Well, I persevered and won my way through that mess. During the first scene, I stood in front of the internal doorway and shot arrows until somebody tried to come too close and knock the gate down. Then I'd hack them. Almost all of my soldiers died, but I made it through that.
Next, where the place was being overrun from the docks, I stood right in front of the Seer instead of wandering off and took more care in aiming at certain targets with my bow, picking out the ones that were already getting past my henchmen. When they got too close, I'd pull out my swords and lay them down...but this time I zoomed in to get a closer look and I think that helped than trying to keep my eye on the fight in whole. I had a more personal look at the battle field and was more easily able to pick out my targets and won through it...
Now I am in Hell...he 8th one that is...and I have not tried going any further. It was 2am when I quit last night.
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