So were you shamed by someone for doing this? Or maybe you're projecting that you think people would shame you for doing this?

Why is it that gamers who play at lower difficulty levels need to tell people about it in a manner that acts like it's some sort of "against the grain/unpopular opinion" thinking?

Jurassic park meme:

This guy over here doesn't want to be challenged by the game's combat system!

silence

See? Nobody cares.

Games are for entertainment, if you’re entertained then do what you wanna do. I save scum all the time because, no, I don’t wanna blow up because I failed a check on a trapped chest. Godspeed!

You do you, man. Meanwhile my headcanon is that the tadpole gives me time powers while I save scum.

The best part of DnD is you can play your way and Larian seems to have embraced that. My tabletop group is pretty much pure homebrew at this point and it's a ton of fun.

Your party has ascended to another plane and are unstoppable! :)

I totally understand. This game is pretty old school when it comes to the difficulty curve, and with the huge number of character options, it’s really easy to end up with a seriously sub-optimal party without knowing.

Also, the difficulty is all over the place early on because the game has no idea where you’re going to go, but the encounters don’t scale. Depending on how you wander around, there are a number of encounters early on that will definitely wipe a first level party, especially if you still only control 2 characters. Bandits in the ruins, I’m looking at you.

If you like tactical play, I would suggest simply starting a new play through after you get some experience. You’ll be surprised how easy this game is once you know what you’re doing.

I feel you, I didn't finish the game because of one of the final fight I need to redo because I changed my mind on something. Just thinking about the 30 NPC that need to play every turns make me not wanting to do it lol.

How dare you have fun and enjoy something you purchased differently than me?! I'm appalled! Appalled, I tell you!!

I play at the level in which I have fun too.

I mean, ok? I’m playing on baby beginner mode because I don’t know wtf I’m doing and have never played DnD before and I’m terrible at tactical, overhead-style combat. You do you?

I wouldn't mind playing story mode, but I want multiclassing, so normal mode it is.

Play however you want but I find your statement on player vs encounter power solely based on actions to be reductive. The power is definitely tilted in the player's favour this game.

Play however you enjoy it. Personally I want a good difficulty increasing mod because even on tactician it’s possible to ignore all the tools at your disposal other than healing potions.