Just to play devil's advocate, Durlag's Tower and Aec - as tough as they are - were when Bioware really started to move AWAY from trial and error. Traps started being marked by subtle environmental c… (View Post)

We're having two different conversations, then. Google tells me trial and error is "the process of experimenting with various methods of doing something until one finds the most successful."… (View Post)

I agree with everything here. I also feel this game is trial and error, as are many of the examples you posted. The game is brutally hard to new players and realistically cannot be beaten without pri… (View Post)

An ankheg is also not visible until it can see one of your party members and pops out to attack. I feel like that invalidates a bit of the "well OBVIOUSLY an intelligent player would know not to… (View Post)

My vote would be "yes", at least for early run throughs, particularly without mods. A lot of the people who discuss strategy have been playing this game a long, long time, and have figured … (View Post)