Well I began to strategize and got to level 10 on normal with only a few reloads (werewolf lair...ouch)...now that I can prove I can do it, I am switching back to easy since it is more fun. I can understand pausing every round or changing tactic screen for boss fights, but having to do that nearly every fight takes the free-flow fun of battle away, for me at least. So now I am going to do the opposite of what is probably intended: easy on the normal fights, and normal on the boss fights. :) edit: after level 12 with the addition of Wynne and new gear things got really easy, so I play on normal now. Maybe its the learning curve also...