EQ2 Beta - merc unlocks

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long article - goto link for full article

http://eq2wire.com/2013/10/30/mercenary-unlocks-gotta-collect-em-all/

An Example of how Merc Unlocks Work

Senya Shadowbone of the Crushbone server has posted a detailed explanation of how the Merc Unlocks system works:

It’s not really a “slot”. You can always run to town and hire any merc you want for no station cash.

It’s the switching between mercs that you’ve ever hired that runs into alot of station cash. For the record I think it’s a really poor implementation but I’m going to try and explain it as best I can.

You have Stamper already (no station cash charge)
You find Matri up so you opt to hire her (no station cash charge)
You need a healer merc for something so you want to switch back to Stamper instead of keeping Matri. You have 2 choices here:

• You can go back to where Stamper hangs out to rehire him for no station cash.
• You can rehire him directly from the merc tab with an unlock for 250sc.

Now you want Matri back. You again have 2 choices here.

• You can wait to find her up again and rehire her for no station cash (not really much of an option).
• You can rehire her directly from the merc tab with an unlock for 250sc.

So now you have unlocked Stamper and Matri. You can switch between Stamper and Matri from the merc tab at any time and it won’t cost you any more station cash.

But now let’s say you find Kenny up and hire Kenny.
You are in an instance and don’t need a healer. You decide you want to use a different merc besides Kenny. You can now:

• Switch from Kenny to Matri from the merc tab (no unlock because Matri has already been unlocked)
• Switch from Kenny to Stamper from the merc tab (no unlock because Stamper has already been unlocked)

So now you have Matri back, but you need a healer. Since Kenny is the elite merc you prefer to use Kenny.

• You can switch to Stamper from the merc tab (no unlock, Stamper has been unlocked already)
• You can switch to Kenny from the merc tab (250sc – Kenny has not been unlocked yet).

Nadia

merc related -- 10th year vet rewards

http://eq2wire.com/2013/11/05/everquest-ii-10-year-veteran-reward-mercs/

Nadia

the hiring fee is much worse than the 30minute fee

 

i do like that 3 people have a shot at doing level 85+ dungeons if everyone has a merc

Nadia

Originally posted by Torvaldr

I think 250 per merc is too high. 50 - 100SC per merc seems more reasonable, or a sliding scale based on the power of the merc.

seen at zam

http://eq2.zam.com/story.html?story=33347

Any mercenary you’ve hired will be visible there,

and by paying the one-time fee (currently 100 Station Cash per unlock per character)