If there's one thing I do dislike about the Xenoblade games, it's that they always place large squads of high-level enemies in your way late in the game.

In XC1, this is especially obnoxious in Sword Valley and inside the Mechonis, where enemies are littered everywhere.

It's bad in these parts because other enemies might wander by and make your fight even longer than it needs to be.

It's even worse inside the Mechonis because there's a factory containing inactive squads of 10 of these guys. If you touch one of them, prepare for a long fight...