09-19-2003, 05:15 AM
Howdy,
I can tell you from first hand experience that you will want as much +summons gear as possible. Even if it means taking a +2 all skills item and replacing it with +3 summons. I have had an Overlord since right after I found out that you could potentially raise over 100 minions to do your evil bidding. My char has been stuck on lvl 80 for about a year and a half now with lvl 47 skel mast and 47 skel mage, wait maybe thats 47 in skel and 46 in mage. Either way you'll need as many as possible to make it even a semi-fair fight. And as far as mercs go, I had done some experimenting quite some time ago and I found that the prayer merc is the most beneficial to the build. When his skill lvl is high it seems like i have the same skels/mages for long lengths of time. Hope this helps you out some.
Scotty
I can tell you from first hand experience that you will want as much +summons gear as possible. Even if it means taking a +2 all skills item and replacing it with +3 summons. I have had an Overlord since right after I found out that you could potentially raise over 100 minions to do your evil bidding. My char has been stuck on lvl 80 for about a year and a half now with lvl 47 skel mast and 47 skel mage, wait maybe thats 47 in skel and 46 in mage. Either way you'll need as many as possible to make it even a semi-fair fight. And as far as mercs go, I had done some experimenting quite some time ago and I found that the prayer merc is the most beneficial to the build. When his skill lvl is high it seems like i have the same skels/mages for long lengths of time. Hope this helps you out some.
Scotty
'Me not that kind of Orc' - lazy peon