over powered weapons early in game? Like what?
Example?

As far as switching to magic based weapons, that's fine for dealing damage, but usually mages have some type of magic shield that reduce damage from melee and ranged attacks. Not so in this game. Mages are impossible to play in the game. Everyone has to be a fighter in the game, you can use mage skills, and ranged skills, but it's nearly impossible to avoid melee, so you have to have melee armor resistance which means strength.

I just gave up playing anything but a fighter for the most part, with a few magical enhancements and a good strong bow for picking at a crowd from a distance and getting them to break formation.