Look. I am not suggesting that there isn't a need for a harder mode. Not at all. I personally hope everyone can find a way to have fun with the game and that all skill levels and play styles are accommodated for the game. I am 100% about everyone getting what they want out of this amazing game.

I want to point out a few things that the advocates like the one above seem not to understand.

Are there ways and strategies that allow the players to be significantly overpowered in the game? Absolutely. Name one game of this type where there aren't some exploits. Heck, BG1 and 2 had HUGE issues that way. Does the mere presence of these strategies in and of themselves make the game "too easy"? Not in my view. If you know every encounter and the best strategy for defeating it, including proper builds, buffs, skills and going into a combat pre-buffed with precisely the buffs necessary (not simply the ones that would most reasonably be used, but specifically the ones that win), of course you are going to crush it. But the reasonable fact is that not every player is going to build their character pitch perfectly, nor orchestrate their build/gear/spells perfectly. This doesn't make the game 'easy'. It makes you a good player, better than most.

I also want to point out that foreknowledge of the encounters, both near and far ahead, becomes invaluable information and is a formidable weapon in the players' arsenal. Far beyond simply save scumming, knowing what is coming at the end of a dungeon and beyond informs combat strategy in that it lets you know what to tackle, when and what resources to use to optimize the next encounter. That alone, can trivialize certain encounters. As a past veteran of the multiple playthrough of BG1 and 2, knowing where the story is going can really help you in ways that simply reloading won't.

Showing long videos proving something can be done, doesn't prove anything. And it doesn't help. We know that it can be done. We are jealous of the fact that you can do it and we can't. So, posting these videos doesn't strengthen your case, so much as make you look like you are showing off. As a side note, if you like making movies, I recommend that you try your hand at making walkthroughs. I'd watch them, so that I could get better at the game myself. But uploading excessively long videos "just to prove your point" isn't helping the situation. We get it. The devs get it. Please stop.

I personally hope that they do get to the point where they can help players like you out. In the present, there are a lot of tweaks that need the DEVs attention at the moment. I hope that you support getting things that are actively in need of being addressed before any potential "enhanced tactician" mode gets worked on. In the meantime, if you have specific tweaks or suggestions on how to fill out the various encounters to facilitate the mode you want, I am sure that posting details would be helpful for the future enhancements you are requesting.

But simply saying "too easy, make it harder" (in whatever form you are suggesting, i.e. a new enhanced mode), probably isn't helping. Even if they had a full staff to work on nothing but that, I imagine it would take months or years to implement.

Last edited by The Spyder; 14/10/23 12:45 AM.