

I tend to always put my pet on aggressive, and by doing so, you’ll find that your pet is a pretty good tank. You’ll see one for offensive, defensive, and passive. You can choose a tactic for your pet underneath their status bar. Especially in hardcore elite, my pet has been very useful. But the beauty of having a pet lies in having a fighting companion. Pets can be sent to town to buy and sell items if you yourself are not quite ready to go back. Pets for those who are completely new to the game. Make sure to leave one point to put back into your unwanted skill that’s basically just a place holder. That way you can spend the skill points you’ve earned. Instead, go back to town, to the respec NPC, and take your point back out of the skill you don’t want later on. So the tip here is to invest one point into a decent beginning game skill, and every time you gain a skill point don’t spend it right away. For example maybe the character build you’re looking forward to making relies on a skill that’s not learned until fourteen or twenty-eight! You’re not going to want to wait that long, and I can’t imagine progressing without investing at least one point in a skill to level up with. But I want to add, since you can only respec the last three points you’ve spent, and considering that certain skills are unlocked later on. I’m pretty sure you’ve seen this guy already. Skill respecs, so unless you’re rushing through the game. Movement skills have literally saved some of my hardcore characters from some close calls. They can easily help create some distance between you and a pack of angry mobs, or an unexpected trap. I recommend always putting at least one point towards unlocking one of these skills. Berserk has a few options, where Embermage has one. Movement skills, every class has at least one movement skill. Maybe you would feel safer if you’re in hardcore to set it as a mouse button. It’s simply moved to another key in my case, but for some. Another reason I bring it up is because I also change my “move” only key for my own personal comfort. Unless you’re usually comfortable with these settings, you should definitely edit the key commands to your liking. on my keyboard for skills, potions, and all those sorts of things.

I don’t really like using one, two, three, four, etc. This leads me to the next thing I would like to mention. In crowded dangerous situations where a quick escape is a must, you might want to rely on your “W” key for sure. That’s where your “move” only key comes in handy, which is the “W” key by default. The moment you go to run away, your character will tend to target enemies instead. Sometimes this can be a pain when lots of mobs are crowding you. Left click moves of course, but it’s also your default attack. The first thing I feel I should mention is your “move” only key. This is all focused on providing some VERY basic knowledge towards starting to play on “hardcore” mode. But I do see a lot of new players in multiplayer even to this day. Some Torchlight 2 tips for newcomers since you can now buy this game on EA Origins.
