Seriously, just play it on an easier difficulty. Do you not see the irony of complaining that it is too hard, but not playing it on the easier difficulty that is there strictly for people who find the game to be *gasp* too hard? Just by having a basic understanding of the game, and actually putting thought into your character builds, you can absolutely stomp classic. Hell, i've been stomping classic as a single lone wolf character.

Some basic tips for those of you that are strugglng on classic mode:
1. QUICKSAVE OFTEN. Do it before every fight. Do it before every chat if you are that paranoid. I can't stress this enough. The simple fact is you are going to fail sometimes, and the game rarely autosaves. As a second point to this, just accept that you are going to die and not always get the ideal situation you want. Learn to live with it and move forward.

2. Hyper specialize your characters until roughly level 10. Spreading yourself too thin early is a huge detriment. If you are playing a single lone wolf character, i'd almost suggest that you do summoning exclusively until you get to the lady vengeance at which point you can respec for free to whatever you want. If you are doing duo lone wolf characters, i'm pretty sure you could just right click everything to death as long as your gear is somewhat current.

3. Learn to abuse the environment and game mechanics. It's literally what the AI is doing to you. As far as mechanics go... Ranged character? Try to abuse the height advantage as much as possible. Heavy duty melee? Get opportunist and stick yourself in the middle of everyone. Rogue? Keep your initiative high, abuse backstabs, and don't be afraid to hit and run. Focus on those low armor archers / casters. Mage other than summoner? Pick an element and hyper specialize it, while putting a single point in a supporting tree early. I.e. main fire, but put a point in geo for oil / poison abuse. Main aero but put a point in hydro for water surfaces. Summoner? Put literally everything into summoning until at least 10. If you want to just faceroll the game, put literally everything in summoning and one point in fire for haste.

For the environment, every surface that isn't just the ground can be abused in some way. Set fire to oil to great a fiery surface. Electrocute water to create a shocking surface. Throw water on fire to create a cloud that blocks vision. Electrocute said cloud to make it dangerous to pass through. Throw poison on fire for a lovely explosion! The possibilities only continue to grow as you progress.

Want to combine a little of both? The AI will literally never walk through a dangerous surface if they have another clear path available. You can use this to control where the AI goes, or force them to walk through a fiery demise.

4. Gear. This one is a little trickier here than it was in D:OS 1. The armor system (which I personally love) makes every choice a little more meaningful. If you are playing any sort of physical damage dealer (warfare, scoundrel, and huntsman), it is absolutely imperative that you keep your weapons up to date, especially early on. 2-3 damage on 1 hander in Fort Joy makes a huge difference. If you are melee, make sure you focus on physical armor more than anything (but don't neglect magic). The opposite is true for ranged. Focus on magic, but don't neglect physical. If you're a mage, your weapon is purely a stat booster unless you are doing some baller dual wield wand build. That being said, be mindful of your weapons element. You don't want to accidentally heal an undead with a poison weapon or heal a fire slug with a fire weapon. On the flipside, you could absolutely heal a friendly undead by attacking them with a poison weapon.

5. Talk to everyone. Like literally everyone. There is SO. MUCH. EXPERIENCE. to be had if you just talk to everyone and resolve what they offer in some way. Be an elf and take pet pal if you want to take this 2 steps further.

6. Lastly, just because something is available to do, doesn't mean you should do it right then and there. This kind of piggybacks on quicksave often. The earliest example of this is the arena in Fort Joy. If you go in and try it the moment you get there, it most likely won't end well. Same with the gator fight early on. You can walk right up to it, but it definitely isn't easy to beat. Go around, help some people, maybe murder a few people on their lonesome, steal some stuff, and come back to it.

There are certainly more things to know, but this *should* be enough to get you going. Feel free to message me directly if you have any questions, i'd be more than happy to help.