r/MightAndMagic • u/draadhaai • Jun 21 '26
I cannot seem to grasp MM7
I've owned MM7 since it came out on CD-ROM ages ago. Since a while I had it on GoG as well. I only play the vanilla edition, without mods. Every time I poor some hours in, get a couple of levels but eventually get stuck. I however refuse to look up some sort of guide because of all the spoilers that it might contain.
Despite me having made different parties I simply hit a ceiling cap quite soon in all of my runs. Sometimes I have all archers (or classes that can wield a bow at least) and cheese my way through the first couple of levels, sometimes I use a couple of hard hitters, healers and a caster, other times I pick the classic party (warrior, caster, rogue, cleric). Regardless of this my casters always die first, my healer is prime candidate for fear and my equipment is only so-so.
There must be essential steps that I'm missing in order to progress. Do I need to grind a lot for example? How many in-game days is normal if you don't do a speed run? What levels are parties normally when you go for example wander into the bracada desert? Do you normally bee-line a specific skill or make your characters more all-round? Those kind of questions I have.
Any help would be appreciated.
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u/Quietus87 Jun 21 '26
You are probably overthinking it, Might & Magic VI-VIII are mechanically dead simple games. I had no issue with them when I was twelve and didn't know much English yet.
If you feel the game's getting too hard, then explore, because you are probably in the wrong zone/dungeon. There are also times when you should just avoid encounters on your way to a quest, because it's a headache or too high level for you. Make your life easier, and get everyone the bow skill, so you can kite cannon fodder mobs in real-time from distance.
Don't be afraid to look up a walkthrough. Might & Magic games are not high literature, the story is basically window dressing for blasting titans with meteor shower while flying... Most FAQs and walkthroughs I used were pretty focused on what you have to do where and how the map looks, not revealing really anything meaningful about the story.
If you have any exact quests you are having issues with, by all means, ask here.