Animal_Cracker
09-08-2006, 07:00
I have never gone through the game with no aid, and Ive decided that this will be the build that does it.
I have read the guide here and the guide in the compendium, but I still have a few questions and I want a few opinions from people who have made a summon druid. What I want to do is progress through Hell with no outside help, directly anyways. This means no twinking from other chars, no rushes, etc. I do kinda wanna trade with items I find. I mean, not being able to trade... I may as well shoot myself in the foot and call it a day.
First, I was a bit hesitant in putting 20 skills in Spirit Wolf. I understand that AR could be necessary for Hell, but perhaps it would be better for me to get an AR merc so I could save some points for other secondary skills? Or what merc do you guys recommend? Does might stack with HoW? Does Defiance stack with the bonus from spirit wolf? Also, I believe, way back in the day, if you gave an A1 merc some +skill items, she shot actual elemental attacks. Now Im pretty certain this is true, I just dont know if it was a bug thats been fixed, or if it no longer works. If so, does anyone use it today? Is it a decent alternative to the A2 merc?
Secondly, PIs are a problem, obviously. Most people cannot get around them unless they give their merc some decent elemental attack polearm, correct? Well, obviously, the odds of me getting something like this are fairly slim. So I was thinking of saving some points from vine (maybe only going 10 in psn vine) and saving 15 from Spirit Wolves (unless its necessary) and going even further in a build.
Looking at secondary specs, I had a few in mind.
First is Fissure,Volcano and some in Firestorm. I leveled a Fireclaw druid and I found Fissure to be most helpful. Granted, Im only level 60 (just got my account back in order, I havent been playing all but 2 weeks). Since Fissure is most helpful, I was tossing around the idea of leveling up Firestorm to help it out more. I may pass for this. My main concern is that Im making an Elemental first, Summoning second character, and that may be kinda lame. I know Id be spamming Fissure a ton, and if so, I may as well be going for Elemental, right?
Second tree I was looking at was Shapeshifting. Ive never made a shape shifter outside of Fireclaws, so Im a bit daft as to what is effective and what isnt. One thing Id like about Shapeshifting is that it seems like I can be more flexible than Elemental, in terms of play style. With elemental, Id just be throwing fissure every time it stops cooling down and if my pets help kill, so be it. But with Shapeshifting, I can strum away with my bow (this is how I always invisioned my Summoner, and it seems to be most fun) and occasionally shift to help out my guys in the front whenever I see fit.
My only problem with Shapeshifting is I just dont know what skills to get. I was thinking rabies because it just seems to compliment with the summoning tree (and I could max psn vines), and its an element attack, but I just dont know.
Third, I was thinking I could max the 2 wind skills. Ive never made a windy, but it might be fun. I could see myself using a bow with my whirlwind or whatever (the one with knockback) , so thats always a plus.
I know this is a mess of thoughts, but thanks to those that read it, and kudos if it all makes sense to you.
Basically, I want a summon druid thta can go through hell solo, with no help except for trades that I can make with items myself. Ideally Id use a bow, but its not a necessity. Id rather make it through hell first than be tied to using a bow, but whatever.
Any suggestions, comments?
I have read the guide here and the guide in the compendium, but I still have a few questions and I want a few opinions from people who have made a summon druid. What I want to do is progress through Hell with no outside help, directly anyways. This means no twinking from other chars, no rushes, etc. I do kinda wanna trade with items I find. I mean, not being able to trade... I may as well shoot myself in the foot and call it a day.
First, I was a bit hesitant in putting 20 skills in Spirit Wolf. I understand that AR could be necessary for Hell, but perhaps it would be better for me to get an AR merc so I could save some points for other secondary skills? Or what merc do you guys recommend? Does might stack with HoW? Does Defiance stack with the bonus from spirit wolf? Also, I believe, way back in the day, if you gave an A1 merc some +skill items, she shot actual elemental attacks. Now Im pretty certain this is true, I just dont know if it was a bug thats been fixed, or if it no longer works. If so, does anyone use it today? Is it a decent alternative to the A2 merc?
Secondly, PIs are a problem, obviously. Most people cannot get around them unless they give their merc some decent elemental attack polearm, correct? Well, obviously, the odds of me getting something like this are fairly slim. So I was thinking of saving some points from vine (maybe only going 10 in psn vine) and saving 15 from Spirit Wolves (unless its necessary) and going even further in a build.
Looking at secondary specs, I had a few in mind.
First is Fissure,Volcano and some in Firestorm. I leveled a Fireclaw druid and I found Fissure to be most helpful. Granted, Im only level 60 (just got my account back in order, I havent been playing all but 2 weeks). Since Fissure is most helpful, I was tossing around the idea of leveling up Firestorm to help it out more. I may pass for this. My main concern is that Im making an Elemental first, Summoning second character, and that may be kinda lame. I know Id be spamming Fissure a ton, and if so, I may as well be going for Elemental, right?
Second tree I was looking at was Shapeshifting. Ive never made a shape shifter outside of Fireclaws, so Im a bit daft as to what is effective and what isnt. One thing Id like about Shapeshifting is that it seems like I can be more flexible than Elemental, in terms of play style. With elemental, Id just be throwing fissure every time it stops cooling down and if my pets help kill, so be it. But with Shapeshifting, I can strum away with my bow (this is how I always invisioned my Summoner, and it seems to be most fun) and occasionally shift to help out my guys in the front whenever I see fit.
My only problem with Shapeshifting is I just dont know what skills to get. I was thinking rabies because it just seems to compliment with the summoning tree (and I could max psn vines), and its an element attack, but I just dont know.
Third, I was thinking I could max the 2 wind skills. Ive never made a windy, but it might be fun. I could see myself using a bow with my whirlwind or whatever (the one with knockback) , so thats always a plus.
I know this is a mess of thoughts, but thanks to those that read it, and kudos if it all makes sense to you.
Basically, I want a summon druid thta can go through hell solo, with no help except for trades that I can make with items myself. Ideally Id use a bow, but its not a necessity. Id rather make it through hell first than be tied to using a bow, but whatever.
Any suggestions, comments?