Can't find Explosive Espers or Water Espers anymore...Where'd they go?

[RetroNutcase]

So yeah, ever since the new enemies got added, I haven't seen a single Esper aside from Lightning in the Desert Regions. Where can I find Espers now?

[x4000]

Deciduous forest and swamp -- so they don't even show up until continent 3 now, looks like!

[RetroNutcase]

It seems kind of odd to have "Kill Explosive Espers" as a challenge on Continent 1 then, doesn't it? This means you won't be seeing Boomsticks till Continent 3 at least...

[x4000]

Yeah, this is mostly true -- you will see espers in missions like battlefields and anachronisms even on continent 1.  Just not wandering around free on there.

[Misery]

The exploding ones are EVERYWHERE in the Lava Flats.

And something else just occurred to me....  am I the only one NOT seeing the T-Rexes in the Lava Flats anymore?   I just realized that, it's been JUST raptors, exploding espers, bats, and the bloody lion statues there.   

[Coppermantis]

I haven't been seeing any enemies other than bats in lava areas. Before I unlocked firebats there was absolutely nothing. I did a JtP mission and encountered nothing at all.

[x4000]

Oh yeah, the exploding espers are also in the lava flats now; forgot about that.

For the rexes, I know others are also reporting not seeing them.  I will have to look into that more, but it might be that there just isn't enough room for them to seed in many cases.

[TechSY730]

I can't believe I am saying this, but I think we need more espers. They are a good basic enemy type. Yea, before they were too common, but now they seem too limited in where they can spawn.

[x4000]

I imagine they will make something of a return.  But for now I think that I don't want to mess with them too much since folks were so sick of them.  1.1 pretty much has to be ready to go by tomorrow night.

[Oralordos]

So is one of the releases going to have Revenge of the Esper as a title? Or perhaps Return of the Esper?

[x4000]

All right, all right.

* Some changes regarding espers and amoebas:
** Explosive Espers have been added to the deserts.
** Lightning espers have been removed from the swamps, and blue amoebas have been added in their place.
** Water espers have been added to the grasslands, and red amoebas have been removed from the grasslands.
** Blue amoebas have been removed from the pre-industrial forests.