New hireling types

[Silverwren]

When I run solo quests with my wizard I sometimes run with a cleric and sometimes with a fighter, depending on the quest. Because I'm F2P I can only run with one, but there are times when I really wish I could run with both. So that got me thinking last night about hirelings.

We as players can make multi-classed characters. How about having the ability to hire multi-classed hirelings? Need a little extra muscle while still retaining the ability to cast a heal spell? Hire a Fighter/Cleric. Want to bring a fighter that can cast a few fire balls? Hire a Fighter/Wizard. You get the picture.

I'm not sure if this is a new idea or not. I did do a search first but couldn't find anything. I'm also not sure how it would affect the shortcut bar that comes with a hireling. Perhaps if too many icons are required they could come with two bars (We all have multiple shortcut bars, so why not hirelings too?). I'm sure there's probably a few more problems that might arise that I'm not considering but that's why we have this wonderful forum: To bounce ideas around.

So have at it, bounce it around and let's discuss it.

P.S. We all know there are current problems with hirelings and their behavior. That's an established fact. I'd like to keep that out of this discussion if possible please. It's a topic for another day in another posting. Thanks!

[Doomcrew]

Not sure about Multi-class hires, but would love see some
humanoid options. Hobgoblin/Bugbear melees, kobold shaman
etc etc.

edit: a kobold bard would be fun ....

[puget]

I am not sure what level you are, but there are favored soul hirelings, some are not good for being the tank for you, and some are great at it, but they are all very good healer classes while still doing a bit of damage and damage absorption for you.

As you are leveling I would recommend you give Favored Soul a whirl, try them out instead of the cleric once per level to see if you get one of the good tank ones, my personal favorite hireling is Skien the level 14 FVS hireling.

He has all the necessary needed for most quests, and I generally will use him until level 18, He holds aggro well, heals well, and does a good amount of damage. (plus he has castable restore spell as well, and he is WF, so as a wizzy, you can even cast/wand repair on him)

[Silverwren]

I am not sure what level you are, but there are favored soul hirelings, some are not good for being the tank for you, and some are great at it, but they are all very good healer classes while still doing a bit of damage and damage absorption for you.

As you are leveling I would recommend you give Favored Soul a whirl, try them out instead of the cleric once per level to see if you get one of the good tank ones, my personal favorite hireling is Skien the level 14 FVS hireling.

He has all the necessary needed for most quests, and I generally will use him until level 18, He holds aggro well, heals well, and does a good amount of damage. (plus he has castable restore spell as well, and he is WF, so as a wizzy, you can even cast/wand repair on him)

Not a bad idea. I usually grab a cleric but I'll try the WF FvS next time.

What do you think of the idea of multi-classed hirelings though?

[dragonmane]

I know if you get a bard they usually have haste and they have healing abilities. They are multi-purpose hirelings that might be what you are looking for.

[puget]

Not a bad idea. I usually grab a cleric but I'll try the WF FvS next time.

What do you think of the idea of multi-classed hirelings though?

Honestly, hirelings that are single build still are not working the way they should, and if they added multiclass hirelings I think it would just be a headache to get them working properly.

As an idea, not bad, but implementation is where the problems will be. I would rather they fixed the bugs in the current hirelings, like how they stop following you, forget to heal, get rid of the grease spell, etc. etc.