Please make Insight Runeword able to sword.
I know you guys allowed that to bow,crossbow.
you did a good job but, I need another one.
If you allow that runeword to sword, act3 and
act5 mercenaries can be also more hired by players.
And sword mastery barbarian players will also glad it too.
It is for sure nice, but I dont like this idea.
Not because merc would get Insight. But players would get access to cheap strong weapon, same as Spirit for casters.
Makes even more Unique, Set, Rare weapons obsolete.
It is a fix to the gear dependand physical characters. But its a bad fix in my opinion…
I disagree. Insight in swords would be too big of a change. Remember than insight also gives 35% fcr. Spirit might still be better, but I see alot of player using it because of the infinite mana it gives with the 100% chance flto get 35%fcr (opposed to 25-35% for spirit)
People would still play act2 merc because of their base aura. Holy freeze gives alot of CC and might alo of dmg.
Finally, insight has alot of %ed and %AR. It would make almost all other weapons irrelevant when lvling with a melee build.
I agree that insight in swords would be some kind of power creep and we really do not need this. But when i think over mercs this would be a possible solution to make act 3 and act 5 merc more playable.
Think about a act 3 merc which freezes targets and helps you with insight. Or maybe a act 5 insight / lawbringer merc for a wind druid.
I dont think act 3 merc is that bad after 2.4 changes. You get nice Enchant merc, Static field merc, or freezing merc.
I think 1. problem is they die like flies. Quickly.
I think 2. problem is the AI behaviour - I would imagine a Static field merc be like “Oh a boss, i will quickly cast 5 times Static field, then use my other skills”. Or cold merc “Oh a big group of monsters together, i blast them with AoE freeze right away”.
My opinion is that mercenaries should not be stronger than players. Rather having supportive damage type for imunity and supportive spells.