by lrmhorner
I've played about 4 full campaigns of Descent 2ed (expansions, full conversion kit), all but the latest with 4 heroes. The majority of our players are experienced rpg gamers and tend to efficiently use their abilities, resources, and map position.For us, the OL struggles mightily to win a single encounter per act - even though each of us has been the OL for a campaign.
In our latest campaign, we are using only 3 heroes, but setting up all the monsters as if there were 4. It has been terrific! Balance has really improved and it allows for even more monster bashing along the way to our scenario goals.
I'm just sharing my experience for other groups who are annoyed with too strong heroes; you may want to try this.
I'm also wondering if others have tried this or other successful ways to balance campaigns.