Larian Studios Forums Divinity: Original Sin 2 - The Modding Dungeon Divinity - Original Sin 2 - Modding General How Should I Design Combat Scenarios/Encounters?

I have gotten familiar enough with the Divinity Original Sin 2 Editor to start considering how to set-up and create combat situations. I have been careful to focus only on establishing my "social" area versus my combat arenas like dungeons, open-environments, etc., so I am not limiting myself to my environment. This is a request for suggestions or guides to make good combat situations across difficulty levels.

Of my experience of the base game for 150 hours, I have dabbled mainly in Explorer and Classic Mode along with experimenting with 2, 4 and 7 man parties. Now I am dabbling with Tactician mode to have a rough idea of how the difficulty scales across each level.

Due to the AI behavior changes and new skills for enemies on Tactician Mode, this leads me to believe I should design my encounters from the top-down and work out the percentages for scaling (unless that is a fixed value for each difficulty). However, should I also consider lone wolves first before a four-man party? I've found a party of two is MUCH easier to handle than a party of four or even seven to my surprise.

Any suggestions or tutorial videos would be appreciated. Thanks.