I am using Iron maiden in my thorns minion build and it still just seems like my minions are attacking whatever and my curse has no impact on their targeting at all. Anyone else having any luck with it?
No, thatâs not what it does.
Prior to patch, casting curse did not initiate combat. You could curse a monster from afar, and minions would stay still.
Now, casting curse is considered as initiating combat. If you cast curse from afar, minions will start fighting.
If the minions are already engaged in battle, casting curse does NOT shift their attentions to whatever you cursed.
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They did a horrible job at wording this. What the line actually meant was if your pets are passive (not attacking anything), the curse will then cause them to attack. It doesnât âfocusâ the enemy. I swear whoever is in charge of the Necro class balance is a troll because everyone WANTS a focus button and they worded something to kind of be like one, yet it isnât.
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Dang I wish it was for targeting, thanks for clarifying.
Agreed was worded really badly also a big aoe curse doesnt help with focus targeting anyhow.
Loot goblin runs into pack of mobs, a aoe curse wouldnt help focus the goblin. It just another thing they didnt address.
its a little funny that yall thought it specifically meant the minions would focus target the cursed targets. I can imagine yall trying to position those big @ss circles just so you could try and clip the one mob you want killed XD
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Well it would be nice if say I am fighting a large group of enemies and there are a few damage resistant aura enemies I need to kill it would be cool if I could at least send all my thorned minions into their general area instead of waiting for them to find them.
most games have a attack here function,but not D4 for some reason?
NOPE not a targeting, curse will now only ENGAGE minion in combat where previously they didnât care. If theyâre already in combat they will NOT SWITCH / will Not Focus Target.
Would be more accurate to call it a bug fix. It was possible to curse mobs but not aggro them. Seemed odd I could curse mobs near the edge of the screen before attacking them.
ugh, yeah i came here hoping to see that it was âbuggedâ for other people, but the initiating combat makes more sense now. yeah using it for targeting 1 guy would be impossible anyway at its huge size, but it would still be better than nothingâŚ
damn blizz come on. why is it hard to give us a command? are we supposed to be inept necromancers compared to the one in 3?
Would have at least helped in boss fights prior to minions/walls being summoned.
They do prio cursed targets IF they arenât fighting anything at the time.