Totemic Shapes

[Aren]

So, I’ve picked up playing a snake totem druid. I’ve played every caster class in the game so far, barring druid. And I don’t know why - but totemic companions and summons are, compared to any other summon or companion, the most obnoxious and tedious summons to control in the game. It might be confined to the snake totem only, or it might apply to all the totems, I haven’t done extensive testing. The last hour or so however, I’ve felt like yelling at my screen, due to them being either unresponsive, getting stuck, trying to walk through walls instead of around them etc. Combined with the fact that they seem to be slower than every other summon in the game, the frustration of playing a totem build doesn’t seem to be worth it.

I don’t know if this would help much, but adding a flat movement speed increase to the totemic summons (snake at least) coul make it somewhat bearable?

Druids out there with other caster experience, what are your thoughts on this?

[Tahira Waynolt]

They are slower and they do seem to get stuck more in my experience.. but I never found it too much of a trouble and they are nice rp tools

[Aren]

They are slower and they do seem to get stuck more in my experience.. but I never found it too much of a trouble and they are nice rp tools

Indeed they are nice RP tools, which is also why I decided to go with it. But now that I play one, I feel like it just isn't worth the hassle.

Having played uh, a number of pale masters, clerics and wizards, who gets three summons at the same time (plus a dominated undead) - I can reliably say, that these navigate and handle extraordinarily well compared to the totemic shape summons. Even my sorcerer who used elemental swarm to level late teens, had more control over his swarm than I currently have over my companion and one summoned creature.