This game is perfectly balanced for an idiot like me.
I've just started Dreznen on Core difficulty (with extra AI/feats enabled) and it is still challenging and forces me to reload a lot which makes me happy.
The key thing here is being imbecile with leveling up and generally dump during character creation. So I always chose the most fun or LARP thing when I level up my team. And if there is nothing really fun or LARPy I do stuff at random.
My group consists:
-PC - bloodline sorcerer with additional 3rd bloodline taken as the mythic ability. However all 3 are shit and incompatible with each other giving almost no synergy. I've selected silver dragon, angel and arcane with some small feats for water spells to cast snowball with more damage. I did empower on Snowball and that 1st lvl spell changed into 5th level spell. With that build I would hit 5th level spells near the end of the game. Smart choice. A truly shitty character. To make him more shitty I gave him light armor feat + arcane armor feat. I've just learned that mage armor spell could do the same. Due to low AC he is dying a lot.
-Mercenary thief - due to a bug I was not able to recruit thief NPC in the tavern and had to create my own. And pay for it. Dual wielding knife master. He is a glass cannon damage dealer with almost every feat related to doing more damage. He dies a lot with this AC around 26-28.
-Laen - pure zen archer. He deals a lot of damage with his 3 shots per turn. Not super high AC, but he can cast Bareskin or whatever it is called.
-Amber - those hexes do shit, most of enemies are resistant to them, even though I took spell penetration. I've focused on fire a bit but most of enemies are also resistant to fire. For some reason she is not being targeted by enemies so she stays alive.
-Regill - pretty low AC, low damage but has a lot of attacks with his two (??) gnome hammers. No idea how double weapons works. Gave him two weapon fighting feat, I think it worked. Should I give him weapon finesse? Dies a lot, though.
-Darean - not multiclassing him, focused on healing spells + animate dead. Low AC, low strength, low everything, dies a lot but can channel energy like crazy.
I've got no companion/mount or animal but it would be fun to have some. Can I made Regill or Laen to ride a tiger or sth? Or my mercenary thief?