is it me or are the classes significantly unbalanced?

[Adda]

I've played all the classes at one point or another. I have a tendency to start the whole game over every couple of months and never quite get to the end of the published content (I do this with many games). Lately I've been playing on Dark Mode. Perhaps it's my play style. Mayhap it's how I outfit my characters (skills and items). Maybe the classes aren't balanced. If I play charmer on Dark Mode, very few encounters are challenging--especially early in the game. If I play, thief on Normal Mode, I will sometimes struggle on encounters that would be easy with a different character, again, especially early in the game. This is not necesarilly a bad thing as I'm now reading some of the loss actions I've rarely if ever seen before but...I'm kinda curious. I'm playing a wyld elf gutter rat thief right now--might someday be a kitsune--and, yeah, she's lost her v-card--and then some--and not because she felt like taking her frustrations out on someone.

 

[Adda]

In response to the question I was asked when I posted in the wrong forum:
Currently Level 3 Thief, STR 8, AGI 10, WIL 5, TGH1 1, CUN 8, PRE 4
Skill Loadout Fade Strike, Mark for Death, Dirty Trick, Smoke Bomb
I've tried various equipment loadouts. I'm currently using:
Whitewood bow, Dueling Hat, Ward Amulet, Flame Cape, Leather Coat, Linen Tunic, Plain Undies, Belt With a Pouch, Arm Length Leather Gloves, Thigh High Leather Boots, x2 Wizard Rings.

I've also used 2 daggers, 1 dagger with a wicker shield, Flame Dagger, 2 throwing dagger (with which I had the best luck), and the Holy Gladius

I should add I tried various power loadouts as well with the bow--especially those related to those Leorah can teach--but keep coming back to the loadout listed above.

Sheesh, what enemies have I lost to. Hmmm, the bimbbugs at level 1 (that's never happened before), Arona with a healer and tank in my party (that's rarely happened with other classes), the centaurs (another rare occurrence),

 

[Lostname475]

How do you only have 1 toughness? And when you lose fights has the rest of your party gone down first or are enemies going straight for the PC?

 

[PalletTown]

Short Answer Yes, Long Answer No.

In general, I would place Charmer above Thief in power. The Charmer Level 7 perk Expert Inspiration is basically the best level 7 perk in the game. In comparison, the Thief level 7 eye for weakness is good, but not as good in general.

Long Answer is that Thief is the best dps build in the game when you crit focus. You need to focus stats on agility and cunning with the third either being strength or willpower for spellswords. Your equipment is also garbage for a thief. For a thief, you really want to focus Evasion and Crit. I would swap out the Leather Boots for Kunoichi footwear for example. Whitewood Bow is also terrible for thief. I would definitely dual wield and have your off hand be the kunai (best off hand weapon in the game for its bleed effect, but a terrible primary). Lastly, slot in the Cleave power. I know it's a warrior power but it's still a must for a melee attacker.

Charmers tend to hit a tease wall during act 2 while thief powers generally suck until level 6.

 

[Lostname475]

best off hand weapon in the game for its bleed effect

Slightly disagree here, the disarm immunity wing of asira gives beats out bleed application imo

 

[Adda]

actually that's an 11 toughness but I somehow put the space between the 1 and 1 like this 1 1.

 

[Lostname475]

I would suggest having less toughness and more strength or cunning