u/F34RCON77

I am on Pillars 1 - I chose turn based because I come from games like WH40k Rogue Trader and Baldurs gate 3.

Im about 25 hours in, level 6 thus far (leveling seems to be more slow and deliberate on this game) and I dont feel like I have done a good job building my characters.

Fights take a LONG time - my damage feels very low, and even after finding a very specific alleged best in class weapon (Persistence hunting bow) I still feel like my damage is very low.

Is this normal for turn based? Is turn based just tuned poorly? Or am I just really bad at building and leveling a character.