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There were a few times I considered putting it back to normal--Braccus Rex and his goons were very difficult, and I was determined not to cheese the fight. 3rd time in with more attentive CC, counter elements (ice on Twins), and the help of fire resistance scrolls, I pulled through, and found it very rewarding.

I`m that kind of player who play the first Playtrhough on Normal(even if it get`s easy), the Second on Hard. I think the last Games where i have to play/switch on Easy was Ninja Gaiden 2, Street Fighter IV(i really sucks in Beat em Ups) and on the Bossfight on Tales of Vesperia(god i hate that Bossfight... ._.)

But i don`t judge Players if they play on Easy, that doesn`t make a Bad Gamer or so. For Exampel: Some Peoples have hard Times on some Games, or a bad Day. Or they want to enjoy Story/Atmosphere and don`t want to interrupted by frustration.

And sorry for my Englisch, isn`t my native Language..

play the way you want and have fun, don't worry about how others are playing it

I have a hard time doing multiple playthroughs. I remember too much of everything the moment I start playing and it ends up making the game kind of bland. It is the same with reading books, first page in and bam... I set it down, been there... done that. So I play on hard first time through on every game I play, regardless of how difficult it may seem.

This game is a bit different though. The combat is interesting, so it may sustain me to play multiple runs through the game. time will tell, though likely I will probably move to the development kit once I have run through the game once.

I'm after that satisfying feeling every time I beat a tough fight, so I just crank difficulty to highest/2nd highest in any game I start playing. And no, I don't assume that's "hardcore" so I can sleep at night. It's just, I've played *a lot* of RPG's, so I know how things go. Game *will* eventually become easy. Always. I always end up having too many stuff piling up in my inventory, taking up space, without me touching them ever, simply because I never have to bother to. Unless you are pushed hard, you might not try to think critically and will not take *full* advantage of every single item you have in your possession. Not to mention the popular trend of dumbing down video games nowadays... Baldur's Gate II, with about a dozen of mods that revise and improve combat/AI, is the only exception I know of.
When I got to Braccus Rex and his "goons", my team were level 9 and I expected a seriously tough fight so I just went all out, throwing everything I was having at them xD Turned out it was not too bad. I was surprised that the goons were much weaker than when I fought them the first time. The first time I fought the fire-twin-guy-something was seriously brutal. And I agree that, enemies focus too much on summoned monsters. A summoned elemental will just tank enemies who use the same element for ever, and they *rarely* switch target. A burning skeleton wielding a fire sword dealing *only* fire damage? In Baldur's Gate at least enemies always have pure physical damage accompanying whatever elemental damage they have.

Thing about this game is that I rarely find myself using my stock even on hard. I have over 50 healing pots, 50-100 scrolls and arrows, etc... and my normal spells and abilities always are sufficient enough to handle the fights. I occasional use a healing pot, but other than that, not much else.

I am a major hoarder when it comes to items in cRPG play. I save everything, only use something if a fight seems impossible. In the old games (Gold Box, Wizardry, etc...), I would often be forced to use them steadily and so I was always getting low or running out on something useful (hence the