I've played and enjoyed my blaster for 18 levels, having little to no trouble.
Then I hit level 18, gained my first hold, and started dying like a fly. My difficulty settings have been untouched, that being I fight enemies at my level with the equivalent of 1 hero.
I don't even have bosses set to show up when I'm alone! And really it doesn't matter because I've been dropping to minions. Just minions, nothing special, just regular groups of minions tend to kill or cripple me.
Am I doing something wrong? I'm playing like I always have on this guy. Do I have to follow specific ways to start a fight, do I need to stick with groups for a while, do I need to lower the difficulty level (I really don't want to do that unless I have to), or do I just suck?