last night i fought that ogre dude at the top of the tower in the orgamar whatever the hell name of the camp it was called. you know, at the beginning.
that boss fight was crazy awesome imo. it was more fun for me than any boss fight in nwn, or even bg1. just my party: including the nameless circle mage dude, Loki my dog, myself as swordnshield fighter and alistair as the same.
on normal difficulty i needed two healing potions and almost lost my char at one point (very close call!) but no one actually died, does the game get a lot harder later or was that representative (cause i thought it was a perfectly balanced challenge)
it was fun because i actually felt like i was fighting the boss, when he'd throw a rock at someone i had to actually dodge the rock by hiding behind pillars and stuff. manually aiming spells to avoid friendly fire too... it was like bg combat with a little pizzaz in there too. really really fun encounter.
flaming weapons seemed insanely useful in that tower dungeon area, i never hear people talk about that spell though... does its usefulness disappear early on?