World of Xeen party

[Wyrmlord]

What sort of party would you guys recommend to a noob to this game? I've done a bit of reading of the manual, and I have been tossing around a few ideas.

I am thinking of
Half Orc Knight
Dwarven Ninja
Gnomish Archer
Human Ranger
Gnomish Cleric
Elven Sorcerer

What would experienced people suggest? Any good tips for the game? At the moment, I've just been going around Vertigo destroying the slime. I am a little overwhelmed at immediately being put into a large world with no instruction.

 

[DaveO]

Looks good to me. In general, you need a Might character(covered by the Knight), a healer, a sorcerer, and a thief oriented character for the chests(Ninja is best). The other two slots are up to you, though I'd have an Archer for a backup to the sorcerer(sorcerer spells rule this game IIRC). I can't recall the Ranger spells being massively useful since you do have a ton of portal words you can use. I'd take a Barbarian along for the ride, but YMMV.

My best advice is to stick to the first town and clear it out at first. Around level 5-10 you can go to Darkside and get tons of experience fairly quickly. The best skills are Mountaineering and Pathfinding with Jump and Teleportation quite handy Sorcerer spells. I can't give much further general advice, but I do have a handbook handy if you get stuck.

 

[Binary]

Isn't ranger and archer a bit redundant? If I remember correctly I had:

Human Knight (go with an Orc anyway)
Dwarf Paladin
Human Ranger
Gnome Thief (or Ninja)
Human Cleric
Elven Sorcerer

TBH it's hard to go wrong on WoX.

 

[Zomg]

If you're gonna play all the way through Darkside and be a completionist, you should know that archery and spellcasting eventually stop scaling fast enough to keep up with enemy HP and all your real damage will be done by banging away in melee.

I'd recommend not doing Darkside at all, or at least not skipping back and forth, because it will break any fun you might get out of Clouds.

 

[Sovy Kurosei]

For a second I thought I posted in this thread.

 

[Nightjed]

how are you playing it ? i have the 2cd version and the game locks up during cutscenes (im using dosbox) (it does work if i skip the cutscene but that kind of sucks)

 

[DaveO]

But the monster hit points are why you need two spellcasters(mostly for Implosion and some of the high level spells). Some monsters can break melee weapons too, so you can't always rely on that. I'd say his party is fine and do agree that it's hard to go completely wrong with the selection. I went with three fighters and spellcasters since that seemed the best way to go.