Marksman or Bowmaster

Took me about an hour or so and 6-7 deaths to finally pound in that my HP always had to be above 1500.

It's a pretty common sense thing, but when previous monsters do 200-300 damage, you don't automatically do that right away. That's why I love Windraiders; a good transitional amount of touch/magic damage, not quite as high as real 'Ludi-syndrome' monsters but much more than the crap that V/H and the like dish out.

That was my problem lol. I'd let my HP go too low, and then I'd be pineappleed when a Squid decided to spawn on top of me. After being used to H/Voodoo damage, it's kinda a harsh damage increase, no?

or you suck at this game.

Just because I'm used to taking 300 damage from a V/Hoodoo as opposed to 1700 from a squid doesn't mean I suck at the game.