Originally Posted by DArtagnan 
Are you sure, though?
If it had been the ONLY way to play - you're absolutely sure you wouldn't have finished it?
Yup. I detest having to replay a battle over and over to beat it. I want to be challenged somewhat, but if a battle takes more than 3 or 4 tries, I get really frustrated and pissed off (that's usually when I go online looking for the way to win it). If every battle was like in some of the mods (the uber werewolf or the creatures in the library that perma kill you about every one in four hits in the darkest day mod come to mind), it would not have been an enjoyable experience for me, and I would have given up on it.