DW8 is really good. Just keep in mind that by this point, the games are purely fanservice. Artificial difficulty's at it's absolute worst in the newer games. DW9 looks to be changing that though, based on some earlier footage.
I don't think so. I've only got a couple hours in it between two characters.
Plus, it's the special free version. So online's a no-go for now :/
What are you running with? I've got a battlemage and a cleric of sorts.
I've tried a lot of things restarting on the first area
so far, I really like a ranger character, but getting rid of the magic and just having the huntsman bow abilities. super good dmg
summoning is supposedly super OP as well, although I've noticed a trend where all of my physical characters tend to be more useful than magic characters so far.