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Act3 Ironwolve merc question
Think I read somewhere about gearing up these mercs for insane +skills and fcr. One of the hard parts was trying to get a Spirit Shield on them, cuz the str req is so high.
Now I found an Eth Monarch today, with a str of 146. According to the merc tables I found, they are claiming that the merc will hit 146str at clvl92 if hired from Normal, which of course could be slightly lowered if you made some sacrifice like socketing some str into the body or helm (Vipermagi I assume? Helm would depend on what elemental Ironwolve maybe).
Does this lvl92 sound right? And to gain the benefit of better stats from hiring in Normal, do you have to hire them low lvl and babysit them, or can you buy one matching your high lvl from Normal and it will already have better stats? Some of these rules have changed since the old days I played, and I don't see why the game would let you lvl to 95, hire a merc at almost the same lvl, and then give him better stats solely dependant on which difficulty you chose. This is a huge sticking point, cuz there is little reason to assemble the gear and try it if you need to go much past clvl92, seeing as how hard it is to lvl up these days.
Think I read somewhere about gearing up these mercs for insane +skills and fcr. One of the hard parts was trying to get a Spirit Shield on them, cuz the str req is so high.
Now I found an Eth Monarch today, with a str of 146. According to the merc tables I found, they are claiming that the merc will hit 146str at clvl92 if hired from Normal, which of course could be slightly lowered if you made some sacrifice like socketing some str into the body or helm (Vipermagi I assume? Helm would depend on what elemental Ironwolve maybe).
Does this lvl92 sound right? And to gain the benefit of better stats from hiring in Normal, do you have to hire them low lvl and babysit them, or can you buy one matching your high lvl from Normal and it will already have better stats? Some of these rules have changed since the old days I played, and I don't see why the game would let you lvl to 95, hire a merc at almost the same lvl, and then give him better stats solely dependant on which difficulty you chose. This is a huge sticking point, cuz there is little reason to assemble the gear and try it if you need to go much past clvl92, seeing as how hard it is to lvl up these days.