help me with my druid

no, don't do both oak & how. u will have to be level 98 to have 20 oak & 20 how, after u have 4 in ravens& 4 in wolves, if u have +1 from highlord's if you don't care about the approaching 1.10's fix on max level 20 spirits.

u can do the lame thing and summon your spirits with switched weapon, shield, amulet, jalal's, charms etc. to make that level required to be at max desired skill levels.(wasting the time of your opponents as u spend 30 seconds by your stash). heck u can go as low as level 87.

but there's a problem with that, anyone with skill will try to take out your one spirit or the other during a convenient time in the duel. causing u to resummon a weaker spirit. even if u did choose to carry a switch, such as myself(flesh renderer+lidless wall, mines to preshift, not focused on summons) u do not have time to switch and summon. they might get in free shots while u slowly summon. true the affects of the first aura don't wear off unless the aura completely disappears but that inturn forces u to summon asap.

a druid with the same exact gear & charms on a decent level with HoW will beat the Oak.

and judging by what u can spare in charms for a weapon, i suggest u get the aura that boosts your physical damage, life is easier to get, economically speaking.

these four or five things considered, go with HoW, not oak.

"oak vs ranged, how vs melee"
actually, considering your weatlh, you wouldn't have a chance anyways against a zon, sorc or javababa with better equipment, oak or how. and if u face a zon, sorc, or javababa suffering equal "poorness,"(imo :)) HoW, according to the poorer druids i've known, helps much more. more dmg = more life leeched. even at poverty levels u can afford enough ll. at some point you'll develope the skills needed to advance on a ranged opponent with few or no hits.

u do have a chance in melee. stick to melee or get rich.


oh, your weapon... i'd say buy a a dozen ethereal b-stars, shael socket them, they're better/cheaper than fury weapons.


everything considered, you're just going to ignore me, & go both oak & how. people doing so usually go 19 on the how & lesser levels on the oak for summoning items... but you've already maxed the oak?