I don't understand people who don't like the Summoning Pits. Too many adds? Maybe you should actually pay attention and kill them as they spawn. You have a motion radar that will tell you if something is not in the direction of the boss at the very least when you are reloading. You have ears, use them to listen for the enemies because teh enemies are far from quiet. Boss stomps your face? Pay attention to when he is turing toward you and get behind cover. Wizards owning you? Seriously...have a fire Special AND Heavy Weapon, melts wizards and Knights like they were nothing. Feel like you aren't doing as much damage as you should? Make sure your weapon's have enough Attack. Attack determines how much damage you do (Attack and Damage are NOT the same thing!) If you don't have enough attack on your weapon to beat your target's defense you will do less then normal damage.