As I said before, I'm now on my second playthrough, going from Beginner to Normal. It's a lot harder than I was expecting. Before, when the game told me that the Shadows were gonna get harder, I could still keep going, and it wasn't dramatically different. I could make my way up to the Guardian, then go down a few floors and level up a bit. Now, it's like the Shadows getting harder are the new "Time To Grind" points now. But still having fun, especially since I'm  changing up my party a bit from last time.

I played on easy on the consol and now normal on P3P it feels exactly the same to me but then again I over level a lot.