It also helped that I took the Trickster path in WotR with an Arcane Trickster sorceror with high charisma. There’s a Trickster path ability that makes enemies either save or die when they first see you that I got at around level 17. That thinned the crowds somewhat
Damn, I wish I had known that beforehand. Not gonna throw like 60-70 hours in the bin now. It just frustrates me personally as else I'd like the games a LOT more. Did you play Kingmaker to the last chapter? That was actually hideously bad (House At The Edge Of Time + Runup To The "Optinal" Final Final Boss). The maps were just full of copypaste super mobs, beefed to the hilt. You had to apply the same buff routines before every fight. That wasn't challenging, that was an exercise in tedium. :-( Naturally, on low difficulties, you can just roflstomp everything, but that's no fun to me.
Shame, as else I have really fond memories of Kingmaker too, including traveling the country side alongside to this music. Unlikely though that I'll ever fully replay that again (the early chapters were the best, imo).
It just frustrates me personally as else I'd like the games a LOT more. Did you play Kingmaker to the last chapter? That was actually hideously bad (House At The Edge Of Time + Runup To The "Optinal" Final Final Boss). The maps were just full of copypaste super mobs, beefed to the hilt. You had to apply the same buff routines before every fight. That wasn't challenging, that was an exercise in tedium. :-( 
Unlikely though that I'll ever fully replay that again (the early chapters were the best, imo). 
