[quote=Omega]
I dislike the campaign being formulaic cakewalks. After a few levels you should be doing stuff to gain some notoriety given the following even a CHA 10 fighter gains from leadership so your enemies likely know who you are and how you operate.
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Especially with characters that have leadership, pretty quickly their enemies would learn their tactics if they expected to face them and be prepared to deal with their tricks.

But yeah, filler fights suck. The most enjoyable games I've played had pretty much no filler combat- I'd rather just not fight rather than have pointless fights.