After a long, hard fought battle with Gilgamesh, Vaan is prepped to handle anything! All he needs is the Kumbha and he'll be the best swordsman this side of Ivalice. I'm up to reaching the Ridorana Cataract story-wise, which means after I clean up whatever hunts, I'm a few steps closer to Yiazmat. And prepping for a boss as tanky and notoriously difficult is gonna take quite awhile, I'd say. I've gotta ribbon up, get darkblades, that's a whole new ballpark of preparation.
In all honesty, I'm 3 months into 12 so maybe I'll complete the game first and tackle all the optional content I couldn't be bothered to finish later, just as I did FFX. Many a game, including Dark Souls 3 and Arkham Knight, await me.