totem interaction bugged

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adghar wrote:

Unfortunately, each Totem skill gem counts the total Totems of all types - otherwise, you would be able to have at least 10 different totems out at level 1 with only white items.

Your RAT naturally has stat: 1 maximum Totem. Ancestral Bond gives +1. Skirmish gives it +1. RAT now has 3 maximum Totems. If you have 3 totems and you summon a RAT, you will replace a totem. If you have 2 totems or fewer, you won't replace a totem when you summon RAT.

Your Wither naturally has stat: 1 maximum Totem. Ancestral Bond gives +1. Helmet gives it +1. Wither now has 3 maximum Totems. If you have 3 totems and you summon a Wither, you will replace a totem. If you have 2 totems or fewer, you won't replace a totem when you summon Wither.

The only way for you to get 4 RATs out in this situation would be to socket your RAT into your helm, in which case it would have stat: 1 maximum Totem. Ancestral Bond gives +1. Skirmish gives +1. Helm would give +1. RAT would then have 4 maximum Totems. This means it has the property: "If you have 4 totems and you summon a RAT, you will replace a totem. If you have 3 totems or fewer, you won't replace a totem when you summon RAT."

Of course, that's all too many words, so the developers condensed it all into "+1 maximum Totems"

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adghar wrote:

Your Wither naturally has stat: 1 maximum Totem. Ancestral Bond gives +1. Helmet gives it +1. Wither now has 3 maximum Totems. If you have 3 totems and you summon a Wither, you will replace a totem. If you have 2 totems or fewer, you won't replace a totem when you summon Wither.

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The_x_ile wrote:

before i take the heirophent node, i can have 3 RATS or 2 RATS and wither totem, than i take the node and it litterly dotn add any totem to my count, this just seem wrong, it should take into considoration not just the number of totems i have out, but also their type, and how much of that type is it possible to be out.

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as it is now its just feels like the easy way to code, not the right way.

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hope some1 from GGG will adress this issue too

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adghar wrote:

Mark_GGG might pop in and clear up this specific instance to be working precisely the same as the one in that hyperlink, though. He likes interacting with the community when he has good, straight answers.

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adghar wrote:

Again, if it took type into consideration, you could have 10+ totems at level 1 with only white items. You should feel lucky that the game even allows you to have 2 RATs + 1 Wither Totem - since the Wither totem can't benefit from the Skirmish's +1, its maximum Totem count is literally 2, which means you are already able to have 3 totems while having a maximum of 2, before taking the Hierophant's helm ability. The Hierophant's helm ability simply brings that maximum count of 2 up to 3.

For it to "feel right" while also being balanced and logically consistent would probably have to result in a nerf (Instead of simply being a binary replace totem or do not replace totem property, summoning 1 Wither totem would remove two of your RATs, since the Wither totem's maximum Totems stat is 2.)