PLEASE keep the mercenaries in the game! Even in the campaign! Makes the game so much better & fun!

PLEASE keep the mercenaries in the game! Even in the campaign! Makes the game so much better & fun!

I was skeptical at first with the AI companions, but they are a lot of fun!

Makes the game better in every way

Instead of typing the same message out, I'll repeat what I said elsewhere:

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No.

You don't want this added to core. Giving everyone an Animate Guardian for almost free is going to result in significant power spikes for all players. Whenever something like this happens, GGG nerfs the entire game by boosting all monster HP and damage. I've seen this happen 3 times, and each time it has, barely-viable builds are no longer viable, and the things that made builds powerful are now a necessity.

Mercs won't become an option in this scenario. They will become not only a requirement for any build, but only a specific group of mercs will become the only choice.

Trust me on this, you don't want them to go core.

It's all fun and games until GGG nerfs every build and you're now forced to only use meta mercs to get back the DPS and tankiness you lost. And don't expect the mercs to still be nigh unkillable either, so if they go down in your map, you're screwed.

People like mercs right now, because they're an OP power spike to just about every build in the game, and it's entirely optional. People will be singing a different tune the moment they become a requirement.

I agree the mercs add a good bit of variety to the game and are nice to have. They def need to be balanced, but the different builds you can make with mercs, as well as the excitement it added in Gauntlet were great additions and I agree completely. Hopefully they will look at rewokring them a bit and adding t hem. I think most would like to see it.

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Pizzarugi#6258 wrote:

It's all fun and games until GGG nerfs every build and you're now forced to only use meta mercs to get back the DPS and tankiness you lost. And don't expect the mercs to still be nigh unkillable either, so if they go down in your map, you're screwed.

People like mercs right now, because they're an OP power spike to just about every build in the game, and it's entirely optional. People will be singing a different tune the moment they become a requirement.

I feel that if we were to restrict them to one warcry or aura or curse, adjust their survivability downward, and then combine that with your idea of their own itemization (merc only items) they'd be much more in-line without needing to take a hatchet to players.

ArealLifeCaribbeanPirate also suggested a greater opportunity cost to using them, perhaps more gold per use - or even currency items, a scarab, a mod rolled on a map, or even atlas passive investment. (EXAMPLES: "Map Device Enchant, 7 chaos, Map Contains your mercenary," "This map can contain your Mercenary" as a craftable mod or "#% Chance your Mercenary can accompany you" nodes on the atlas tree.")

I think some combination of these ideas would help a great deal.