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Re: Wizardry 7 update

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Lane the Caustic wrote:
> In Wizardry 6, my superior party was facing likely death in the upcoming 
> battles or else grind bats for a long long time.  I moved them to 
> Wizardry 7.
> 
> Was moving along fairly rapidly until I came to the fungus oozes/puxic 
> slimes in Old City, and it dawned on me that my party was underpowered 
> for offensive magic.  You may remember, for a time the samurai was the 
> only Thaumaturgist (fireball/magic missile).  Now Klingon (was William) 
> is a bishop with powerful magic missile and I also class changed Lysandr 
> from thief to mage.  He has a little over 50 skullduggery which seems 
> sufficient right now.
> 
> Anyways, what I am up to is improving my swimming skill.  My party 
> members are all lvl 8 except Lysandr, level 6 and have 0 skill points in 
> swimming.  Some people might have done this sooner, but I think this is 
> actually soon enough.  It remains to be seen.  I got this hint from 
> ChatGPT on google.com, who said getting swimming skill early on is 
> crucial for the game.  In one of my best games I was in the Dane Tower 
> swimming pool fighting poisonous jellyfish and it was a lot of fun. 
> Right now, finishing up Old City - i have a suspicion that releasing 
> Cpt. Boerigard might have triggered Old City invasion by NPCs, because I 
> swear the footprints occurred way early in this game.  Oh well, if I 
> don't get the Dragon Map or Fools Map from Old City, it's not the end of 
> the world.  Another ChatGPT hint was that winning Wizardry 7 isn't about 
> being fast, it's about being consistent.

I had to go through several incarnations to overcome this problem, now I 
have a samurai, ninja, ranger, mage, and an alchemist.  Hit level 5 and 
mage just picked up fireball.  In case you are wondering the sixth 
member is a valkyrie.  Totally skipping Wizardry VI now because party 
creation is more flexible if I start in Wizardry VII.  There's just not 
enough encounters at the beginning of Wizardry VI to get a quick start 
there.

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