Wizardry 8 Questions

Just installed this gem and am about to pay it again. A few q's:

1)Should I use OpenGL or stick with DirectX? WHat re the main difference, and which provides better lighting effects?

2)I want a warrior-priest, someone who is good with the divinity spells and fighting. Should I choose priest or Lord as a class, and why? What are the merits of selecting priest then multiclassing to lord at level 2?

3)Should I use the patch? What does it have and what version is it (I may already have it in my version of wiz8?

 

4) One more thing: Female Bard or Female Gageteer and why?

 

I'd go (though I don't use gadgeteers or bards > ) with Gadgeteer because of Omnigun and ultimate gadgets! Asphyxiation, nuclear blast, tsunami and eartquake from gadgets- nice

I never tried multi-classing in Wiz 8 but if you want some sort of paladin you can try taking Valkyrie- bonus to polearms and cheating death are good I think

Probably ~~

 

I use DirectX7 1024 x 768 x 32 and game works/looks good.

Hmm warrior-priest ? I will choose Lord but Valkyrie is good pick, too

If you have 1.2.4 version of the game you don`t need patch.

Both classes are good choose for support characters. Bard have more special abilities (improve camping, comunication= more gold, steal and open locks) but Gageteer is good, too ( open locks and tripleshoot crossbow)

Female - in first city you can find amulet which is big help for Bard or Gageteer and can be used only by female

 

Valkyries are better Lords, take that when you want a paladin type.

Bards are better for newbies.

 

I like the Valkyrie in the game so I never make my own. The last couple of times I took a Lord to be different and there are many more powerful characters you can make but he has been OK. I also have been taking both the Bard and the Gadgeteer for the fun stuff. Think the Bard is overall more usefull especially early. I like to collect all the stuff so can't imagine playing without both any more.

Get the patch to speed up the battles if you don't have it. Unless you have a lot of time on your hands.

Damn I wish someone would make a new version of this game. It is by far and away the RPG I have replayed most.

 

The current version works fine. I wish they would update all the older blob games instead, or make a crop of new ones.

 

What about sticking with the priest over the lord? Whats the advantage of that? Lords can also max out divinity spells right, and are better fighters (dual weilding) than pure priests, so what do priests have over lords?

 

You can use unofficial OpenGL patch if you have problems with OpenGL

http://www.download.com/Wizardry-8-Unofficial-OpenGL-patch/3000-7539_4-10291809.html

 

It's a great game, I just couldn't get over having enemies *constantly* around you. In the cities, towns, temples *everywhere*. A major design flaw, IMO.

 

You get Vi Domina(Valkyrie) as soon as you get to Arnika and she is better than any Lord IMO. If you are put off by using RPCS for some reason then make a Valkyrie. Lords are kind of lame. Not a lot of good weapons for dual wielding anyway.

Latest official is 1.24 I think but I would also download the Cosmic Forge editor and use it to fix a few things as well(like removing that silly restriction where RPCs refuse to go to certain areas).