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Ross Ridge wrote:
> Mike S.  <Mike_S@nowhere.com> wrote:
>> I have now played Wiz 1,2, 3 and 5. I only played Wiz 4 briefly before
>> dumping it. Other then a thief to a ninja (which I ended up
>> regretting), I never class changed and I am hoping I won't have to in
>> Wiz 6 either. I can't identify with my characters when every character
>> in my party can do everything.
> 
> I don't really remember Wizardry 6 that well, but it has a similar if
> not identical system to Wizardry 7.  In that game class changing was
> seen as a way of raising a characters skills faster rather than a way
> of creating jack-of-all-trades characters.  I believe most strategies
> just bounced between a couple of classes.
> 
> Personally though I didn't like switching classes that much, and would
> only normally only do it once at a point that mimimized the loss caused
> by attributes resetting to their new minimums.  Maybe more often then
> that for spell casters in order to get more spells.
> 
> Changing classes too often could actually hurt in the end game where the
> the most powerful skill becomes kirijutsu, which less you instantly kill
> monsters.  The biggest factor determining success of this skill isn't
> wasn't the level of the skill but difference between the character's
> level and monster's level.

Right, the detrimental factor here is that class-changed characters are 
going to be at lower character levels because they've had to gain over 
two or more professions.

I'm not sure what you said about bouncing, however.  Going 1-10 as mage 
and then going 1-10 as mage after an in-between class change will see a 
character gaining 10 levels in a row without a single stat/skill/spell 
increase.  It could be done to some unforeseen benefit, but time is 
money.  Even more so with D'Rang T'Rang still out making trax.

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