Recently, my party of 3 (1x Lone Wolf 2h warr, support archer w/ terrible DPS / Jahan + Fire) reached Silverglen and I was level 11 and soooo completely gratified. I too, started to notice that the fighting was becoming a bit too easy, my LW warrior a little too well-built... I ended up just basing the fight strategies off buffing him and watching him clobber the masses. Although it was pretty effing sweet to have the 2h axe drop off a certain 'big boss' at the end of map 1. Regardless; I am putting this game file on hold-

The above experience was already outlined to avoid any cheese to help sustain difficulty-over-time; no stealth, no glass cannon, no invis, no comeback kid or madora, no leech, no scum saving loot, no resist-stack, no cain or other henchmen with bonus perks, ect. Still, as the previous posters explain once your toolkit becomes too large/powerful, things start to go your way in a hurry. It's so much fun to finally arrive there... but THEN? The consumables-side of crafting becomes extraneous and this is an important point for me - because I love the crafting in this game.


I already have begun planning a new game. Here is as far as I've gotten for a great idea;

-No Lone Wolf, my last warrior was just too strong.
-No Magic Trees - but scrolls are OK. All my characters are going to only have points in MaA, Scoundrel and Marksman. Plan is 1x armored sword/shield, 1x armored 2h fighter, 1x mainhero archer, and based on how things go I may include a 4th henchman (possibly another archer because I plan to craft the living sh*t out of arrows)
-No Crafting-Slut Henchman
-Giving all my characters Five-Star Diner as their level 7 perk-pick. The hope is to rely on consumables, which will act as a stimulant to really search for all available crafting mats and bank edibles and potions on each toon.

Between this, my RP arbitrary rule of no stealing, and the continued need to shop for combat-effective Scrolls, I should have a proper gold sink as I head continue from level 10-20. Level 10-20 is basically where we would prefer adjustments, right?