Walen: About the combat system - all gothic games are full fledged rpgs but with a strong action element. Meaning you will probably die a lot even to relatively weak enemies if you just buttonmash mindlessly. Otoh if you get the timing right you can try to tackle waaay stronger enemies if you are wiling to put inordinate amount of time for each enemy. But generally as in all rpgs you are supposed to fight enemies that are about equal to you in dmg output because of odd hits you will get from time to time.

G3 specific - there are three groups of enemies. Monsters: just left click, step back and repeat. Humanoids: block is your best friend. Many claim these are the easiest because of that but in my experience steamrolling here requires adequate level/weapon especially when fighting more than one. Also player skill and use of special attacks to break blocking definitely helps. The third and most annoying for me are wolves and the like because even with right timing you are frequently hit with a jumping attack. The only solution I see it to get a few levels to one hit kill them. I didn't mention end game creatures like trolls or dragons as you won't meet many early on. In fact the approach is the same as with wolves - level up like mad.

Walen: Aren't wargs even thougher than winter wolves? There are less of them in the game I think but individual ones seem to have more armour. Anyway my point is wolves are nasty because they will hit you even with perfect timing. When they prepare for a jump they cannot be hit and the window of opportunity to land a hit once they do jump is so short (like a quarter of the short rmb swing) that most of the time you are lying on the ground when they connect.

And what is it with this stunlock everyone is talking about? I have no real experience with G3 besides CP1.74 with alt. balancing and ai on. I don't recall any situation when the combat system felt unfair. When I die I know what got me screwed. Usually it's fighting on slopes (so my hits don't connect), with low health (so even a single mistake is deadly) or with too many enemies at once (if I was too lazy to lure them away). And for the record I die a lot;)

Walen: Aren't wargs even thougher than winter wolves? There are less of them in the game I think but individual ones seem to have more armour. Anyway my point is wolves are nasty because they will hit you even with perfect timing. When they prepare for a jump they cannot be hit and the window of opportunity to land a hit once they do jump is so short (like a quarter of the short rmb swing) that most of the time you are lying on the ground when they connect.

And what is it with this stunlock everyone is talking about? I have no real experience with G3 besides CP1.74 with alt. balancing and ai on. I don't recall any situation when the combat system felt unfair. When I die I know what got me screwed. Usually it's fighting on slopes (so my hits don't connect), with low health (so even a single mistake is deadly) or with too many enemies at once (if I was too lazy to lure them away). And for the record I die a lot;)

NoNewTaleToTell: This is purely anecdotal but I do believe Wargs are tougher than any type of beast in Gothic 3. The reason I think that is that a Warg (with my assistance) managed to dispatch a camp full of bandits, as well helping clear out Gotha. Wargs are cool anyway, of all the "aggressive" beasts in Gothic 3, I believe you can get closer to them without triggering their aggressiveness than any other beast. Hooray for not having to climb a mountain to avoid making some rhino angry because he saw you three miles away heading in the opposite direction.

lordhoff: I had a warg in Gotha that killed the demon after I ran to heal. Got back and the demon was history.

NoNewTaleToTell: Wargs are awesome no doubt about it, especially in Gotha...which is why I've mentally renamed the town of Gotha to Wargotha.

Abelf: Haha, Wargotha, not bad! I only tamed Wolves until now but I'll definitely get a Warg next time. I found Lurkers weren't bad either. They chain attacks at a very good rate and they often manage to interrupt foes. They work well with you backstabbing.

NoNewTaleToTell: Interesting, I haven't tried to tame a Lurker (I'll have to try that in the future!) but Crocodiles are fairly useful as well, in my experience. I've tamed Lions too, that was a disappointment! I wonder if you could tame a Shadowbeast...

ThomasD313: Hmm, I have already 3 playthroughs and many starts without finishing the game and never experienced that Wargs should be that strong. I usually stand ouf of their way until I could easily beat them and never used taming at all (I prefer skills that work in any situation). Also the stunning is as far as I remember less of an problem the further you develop your character (dont know which attributes helps you in this). Another way is to kill them just before they can get close enough (as a Mage or an Archer).

Other strong enemies: Crowds of Orcs (Nordmar), Dragons, Trolls, Ogres, did I forget about some?