[Psycho]

Most usefull classes :

Bard : excellent fighter (short & ranged) , many bard specific items and armor, low XP req , some great spells from instruments. The real über class IMO.

Bishop : forget about pure casters... just use bishops. The special abilities of pure classes are not that great. If u use a bishop, just concentrate on one spellbook for the first levels (this is if u don't wanna 'cheat/train' your bishop), after a few levels, u won't have a problem reaching the required pts/lvl for new spells, then u can start using the other books. You'll have the levels required for higher spell books, so eventually you'll catch up.

Ranger: a must have your first time through the game... autosearch. Once u know where the good hidden items are, u can do without him, although they make great fighters.

I don't like:

Rogues: I don't like PPing, so... I tried one and I must say the damage he did dual wielding thieves daggers was huge, but... no.

Fighters: too boring, half way through the game you're already looking for a skill to put those pts into.

Pure casters: like I explained above... even without training a bishop can do as well as a pure caster, but he can access the other books and gain much more mana.

All other classes have pro's and con's but I tried all of them, and they are fun to play and develop.

Signed,
One sick Psycho