[Entire turn before enemies react?]

On regular basis it take about a full turn before enemies get to react. Almost always the very first turn consist of my party only, maybe with one enemy. My guess is that it is due to activation?: One enemy spots the party and combat includes him, and adds his friends only in the following turn.

 

expected behaviour: Everyone gets to act from turn 1.

 

I think this is what is exactly happening; the monster that "spots" you gets a turn, your team gets a turn, and then everyone else as usual. I was wondering why the battles in PotD seemed so much easier than the regular game mode. 

[Single-Class Cipher resource thread and builds/ experiences]

Well Frostseeker is a very good weapon it is basically a blunderbuss in the way it attacks with speed and range of a warbow because it is a warbow. Maxing focus is again no problem with it in 2-3 shots! And once you have it spam mind lance (currently the fast dps spell that shreds everything-will be replaced by amp wave etc later).

 

If Frostseeker could be upgraded to legendary it would be amazing, currently only looks like it can only be upped to superior.

 

Edit: Lvl9 2 shots from Frostseeker = max focus on Engwithian titan

 

I guess I have to give it more of a go. I'm playing a SC Ascendant, max Per and Might. It seems to not raise my focus as much as my pistols, but I don't seem to crit a lot with it. That might be why. 

[Any summoning Chanter (single or multi-class) recommendations ?]

I'm doing a Beckoner/Wiz on PoTD. Seems to work great so far, though I need to watch where I drop those chillfogs less I wipe out my poor minion midgets.