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

yes, the defencive arua pali merc

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

[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.

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

[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.

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.

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.

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