05-06-2004, 05:12 PM
OK people, I finally got around to testing this out. My necro had no skill points in fire golem and I got a shield that added +2 fire golem. I cast the fire golem and did weapon switch.... Lo and behold, the golem did NOT go poof. He stayed there, which is what I said originally I thought happened. Since a necro can have only one golem, I dont think the software checks to see how many of them the necro can have on weapon switch or on replacing equipment. However, the charged skill cast blood golem from bloodmoon does disapear on weapon switch (at least it did on my sorc). Presumably then the game uses some different portion of code when a charged skill minion is created than when a natural skill minion is created.
When I weapon switched out of the +2 fire golem shield I looked at the skill tree and sure enough there were no longer any skill points in the fire golem. Ok, so some of you have suggested that maybe +all skills or +tab skills may keep the minion alive after switch out. So I "got naked" (and had no skill charms) and still no poofage. Soooooo, anyone have any additional insight?
Dave
When I weapon switched out of the +2 fire golem shield I looked at the skill tree and sure enough there were no longer any skill points in the fire golem. Ok, so some of you have suggested that maybe +all skills or +tab skills may keep the minion alive after switch out. So I "got naked" (and had no skill charms) and still no poofage. Soooooo, anyone have any additional insight?
Dave