I can speak like hQ62 when hQ62 said this:
"when i first started playing ED last year. it was so hard. i know how you feel. I respect this game because it gives me a very hard time. Thats what i like /love about this game. It teaches me not to give up." ...
And strange (?) thing is that I had (in general) MORE problems with the Warrior oriented enemies (the Black Ring Members especially!) ! Also on "easy" difficulty !
But after several trials it worked better.
In the beginning I was a little unpatient because of "a new game(world) to discover", but I experienced that going to fast in this game is for me a "DON'T DO IT!"
So now I take all my time to explore the whole gameworld, speak with all NPC's I find, Mindread all NPC's (when I find the time is ready), make notes (old school RPG) for myself while playing, etc ... AND .. have so much fun with the game !! The humour (also via Mindreading!) is almost unbelieveble fantastic !!
