Wizardry 8 Enhanced Edition (Mod)

[Ixion XVII]

I just released an overhaul for Wizardry 8. If anyone is interested in checking it out go to https://www.nexusmods.com/wizardry8/mods/1?.

[vysionier]

Interesting! I had a hard time seeing what all the changes were besides a combat speed change and a balancing. Is there any item changes? Or are any enemies stronger/weaker? Any change to the enemy levels? Or plot/area changes?

[Ixion XVII]

Visit the Nexus Mods page. There is a full changelog with every change made in the mod.

[vysionier]

I did, but maybe I was looking at the wrong area? The text got cut off partway through.

[Ixion XVII]

That's strange. It should work.
There is a new update available. So if you already downloaded the mod please download it again. Usually i wouldn't update it in very small intervals like this but there was a problem with the mod which is now fixed.

[vysionier]

Found the change log! Reading through it now, gotta admit sounds interesting! Does monk lose stealth? It says monk gains psionics professional skill in place of stealth.

[Ixion XVII]

Yes, but he still has the skill to use stealth. It only shifts some points from stealth to psionics.

[vysionier]

Ouch. I’ll play monk now and see if it’s as unusable as I suspect

Edit: just reread. Oh good. It’s ok then :)

[vysionier]

So if I read right, it looks like a massive amount of small tweaks. Most of them I’d approve of actually. I’m interested in the tweaks to the spells and enemy resistances. It seems like lord no longer gets its health regen ability to equip doomed stuff :( but gain stamina regen. Instead. It also looks like more dual wielding options with axes becoming a viable weapon class and swords getting a minor downgrade.

[Ixion XVII]

Stamina regen is in general a better passive ability i would say. You can just use HP regen items if you want to equip the doomed stuff.

[vysionier]

There’s absolutely no doubt that stamina regen is a better passive. It’s actually pretty powerful. Fighters will be gimped quite a bit without it I’m sure. I’m actually looking forward to a dual axe lord now. But all these new offhand maces need my attention too though.

[Ixion XVII]

Yeah i know, stamina regen is pretty powerful. Maybe even too powerful.
The "new" offhand axes are mostly low level though. Later into the game there might be not too many options for an offhand axe. I might check that out though.

[vysionier]

Oh yeah! Question; will alchemy for profit still be viable?

[Ixion XVII]

To be 100% honest i'm not sure how the vendor changes affect the alchemy profit exactly.
It should be harder to make a profit for sure. As everything sells for less and is slightly more expensive.
I will look into that more carefully and may tweak some if needed. Feedback and suggestions are always welcome.

Edit: Generally i wouldn't want the player to be able to make profit by buying things, merging them and selling them for profit. It should however be profitable when you find the ingredients, merging them and then selling them.

[Ixion XVII]

I just reworked alchemy recipes/values. This is how it works:
Both values of the crafting ingredients are added together and multiplicated with a factor depending on the alchemy skill required. (with small variations)
Examples of this would be:
(Potion of Mod. Heal [250] + Potion of Mod. Heal [250]) x 1.2 [requirement of 15] = Potion of Hv. Heal [600]
(Potion of Cure L. Con. [200] + Potion of Hv. Heal [650]) x 1.5 [requirement of 50] = Potion of Restoration [1275]

This is not everything i've done. There are some small tweaks here and there regarding alchemy. Some requirements/recipes changed but posting this here would be too much.
I very well know that this will make alchemy much worse but i really think it was necessary so it isn't as easy to break the economy. I will add new recipes to make up for that.

[vysionier]

Also, did you include a fix for the shop’s ammo stacking? The ammo really gets out of hand after a while and my solution was always using my abundant gold to purchase it and then drop it.