Forum Overview :: Pillars of Eternity :: That was my experience with Shadowrun's combat

[quote name="fabio"][quote name="Oom Shnibble"]Stomped all over Raedricks keep - masses of guards just a speedbump. Typical BG. Forced to initiate dialog with Raedrick, his body guards surrounding the party completely nullifying any sort of tactics or positioning you can deploy and you get raped. Absolutely nothing to hint that the difficulty is going to spike into orbit. Hope this doesn't become a habit. So much for balanced difficulty.[/quote] No real challenge until you hit parts where the enemy always getting the first turn (even when you have total surprise like kicking in the door to a place you snuck into) means critical hitting AoE spells and grenades crippling your party which is still bunched up into non-combat follow mode. Setting it to Very Hard to make typical combat situations a challenge meant auto-death during the bullshit door kicking parts.[/quote]