Efficiency is not by itself a challenge.

Just because in one fight I could have done it 2 minutes quicker using one skill instead of another is not a challenge. Its just a time sink.

Efficiency can be a challenge, when failing to be efficient leads to failure or detriment, but it doesn't in Divinity 2s case. The game is so easy it doesn't matter if you're efficient or not, you wont lose, so there is no challenge.

The the issue here is that the OP is claiming mages can outdo physical DPS characters, and thats false because of this element system.

If physical damage had a crushing/pierce/slashing resistance on top of physical armor then he would be right. But you cant escape math, as long as magic has element resistances and physical doesn't then physical will always win.

Last edited by Sytn; 15/10/17 01:24 AM.