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So recently as I have switched back to playing hardcore I have been enjoying maximizing my followers stats, stacking attack speed and cdr on all slots I can and using thunderfury/wydward to get lots of slow/stun procs. Thanks to ROS our followers have definitely improved (legendary relics/unity combo and introduction of cdr, ess of johan/charm dmg amulet)So its got me thinking even with nearly maxed out stats our followers still seem very weak compared with group play. One thing im very excited for are the introduction of legendary gems coming to rings and amulets.Before I always felt my followers dmg didnt matter at all compared to my op dmg, therefore all utility abilities will scale much more effectively than pure follower dmg. I hope with the introduction of 3 legendary gem slots that there would be both options where followers could be useful in clearing/dealing high amounts of burst dmg instead of just cc utility in the higher torments. Again I think ros has made some great improvements to followers so far but I would like to see some more related additions, such as follower only items/sets; weapons rings and amulets each specifically for 1 follower only. These items could change the way their skills work /give them a third skill choice option to choose from. And last I would just like some brand new followers all together! I love the personality that they all have and i know blizzard could create some more intriguing characters to entertain us, and make use of all the available weapon slots in game. 1h crossbows 2h barb weapons etc lots of cool potential procs going to waste atm. oh and also their char sheet needs to be updated to correctly show all the stats they benefit from.



TLDR: I hope new legendary gems make followers into beasts. & I would like some new follower specific items, new skills, and new followers!

Sounds like a cool idea. I personally prefer to have more equip options (as OP suggested to utilize things like 1h crossbow, barb weapons, I personally like offhands etc), more item slots and new follower items so that we can actually feel like playing in a 2 person group for those who prefer solo (I like both groups and solo but solo comes with a pause button) at times when I need to be afk or pause (being a new dad).

+1

Remove the crit damage cap for followers. That'd be swell.

I'd like to see a full bodied follower IE full equipment slots, all armor etc.

I wonder how a group of 4 all using ashearas with unity and that charm amulet that increases dmg by 30% would be in t6. I bet it would be 100% uptime on the dmg reduction and crazy cc/utility from double follower procs. With hex I doubt u would ever even see elite packs not in chicken form lol. I think it might be worth dropping almost any 6set if its possible to have 100% uptime on the 50%+ dmg reduction and 30% dmg in groups. (also in the future imagine 9 legendary gems being utilized by followers on every proc

Unity doesn't work on Asheara's proc. Think someone in here said that already. Still, I'd love to be wrong.

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Unity doesn't work on Asheara's proc. Think someone in here said that already. Still, I'd love to be wrong.

Damn Ill have to research this, I hope you are wrong too haha but it does sound too good to be true