I've thought about asking this for some time now: when I hit things with a melee weapon/bow/spell/whatever, is it normal that no damage at all is inflicted? I mean if it's a gameplay related thing, like an armor save roll or something. I don't know if others have the same issue but sometimes when I hit something or someone and the target backs off or growls or whatever, somehow indicates that it has been hit anyway, it doesn't loose any health. It's kinda annoying when it happens multiple times, like right now I'm about level 20 and I can easily kill the low level critters with one blow but when this issue kicks in I might have to hit them like five or more times before my weapon actually has any effect on them. This is a major pain in the ass when fighting harder opponents, as most of the blows cause no damage at all but on the other hand every strike that I can't dodge/block always harms me so it's pretty conflicting if the combat system really is meant to work that way. I've tried searching the internet for an answer but found nothing so far, anyone here with some knowledge regarding this?

Okay thanks for the info. It'll take a while till I get around playing the third Gothic, but I'll keep this in mind.

I believe I speak for many people when I say no, no you are not. I'm not expecting much beyond Forsaken Gods when it comes to Arcania, and if it even manages to match G3 I will be absolutely shocked (if it's on par with G1&2 I will each my hat.... well, I'll buy a hat then eat it). At least PB showed with Risen that they're still capable of damn impressive work without JoWood weighing them down, and I hope they continue with this line of work.