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Dec-15-08, 08:45 PM (Pacific)
21. "RE: Various Questions (please help)"
Hi Steve - I like your questions. I know there have been other answers already, but I'd like to throw mine in now that I'm here on this great board. WizGold remains THE best $20 I ever spent. lol But now that you're moving to Wiz 8, I don't think you'll be disappointed given the technical advancements. I figure it as being only around one third the length of gaming of Wiz 7, but it has really nice touches to it.

1. My suggestion: If you go into the create a character menu and look at the drop down for professions, you'll find 15 listed in a particular order. Personally, I divide these into even thirds when I think about a party of characters. The bottom 5 are clearly your main spell casters. I think of the top 5 as being mainly warrior types. The middle 5 I consider "specialties". This isn't clear cut, but it's my summary guide for thinking of the lowest level characters. My guide for a first party is to have two professions from each third - two main warrior types, two main spellcasters and two from the specialties. That's just a suggestion. Monk is the only one in the middle third that does not have the lock & trap skill, so you should take at least one of the other ones who does get that.

2. I believe I checked the profession stats to figure this out myself. I am pretty sure Bard was the closest fit to Gadgeteer. For what it's worth, I personally believe that Bards slightly edge out Gadgeteers in usefulness since they don't have to put their instruments together. Gadgeteers have to find the second component before an item does them any good. I still like them a lot, though.

3. I thought I saw you mention you have two Bishops(?) Although they get all four spell realms in Wiz 8, they do not get the 25% bonus in those realms that the other 4 spell professions get. This means it will be considerably later in the game before they get the highest level spells that the other 4 basic spellcasters will get. Bishops are still great, but maybe you don't need two.

4. I think this is probably true since they can berserk with any weapon. Some other professions can compensate for this when using the Bloodlust sword (you find it fairly early in the game), but Fighters don't need to wait. (My best damage inflictor turned out to be my Felpurr Rogue through the second half of my game. This was a combination of her speed, backstab attack and a *LIGHT SWORD* we happened to find. It's not always available, though.) Fighters can do the best damage AND wear the best armor. I can't think of any other that gets that combination, let alone right from the beginning.

5. The search icon will compensate for not having a Ranger, but it will also get you "surprised" in battle annoyingly often. Ranger is probably a good choice for a first party.

6. Personally, I have been disappointed in Faeries for Wiz 8. I'd recommend skipping that race. I did find the equipment limitations to not be worth it.

Sorry about the length of this post, but I hope you have found something worth considering here. Have fun!

A. J.

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