So, Fetish Army

[:1]What are your thoughts about how it looks?|||I think they look like Fetish Dolls...|||Like someone said on the front page, I think that "army" is a bit too much to describe the handful of fetishes. Conjuring the cauldron and making the fetishes spawn around it looks nice. I'm really curious to see how runes will upgrade the visuals.

From a gameplay perspective I'm less than impressed with the skill. It didn't look like the little guys were actively hunting the enemy. They were more or less clinging close to the WD. We'll see how this functions in the actual game.|||Did anyone manage to get info on the skill level, or how it progresses? I would think it's like most every other summon skill--start small, then you get an army when maxed out.

Moreover, what's the "clinging to the WD" come from? The first thing they did was run as the summon animation was still going on and begin stabbing the opponent even as the WD ran away. They took a meteor to the face and kept on stabbing.

I would expect them to act like usual summons--go out and attack preemptively, but stay relatively close (within one screen radius) of the summoner. Like you said, we'll have to see more, and hopefully with skill stats.|||Quote:








Did anyone manage to get info on the skill level, or how it progresses? I would think it's like most every other summon skill--start small, then you get an army when maxed out.




Could be. I don't think that the bog standard skill will have a large number of fetishes. This seems like something they'll want to save for a rune.




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Moreover, what's the "clinging to the WD" come from?




From the end of the video section. Still, since the WD is more or less in touch contact with the Wiz during most of the vid it is not really noticeable. If we get more footage we can find out how they behave.|||Aha! I may have just found a video that shows this skill in action.

Feast your eyes on this!

At 0:40

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Tped...otation_374012

It also shows fear in PVP, interesting.|||looks tight! fetishes aren't as aggressive / swarming / threatening as the d2 ones you had to fight in PvE... disappointing... hopeful runestones beef them up a bit|||Quote:








From a gameplay perspective I'm less than impressed with the skill. It didn't look like the little guys were actively hunting the enemy. They were more or less clinging close to the WD. We'll see how this functions in the actual game.




Now, I'm not arguing, but... I think it's too early to make a formal opinion about it.

If I can't have my Paladin, I'll most definitely be venturing towards the Witch Doctor... Having a summon WD actually sounds kind of fun... And with the runes... I think the Witch Doctor may be a really fun summoner.

OT - Runes are seriously making me excited about this game.