Im a Mac user and I will play soon. ( september 21 !?! )
As a huge fan of Dos and DoS2, Im a bit desapointed by this difficulty issue.
I heard that karmic dices when activated could make the game harder because even enemies are helped by this option in their differents throwns.
Do you think it could be a good option to increase the fights difficulty ?
I dont want to use mods if I can avoid it, and as a Mac user I dont even know if it is possible to install somes.
And play with auto limitation like no using some items or consomables ... So sad to dont have any other options. DoS 2 was a real challenge ?
Karmic dice is a bit weird and I've heard conflicting information on what it does. Supposedly, what it does is avoid "streaks" - meaning continuous strings of successes or failures - for both you and the enemy. I've theorized before that this might actually shake out to make things better for the enemy in most cases (I think in any fight where the enemy outnumbers the party, this ends up being better for the enemy) but honestly it's probably mostly a wash and definitely doesn't solve the difficulty issues.
That being said, I think this IS a problem of a subset of players who are fairly familiar with this genre. If you think DOS 2 was a real challenge, you may be fine. (I actually think DOS2 has a similar problem where combat degenerates in the later half of the game.) And especially early on, the difficulty is better balanced than in the later half of the game. I'd say try it out without mods at first; if you eventually notice that the game becomes too easy you can do something then. Although beware that difficulty issues are not the only thing that the second half of this game struggles with.
