Hi gothxtreme, Thandal has given you great advice on tactics. The rest have as well, but most of what they are saying apply to later in the game when you have more abilities or spells available to you. You were talking about the Kocari Wilds. You don't get to choose your party for that one. You have Alistair as a warrior/sword & shield, you have Jory (spelling could be wrong) who is a two handed weapon fighter, you have the rogue (sorry, don't remember his name), and of course, you have yourself. Everyone in the party has pretty nominal skills. At this point in the game I've had the most success with pretty much stopping after each move and positioning and setting up spells and abilities for each move of the fight. This will give you the most complete picture of what is going on and making changes to the tactics as they happen. Or, if you're really good at setting up tactics by hand, go for it. At this early point in the game it can even be advantageous to save before the fight, let the tactics run and see what happens.....mostly you will see your party die. :tongue: Since DA is such a linear game (meaning you can't vary much from the path) I think that using the tactics well gives you the most variability along with changing your party choices when you can. Actually, I think that's the most significant problem with DA, especially after you've completed one or two characters. Personally, I prefer games like Oblivion where you have complete control over when and what your character does. :biggrin: Aside from all this advice......just go and have fun. If you had the most fun playing it on "Easy" go for it......after all, it is a game :teehee: Willow ....be careful what you wish for.....