Mercenary

Piff · Post by **Piff** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 4:02 pm

In nightmare mode which mercenary has the frost Aura in Act 2?

Demortis · Post by **Demortis** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 6:31 pm

yes, the defencive arua pali merc

Piff · Post by **Piff** » Thu Apr 21, 2005 7:16 pm

well this is odd then. I thought i messed up buying the wrong henchmen so i bought another one but this one also just cast a defensive aura. Odd. Does it matter that im playing 1.07? And yes i am playing nightmare mode.

C Elegans · Post by **C Elegans** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 6:24 am

Act 2 Defensive, hired in Nightmare, should cast Holy freeze. They don't change aura because you change difficulty level, you must hire the merc in Nightmare. Wait until something hits him, and check what the aura looks like.

Piff · Post by **Piff** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 8:10 am

But noone freezes and when his aura comes on my defense increases from 700 to 2000 so im just guessing that it istnt the freeze aura.

C Elegans · Post by **C Elegans** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 3:34 am

@Piff: Strange. It is Defiance, the aura the Normal defensive merc has. You should save your chars and reinstall D2 and LoD.

Piff · Post by **Piff** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 7:40 am

Does the edition matter? Because i have version 1.07 that could be the reason.

C Elegans · Post by **C Elegans** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 2:41 pm

Initially the merc's had no auras at all, but I don't know if there was one point where they had the same aura regardless of difficulty. I still suggest that you reinstall everything and upgrade to 1.10.

dj_venom · Post by **dj_venom** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 6:32 pm

And, if you have heard some things you don't like about 1.10, I suggest at least upgrading to 1.9, as that keeps it pretty much the same, except for changing a couple of things.

I won't go to much into my opinion, but I think 1.10 is hard unless you start a character in it, rather than use an existing character.

I hope I didn't just open a can of worms, but I'm just stating the facts.

Grimar · Post by **Grimar** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 2:07 pm

you have hired a new merc in NM? not just ressurecting your old one? just have to ask

Piff · Post by **Piff** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 4:18 pm

[QUOTE=Grimar]you have hired a new merc in NM? not just ressurecting your old one? just have to ask[/QUOTE]

I did not ressurect it because the last one i had was a Barbarian so its impossiable to ressurect it. And i hired 2 diffrent one of the same class and well still diffience.

dj_venom · Post by **dj_venom** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 12:28 am

Perhaps this is in the patch, but you can resurrect any mercenary, anywhere, but as I say it might be in the patch.

C Elegans · Post by **C Elegans** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 4:12 am

[QUOTE=Piff]I did not ressurect it because the last one i had was a Barbarian so its impossiable to ressurect it. And i hired 2 diffrent one of the same class and well still diffience.[/QUOTE]

As DJ Venom suggests, you should absolutely upgrade to at least 1.09, if you do not wish to upgrade to 1.10. Not only are 1.07 more buggy, but your version seems to be buggy too since there are some problems I have not seen reported elsewhere for 1.07. As far as I know, merc's should be possible to resurrect anywhere in 1.07.

Demortis · Post by **Demortis** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 6:37 pm

well, this is odd. i dont know what to tell ya man. but as everyone suggests go to atleast .09, its alot better then .07.

Yeat · Post by **Yeat** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 10:14 am

RE: Defiance/ Holy Freeze

Having been playing 1.07 for almost as long as I can remember, I can tell you exactly why you can't find the holy freeze aura. Instead of the normal defensive mercs having defiance and nightmare mercs having holy freeze, the two auras are shared by one mercenary, the defensive mercenary. Defiance is what they start with. When they reach a certain level they will obtain holy freeze as well, and switch between the two auras as the mercenary deems necessary.

Yeat · Post by **Yeat** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 10:15 am

And now as I look at the date of the last post I feel like an idiot. Tyvm.