my ranger is a gnome. also im not sure how good bows are in wizardry 7. even that bow could end up just being 1-2 really accurate but weak shots with 5% chance for an instant kill
was it estoc of olivia? bc i just got that while farming for excaliber in wizardry 6 and could import it to 7. kinda funny how the tier 4 ranger exclusive weapon with a 2% drop rate is just equivalent to a tier 3 sword from mai-lai's shop (blade cuisinart)
did you have him fight in melee or with ranged weapons? so far my ranger is doing ok as a front line melee fighter. might even be better than my lord because he uses a rapier with thrust as the default attack, increasing his chance of penetrating armor as opposed to the lord who uses maces with bash attacks.
thats half of my current party lol (fighter, lord, ranger, monk, bard, bishop as final classes) and this time im playing with a maximum of 2 class changes per character, except for the fighter who stayed single classed since i started wizardry 6 for roleplaying (larp) reasons. initially the limit was 1 class change per character but since i imported my party from wizardry 6, most of them were elite classes and wouldnt gain enough skill points in academia to max out spell schools/kirijutsu. i think the party will receive a huge power spike upon importing to wizardry 8 though especially the fighter, ranger and bishop.
yea the alchemist learns some really good spells like blinding flash and toxic vapors but my main issue with them is that in wizardry 6 all of their damaging spells deal dot except for fire bomb which has a low sp pool since they only learn 2 fire spells. wizardry 7 gives them crush and whipping rocks then wizardry 8 gives them even stronger spells like boiling blood, earthquake and tsunami making them the offensive spellcaster of choice.
Thieves have no means of dealing with large groups of enemies. Rattkin Ruins by itself would make me want to sudoku the all-Thief party.
That can be easily fixed by multiclassing them all into samurai and monks i think
you have your next playthrough idea. go for it!
Yeah, he's one of the best retro vidya tubers.
No, feeling yourself aging is a key piece of the experience.
I know what you mean. It's a minor thing, but I watched this guy's Wizardry VII video after enjoying the Bane one linked above, and he seemed to invent some alternative way to leave the (non-imported) starting area that just doesn't exist. Unless I've been missing something all these years, short of some kind of scumming to get through the sleepy pollen field or to cross over a whole bunch of water tiles, the only way you're leaving that area (and not entering the starter dungeon) is via the entrance to New City.
Ditch the Lord, and replace it with a Valkyrie. Psionics don't get any unique spells, so you should consider making it a monk. Is the ninja a faerie? Bishops can be pretty meh, i'd replace it with an alchemist (later ninja or ranger)
