I agree with what you said about ykw2, the spike in difficulty for dame deadtime was so out of nowhere. On my first playthrough, I grinded for a few hours just to barely beat her. At least the wickeds in past springdale give a little more exp than other fights. It was also weird to me that Nathaniel's team for the kin and gin fight was incredibly high for that point in the game. Like, was 50-60 the level that was intended from level 5?