Haven't played the game yet, but was looking around to see how the game is coming along. This thread stood out to me, as the problems it adresses are very similar to the problems I had with DOS2. So first I got some questions for those still playing EA:
Have there been many changes to the game mechanics around the height advantage?
Are surfaces toned down yet?
Are most battles still setup as an ambush where you win by using meta knowledge to setup your party beforehand?
Can you also move around your characters while one talks to get very silly pre-fight advantages?
- nothing has changed with Highground and backstab advantage yet.
- surfaces have been towned down A BIT, but there are still huge issues (concentration, damages even if the attack miss,...)
- all battle are VERY hard without metagaming / attacking non hostile creatures before the combats start.
- yes, you can talk with a character to freeze a group of creatures, position the 3 others without a threat than close the dialogs to start combats with better positions.
