03-10-2004, 07:04 AM
Heya,
Excuse me if this has been covered before ... or point me to an earlier topic, but - I just hired an act III Iron Wolf for the first time in forever, for a change with a Sorceress (I usually go with Act II mercs as my choice of merc) and I was wanting advice on what to equip them with re: swords (I plan to pair a Paladin of mine with an Act III wolf too,) so I figured getting advice would be good for the future
I suppose my main question is - does the damage of the sword somehow figure into their spell damage ? or is the spell damage independent, and not the value reported on the hireling character screen ? - I want to know so I can figure out whether it's worth equipping them with a high damage sword. I suspect not, since the Arreat Summit says that you should find them a good caster sword, but I thought I'd confirm here - and also, in that case - what would a good caster sword be - with examples of sets/uniques or other swords ? Advice would be much appreciated.
Excuse me if this has been covered before ... or point me to an earlier topic, but - I just hired an act III Iron Wolf for the first time in forever, for a change with a Sorceress (I usually go with Act II mercs as my choice of merc) and I was wanting advice on what to equip them with re: swords (I plan to pair a Paladin of mine with an Act III wolf too,) so I figured getting advice would be good for the future
I suppose my main question is - does the damage of the sword somehow figure into their spell damage ? or is the spell damage independent, and not the value reported on the hireling character screen ? - I want to know so I can figure out whether it's worth equipping them with a high damage sword. I suspect not, since the Arreat Summit says that you should find them a good caster sword, but I thought I'd confirm here - and also, in that case - what would a good caster sword be - with examples of sets/uniques or other swords ? Advice would be much appreciated.