There seem to be a lot of considerations here. I've never done a character replacement, so feel free to correct any incorrect assumptions.
First I assume you would have to go back to either the monastry or perhaps the early arnika road to get lower level monsters to fight. (Could a level 1 party survive in Arnika even with super weapons etc?)
But, since your first party will have dealt with all the fixed encounters you will be limited to random ones which, I would guess, would mean far less experience.
Plus any encounters you do have will be easily dealt with by the weaponry, meaning little or no natural training.
Its a good experiment, and I'm definitely going to have a go for a couple of hours tonight, because on the face of it, it sounds a tiny bit unfulfilling.
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