I am almost done in act I, tactical mode (just some clearing in BF dungeon 3 to go)
1/ It helps to focus on a few skills. I discarded repair and identify, i let NPCs handle that, and trade back the gold I paid them with junk I carry around. Used the skill points on combat related stuff instead, it helped a lot.
2/ Dolls are excellent for "disarming" traps <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/badsmile2.gif" alt="" />
3/ No major problems in battles, I rarely need to pause with potions hotkeyed.
"Gods don't like people not doing much work. People who aren't busy all the time might start to think."
T P