I don't think my lambasting is continual, and I only do it because it seems to me I'm one of the very few of this opinion. No doubt folks like Dundee have invaluable game info and incomparable understanding of BGII. I'm not knocking them for that. And, neat tricks like the Saemon brain-eat are incredibly ingenious. But the "here's how to get 624,000hp damage in one round" aspect of what these discussions becomes simply irks me a bit. Sorry for making MHO known.
Besides a Wand-of-I-Win certainly would save me some trouble against Melissan right now.
I would ask: do solo players find BG more entertaining that Icewind Dale. If so, why?