ikrananka: Thanks for the tips - much appreciated.
Yup
Also I believe you can also make teammates immortal on lower difficulties or with an option, to avoid losing if they fall off a cliff/etc and die while you're playing.
An one more thing: Make sure to learn how to put up your skills.....you get one skill point every so often(
I usually put it in the blade skill and health iirc) to put in one of or 5 skills, and when it comes up you must first move the skill selection to the right skill(with the proper keyboard key) and then push the correct keyboard key to add the newly acquired skill point to it.