With absolutely no info. We are supose to know that despite the fact you felt the need to critique one of my posts because you "have to have beast" and no other info on your stats or skills, and that to know what you are doing I must read this specific guide, we are to assume that you are making your own orginal build....Makes sence to me.
And if it's sooooo not the same then why you clinging to having to have the beast? Why not look for something different, after all you want to hit things, why not look for an alternative weapon that you can hit with? Guess what!?! skelles without beast do just fine too.
I'm sorry but from every indication you have given in this post you are simply trying to build the same build but trying to find out how to do it without the PD bug. Which don't get me wrong is fine, I was more than willing to help (and I've played non-summoning based mancers for a few years now).
Gear doesn't make a build, the player makes a build. Now the PD bug doesn't work for your meleemancer (even 1.09 I never used it even with my meleemancers, or the BG IM bug for that mater), too bad (boo hoo)- that's the risk you take when you make builds based on bugs. They suck when the bug is fixed.
But you know, I obviously don't know what I'm talking about. Forget the fact that in the higher levels reduction of your enemy's defense is more effective than adding to your AR. After all it doesn't take that much AR to consitantly score hits in hell (you don't have to believe me, do the math--oh wait you'll wait till someone else writes a guide on it). And you know a nice, easy, and cheap 25% def. reduction in the form of Eth's just can't be effctive, they don't cost anything and noone trades in them so they just can't be any good. And golly, you can't use it in a runeword so there goes beast.
But wait ya know PD does still work on it's own and can add some rather decent extra damage and increase your AR. But you know items like Blackbogs and Fleshripper just really suck. Oh yeah and daggers just plain suck too I hate the fact that they are the only real melee weapon that can spawn with +necro skills. And gee most all of them hit just as hard as other one handers too.
Seems to me like I have now (twice with the same information) given you two different things to look at to help you whack things as you want too. You just can't use your weapon of choice. The topic of the thread you started is if PD is still viable to the commandomancer....and yes it still is! unless your absoletely have to use a different weapon than a daggerclass weapon.
They say there is no stupid questions, but asking if PD is still a good skill to invest in now that the bug doesn't work and you won't be asking a dagger IS a stupid question. Duhhhh.
And if being a bear is so important to you make a druid.
