With Larian introducing the loaded dice as an answer to misses , removing surfaces kinda goes against the spirit of reducing the impact of a " miss" during combat.
I really don't understand , like genually I do not posses the ability to comprehend people not enjoying risk management and a miss being part of it. Where does that frustration come from?
each area of effect adds to the load on the system so perhaps Larian just cut them back in a bid to limit stress on min systems i.e, it may have nothing to do with hits and misses
