The first giant you run into is in the storm coast. His only really big attack is the boulder he sometimes throws and honestly you will only get hit by that if you are too slow to move. So long as you have your resident tank with you [and sorry, I disagree strongly with anyone who says you shouldn't have a need for at least one tank] getting his attention your squishies are going to get one shotted. That is the term. Squishy. In all games like this with rogues Mages and Tanks its all about knowing who should be where. Rogue should ALWAYS flank to the left or right, go for higher ground. Mage should ALWAYS stay back, and out of the way [unless your a knight enchanter, then so long as you continue doing damage you will fuel your shield] and the Tank should ALWAYS charge the biggest and nastiest foe, getting all other enemies on them as well. That's called tactics. You don't have to do those things. The game is not a serious challenge on easy, in fact it is just that, and is not a huge challenge on normal, so long as you play your class the right way the rest should sort itself out. My point is, if you are an archer who goes running at the enemy, your going to die, if you are a mage who chooses to get close [and you aint a knight enchanter]...same story, and if you are playing Tank, and ludicrously keeping your distance you are doing it wrong. As for playing a two handed non overtly "Tanky" warrior, try a party with a tanky Tank, and then try hitting your foes from behind. If you are a duel wield Rogue, same story.
This goes out to "helpthisguyplease!" and like minded folk. I don't understand your complaint. You seem to wish for things to be so easy you don't have to think about anything your doing in the game. You seem to want to just enjoy the story cinematic's without having to give any thought to combat situations. Easy mode is NOT supposed to give you that. Its supposed to be easy for anyone with even half a mind for how things go, not "I can just bash past everything" which is what you are asking for. Its easy mode. Its NOT pancakes on Sunday mode. By all means. Push for them to introduce a narrative mode [which would be easier than easy BTW...and precede it on the options panel] to be introduced to the game. But DONT try to force it so they change easy mode to Narrative mode. I would go so far as to say people like helpthisguyplease, and Thomas447, you are the distinct minority of gamers who don't actually WANT to play games, you just want the story. You are the atypical kind you find on ALL online games [and trust me, with a back catalogue of MMOs I have played I KNOW THIS] who call for everything to be made super easy, for all classes to be made so they can all do the same things, for all enemies to be super easy to beat, up to and including the huge raid bosses with millions of health. If anything people like you are torch bearers for taking any fun and enjoyment out of a game, ones who most often attract the kinds of player who only plays for the loot and thinks "if its all SUPER EASY I can get my hands on the nice shiny without any effort". Those are called Magpies. And the team who created DAI should understand where pandering to your every whim will take things.
MOST gamers play games to have fun. If there is no fun in a game, what is the point of playing it? To helpthisguyplease, I ask you this. The next time you get it in your head something is too big and bad and ugly for you to deal with, and you think "this must be made easier" why don't you look at it with a different POV, and say to yourself if you derive no enjoyment from the challenge any game poses, you have no reason to PLAY a game in the first place. That is the issue here. You commenters who basically blanket statement that its too hard, you don't want to play games at all. What right do you think you have to dictate to everyone else when YOU don't even want to actually play games, how easy a games easy mode should be? That was rhetorical, I expect no answer from you. You have NO RIGHT to dictate such a thing. The onus is on you to choose games you know will be of enjoyment to you, and to your level of overall gaming ability, as it is on you to become better at games that pose a challenge, or choose not to play challenging games if you lack the ability and/or time to become better. You can cry and whine about the challenge in games all you want. But if you cant even beat a game on its easiest mode, that game is not for you, and before you say Bioware MUST introduce a mode of gameplay that suits you...no, they don't. They have a choice in what they do with their games and yes, they CAN choose not to pander to the lowest denominator.