This is probably small potatoes, but every time I've encountered the first orc raid (prior to reaching the town of Cyseal, while being escorted by the bridge guards) it's just too easy a battle on "Hard" difficulty mode. The problem is the ally guards on the beach.. they're just too effective at killing the orc raiding party. They seem to be able to run a fairly long distance and still get off up to 3 hard-hitting attacks per round, each (and there are 3 guards).
Both of my characters can generally kill off 1 1/2 - 2 of the raiding party in the time the guards kill the remaining 3. That's fine if the idea is for the guards to be carrying my characters, but not if it's supposed to be my characters coming to their rescue (particularly on "Hard" difficulty mode). By this point the player has had a number of fights, particularly a much more challenging boss encounter in the tutorial dungeon, and this orc raid just feels like a step down in difficulty.
