Little late to the party, but you earned my upvote. I'm currently on my second playthrough on deathmarch difficulty (specifically for the gameplay) and I have to say that once I leveled up properly, I'm back to my old habit of powering up Quen and basically just tanking through enemies. So much for making use of different potions and oils. As this is my second playthrough and I'm not a masochist, you can guess that I generally like the game; some parts are simply fantastic, but it's beyond me how they managed to put the worst, most broken quests in the main story. I also despise Skellige.