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Well I think many of you will understand the "henchman issues" we have had to deal with since getting this game. First one that smacked us was the "only one" deal, and you gotta pay for him up front as well! Next came "shite, I can't equip him with weapons or armor or anything but a potion" deal. Then, "well hell I have only a few commands to give him!" Forget having a mage-henchman and telling him what spell to cast and when, nope forget it. Then there of course is the "henchman going freak and running ahead into crowds of monsters and dying" deal.
I swear I will command "stand your ground" when encountering monsters and it will only work for a few seconds! Ah well, go ahead and be a hero, I ain't wasting my expensive potions on your retarded ass, see ya in the temple! [img]tongue.gif[/img]
But I have to wonder, is this a flaw or is it something made on purpose? In other words, maybe the game developers wanted to make things like henchman more realistic? I.E., nobody risks their lives for free (meaning you have to pay to hire henchmen), and you can tell someone to do something in a battle scenario, but that is your opinion, not LOL necessarily your henchman's opinion. You have no choice but to deal with a person who has his/her own power, and makes his/her own decisions. So while playing you have to keep that in mind.
What I do, is just leave my henchman way behind "Stand your ground damn you!" before I am in any battle,just walking around. When I encounter monsters alone it usually is far enough away from my henchman to notice, so I can fight the battle on my own to keep him from killing himself LOL. If times get desparate, then I hit the "follow" command and let him come in and finish them off.
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