Well a few days ago, I started playing this again. And so far I'm upto year 7, and I'm going to attempt the 2 levels nearest to the Fifth Element miasma stream.
But one thing I have to ask is how long is the game itself? I've been around all the map area I can, I currently have the Clavat Rune Weapon, which I'll possibly trade out for a new weapon, if I get the materials, and I've got many of the strength artifacts, 2 Pockets and 3 Pendants. So how much more game time is left? At the moment I think I might need to go back to the Desert level and search around some more, see if I missed anything. Even though I hate the boss, it took me 3 of my Pheonix downs (Although I can just keep getting them from the first stage), bloody petrification breath, ARGH!