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greece crisis:
merc build is for mercs nor for pvp. merc leader is just running and making sure his mercs are still alive

avv:

--- Quote from: gr1m055 ---I do not see a problem with Merc battles
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Then you haven't seen a merc battle. In the beginning of current session victory was valued more than now because stuff was rarer and players were actually fighting over the ruledom of server. So mercs were used alot and people did not enjoy it. When players really want to win, they will do what it takes even if it's not fun. Then the opposite will either have to do the same or suffer defeat. Then nobody has fun.


--- Quote ---You're giving us the impression that there should be no reward for making a pain in the ass character to level and very expensive to maintain?
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That's right. Why do we have to work so that we can have fun? Can't we have fun and then have fun again?
If you reward pain in the ass experiences, you basically force everyone else to do it or go away. It's visible in general pvp, get BAs and top tier guns or either don't participate or get defeated and have a bad time. That kind of equipment is reasonably easy to get so it's not a big deal.


--- Quote ---Mercs are hard to control, if you set them to kill everybody to go off ramboing like idiots and plays can 1 hex them in a room or something. If you control them with this so called build it well die easily so what is the big deal?
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This can be put other way around: you don't basically do any other decisions than letting the mercs free. It's like dropping a nuke on the enemy and hoping them to die.


--- Quote from: greece crisis on December 25, 2011, 09:33:14 pm ---merc build is for mercs nor for pvp. merc leader is just running and making sure his mercs are still alive
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This is basically the problem I see in this build. It can't do anything but this. Can you honestly answer why is it good in your opinion that the game encourages making builds that:
a: can do only one thing
b: are boring to level and play in general

greece crisis:
avv did you run like moron to exit grid and you get killed by bg jump? ;] or you just cant kill mercs because of low skill. if you know how to fight with mercs and you dont run away when you see running/walking mercs on you you can kill them very easly...same muties are just walking hp and action points eaters for pvp. i will make for sure retard merc leader for 3muties 500hp at begin and i will lvl up them to 600+hp at least, but they will die for sure and i know it. mercs leaders are just pvp support or main tactics for lame gangs like tttla and s8

gr1m055:
This game encourages a lot of things that shouldn't be encouraged.

I see your point AVV but this isn't the same as this session. This isn't going to be buy 5 super mutants and drop them on players. A 260 knife wielding merc isn't anything special when players can have 290hp max. Trust me merc leaders make me mad but mercs are still kill able. Its self rewarding to go through a pain in the ass build and getting caps to support such a thing. But its also self rewarding when you kill all the mercs and made the guy lose a ton of money :D

As long as they don't do the same stupid mistake of adding mercs to militia during a TC timer mercs aren't that hard to kill if your with enough people.

Plus the mutant merc is slow, if you have an AC character you can run away from it where it can't hit you :D

Maybe its difference in opinion but I believe hard work pays off. And I like things that are challenging and not super easy that take no time at all. I do not like games that are too easy which is why I play this game because its very challenging and doesn't have all the traditional hold your hand shit that new games have.

Johnnybravo:
They should finally remove those retarded NPC followers and add more options than to "roll dice more often" or "grind more".
'Merc leaders' being the extreme of second choice of course.
There is nothing worse than multiplayer cRPG clogged with unnecessary NPCs, when it already worked without them fantastically.

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