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"Oliver Wenzel" <ouuch@t-online.de> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> "john graesser" <graesser@tca.net> wrote in
> news:11140si8kohtq2c@corp.supernews.com:
>
> >
> > Did you manage to get a lvl 6 valk bow? Are you wearing any generic +
> > skill items? With enough +skill items you can get it up to a decent
> > lvl. Having an enchantress use it helps also since the extra fire
> > damage and AR when you enchant the valk helps its killing speed.
> >
> > I lose the valk about 1 sec after a weapon switch, it gives me just
> > enough time to switch, cast enchant and then switch back.
>
> I just managed to get my Ranger pally to level 44 (SP) and find a 4 socket
> bow to play with Harmony. Got a +6 Valk at the first try.
>
> I found that weapon switching sometimes kills the Valk and sometimes not.
> If it doesn't kill the Valk, I could even switch bows (Harmony against
WWS)
> and the Valk still stayed with me. Also I haven't tried yet how long it
> lasts, only a short time in town.
>
> Is this a bug or what?
>
> At level 50, STONE armour would give a Clay Golem and level 63 is needed
> for Demon Limb to enchant them.
>
> How high can you get the Valk? +2all helmet, +1ammu, +1armour and a SoJ
> would put me at +11 Valk.
>
> But anyhow, I guess only the Revives will be useful in Hell diff?
Without skel mastery even the revives are going to have trouble in hell,
though that begs the idea of a summoning necro using a harmony bow and not
putting any points in revive, it would be interesting to test if either skel
mastery or golem mastery affected the valk, summon resist should at the very
least.