So it feels a bit strange to me, that some people exploit every mechanic the game has and they know how to get max exp and money and then they complain that the game is too easy in normal mode.
Exploits... now that's a good one.
1. I don't kill merchants unless it's the path I get from dialogs and Roleplaying (Such as killing the Warfare merchant because I'm the Red Prince and I slap him across the snout).
2. The only fight I actually used Snipe in stealth has been against Dallis and that is absolutely understandable (also not an exploit)
3. Stealing is part of the game and not an exploit and I've barely ever used it myself besides the occasional "Oooh I want that armor on the table".
4. The only time I've buffed myself before a fight was, again, against Dallis. A fight that requires knowledge of the game to beat because without knowledge of the game, you wouldn't even know the fight existed in the first place.
5. I don't murder innocent NPC for XP, gold or items. I don't even kill the Silent Monks. I actually play the goody two shoes characters and can never stick to an evil path for very long.
6. I've even missed many hidden chests in my previous playthroughs that I only find now and still didn't lack gold or XP from doing the most probable thing I would have done has a new player.
Don't call me an exploiter.
The game is too easy for me because I study, work and play in a logic driven environment where mathematics, physics and logic are king and I find myself solving problems like the one brought by this kind of game more easily and in a shorter timeframe than the average player.
I could probably finish Act 1 with the economy before the hotfix while all my characters are stark naked with nothing more than their starter weapon and still not use any of those "exploits" like you people call them. No buffing pre-fight, no engaging fights with a snipe, no stealing, no killing innocents, etc. Just using what I find in crates, excluding equipment, and the skill books I buy with the gold I find. I won't even sell the crap I find to vendor (Because that's probably an exploit too). I'll just buy using the gold found.
See, that's the big difference here. It's not too easy because of exploits. It's too easy because everyone is different.
And a "Normal" difficulty still ISN'T "Easy".
