I've got to get to the "spoony bard" comment before I can comment on it.
What I'm noticing is they'd dumbed down the enemies a RIDICULOUS amount so far. Example:
I was running around the field around Baron in the very beginning of the game. NONE of the Imp/Goblins attacked. Even in a party of 6 Goblins, they all sat there without attacking waiting for me to pick them off 1 by 1. When I saw a second party of 6, I defended over and over again to see how long it would take them to attack. After about 15-20 defends, one of them finally attacked.
The MistDragon was similar. This enemy actually attacked a few times, but she took sooooooooooo long to convert to Mist form all it took was a single attack afterwards to kill her. I remember her turning into Mist twice normally.
Is anyone else experience this "all enemies are fighting in molasses" effect, and does it last throughout the entire game?
Sorry to threadjack,
DrHogie