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From the tone of your message I sense you feel the same frustration I did two days ago and believe me, I can empathize. Before yesterday I didn't even realize there was a 'world' outside of the dungeon area in Act 1.
If I hadn't been "spoiled" by knowing there was an end to the dungeon slum, I wouldn't have gotten as far as to discover it personally. It's just too damn long.

2 wizards, hunh? Tough row to hoe! How do you deal with the incredibly costly spells? Just port back and forth to the Battlefields to restock on small mana potions?

The problem I'm having isn't in survival; I'm actually fairly efficient (both my characters are using low agility requiring swords that have been sharpened to nearly 3x their starting damage, toggled with using splitting arrow bows when meleeing gets too hard for my low HP hero). The problem is that I'm bored. And you're right, 10 hours is nothing to an avid gamer; I'd feel cheated if I beat the game in anything less than 30-40 hours. But I just don't see myself enjoying any more time spend in BD, not based on the last 10 hours of gaming investment I've already sunk in.

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And to set the record straight, I didn't mean to imply that Flea had no right to be upset or frustrated. Not by a long shot. No, I simply don't think Larian is purposely trying to mislead their customers or sell them a shoddy product. Some people will like this game and others won't. It's as simple as that.

Naturally -- I'd enjoy it more myself if the similarities to DD's playing style were greater. There's just nothing fun for a non-mage to do BESIDES click on monsters, whereas in the original, warriors and survivors had all sorts of little tricks they could do to soften up combat. The lack of useable skills, coupled with the lack of skill points and the plethora of broken or awful skills, really limits how much I care to develop my heroes. I don't think that Larian is attempting to be deceitful in any way... but for crying out loud, some skills just do not work at all!

I'm still eager to play; I know a lot of work goes into Larian's games, and I'm sure I'll enjoy what's to come. Which is why I'm lurking here instead of playing -- I'm waiting to see if things improve. As they are now, I don't like the playing experience I've had so far, and I'm not willing to play anymore. If things change for the better in terms of game balance, I'd fire up my copy as soon as the patch was installed.

You will rue the day you opposed me! Begin your rueing! I'll just... sit over here... and watch.