Honestly, I agree about the combat. I'm sure the next 10 posters will tell me how they win every battle in a party of one etc, etc, etc, but I'm not that guy. I actually stopped playing at the goblin ambush where they spam AOEs all over, but most of the enemies are too high to hit with a bow. I guess I didn't want original XCOM...
That said, it may just be that there's something I'm not seeing or an approach I'm not thinking of. Looking forward to good community guides and the like. Yes, original BG was like this - a lot of 'stump the chump' battles that would be unwinnable without metaknowledge (who really keeps 10 spells of Mirror Eyes at the ready for basilisks?)... I think the game is too much of a chore.
