@OP: those are very good tips.
Here are some tactics I found useful in some (not all) fights.
- shoot and hide:
In dark areas you need a char with high stealth skill. Let this char fight alone, hide and sneak in shooting range while staying out of the enemy field of view. Shoot at them, hide and move a bit. Make sure to be in a dark area and you press hide when you are outside enemy field of view. Some enemies move to a specific position when under attack but they do not see their attacker.
- Shoot and run
If the area is not dark, try this: Use a char with high movement rate, e.g. rogue with dash as bonus action. Sneak in shooting range, shoot and run away. You will exit combat when the enemy is too far away. This is very easy when the fight is near an area transition. Shoot, then run through the door. Changing map does often reset enemy position.
Pet warrior:
Your party stays in the distance. Your ranger summons an animal and sends it to combat. When it dies, summon a new one and repeat.
Quadruple alpha strike:
Separate your chars. Char one sneaks in a good position and starts with his best attack. Then char 2 sneaks in a good position and uses the best attack, then come characters 3 and 4 and maybe the pet too, depending on the chars you use. If you do it right, you should be able to kill most bosses before they can act, then you finish the remaining enemies.
This is complete cheese and it does not always work (e.g. enemies that regenerate health or call adds or you have other objectives during this fight like saving somebody else ) but it can make some hard fights very easy.
The first 3 methods usually take a long time even if they work well.
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