He planned to do it because it's easier. But Larian gives you the opportunity to win in a different way, and many people have done it before. ...
Yes I agree. The spider queen is meant to be an incredibly hard fight, and you can do it not dropping her off webs. As you listed, there are a few strats you can choose to utilize. You are also correct in your previous post, ALL games have mechanics. Boss mechanics is not a form of "gatekeeping". They have been in games since the days of having to remember patterns and buttons to get past BattleToads.
I had one particular save, where I only had 1 short rest and I had to fight her. Yeah it took me like 5 times to beat hear, but it can be done. I never use barrels or anything like that. Just food and potions. I mean I generally do not even bother with scrolls. It did seem to be more challenging when playing a ranger, but that class needs a lot of work anyways.
I usually just snipe pull the regular spiders, which leaves only 1 spider and the Matriarch when all is said and done. Generally, I use a ranged to destroy the eggs, kill the remaining spider than just hack and slash with the Matriarch. It is basically a dps race, with a lot of potions since the Cleric heals also need some work. If you burn the web bridges before the battle starts (Gale works well for that), you can do it without aggroing the queen. So when she hatches eggs, they do not port quickly, leaving time to AOE them down. With the bridges burned, it seems to mess up the queens porting as well.
