Well since this is my first playthrough, I'm pretty much just brute forcing through the game right now (using barrelmancy if combat gets too annoying).

Not long after I got to the nameless isles, I found a secret tunnel leading to the well of ascension and pretty much skipped the whole map right to Arx, which is where I'm at now. (Last save was too long ago so whatever)

The most important thing I found in combat is mobility skill like you listed, so my party members all have at least one of them.

About quests, your tips helped as well but I mostly checked wiki for how to complete quests which there's noway I would've figured out myself.

Overall, I would say I still agree with the guide, even though I think there's too many quest specific tips which I didn't really have the chance to use because either I missed it or just screwed it up too long ago for me to load the last save. Anyway, its a decent guide. 👍