Michas Wizardry 8 beginnerthread

Yes, stealth makes you harder to see. It is like chameleon without the waste of mana. Beautiful little thing that. And the AC bonus is always a bonus.

[Variol (Farseer) Elmwood]

Originally posted by Micha369: @ Variol (Farseer) Elmwood: Many thanks für your suggestion. I knew about the editor. I wanted to stay clean this time though (in the end it is cheating, isn't it). However, I have set Stealth to 80 for all embers. It seems quite easier to walt through the wiz8 world.

I really don't think it's cheating any more than standing there and defending for hours on end.

[Randall]

Originally posted by Variol (Farseer) Elmwood: I've only been back a little over a month myself and I see mostly "Elite Waterdeep Guards". That means it's mostly new people posting, which is pretty interesting considering how old the game is now (3 years?). Where are people still finding this game, bargain bins? Used?

Yep, I only got the game a few months ago after seeing it going cheap. I wasn't really interested in it when it first came out because I'd played a couple of the older ones and couldn't get into them, I found them frustrating because I'd miss some item I needed somewhere and get stuck and lost. Picked this one up expecting a few hours entertainmen but I found it much better than the previous ones. Did get stuck in a few places but just used guides to help me out.

Enjoyed it so much I'm playing through it again and I never usually play a game again after I've finished it.

[Gadgeteer Tom]

I started with whatever the REAL early version was (Ran on DOS), later got Bane, but also got stuck because I couldn't figure out what to do and how to do it.
Kid next door hacked into the Attributes to make insane uber-characters, which were fun for a bit - then it was cool to watch the game 'bite back' with matching opponents (I'm talking about level 90+ characters with every spell, etc.).
Wiz 8 was OK, but when I first got it (when it first came out) I again couldn't get everything together to ascend (gotta take out tower, black ship, get helm of serenity FIRST, T'Rang quest is most helpful to get into Mook outpost, Rapax Rift just blew me away, so did North East Wilderness - that temple full of baddies is still tough, the game has so many layers ...).
Fortunately, that kid next door did figure out the quest, and helped me with spoilers...After three years I finally ascended this spring !!
Now it's a matter of how well can I develop my characters - my latest effort is in focusing on specific attributes till they're maxed (I used to add points 'evenly') and it does seem to increase development of what I care most about (like music and pickpocket for Bard, Engineering for Gadgeteer, Magic for Madge [Powercast is over 50, but sling/throwing is still 0 - and I don't care]).
The game has a sense of humor coded into it - and some really interesting tradeoffs [like getting to where Braffit will buy a 'used' item from me for the same price that will sell it back fully charged] and twists [like it's best to kill spawn from Al-Sedexus with a Death Cloud to keep other templars happy with me].

I own two copies (gave one to the 'kid next door' last year when he got married as a Wedding Gift - I don't think his wife appreciated it much - oh well), My recent copies were $19.95 each at Best Buy (I indicate to XP to use WIN98 compatibility mode).

[Ziggurat]

I was having problems with my Wiz 8 disk (or was it the CD player?) so I went ahead and bought another copy on Amazon through J&R a few weeks ago. It is still unopened. It is now my emergency backup copy of Wiz 8 for when CD rot finally kicks in. I'm thinking about getting KoToR but have pretty much stuck with this game since it was released. There are none better! I still enjoy player development and try variations on sequences of plot.

[Micha369]

Hello folks,

now I have problems with what to do next.

I have the coordinates from the dark savant ship (1,1,2). In my journal it reads "Use orbit tracker to get orbital coordinates"

In the adjacent building the computer is in need of the system files to install the tracking module. But what item is required here?

[Scatter]

Black Box. Not the broken one, but the whole one you get in Bayjin.

[Micha369]

Is it reasonable to give the priest after he got 100 Piety also points in Int?

And should I give my mages Piety Points too?

Thanks for your hints!

Micha

[Variol (Farseer) Elmwood]

Piety increases stamina, so it's always good. Int gives you power cast which is good too.

[Scatter]

Mage should be more concerned about Dex, for Raflextion, and Spd up some. If you've read enough Books, your SP reserve should be pretty good. And if your Priest's Spd (or Dex) is low, forget Int. Especially if there's really not much hope of getting Powercast before you've ascended.