How are people getting 6 companions?

[solaris32]

I've seen people mention that. How?

2 base.
+1 from wolf tree
+1 from beastmaster mastery selection
+1 from beastmaster passive node

Where are they getting the 6th?

[EvilHare]

gear

[C X I V]

I'm pretty sure there are items that gives +1 to summon wolf as a stat.

[KypSan]

Have a +1 Wolf helm and it doesn't work for me :(

[solaris32]

Originally posted by C X I V:

I'm pretty sure there are items that gives +1 to summon wolf as a stat.

This makes sense. Haven't found one yet, obviously.

[Cenwalh]

Originally posted by KypSan:

Have a +1 Wolf helm and it doesn't work for me :(

There is a difference between "max companions" and "max wolves".
This is why there is a passive (in the Wolf tree) that says "you can summon wolves up to your max companion limit".
Raising the max wolves limit does not increase the max companion limit. I think that's why it doesn't work, if I were to guess. I haven't yet found an item that gives +max to summon limit.

[dahaklas]

Artor's Legacy gives +1 Maximum Companions

[KypSan]

Sadly I didn't expect to be a beta tester for the game so I sold the helm; after ..some.. testing.

I took "Pack Hunters" +1 Wolf / +1 Companion
"Nature's Embrace" + 1 Companion

Helmet had +1 Maximum Wolf

Active setup on character at the time. 2 Wolves and a Saber cat.

Action 1 put on the helm and could not summon an additional wolf (or cat)
Action 2 removed cat from bar and wolf to clear summons. Added Wolf back in and the most I could summon was 2. Added saber to bar with the 2 out and sure enough I the saber summoned as expected.

Thus I concluded it's bugged and/or requires more testing than i care to give it. Hopefully it was a user error and I'm the only to suffer from this. Finding beastmaster has been horrid for me so I was seriously excited when i found something for my class hehe.

[¤ OpN ¤]

Items.... There are uniques that change this. Google the unique list. You will find the items that expand summoning.

[Operation40]

the affix "+1 Summon Wolf" increases the LEVEL of the skill, not the summon count.

[Cenwalh]

Originally posted by KypSan:

Sadly I didn't expect to be a beta tester for the game so I sold the helm; after ..some.. testing.

I took "Pack Hunters" +1 Wolf / +1 Companion
"Nature's Embrace" + 1 Companion

Helmet had +1 Maximum Wolf

Active setup on character at the time. 2 Wolves and a Saber cat.

Action 1 put on the helm and could not summon an additional wolf (or cat)
Action 2 removed cat from bar and wolf to clear summons. Added Wolf back in and the most I could summon was 2. Added saber to bar with the 2 out and sure enough I the saber summoned as expected.

Thus I concluded it's bugged and/or requires more testing than i care to give it. Hopefully it was a user error and I'm the only to suffer from this. Finding beastmaster has been horrid for me so I was seriously excited when i found something for my class hehe.

Dunno what to tell you. I also play a beastmaster and I can summon 4 Wolves currently.
I have no items that provide an increase to max summons.

I have:
Pack Hunters, Safety in Numbers, Beastmaster Mastery.

Originally posted by Operation40:

the affix "+1 Summon Wolf" increases the LEVEL of the skill, not the summon count.

This is why.

[KypSan]

Thx all :D Answered, user error as I feared

[Cenwalh]

Originally posted by KypSan:

Understood. If you read you'll see the helm II had +1 wolf and I had summon cap of 4. The helmet was 'yellow' and had this modifier which surprised me. I dismissed all but wolves and still was capped at 2.

Nature's Embrace provides +1 to max companions. By default your Wolves cannot exceed 2, except if you take "Safety in Numbers" (from Wolf tree) which says "you can summon wolves up to your companion limit"

Again, Companion Limit =/= Wolf Limit.