I'm 20 hours in the game, soloing with a Paladin.
So true, I have limited options, and still few powers to choose from.

I'm a long time player of BGs... and other older RPGs and such. Avid player of PP RPGs too.
I have some gripes on the combat system:

* Recovery time seems to last an eternity. So long that, sometimes, I go to make a coffe while my character exchange blows with a shadow.

* Difference between a Fast and Slow weapon is barely noticeable.

* Deflection. I have 53 defelction, but seems useless. I've read around 100 start to be interesting.

* A HUGE amount of pauses. God. I can uncheck the options, sure.

* It seems some monsters deliver a minimum amount of damage, regardless of DR?
I think about the human-rats in the first temple.

* For a game that assign XP for quests and not monsters, there are too many monsters to fight, to the point of being boring. They stop me from progressing.
Only the first temple is taking ages to complete, just to wade trough uninteresting creatures (without rewards...)

Please remove as duplicate.

Pally tank is a party buff class... why would you play that solo and expect an easy game?

play with a full party of 5 + pets then try solo next time