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Mercenaries (EQ2)
Mercenaries are NPCs for hire. Hire a mercenary that takes up a group slot, has a monetary fee and takes a small slice of experience and coin from fighting.
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Cost
Like any group member, mercenaries take their cut of coin and experience, but they do not take loot items.
Mechanics
Currently there are 10 Mercenaries to chose from: healer, tank, melee dps and caster dps. Healers have a chance of actually rezzing you! No need to guess, their icons show their Archtype, and hailing them will tell you their class. Available types are Tanks, Healers, Melee DPS, Caster DPS, and Support mercenaries.
You can manage your merc's appearance clothing via your persona window. Add any armor you want to your mercenary to display, but remember that they will get no additional benefit from it. It's akin to equipping a mannequin; the armor will remain with you.
The suspend timer is 5 minutes. If you suspend your merc, you'll have to wait 5 minutess to unsuspend/resume them. When a merc dies he becomes suspended. You can resume him from the mercenary window in your persona or you can type /merc resume
If a merc loses too much confidence they will panic and suffer from a stat decrease. Avoid this by keeping aggro.
Mercenary Slash Commands
- /merc ranged
- /merc melee
- /merc resume (unsuspends the merc)
- /mercname
- /merc attack
- /merc backoff
Locations
If you see one mercenary hanging around, there's likely more nearby. It is possible to sneak into other cities and hire their mercenaries.
Standard Mercenaries
Freeport
Seafarer's Roost:
Outside/Upstairs
- Brenin Stoutheart - Tank - ( -220, -55, -3 ) .
- Stamper Jeralf - Healer - ( -237, -55, 14 ) .
- Bellut Shortsong - Support Bard - ( -252, -55, -13 ) .
On the harbor side of the Seafarer's Roost is a staircase leading down. At the bottom ( -243, -65, -10 ) you can enter a room where many mercenaries hang out.
- Dinaris Jounst - Melee DPS
- Gaeri Tallspire - Caster DPS
Qeynos
North Qeynos:
In the basement of Irontoe's East. Look for Bouncer Johbal, he stands in front of the entrance. He hints these are mercenaries from other cities. (Note: When I went by on Beta they had not been placed yet, but the brawlers were gone.)
Qeynos Harbor:
Fish's Alehouse and Inn:
Outside
- Jennis Proudhilt - Tank - ( 816, -23, 67 )
- Bildi Pieflinger - Support Bard
- Kyren Darkcloud - Melee DPS
- Bdorn Broadhammer - Healer
- Firus Scorchtouch - Caster DPS
Rare Mercenaries
Information on Rare Mercenaries is... rare. Note that they despawn when hired.
- Matri Dut - ?? - Nayad
- Kenny - Hanging out on the streets in East Freeport - A Billy doll - Healer
Official Behind the Scenes Video
| December 6, 2011 |