Thanks for the update Shanco.
Sounds like changing the weapon was the obvious choice. I would recommend keeping all the bows that you make up along the way. You never know when they may come in handy again. I constantly find that I am changing spears to suite different monster types...
Yeah the Dragonian Sorcerer Heroes may be tricky but also look out for the Dragonian charging fellas in Wusao...they can be a handful for range attackers if they start getting critical hits on you or start stunning you....they tend to have better Offensive rating than Centaurs so be wary I would recommend.
Definately sounding like a good thing to have a really high def. rating....if it enables you to avoid the majority of physical damage most of the time then that has to be a very good thing.
Look forward to hearing how you get on in the Orient onwards....and how you go against the Neadathal fella on top of the mountain.
