09-01-2005, 04:15 PM
Occhidiangela,Aug 30 2005, 11:46 AM Wrote:1. My merc, Jemali, was jabbing Griswold. Griswold kept swinging and missing. I watched him swing and miss 11 times. Eventually, Jemali killed him. I was watching my ravens fight the carvers as well, such fun.
Has this effect of weapons' reach always been present? The ability to hold some monsters off with a long reach? I recall Pikes being weapons length 5, the longest possible.
I've never seen anything like that. I think the only way long weapons really hold monsters off is via knocking them into HR at the right time, or other effects (Knockback, AI effects, etc, all things I'd think you'd have mentioned). Since HR only goes into effect when a target is damaged for 1/12 of their life or more in one hit, and you say that your merc only "eventually" killed him, that doesn't seem to match up either.
Just FYI, Act 2 Merc range is locked at three regardless of weapon as well.