I don't really know how else to put it, the spell caster NPC's at least appear to have infinite mana, can attack you from outside of your sight range if you happen to walk into their line, and are impossible to out maneuver at all, because they will never make a poor movement choice or move towards you, they will always just move left or right to keep in line with you. You can't bait them around trees because they will just stand there, and anytime I feel like I wait until they move the wrong direction (Going left so I can go right to catch them) they suddenly get to double move and cast a spell and hit me anyways. (Numerous times I've caught a Orc Shaman or Druid around a Tree, wait till they move left (For example) then I move right, then they immediately move right twice and blast me. (No idea why enemies sometimes get to move twice when I never do, I don't see anything in the game about a speed stat or something of the like, and Dexterity has no mention that it increases action speed)

Archer type enemies have similar frustrations, but Magic Users hit you with a plethora of effects that just do massive amounts of damage. Even if you equip all the Magic Resistant gear you can find / Enchant in the early game. Druids and Witches are possible the most frustrating enemies to fight. No matter how much I shift myself on the map, they will always perfectly line themselves up to always get at least 3 free spellcasts off on you as you approach, and they are not frail enemies, when you finally get to them (Probably having to chug 2-3 potions and take extra hits as you approach because their magic spells chunk you for 50+ damage a hit. You still have to hit them 5-6 times (With them still casting spells in your face) before they die.

I really feel like the early game spell caster enemies need to be toned down in defense or HP by alot. If they are going to always constantly get 3+ free spell casts on me no matter what, they should be frail and easily killed when you get ahold of them as is what is typical in these RPGs. Instead it's weather 3-5 spells approaching them (More if you need to potion mid approach) and then weather 4+ additional spells as you widdle down their health. Archery doesn't help, because the damage I deal is waaaay lower than they do (Even with my +20 Accuracy Necklace I got) So I just end up spending arrows, and MORE potions, and because I set myself up as a fighter my magic is more utility based than damage based.

The Swamp filled with witches is even more so frustrating when the witches just poison you and then infinitely run away.

I was pretty happy and buried into the game at the first roughly 6-8 hours, but now I'm just running into spellcasters non-stop, all of them are tanky, all of them do MAJOR amounts of damage, and I simply just do not have the tools (Outside of drinking literally dozens of healing potions) to deal with them, and it's now become a tedious slog, and that's just so frustrating after sinking a good 6 or so hours into the game.

And I know about keeping my weapon and armor conditions up, I do that, I'm not running into issues of diminished damage output due to bad weapons or poor armor. (Not that armor actually protects you from magic). So I'm really just unsure what my options are.