Login | Register


All times are UTC - 5 hours


It is currently Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:32 am




Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 12 posts ] 
Author Message
 Post subject: Mercs
PostPosted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 2:04 pm 
User avatar

Joined: Thu Jan 14, 2010 6:02 pm
Posts: 1627
1)Already changed mercs skills:
A3 Fire - lowered chance to cast firestorm by half
A3 Lightning - nova chance by half
A3 Cold - Blizzard nerf 6 skill points, glacial 4
A3 PnB - Primepsn removed, it doesn't do damage at all, chance to cast Bonearmor lowered by 33%, Bonespirit lvl inc, from 20 to 25
A5 - Removed rabies completely, it does no damage and prevent druid's rabies.

2)But I've also tested how a zeal would perform on a5 mercs
Bear - doesn't work, insta unshift
Wolf - using fury animation
Unshifted - fast 5 attacks
It kick ass tbh, could make a new merczeal with limit of 3 hits, maybe with lower %ed. A2 use jab already, but it doesn't seem to work well on a5.

Can upload 1) and work on 2) further if it's ok.


Top
 Offline Profile  
Reply with quote  
 Post subject: Re: Mercs
PostPosted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 2:44 pm 
Game Server Host
User avatar

Joined: Mon Aug 31, 2009 12:33 am
Posts: 4291
coolio.

@ Bear merc using zeal: maybe copy fend to a new line and remove the sequnum entry for the bear?
3-4 hits seems ok imo, your call.
What about shockwave for the bear?
(oh did anything happen with shockwave carrying some weapon damage or not?)
PnB merc what about poison explosion in place of prime pois nova? Will at the very least grant a synergy to poisy nova.

_________________
Bron wrote:
There's no cure for being a cunt.


Top
 Offline Profile  
Reply with quote  
 Post subject: Re: Mercs
PostPosted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 1:15 pm 
User avatar

Joined: Thu Jan 14, 2010 6:02 pm
Posts: 1627
Quote:
PnB merc what about poison explosion in place of prime pois nova? Will at the very least grant a synergy to poisy nova.
What psn nova :?: Only psn skills they have are that nooby primepsn and an aura.

Ok gave combat(removed bash) and wolf zeal(unchanged paladin skill) and shockwave to bear -it does some aoe damage cuz maul synergy, naked just hired 80lvl one killed hell mobs with 2-3 hits, in theory they have 5k+ shockwave damage from start. Maul 20lvl(+1 per 4 lvls) and shockwave 26(+1 per 4lvls).
Quote:
(oh did anything happen with shockwave carrying some weapon damage or not?)
It was suggested only, nothing happened to it... yet.

Btw. Should I remove warcry completely?


Attachments:
Hireling.rar [3.78 KiB]
Downloaded 615 times
Top
 Offline Profile  
Reply with quote  
 Post subject: Re: Mercs
PostPosted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 3:46 pm 

Joined: Mon Feb 21, 2011 11:47 am
Posts: 615
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
if you remove the primepsn thingy from a3 pnb mercs shouldnt you then change their -enemy psn res aura? I mean it doesnt affect magic damage, because now they'll only do magic damage, right?

_________________
Its always in the last place you look....


Top
 Offline Profile  
Reply with quote  
 Post subject: Re: Mercs
PostPosted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 4:29 pm 

Joined: Thu Apr 15, 2010 4:28 pm
Posts: 183
Id suggest removing battle cry as most don't hire them past norm because of it


Top
 Offline Profile  
Reply with quote  
 Post subject: Re: Mercs
PostPosted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 8:10 pm 
User avatar

Joined: Sat Sep 19, 2009 10:07 am
Posts: 237
Location: Hungary
Or you could make so that Battle Cry doesn't count as a curse. As it is, the skill is useless because you are better off with using ctc amp or decrep, or a necro in the party.

May need to be toned down slightly then (can't remember the current values), but I'm sure it would be a great addition, if it's possible to be made.


Top
 Offline Profile  
Reply with quote  
 Post subject: Re: Mercs
PostPosted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 11:55 pm 
User avatar

Joined: Thu Jan 14, 2010 6:02 pm
Posts: 1627
Huh... But they don't have battle cry... At least in files I have from latest 2nd beta all they have is war cry, which is just aoe stun
They didn't have it even in 1.21z.
I know there was info about psn nova and battle cry on Blue's page... :)


Top
 Offline Profile  
Reply with quote  
 Post subject: Re: Mercs
PostPosted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 3:45 am 

Joined: Thu Apr 15, 2010 4:28 pm
Posts: 183
Steel wrote:
Huh... But they don't have battle cry... At least in files I have from latest 2nd beta all they have is war cry, which is just aoe stun
They didn't have it even in 1.21z.
I know there was info about psn nova and battle cry on Blue's page... :)


Interesting. I swear i've seen em use it. But maybe that was ages ago...


Top
 Offline Profile  
Reply with quote  
 Post subject: Re: Mercs
PostPosted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 7:43 pm 
User avatar

Joined: Wed Dec 29, 2010 6:21 pm
Posts: 13
A1 mercs could use some love!


Top
 Offline Profile  
Reply with quote  
 Post subject: Re: Mercs
PostPosted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 11:54 pm 
User avatar

Joined: Thu Jan 14, 2010 6:02 pm
Posts: 1627
They did indirectly with increase of ele bow skills synergies/damage. I had that in mind so I didn't change anything on them.


Top
 Offline Profile  
Reply with quote  
 Post subject: Re: Mercs
PostPosted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 3:15 pm 
User avatar

Joined: Tue Sep 01, 2009 9:01 pm
Posts: 1413
Steel wrote:
They did indirectly with increase of ele bow skills synergies/damage. I had that in mind so I didn't change anything on them.


Their engaging range should be increased a touch. They often stand 1/2 screen away and shoot at nothing.

_________________
The reader should not be discouraged if...he does not have the prerequisites to read the prerequisites. P. Halmos


Top
 Offline Profile  
Reply with quote  
 Post subject: Re: Mercs
PostPosted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 3:23 am 

Joined: Thu Nov 25, 2010 4:55 pm
Posts: 895
Seeing how Blizz mercs got nerfed pretty big was the chance to cast icebolt reduced ?

A1 fire sucked in my opinion. A3 blizz was way better with less pierce even with the nerf.

_________________
"Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing."


Top
 Offline Profile  
Reply with quote  
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 12 posts ] 

All times are UTC - 5 hours


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 10 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
cron