How to play avowed?

[BighGreenHall]

Hi, 

I think am playing this game wrong, anyone know how to play it? 

I have set difficulty on max, but I don't know how to play this game, I feel like I am cheating or I am doing something wrong.

Can you help me with this? I don't understand how an rpg is suppose to be played.

I am just running away from the opponents, then when they stop chasing me, I bow and arrow them. For a couple of minutes. 

If they have ranged attacks, I either hide behind a wall, or I use a shield and pistol, to shoot for maybe 7 minutes, on one or two opponents. Or I go up and down a high ground, causing the A.I. to run back and forth in confusion and arrow them. But usually I just stand in between hostile and non hostile area, causing the opponents to just stop and look at me as I shoot them for 7 minutes. 

I have never actually had a fight with any opponent, because I will just die very quickly if I do that.

But what I am doing feels wrong. 

If I am just not powerful enough, is there a way to respawn easier opponents and vendor supplies, to get the resources I need to win an actual fight? without resorting to "cheating" mechanics like these I mentioned? 

I have never seen any vendor or hostile area respawn/refill/re-resource. 

Or is there another way I am suppose to play? Like, avoid certain quests if they are difficult and doing easier ones? It seems like even the easiest one had a boss where even with shield I would get damage, so I had to resort to wall climbing and confusing the a.i. to keep range and just arrow or pistol them for half an hour. It feels very weird. I don't think I am playing this game in a right way. 

Hope someone can help me with this. 

Thank you! 

[thelee]

2 hours ago, BighGreenHall said:

If I am just not powerful enough, is there a way to respawn easier opponents and vendor supplies, to get the resources I need to win an actual fight? without resorting to "cheating" mechanics like these I mentioned? 

lower the difficulty if you need easier opponents

 

i definitely cheesed a few encounters on path of the damned, but largely play "normally." Early on you should strive very hard to get your armor and weapons upgraded to fine, it makes a huge difference. beyond that, you really do need to master dodging and aiming.

[gnr2534]

If your not familiar with RPGs then you shouldn't play on Max Difficulty that's the major mistake you are making. 

Make sure your equipping the right gear and upgrading your gear

Any Gear your not using break it down to get materials to upgrade your gear

Pay attention to what quests you have if there is a skull next to the quest you are under levelled  for it 

and pick up side quests and bounties and explore to level up and get better gear

LOOT EVERYTHING

[BighGreenHall]

Thank you very much guys, that sounds allot better. 

I think I can't post. Hope this gets posted. 

[Frak_the_2nd]

14 hours ago, thelee said:

lower the difficulty if you need easier opponents

 

i definitely cheesed a few encounters on path of the damned, but largely play "normally." Early on you should strive very hard to get your armor and weapons upgraded to fine, it makes a huge difference. beyond that, you really do need to master dodging and aiming.

I do Path of the Damned (melee ranger/rogue) as original poster, and I can verify that enemies hit HARD.  Dodging or blocking is needed to master.

In the beginning, unless you are using a shield to block or is excellent at dodging, you need to use stealth, running away to reset or the environment (Magrans Fire, gunpowder barrels). Once you can upgrade your armour and weapons, do so. Bust basically, using Kai to taunt and get aggro is also NEEDED.

Spatial awareness of enemies is key. Also, once you reach level 5, get the signature ability on the 2nd tier (Shadowing Beyond, Barbaric Roar or Grimoire Mastery) of your favourite class-tree.

[thelee]

5 hours ago, Frak_the_2nd said:

Spatial awareness of enemies is key

very important and want to +1 this.

a new skill i had to develop with avowed on PotD is constantly glancing at the top left of the screen so I can see where all the red dots are, and (very importantly) what direction they are facing. this makes sure i don't get tunnel-vision on a single enemy while someone is flanking me from the side.

also, really good to just pay attention to audio cues. this is probably the only RPG i've played where the random things your companions shout in combat are insanely useful. if Kai says something like "enemy to your right!" i dodge to my left instantly, without thinking.

Edited Thursday at 04:20 PM by thelee