The Dink Network

I know exactly what you're talking about with most of these. The combat, however, is only horrendous because of the high miss chance and the fact spells can also fail very easily. I like the idea of of actually selecting a move by moving in multiple directions and that certainly helps with the thrust damage for spears when you're moving back a lot and stabbing your enemy.

The getting stuck thing is duck. I've had NPCs get stuck when I'm trying to escort them. The follower AI is so shitty that whenever I see the girl with the boots of blinding speed, I just kill her. I get the boots either way and those boots are the best boots. Just fortify yourself against the blinding effect and no more "walking is slow as duck".

As for the being glued to the ground, choose acrobatics as a major skill and play nude or something. I really don't think medium or heavy do anything but slow you down.

EDIT: Excellent. Striker knows of the boots too. You can't play right without them, so I must urge everyone to get it so you don't feel like you are molasses and so that you can laugh at your vibrating legs.