its totally boring and repetetive, and regardless of the fancy graphics the game blows. I don't care what fanboys of the dragonquest series say, its bull.