I've never even had a Level 6 character! Without seeing your stats it's hard to say about the dodge and reshuffle stuff, but generally you offset the latter by burning the torch bright and making sure a few characters have movement abilities they can use when out of position. There are abilities to prevent it ever happening after a camp, and they're must takes.

If you're gonna camp, take people with skills that prevent the ambush *taps forehead*

Yeah, Radiant isn't an "easy" mode per se, but being able to take people into missions they're 2-3 levels higher than is obscene.

You mean you started on the easier dungeons? I don't remember if there's an overall difficulty level to the game. Anyway, some of the easy dungeons are tough enough.

Also, a lot of the truly evil stuff can be switched off in a toggle menu in the settings , so you'll have to work out what feels best for you.

This getting a sequel!

I'd give this a shot if it wasn't turnbased any more.

Yes it would.

Started playing this and I have no idea what the fuck is going on our how the game actually works. No idea what the items do (would it really be so difficult to tell me, game?) and I keep getting wiped out. It's so hard. But. It's strangely addictive.
Anyone got any tips?

Gremill wrote:

Started playing this and I have no idea what the fuck is going on our how the game actually works. No idea what the items do (would it really be so difficult to tell me, game?) and I keep getting wiped out. It's so hard. But. It's strangely addictive. Anyone got any tips?

Experiment. You will die loads. I've plopped about 200 hours into it and finished it several times. I loved the game. 

TIPS:

1) Stress management is usually more important than health management, try and work out which enemies are dealing stress damage and pop them off first. It's usually the pricks in the back row

2) Be careful who you use in what areas. Taking characters that stack bleed is useless in the ruins, taking characters that stack blight is useless in the weald. Also those bleed and blight status effects are real usefull for wearing down enemies. The plague Doctors Plague Grenade is excellent

3) Keep the torch lit, 8 torches per small dungeon, experiment with the little items you can investigate as you can get some cracking rewards if you use an specific items on them, using bandages on the iron maiden etc. Take at least one shovel per small dungeon.

Stress management is usually more important than health management, try and work out which enemies are dealing stress damage and pop them off first. It's usually the pricks in the back row

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Gremill wrote:

I can't stop playing this, it's fucking amazing. Taken down quite a few bosses now and I'm finding some great character combos. Occultist is essential and has become my main healer and along with Man at Arms and his riposte, the Abomination and the Plague Doctor I'm making loads of progress. I don't think a game has obsessed me this much since StS.

It's my favourite game of the last decade. You playing on Stigian or radiant? Any DLC? Jester is my man. Slowly fight your way to the front then Finale. Amazing.

Dogfingers wrote:

Gremill wrote:

I can't stop playing this, it's fucking amazing. Taken down quite a few bosses now and I'm finding some great character combos. Occultist is essential and has become my main healer and along with Man at Arms and his riposte, the Abomination and the Plague Doctor I'm making loads of progress. I don't think a game has obsessed me this much since StS.

It's my favourite game of the last decade. You playing on Stigian or radiant? Any DLC? Jester is my man. Slowly fight your way to the front then Finale. Amazing.

I must be playing on radiant, as I don't know what either of those things are! No DLC, just the base game.