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Kerneth · 08-21-2002, 10:14 PM

I'd love to get some feedback from some of you wizardry 8 gurus. I'm pretty much horrible at this game (only now about to beat it for the first time, though I've played through half of it or so repeatedly just with different parties because I never got a setup I liked). I've played halfway through with a samurai in the party, and now I'm at Ascension Peak with a monk, and I'm wondering which of the two classes you guys prefer and why.

To me, they're extremely similar in terms of damage, speed, and basically everything else. The samurai has better armor available, and wizardry magic vs the monk's psionics, but the monk makes up for it with a good ac even wearing crappy robes +1.

My monk is running, oh, 15-30 damage a hit, and getting a BUNCH (7-9) of attacks per round. He still doesn't match my *Light*Sword* equipped Lord in terms of per-hit damage, but I actually think he makes up for it with more frequent attacks.

For my next party, I'm considering an Expert difficulty group of a Lord, a Monk, a Samurai, a Ranger, a Bard, and a Bishop. I might drop the Ranger and the Bishop for a 4-person group if I think I can live without Ranger autosearch.

08-21-2002, 10:14 PM	#1
Kerneth The Magister Join Date: May 17, 2002 Location: Plano, Texas Posts: 103	I'd love to get some feedback from some of you wizardry 8 gurus. I'm pretty much horrible at this game (only now about to beat it for the first time, though I've played through half of it or so repeatedly just with different parties because I never got a setup I liked). I've played halfway through with a samurai in the party, and now I'm at Ascension Peak with a monk, and I'm wondering which of the two classes you guys prefer and why. To me, they're extremely similar in terms of damage, speed, and basically everything else. The samurai has better armor available, and wizardry magic vs the monk's psionics, but the monk makes up for it with a good ac even wearing crappy robes +1. My monk is running, oh, 15-30 damage a hit, and getting a BUNCH (7-9) of attacks per round. He still doesn't match my LightSword* equipped Lord in terms of per-hit damage, but I actually think he makes up for it with more frequent attacks. For my next party, I'm considering an Expert difficulty group of a Lord, a Monk, a Samurai, a Ranger, a Bard, and a Bishop. I might drop the Ranger and the Bishop for a 4-person group if I think I can live without Ranger autosearch.