12-05-2003, 10:41 AM
I currently use some wand with a +1 to summon skills and +3 to golem mastery (and some head in the other hand with +3 skeleton mastery. I also found a bone wand with 2 sockets but no magical properties, not sure it is good, just heared two sockets in a bone wand is good. What rune words should I be looking at? I saw a white one, but it seemed geared towards bone spells, I really aren't using them.
I guess the thing is to continue looking in act 2 shop then. Can't tell if I have seen low level spells though, but skeleton mages are level 6 no? Not level 12.
By the way, Baal was even harder than Diablo. I manged both of them by going with a party in public games. Only draw back is that people are very greedy with items, so it is mostly, grab what you can and be happy if you get a nice rare or something.
I usually never touch other classes specific items, but that seems to not apply to most people. Lord Seis or whatever his name is droped a rare bone wand, someone took it despite me being the only necromancer, oh well. Now I am slugging through act 1 nightmare, it is not that easy, takes a while, even with my 6 skeletons. A firegolem seems to live longer and do more good than my old clay golem though. Finally, I still carry arround my act 2 merc with some pointless aura. Seems I can't go back in normal do get a new one since he will have a very low level. So I have to check if the nightmare one is any better. After all, that merc is THE one doing the killing, the skeletons although not bad, take a LOT longer to kill stuff.
Do the AI of a defensive versus an offensive/combat merc vary? It seems at times he like standing back not running forward and fight, so I have to kamikaze forward to pull him along and then retreat.
In any case, I am enjoying myself. And I like being able to pop chests and pick up items and so while my minions fight monsters :) I think I am arround level 35 or so now and just rescued Cain in nightmare. My sjeleton skill is up to 12 or so and mastery at 9, so they manage quite well although in some situations they seem to drop dead very fast. Other than that, I seem to only use my level 1 or 2 Amp Damage or level 1 or 2 Decrepify. Occationally a Iron Maiden is used too. Other skills, I have not explored yet as for their use (except Bone Armor which is also level 1 or 2 or so).
I guess the thing is to continue looking in act 2 shop then. Can't tell if I have seen low level spells though, but skeleton mages are level 6 no? Not level 12.
By the way, Baal was even harder than Diablo. I manged both of them by going with a party in public games. Only draw back is that people are very greedy with items, so it is mostly, grab what you can and be happy if you get a nice rare or something.
I usually never touch other classes specific items, but that seems to not apply to most people. Lord Seis or whatever his name is droped a rare bone wand, someone took it despite me being the only necromancer, oh well. Now I am slugging through act 1 nightmare, it is not that easy, takes a while, even with my 6 skeletons. A firegolem seems to live longer and do more good than my old clay golem though. Finally, I still carry arround my act 2 merc with some pointless aura. Seems I can't go back in normal do get a new one since he will have a very low level. So I have to check if the nightmare one is any better. After all, that merc is THE one doing the killing, the skeletons although not bad, take a LOT longer to kill stuff.
Do the AI of a defensive versus an offensive/combat merc vary? It seems at times he like standing back not running forward and fight, so I have to kamikaze forward to pull him along and then retreat.
In any case, I am enjoying myself. And I like being able to pop chests and pick up items and so while my minions fight monsters :) I think I am arround level 35 or so now and just rescued Cain in nightmare. My sjeleton skill is up to 12 or so and mastery at 9, so they manage quite well although in some situations they seem to drop dead very fast. Other than that, I seem to only use my level 1 or 2 Amp Damage or level 1 or 2 Decrepify. Occationally a Iron Maiden is used too. Other skills, I have not explored yet as for their use (except Bone Armor which is also level 1 or 2 or so).
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