#132321 - 08/10/06 05:44 PM
Re: Diablo 2
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Originally posted by Pokey: Looking to get a better weapon for my hireling. I tried one earlier and he said he couldn't use it even though he had all the requirements in strength and dexterity and level. I don't understand why he couldn't use it.
Hirelings are quite specific in weapon abilities. The one I keep can only be equipped with a bow. Not even a crossbow, just a bow. So depending on which hireling you've settled on, that determines the weapons they are allowed to use.
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#132323 - 08/11/06 06:32 AM
Re: Diablo 2
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Hi,
Well played with my Necromancer yesterday and he can now summon 3 regular skeletons, 1 skeleton mage, Iron Golem and the hireling makes 6 helpers to do the dirty work for me hehe.
We will soon have an army working for us.
Will have to see how this goes as he gets to the end boss. Hmmm.
He also found 2 different set items where my other people only found 1 or 2 pieces of the same set.
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#132328 - 08/11/06 05:25 PM
Re: Diablo 2
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Originally posted by Pokey: Congrats on defeating Baal. I heard he is a bit easier than Diablo. Did you find that to be true? I hope there is a good place to run and heal up without being atacked. Well, he did kill me once, but I did the run from the teleporter on to Baal and recover the body. You can go back and forth through a portal, he doesn't trap them like Diablo is known to do. In the end, I would lay down a lot of fire traps, then back away till they stopped. Go back and lay down fire traps.... And yes, if you run toward the entry, Baal doesn't seem to follow and you can heal. The Strat guide says use your best ranged attacks, he gets nasty when you get close.
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#132330 - 08/11/06 07:32 PM
Re: Diablo 2
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Originally posted by Pokey: But doesn't he heal up if you leave and return? Mephisto did. It is going to have to be melee for me and the barbarian. That is about all we do unless I go hire a fire or cold mercenary. I'll have to check his resistances. I do recall that he is resistant to physical attack. We may have a problem.
I assume you drop both sets of weapons that you have equipped if you die. No, he doesn't heal, or at least not fast. Portal at the ready is a recommended part of the strategy. You drop all equipment when you die, yes. As an assassin, I put a skill point into shadow master so I can have both a rogue and a copy assassin at the same time. Useful for trying to retrieve your goodies. Basically, the equipment run really was, go resurrect my hireling (almost 20000 gold a pop now), teleport back, call up shadow master, run to Baal's realm, create a portal close to the edge of Baal's realm, run to body and back through portal. Now check, repair and distribute potions in belt. Portal back and fight. Repeat as necessary (only once for the equipment run for me).
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#132333 - 08/13/06 01:21 AM
Re: Diablo 2
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No, Pokey, once you replace your hireling, you cant get the old one back (as far as I know)
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#132335 - 08/13/06 05:49 PM
Re: Diablo 2
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Originally posted by Pokey: Thanks, I was concerned about that. Don't want to lose my barbarian, though I wish he had a cold spell. Keep checking, you may be able to get him a weapon with a cold spell. If the spell is Frost Nova, he'll occasionally freeze the group for you.
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#132337 - 08/13/06 09:04 PM
Re: Diablo 2
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I'm pretty sure my Sorceress successfully cast some icy spells against Baal, but Static Charge did most of the damage.
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