Roger that, about chores in gaming, the unkillable death-knights in the mines really bring me down, so I can see something wearing thin, the spiders in the desert also bug me a bit, they have way too many action points and that submerging in the ground on the other side of the world and then emerging to attack and then dissapear again is just the game "cheating", its crap.
I also really hate the Guardian-Shambling Oak in Hiberheim,an hour to kill the bloody thing! That encounter has to be the least satisfying in the whole game, its not challenging its mind-numbing!
I never thought I would be too critical of tactical problems but, after reading what you have posted yes there are the occasional instances that are not fun. try to get it all so I can get my characters as high level as possible so far I have never exceeded 23rd level, I may have to depopulate all of Cyseal, there is a few people there I wouldnt mind killing, but I have not since I dont want an entire town to turn on me, I always kill everything in Sacred Stone.
I never sneak anywhere, steal anything or backstab at all, seems that would leave quite a bit of experience on the table unless you assassinate everything after sneaking up on it, actually I may have to try that with a different party build, could be a slice. I am only just starting my fourth playthrough, my first time through was a training game, my second and third with the benefit of experience went much better, nothing can match experience. Also since the latest patch seems to have fixed my crashing issues I actually get to play a lot more, making it a lot less tedious and repetitive.
