Useless Mercenaries

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After months of playing this game, I didn't add a single mercenary to my group because of how useless they are. Maybe buff them so we can use them more?
Lemme land my ideas here.

The mercenary with no armor
50 -225


Level 1-7 Mercenaries
Hardened Leather Set
Iron Longsword, Iron Shield
0 resistance
100 - 450 gold

Level 8-15
Chain Mail Set
Steel Longsword, Steel Shield
50 resistance to all elements
Have a Duel 1 and Resilience 2
500 - 850 gold

Level 15-22
Platemail Set
Bluesteel Longsword,Scutum
100/75 resistance to all elements
Have a Duel 2, Heavyhand 2, and Resilience 3
850 - 1550 gold

EDIT: I ADDED SKILLS.
What do you guys think?
 
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Won't change much because they still be useless. No one is going to use rest to heal them up, and with Hirge she better should heal my summoner or me.

They are better for low lvl but later no one really use them, it's maybe nice for big bosses to have a meat shield but not worth the time
 

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They could have some use if you would be able to hire archers.
That's more better! But for level 7,meh. Maybe just adding little buff to them(to level up to 15,and have more resistance,health and damage.)
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Sounds cool, but what stats(hp, physic armor, attack)?
Maybe for health:
1-7 : 30 -100
8-15 : 120 - 190
15-22: 190 - 295 (since they reach the level 15 they are more experienced.)
Physical Armor
1-7 : 5
8-15 : 10
15 - 22 : 15
Attack
1-7: (1-5: 4-8) (6-7:5-9)
8 - 15 : (8-10: 7-11) (11-15: 8-12)
15 - 22 : (16-20 10-14)(20-22 12-16)
The attack was low but they are more useful now.
 
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I want a CHARM spell for mages, to charm a monster instead of hiring a mercenary :) Would be awesome for my Witch of Orogg right now. She's dressed with a green robe and wields the Corruptor toxic staff, casts Death Cloud for toxic damage, therefore she would absolutely rock if she could charm a big Boa Snake from Friguld!!! Color themes are very important ;)

Seriously though, Mercenaries are super useful if you choose to play a weak character. Not all heroes are superheroes ;) One of the most fun character I've played was my Loreseeker, a scrawny scroll-reading, general-skills-specialist with the body of a mage and the spells of a warrior lolll Mercenaries were usually more powerful than me, they were worth their weight in gold haha!
 

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Mercenaries being near useless is a known issue. In the very early game, they are too expensive to hire. And even if you do, they have minimal benefit.

Mercenaries have been in limbo since early development. The game just went into a different direction. That's one of the things that happens with games that are developed over years. Some ideas are expanded. Some ideas are left adrift.

So currently, mercenaries are all but useless. There are some very, very narrow times when they serve a tiny benefit. But those are rare and situational. Note, one of my fights with the Unweakened Undermother involved a mercenary. He actually survived the hit and even got the killing blow. The Undermother kept using my Companion as a chew toy.
 

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Mercenaries being near useless is a known issue. In the very early game, they are too expensive to hire. And even if you do, they have minimal benefit.

Mercenaries have been in limbo since early development. The game just went into a different direction. That's one of the things that happens with games that are developed over years. Some ideas are expanded. Some ideas are left adrift.

So currently, mercenaries are all but useless. There are some very, very narrow times when they serve a tiny benefit. But those are rare and situational. Note, one of my fights with the Unweakened Undermother involved a mercenary. He actually survived the hit and even got the killing blow. The Undermother kept using my Companion as a chew toy.
That was just sad.. imagine an Experienced Legendary Hero invited you to join them and get rekt in one hit😢. I feel bad for the family of the mercenaries too. The gold that their child get was not enough to give them food for one month.
Ehem, sorry for my ramblings, they didn't do good to me anyway.
 

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That was just sad.. imagine an Experienced Legendary Hero invited you to join them and get rekt in one hit😢. I feel bad for the family of the mercenaries too. The gold that their child get was not enough to give them food for one month.
Ehem, sorry for my ramblings, they didn't do good to me anyway.

Mercenaries are clearly Mercian slaves. You literally buy them and force them to work until they die. It's a cruel and horrible fate. We should call them Mercianaries.
 

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The Mercenaries freely travel around offering their services at a premium rate. They even complain if you opt not to hire them.
 
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