THIS GAME ISN'T OPEN-WORLD.
No it is not. It is a VAST open world.
Quoting early access:
"Become part of a reactive, living and vast open world."
Tell Larian, not me.
You complain about all the fighting one has to do, and then ignore the entire city to go fight as soon as possible.
Not go fight, go explore. However, falling on undeads packs immediately, almost without warning. However, I already did this "demonstration", that might have paved the way to the "lone Wolf" talent.