I'm using the term "swordsman" to make it abundantly clear my fighter is using a sword, not an axe or mace. Specifically a longsword, with a secondary shortbow. When I hover over the enemy a second, inner circle is added. That is also red. There are no arcs unless the arc is red and is indistinguishable from the main circle as a result. My Party is an Elven fighter, Shadowheart, Gale, and Wyll. My Elf has 15 Strength, 15 Dexterity, 14 Constitution. Cleric 10/15/13, Warlock 9/13/15, Wizard 9/14/15 with 16 intelligence.
Ideally, you'll want your Fighter's Str to be least 16, but you can't get that at character creation with an Elf, so that can't be helped, if you want an elven fighter. And 14 Dexterity is the highest you'll want for a character that's wearing Medium Armour. But while the stats aren't min/maxed, the character is fine, and still playable. So, moving on ...
Let me explain why I'm so livid at this game right now. I just killed the Drow boss lady and spitefully the game releases a necrotic cloud killing my most injured player. I just manage to revive him on the third attempt and get off the platform I was fighting on and now I have critically injured characters, 10% or less health left and every boss creature has a one-shot-kill move even if you have full health, one with 2/20 health and no way out of the Goblin camp except through another boss fight who is surrounded by half a dozen Goblins. Please, explain to me how that is in any way, shape or form, even the tiniest, most miniscule amount balanced? My game is now literally over. I cannot heal, I cannot fight and I cannot sneak out because the route is covered with a zone of control or whatever you want to call it.
Wait ... have you not taken any Long Rests before?
A few things to know, just in case:
1. You can actually just open the map and click on one of the waypoints you've discovered and you'll be teleported there.
2. You can just click on the button to take a short rest and your party will heal up some of their lost HP.
3. You can click on the button to take a long rest and your party will be magically teleported back to camp where you can rest up and heal up to full HP.
By Cleric, did you mean Shadowheart? Shadowheart has more Dex than Str now, so the mace that is part of her default gear is actually pretty bad. Give her a dagger instead. Larian really didn't think this through, as with many other aspects of the game.
You've got to be kidding me, that's about the stupidest thing I've ever heard. When in the history of RPGs have Clerics used Daggers? Rogues use daggers (or Bows), Clerics use shield and Mace, Fighters use Sword or Axe (1h/2h) etc. You aren't wrong saying Larian didn't think this through.
Shadowheart is an Origin character, and Larian made her a Deception cleric. Deception clerics don't fit the conventional profile of a cleric, since for them, Dex is more important than Str, and so using a dagger is correct. You can make her use a mace still, but her hit chance will be lowered by 10%, since a mace uses Str to determine hit chance and her Str is only 10, while her Dex is 15, which gives her a +2 modifier with Finesse weapons.
1. When it's your Fighter's turn, carefully walk to the enemy's back without triggering an Attack of Opportunity and then hit it from behind. If you're not sure how to walk behind it without triggering an Attack of Opportunity, you can jump behind it.
I do, I still miss. This game isn't close to being balanced right now, even taking into account it's early access. If you want people to playtest your game, people at least need to be able to progress in your game.
What is the hit chance when your Fighter is attacking from behind?
2. When it's Shadowheart's turn, DO NOT use Sacred Flame. Get to high ground and use a crossbow to attack instead. Or, cast Bless on the party.
She doesn't have Bless.
That's not possible. She has Bless. Your hot bars are probably so cluttered with scrolls, potions, actions, spells, arrows, etc that you can't find it. Clear your hot bars of stuff you won't use, open up your spell book, and drag Bless from the spell book to your hot bar. That or you've used up all your spell slots so Bless is greyed out. Take a long rest.
The AI rarely misses because the enemies, guided by the algorithm, know how and where to get Advantage and do the most damage to you. So, to counter this, you need to learn how to gain Advantage and avoid Disadvantage. I've given you a list in my previous post that should help you with this.
I know and I'm telling you that the algorithm needs looking at. It's too heavily stacked in favour of the AI. The AI needs to miss as often as the player, or at least more often than it does now. I keep saying it until I'm blue in the face, the AI rarely misses. The PC rarely hits. Combined that makes fights wholly unenjoyable.
That's an argument for having different difficulty levels, but it won't happen during Early Access, so learning about Advantage and Disadvantage is the way to go to enjoy the game.
4. When it's Gale's turn, get him to high ground and attack with Fire Bolt, or Magic Missiles, if he has learned the spell.
Which is all well and good assuming there's high ground to get on. Most areas don't have it, or do have it but your line of fire ends up blocked because Larian don't understand what an arc means.
If there's no high ground, use Thunder Wave to push enemies to a low ground (if any), or use Magic Missiles.
Edit: Nope, I'm done. I can't get out of the citadel and my party is far too injured to stand a chance in two more boss fights. I can't sneak past the guards and if I attempt to walk past them I'm dragged into combat. What a waste of money this was. Lesson learned, don't buy early access games.
It really does sound like you haven't teleported before. Take a long rest, or teleport to the grove and restock on potions.
