Epic Hires

[4tonmantis]

I assume this is similar on live but since I'm experiencing it on Lammania I am posting it here.

I have been questing with 5 gold seals and have made the following observations.
1. Sadiele does not seem to enter combat expertise. Not particularly reliable either.
2. Tarlov is Shiradi with Frosty stance which I believe is ranged.. however, he is fighting like a tempest. Don't think the resistance buff stance is taking either.
3. Brec is nearly worthless, casting nothing but Heal Mass with absolutely no quicken, often resulting in many deaths.
4. Sledge is probably the only one I've seen that seems to do everything as advertised with the exception being, the guy doesn't seem to have any kind of healing amp, healer's friend, etc. That or Brec is refusing to heal him (my WF barb gets similar treatment at times so I can sympathize).
5. Cassandra is not terrible, but usability is very limited when boxes are in unusual places. She is specc'ed for Thief Acrobat but appeared to be using bladed weapons of some sort rather than a Q-staff.

They all are extremely finicky and most do not listen to the command to stay in one spot, or they will stay at first, then follow you and either continue following while in the stay state or snap back to the spot you parked them.

[Crazy-Freddy]

Sledge is junk. The Rest I just put on attack mode not had any issues. Like all the hirelings the go brain dead I just put them to inactive and then back to attack. The best FvS is Luna level 22 one. But just My opinion.

[patang01]

The rogues are good - well worth it since they can at times do traps above their level.

The healers are garbage - anything without mass deathward is useless and they have less SP then the level 20 FvS. They seem kind of useless in the spell department as well with few 'destiny' features I never see them use.

[Bogenbroom]

The rogues are good - well worth it since they can at times do traps above their level.

The healers are garbage - anything without mass deathward is useless and they have less SP then the level 20 FvS. They seem kind of useless in the spell department as well with few 'destiny' features I never see them use.

Odd, I've never had any problem with the Epic Hirelings SP pool. Other than going periodically brain dead, I've been tolerably happy with the Epic hires, although the variety is very limited.

I've been very happy with the rogues I've used.

Although, if I am hitting undead, I still bring out that lvl 20 sorc. Now *his* SP will disappear.

[Daemoneyes]

I run with the lvl20 Bard instead of the Epic Healers.
Bard has single cure and spams it, has displace and buffs and does ok damage.
Epic Healers got nothing of that, they suck at healing (mass heal without quicken is mass fail) they got no buffs and do **** damage.

Rogue hire are ok, nothing special and not useful (no damage no defense) for anything else then traps but thats ok. Just park them and keep em out of fight.

Shirady Hire, godlike, the only hire that does good damage and has decent defense

Wiz hire, completely useless, cant even instakill something in vale slayer... and do nothing at all (mm spam, oh yeah baby thats why i hire a wiz... screw them)

Fighter/Barb, useless, damage is to low and they seem to have no Blur/Ghostly/AC/Prr.

[Vellrad]

Hireling is not supposed to heal anyone, you need to take take of PRR, healing amp etc.
I got no problems with surviving using Andaro (unless of course, he decides to do nothing).

[Daemoneyes]

Hireling is not supposed to heal anyone, you need to take take of PRR, healing amp etc.
I got no problems with surviving using Andaro (unless of course, he decides to do nothing).

Well the FVS hire should then at least announce upon summon:
BYOH, i dont heal i am a melee gimp :P