05-07-2012, 03:13 AM
(05-07-2012, 12:54 AM)Treesh Wrote: Oh, and with the passive Circle of Life, you can get your zombie dogs without having to have the skill, although then you do miss out on a passive, but it's something to think about. There is a limit to three dogs, regardless of how you got them. If you have all three from the active skill still alive, then one won't spawn from the passive.
Yeah I considered Circle of Life, but it just didn't seem useful with already being at the limit with the summon skill. To me it seems like something you would need to be using Sacrifice with to really take advantage of and it just doesn't seem like a playstyle I want right now.
(05-07-2012, 12:54 AM)Treesh Wrote: Oh, and your dogs really enjoy running amok. I wouldn't think of them as defensive. Generally, you have one that seems to stay by your side unless things get too close, but the other two are out playing and getting into all sorts of messes. Fun though. =) Love the puppies.
I'm thinking of them like the druid's dogs in D2. I don't remember them being controllable (though my memory is very bad), but just running off on their own too. You could still use them defensively though. What I would call defensively anyway. Distractions may be a better word. Where they kind of lead the way and tie up some of the mobs so you are dealing with a slightly more controllable situation. We'll see if the same kind of thing works with the new ones.
(05-07-2012, 12:54 AM)Treesh Wrote: A skill I had initially just overlooked until I actually played it in beta was Haunt. It's pretty and you can have more than one out at a time. =) Not just pretty, but effective as well especially with the dogs out.
I did see Haunt in action in a play through I gave in and watched. For some reason I didn't like it. I think it is purely a feel issue. It's a bit too dot oriented for me. Not that pets/spiders aren't essentially dots anyway, but somehow it just feels different. So that is one I deliberately avoided.