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 Topic: Raising Skills - Fastest Ways? |
jaxon121
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 Forum: Wizardry 8 Posted:
Sat Sep 27, 2003 3:52 pm Subject: Raising Skills - Fastest Ways? |
| Oh yeah... I almost forgot. The item I have isn't +10% to Locks and Traps, its +10 *speed*.... but for some reason, none of the bonuses from the buckler will apply to my char. They don't show up in ... |
| Topic: Raising Skills - Fastest Ways? |
jaxon121
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Forum: Wizardry 8 Posted:
Sat Sep 27, 2003 3:49 pm Subject: Raising Skills - Fastest Ways? |
Sweeeet! I'll definitely try that... I wouldnt really consider that an exploit, since it's the same thing as camping / standing in fire / casting / repeat, only much faster.
What about the Stealth ... |
| Topic: Raising Skills - Fastest Ways? |
jaxon121
Replies: 11
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Forum: Wizardry 8 Posted:
Thu Sep 25, 2003 11:44 pm Subject: Raising Skills - Fastest Ways? |
| I'm all for spoilers! I'm not a "purist" who hates to hear about cool (potentially abusive) gaming tips. But if something's a cheat or exploit, i.e. taking advantage of a bug that the designers didn ... |
| Topic: Anyone play like me? (also... Arnika mystery?) |
jaxon121
Replies: 17
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Forum: Wizardry 8 Posted:
Thu Sep 25, 2003 11:34 pm Subject: Anyone play like me? (also... Arnika mystery?) |
| I'm now level 6... just cleared out Rattkin Tree and the Swamp. Only things I couldn't take out in the Swamp were the high-lvl Rynjins (seven or eight lvl 15's). The only reason I upgraded to lvl6 w ... |
| Topic: Raising Skills - Fastest Ways? |
jaxon121
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Forum: Wizardry 8 Posted:
Tue Sep 23, 2003 7:28 am Subject: Raising Skills - Fastest Ways? |
| Yup, absolutely sure about the fizzles. I know because I've gotten increases on single, fizzled casts of party buffs (such as Enchanted Blade and Missile Shield) while outside of combat. And it coul ... |
| Topic: Raising Skills - Fastest Ways? |
jaxon121
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Forum: Wizardry 8 Posted:
Tue Sep 23, 2003 2:50 am Subject: Raising Skills - Fastest Ways? |
| 2) You only get skill increases in spell skills when you cast a successful spell. Since your stamina and heal scenerios don't actually generate a successful spell (no result is the same as a bad cast ... |
| Topic: Raising Skills - Fastest Ways? |
jaxon121
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Forum: Wizardry 8 Posted:
Mon Sep 22, 2003 11:02 pm Subject: Raising Skills - Fastest Ways? |
I have a few questions about raising skills that you wiz8 vets might be able to help me with:
1) Pick Locks / Traps: Can I keep clicking on the pins of a really tough lock to raise my skill? A few ... |
| Topic: Anyone play like me? (also... Arnika mystery?) |
jaxon121
Replies: 17
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Forum: Wizardry 8 Posted:
Mon Sep 22, 2003 10:51 pm Subject: Anyone play like me? (also... Arnika mystery?) |
| lol John... that's exactly what happened to me on my first trial. But then... level 21 pops in Arnika, when you're lvl3?? Something pretty screwy about that!! |
| Topic: Went to buy game but........ |
jaxon121
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Forum: Wizardry 8 Posted:
Mon Sep 22, 2003 10:48 pm Subject: Went to buy game but........ |
| Absolutely love the game! Hope you feel the same way, even minus the manual. I'm still lvl5 (check out my other posts) but have several skills in the 80's... I'm trying to max most of my primary com ... |
| Topic: Anyone play like me? (also... Arnika mystery?) |
jaxon121
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Forum: Wizardry 8 Posted:
Sun Sep 21, 2003 7:08 am Subject: Anyone play like me? (also... Arnika mystery?) |
Well dteowner, you seem to be the ranking "guru" on deck, so I'm gonna go ahead and milk you for answers! =)
1) There's no time limit in this game, is there? i.e., only 500 days or something? An ... |
| Topic: Anyone play like me? (also... Arnika mystery?) |
jaxon121
Replies: 17
Views: 933
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Forum: Wizardry 8 Posted:
Fri Sep 19, 2003 10:38 pm Subject: Anyone play like me? (also... Arnika mystery?) |
dteowner, I think you're probably right about that one... some kinda bug with the monster generation tables.
Any comments on my play style, though? I think I'm gonna keep doing this till most of m ... |
| Topic: Anyone play like me? (also... Arnika mystery?) |
jaxon121
Replies: 17
Views: 933
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Forum: Wizardry 8 Posted:
Thu Sep 18, 2003 10:56 am Subject: Anyone play like me? (also... Arnika mystery?) |
| Hi all... I'm very new to these forums (and the Wiz8 game). I've read a lot about the various strategies, parties, skill point & stat emphasis, etc... but I haven't really seen much about how I'v ... |
| Topic: Went to buy game but........ |
jaxon121
Replies: 12
Views: 672
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Forum: Wizardry 8 Posted:
Thu Sep 18, 2003 9:58 am Subject: Went to buy game but........ |
| deano, not sure if you already bought the game w/out a manual... but I bought Wiz8 about a week and a half ago from Electronics Boutique for $19.99, manual included. I think it's possible that the st ... |
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