How do I git gud in Gothic 2 NOTR? This shit is way harder than the first game

>I could ask you the same thing. Maybe stop playing with mods?
No mods but compatibility patches. Literally finished the game as a mage not four weeks ago.
Not to mention, I distinctly remember my playing pattern back from the days I used to replay Gothic 2 almost yearly as a teen - where I would always rush the eye of innos questline as fast as I could to unlock the circle 3 to get the summon skeleton spell which was hilariously OP. So my shock that you can't fucking get that shit through the entirety of the expansion was rather vivid and standing out. Regardless of learning later on the removal of the flat damage reduction and massive increase in relative mana cost makes the spell a hell of a lot less useful in NotR.