Yeah this is what i believe, i think it would be ok if you really would use your skills, but no, you are going to click on some beast/monster, then you are going to spam some magic, and if you are stronger you win, if you are not you lose, using skills like HoonDing says for example ninja gaiden where you can jump, hack, slash, run, etc. then would be acceptable, you could kill some strong beast using your skills. i'm not saying that the arguments of any one of here are invalid, just saying when i backed this game there was no info on this no xp for combat thing, being honest, i was looking for an old school rpg, combat xp included, then i surprise myself realizing this, and i feel a little disappointed because i´ve waited so long for a good old school rpg, but any way, i already bought it so, i think ill play it.