PLEASE PLEASE help - Not Enough

Dear GGG,

I would respectfully say that the planned updates, while great, will not really improve minion play.

They still won't be able to kill anything in act 3 (at least per my current experience). Having minions rez instantly still wouldn't solve the problem. I hope that is clear enough.

The previous changes got me from Act 1 to II and then II to III, but my minions useless again.

I have done everything possible given the very limited crafting mats (like 3 Regals and 0 Alcs in about 17hrs played. I walk away and come back and try again and again, but still not even close.

I still have 6 Magic items equipped. I have gambled and used every craft option and I still suck.

I also hardly have any Support gems almost every ability is missing suports.

Please make a substantial improvement.

Regards,

Uncle_Rich

sry 5 magic items equiped

This is just the discussion forum, not the feedback to GGG forum but...

Crafting that low is a trap, just check every vendor in every town, every level, and if you can reach them: the two vendors in act 3 that aren't in town.

I'm playing minions also and every good early piece of gear was from vendors. Finally mid/late campaign I got a couple usable drops and also was able to craft onto a blue vendor +2 minion sceptre.

If the vendors still have nothing, pick a boss you previously killed earlier that's easy for you and grind it, looking for rare drops.

Enjoy campaign because endgame is not better... For the first time I decided to try minions with Lich ascendancy and they are so slow, die in tier1 maps even with a lot of hp to minions passives and they do almost no damage also, totally useless wasted points. Drop is also so low and I see crap uniques too often with items for other builds/classes.

So I loaded up my lvl 95 in Standard and ran a few maps.

Seems safe to say a lot of my current issues are a lack of gear and Skill gems related.

I am starved for currency for crafting.

I don't even have any available blank support gems or any skill gems not in use above III. It's no wonder I can't kill anything.

Anyway,

I will try a couple more times, but LE is right around the corner now.

Cheers,

Uncle_Rich

To the poster above with regard to vendors.

I have checked vendors (maybe not every time, but a ton)

I have gambled every available penny

I have crafted whenever there was an opportunity.

Almost 20 hrs in and I haven't gotten a single Alc, only 2 + 3 Regals and a few Ex.

I still have 2 Blues after I got those other 3 Regals.

I have 2 Essence I can try if I get a good base.

Anyway, If they want us to play the game they should shower us with mats so we can try anything,

Cheers

What? you slap on any +2 minion sceptre from vendor, you slap on any + minion amulet and you blast through campain without changing the gear and even some early maps. Or if you really struggle, im sure some orbs dropped, buy it, lol.
Minions have to be easiest way to go through campain.

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Hogbacks#6593 wrote:

I have gambled every available penny

Yeah don't do that. Like the other guy said, you're looking for +minion level gear at the vendors, save your gold for that. Disenchant all yellows you don't use for regal shards, vendor blues for gold. Minion level gear will help the most, followed by additional spirit so you can have more minions. Don't just craft on anything and hope, save mats until it's worthwhile. Or if you're in trade league just save mats and trade for +minion level gear.

To the guy with the lich that's struggling with minions in T1 maps, no idea what you're doing. I'm in SSF and having no problems so far in end game. I agree drops are mostly garbage, but it seems better than in the campaign. I found a nice new +minion hat, so it's not been all bad.