Playthrough using blasters from the beginning
I've been a big fan of the Might & Magic series and particularly Might & Magic VI since it came out. I even have a giant MM6 poster on my wall that came with the limited collector's edition back in 1998. So after multiple playthroughs over the years using traditional techniques, I decided to have some fun this time around by giving my party blaster rifles and level 1 blaster skill from the start using a save game editor. No other modifications.
The party setup was Cleric/Sorcerer/Sorcerer/Sorcerer. The beginning of the game was of course easier, similar to getting expert bows early. I still needed to go back to town and heal regularly and there was still some challenge involved. Once I got blasters to expert (in New Sorpigal) and got the haste spell, the game became very easy but lots of fun! I was not so OP that I could kill the dragons in Dragonsands at level 1. The dungeons in the second half of the game were still challenging for a low level party.
I finished in April of the first year. Now I am considering doing a traditional MM7 playthrough, followed by blasters at the start.