My main character is a human str ranger with two handed sword. I have Astarion, Shadowheart, and Gale in my party.
Most of the battles in the game were pretty easy for me, and I usually really struggle with crpgs and tend to never play at harder than normal difficulty.
Some specifics -
Commander what's his name - I had my ranger Lae'zel Shadowheart and Us and with the help of the mind flyer I killed him before his goons even arrived. By the time they were starting to get close to my party I already activated the tentacle engine.
Druid grove Siege - I did the barrels that were already at the grove but nothing else cheese wise. I lost Zavlor but that was the biggest casualty. Everyone else survived no problem.
Windmill fight - this was the only place in the entire game I got a TPK. When I fought them for a second time I teleported Gale away as fast as possible and used bane. I killed their leader which stopped the fight (forgot about that) so I reloaded and tried again to kill everyone without killing him. It was still kind of a tough fight. I was level three at the time though.
Auntie Athel - her red cups killed Astarion really quick but my main ranger managed to tank them pretty efficiently while Shadowheart healed and used guiding bolt and gale also dealt decent damage.
The masked guys were kind of a pain because they had some strange ability to counterattack me whenever I attacked them and I still don't understand how. My ranger went down but after Shadowheart brought him back he actually slaughtered them all with great weapon master and the bonus attack it grants really fast. It was glorious.
I never fought Auntie Athel before because of bugs so I was really excited, but the fight was nothing special and I downed her very quickly. She tried her copies shit but one level two magic missile quickly removed the illusion.
I fought Dror Ragzlin as well, but I feel like this right is pretty much the same as before - not hard, just super long and tedious. One new aspect of it is enemies trying to push you into the pit.
Overall I don't know for sure whether the game is easier or not. The inability to jump around does limit your options, but I don't think it makes things harder. Usually it just means it'll take me more time to move around.
