Sounds like you two should be having trouble. The balance is good, besides some silly AOE issues. What's needed is an easy setting, which there will be of course.
The balance is abysmal, easily the worst of any CRPG-style game I've played in the last decade besides DIVOS and DIVOS2 (POE, Tyranny, Pathfinder: Kingmaker, Numenera, Shadowrun, and even Wasteland which is saying something). The game is a cheesefest and desperately needs some tightening. I want to feel like I'm winning fights because I'm being smart about positioning, resource management, and proper tactics not because 'haha explosions go brrrrrrr'
