barb merc

[socman]

hi everyone. does it make a big difference if i get a barb merc in hell, comparing to get 1 in norm and level him. does the stat vary a lot? thanks

[igorpotapov]

Here is a result of Spirea’s 1.10 hireling’s calculator for lvl90 barbarian merc, hired at different difficultyes:

Normal NM Hell
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Life 1872 1789 1655
Strength 218 215 212
Dexterity 141 136 131
Defense 1785 1736 1614
AR 2675 2575 2406
Resists in Hell 58 55 52
Min Damage 71 69 67
Bash slvl 21 20 19
Stun slvl 17 16 15

[Kill666er]

sweet. So this means that keeping any kind of merc from normal will benefit you more than other difficulties. - ?

[igorpotapov]

Yes, exactly. So Blizzard had balanced mercs more. If I’m around clvl90 and I need new merc, than it is much easer to hire high level merc at hell than hire low level merc at normal and level him to high level.

[Vyr]

Here is a result of Spirea’s 1.10 hireling’s calculator...

Where can we find this v1.10 calculator?

[igorpotapov]

Sorry, I don’t know. I’ve got it somewhere when 1.10 just was released.
I don’t know where to put it for hosting, however I can send it to someone if he PMs me email.
The calculator is CHM file, its weight in zip is 8.66k.

BTW, I’ve seen a good link to complete merc data in another thread. Here is this link:
http://www.theamazonbasin.com/d2/forums/index.php?showtopic=36551

[Vyr]

It would be nice if someone could host it on the web, then people wouldn't have to load that huge page on the AB.