Well some here find it offensive to call out BLIZZARD employees as morons which they just proved by removing the post i posted about it in the first place.
This game has came out summer 2000 and i have played it since.
And the same issues around act2 nm mercs are not fixed nor will they ever apparently.
How hard can it be to make aura that can work on items and ur self not on a merc?
It has to get activated by entering combat?
I can clear entire cows without might aura ever activating.
And when you want it to activate you have to wait depending on how many mobs it takes for the merc to find out that he has been in battle.
Some times it can take 10 sec but most times 1 min every time you get in a game you have to go out and wait for the merc to pick a fight with mobs and after he killed dozen of them it magickly appear?
I ask again how hard can it be to make the aura like you made them on items once you equip it you have it.
Here is evidence of it IS NOT WORKING AS INTENDED or upon entering combat.
LINK HERE COPY IT:https://youtu.be/am8ShFZgJGE
Why are Paladin or Merc NOT items? They have their own “mind”.
Seriously … Act 2 Merc works as intended. They won’t change it.
Are you telling me that this is intended:https://youtu.be/am8ShFZgJGE
Check it out at second 53 it turns on so if i am doing 300 runs its 300 minutes i spend on waiting for aura THAT SHOULD BE ON ALL THE TIME.
And if i dont let the merc “enter the battle” its never gonna turn on entire run is that as intended ?
I dont see it that way.
Of course it’s intended.
This behavior has not changed since D2 was released.
Now since you don’t want to wait the “solution” is quite simple:
Build the runeword that holds the desired aura i.e. Last Wish for Might Aura. Build it into a weapon a merc can use which is a sword, then get an Act 3 or Act 5 merc and equip it.
It’s not exactly cheap but your problem is solved. And you can repeat it to get multiple auras.
I have him equipped with pride for Concentration aura for max dmg out put.
And if the merc is intended to cast the aura upon entering battle than that is false as well.
In the video he kills several and no activation.
IS IT THAT HARD TO MAKE IT PERNAMENT like the rest of auras or is it INTENDED never to be used.
Every time i start running with bowie i quit within few runs do to the aura.
I do not believe that they intended the aura to go off at random it gives no fkin sence.
Really?
Does she suck so bad that her merc aura’s add more to dmg than she does alone?
Bet on that it is far beyond any thing u ever have seen.
But you can go and collect me some ruby’s and amethysts low baller.
You mean like a lvl 20 Might aura adding 1k+ which turns out to be at best 1/6th of her total dmg?
I bet that just one of my items is worth more than entire you account with all games on it.
What’s wrong? Pissed because your bowie can’t keep up?
its adds a little over 4 k dmg on to the 12 i allready have multi shot.
What is annoying me that i have to spend each game 1 min for it to activate out of the 3 min each run so go figure dumbass.
IF you dish out 12k plus 4k from your Merc - i guess that’s from Might and Concentration combined - i really fail to see the issue. You can already steamroll anything without that Merc. Dump him and get something usefull!
You halfwitt the time it takes the idiot of an merc to activate an simple aura that should be ON is equal of the time i spend finishing 1 round.
So every round i am forced to walk that moron of an merc out and wait for him to activate an aura that pr definition is ON all the time on us.
I am doing 300+++ runs nearly every day so guess to how long i am walking the dog out for an sheit before i can start enjoying.
IT is wrong and they ought to fix this.
You want always on aura?
Get 2 phaseblades, turn them into Last Wishes, hand them to a dual-wielding barb merc and enjoy a lvl 34 Might aura right out of the gate. Feel free to add a Bramble for Thorns aura and whatever hat you fancy.