I'm not a big fan of the Arcane attribute of wands and staves; I feel like the single-hit damage and DPS on most of them is not so much higher than those which are not arcane, so I pretty much only keep a Wand of Scorching around in case I run into trolls, but really get the most use out of Staff of Storms, which is pretty much the best non-arcane Mage weapon out there. The reason I eschew the arcane items is simply because I use up mana way too quickly and would rather reserve it for actual spells. Am I missing out much by doing so?
Hired mercenaries really get pretty useless once you get past maybe 6th or 7th level; maybe they should scale up some with the player's level? I think it might be useful if there was some indication when talking to a prospective hireling of what level they are, rather than "Oh, that one's more expensive than the other one, so I guess he's better?"
Hired mercenaries really get pretty useless once you get past maybe 6th or 7th level; maybe they should scale up some with the player's level? I think it might be useful if there was some indication when talking to a prospective hireling of what level they are, rather than "Oh, that one's more expensive than the other one, so I guess he's better?"