03-18-2003, 11:20 AM
Greetings
I always wondered if merc life is handled the same way as player life. As player you can always check the exact amount of life you have via LCS or your Life Orb, merc life behaves more along the lines of monster life, display-wise.
A few questions concerning that matter:
1: I recently had my Merc screen show "0" (zero) life for my rogue, yet she was still alive. Does this mean mercs die only if their health reaches negative values? IIRC zero life for you means death, does it not?
2: The merc screen shows changes in merc life only in rather large chunks, like from 221 to 160 as an example. The game does calculate the exact amount, right? Right? Maybe (or definitly) a stupid question (it HAS to calc the exact amount!!!!), but I really don't understand why Blizz doesn't show us the specific value for merc life at a given time.
3: WTF doesn't the game factor in stuff like BO or Oak Sage when restoring "full health" to a merc upon level up??? It works for players! Why, I asks you? "I feel much stronger now!" accompanied by the loss of a third of total life just doesn't feel right.
Forgive my (low-intensity) ranting and enlighten me PLZ :)
Nuur
I always wondered if merc life is handled the same way as player life. As player you can always check the exact amount of life you have via LCS or your Life Orb, merc life behaves more along the lines of monster life, display-wise.
A few questions concerning that matter:
1: I recently had my Merc screen show "0" (zero) life for my rogue, yet she was still alive. Does this mean mercs die only if their health reaches negative values? IIRC zero life for you means death, does it not?
2: The merc screen shows changes in merc life only in rather large chunks, like from 221 to 160 as an example. The game does calculate the exact amount, right? Right? Maybe (or definitly) a stupid question (it HAS to calc the exact amount!!!!), but I really don't understand why Blizz doesn't show us the specific value for merc life at a given time.
3: WTF doesn't the game factor in stuff like BO or Oak Sage when restoring "full health" to a merc upon level up??? It works for players! Why, I asks you? "I feel much stronger now!" accompanied by the loss of a third of total life just doesn't feel right.
Forgive my (low-intensity) ranting and enlighten me PLZ :)
Nuur
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