What's your party and MC and what difficulty are you playing? Also, on what map were those lvl 17 dudes?
Core, party is paladin/angel MC, Nenio, Sosiel, Lann, Regill, Camellia. With max buffs most enemies just tear through me and ignore my shit, so I sit micromanaging every enocunter hoping for dem rolls. Is it even possible to salvage a build if you're lvl 10? I still have Ember, Seelah, Daeran and Woljif waiting to lvl up 7->10 plus mythics
Which map are you trying?
I may have posted before but in Chapter 3 I find optimal route:
Molten Scar
Greengates
Areleeus Lab
Dragon
Wintersun
Ivory Labyrinth
Game can be hard too at times if you get ambushed on the map.
You don't seem to have anyone with stealth in that group.