Still waiting for my prestigious Indiegogo campaign key (Cleve!!!
), but I'd like to hear if anyone except
Lord Andre has started somewhere else than the Wilderness (Briarpatch Woods, Crowl, Aquavia, etc.). Are the other starting areas viable for a beginning party like they were in Wizardry VII? I'm up for a challenge and frankly, want to try something new after playing through the superdemo this last month, and the original demo in 2013.
I think all beginnings are possible but you have to claw your way to level 2, preferably 3 until encounters are little more than a coin toss. Maybe I'm not that good but that's my impression.
I'm not using any NPCs though.
My impression is that it doesn't matter how you distribute stuff, it's the raw level that helps.
For example it's not as much as having a full pool of vitality as it is having a big pool of vitality. It doesn't matter if you're at 100% if you only have 45, you're not going to penetrate much.
I don't believe some attacks are better against certain creatures, I believe the attacks have general modifiers on them. So piercing type attacks always have higher penetration and lower damage while crushing has higher damage but extremely low penetration. Hammers and clubs are useless in the beginning for me.
I feel that unless you have points in shield, you actually get hit more often while carrying it. Also they are worth ridiculous amounts when sold if you're ever strapped for cash.
This is all speculation I might be wrong.
Here's some actual useful info:
Use leeches to get rid of disease by using them. You take 15-20 damage though so heal first or die a healthy man.
Sometimes your characters with scout discover safe havens, you can rest there faster and without encounters.
You only need detect secret indoor. Outside just use look on every water puddle and shrubbery.
Get the sound boom (fireball) as soon as possible. Giant bats give a ton of xp and are absolutely murdered with this spell alone. Very good to gain xp in cave dungeons.
A secret can be activated by pressing the button on the wall, looking or walking straight through the wall.
Some bad conditions go away with just a quick rest.
Don't be tempted to make a durendil fighter, you are going to be very frustrated when you find an ubber weapon and they can't use it 'cause they have little midget fingers. For spellcasters they're fine though.
Make sure you have a nigger with incantation to use fireball wand and other one shot nukes you may find.
Don't forget drakes have a breath attack once per combat, sometimes it's the edge you need.
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Questions for you guys:
What does the skill arcanum do ? It seems like it would be good for mages but I don't want to dump points in it and find out it's something trivial.
Do you need to stealth successfully in combat to backstab afterwards, I keep forgetting to test that...
Oh yeah, last thing, merchants identify stuff for free.
