05-16-2005, 12:26 PM
I'm currently in the process of building a powerfully defensive Paladin, but i've run into a what could be a problem if i choose the wrong mercenary.
In Act II (Normal or Hell, not Nightmare difficulty) you can hire mercenaries with either Prayer or Cleansing Auras, i know Prayer automatically has the prayer effect (Duh :p ) but with synergies, player characters can use Cleansing as a free extension onto Prayer (DOESN'T BURN MANA ANYMORE! Hooray! :p ) that not only heals a similar level of damage, but starts to very effectively reduce the ammounts of poison damage you take, and nullify curses, so my question is thusly;
1> Does the Desert Mercenary Cleansing Aura actually heal like a Prayer Aura?
2> And if so, does the effect grow (equivilant of points invested in Prayer) or does only the poison and curse reduction expand? (equiv' points on Defiance)
... And if anyone CAN, 3> Assuming the damage healed with Cleansing increases, does it increase faster/slower/about the same? (comp' to prayer)
Hopefully with this problem sorted out i'll be able to progress further with the design in it's prototype form, then redo it again as a starting character so i don't waste any points this time, discovering ways of compensating early on until you get some of the higher-level skills then feeding this back to you with a comprehensive development guide, as well as an outline of what this design has to offer!
In Act II (Normal or Hell, not Nightmare difficulty) you can hire mercenaries with either Prayer or Cleansing Auras, i know Prayer automatically has the prayer effect (Duh :p ) but with synergies, player characters can use Cleansing as a free extension onto Prayer (DOESN'T BURN MANA ANYMORE! Hooray! :p ) that not only heals a similar level of damage, but starts to very effectively reduce the ammounts of poison damage you take, and nullify curses, so my question is thusly;
1> Does the Desert Mercenary Cleansing Aura actually heal like a Prayer Aura?
2> And if so, does the effect grow (equivilant of points invested in Prayer) or does only the poison and curse reduction expand? (equiv' points on Defiance)
... And if anyone CAN, 3> Assuming the damage healed with Cleansing increases, does it increase faster/slower/about the same? (comp' to prayer)
Hopefully with this problem sorted out i'll be able to progress further with the design in it's prototype form, then redo it again as a starting character so i don't waste any points this time, discovering ways of compensating early on until you get some of the higher-level skills then feeding this back to you with a comprehensive development guide, as well as an outline of what this design has to offer!