Hello guys!

I am currently playing Gothic 2. I am now lvl 7 and i am really struggeling with the combat system.
My char can bareley kill a scavenger. It brings 70xp and i lose more then half of my HP.

Not to mention other NPCs. They can kill me with one hit sometimes, and when i manage to hit them i often don´t make dmg at all.

Am i underlevelled? I joined the mercs and just helped one farmer with the militia guys (which i also barley pwned).
As said: I am lvl 7, have 35% on weapon skill or something. Have the best merc armor but i still get pwned very easily.
I am using a 2h Sword.

Did i miss something? Do i suck? Does the combat system suck?

Pls help.
Inb4 gitgut :-D

Gittingud would certainly help, but your main problem is that melee damage is based on strenght+weapon damage. Weapon skill only improves speed and combos (+ maybe critical chance, not sure about that).
For raw damage you need to put points into strenght, which in turn will unlock better weapons. As for getting oneshotted by npcs, that's because your armor and HP are still low. At level 7 you can't take on everyone. Keep away from NPCs that look particularly strong (or try to learn their attack patterns, technically you can kill even an orc at level1... it just takes ages).

In short, be patient and GitBetterLootz. :)

Most critters have patterns of attack, too. Pay close attention to what the scavengers do right before and right after they attack. You should be able to backstep or jump out of the way, then whack them while they're recovering.

Nice. thanks for the replies guys!