Mercenaries

[bad_captain]

I haven't seen this. what level? Verify client if you can.

Thanks.

[bad_captain]

I'm excited to see the newest live expansion, with merc AAs and merc only equipment. Although we may not get a client we can use anytime soon, there's no reason we can't add support for both.

[provocating]

Underfoot client.

[HnathBST]

Any solutions to unkillable mercs? I've tried #kill, #depop, #damage, etc and they magically repop.

looking through the code (I can read it but not write it hah) I see Merc::Death but if I'm reading correctly the mercs do not suspend. This can be recreated in game if you use the #kill command on a merc that is owned they will usually turn into a corpse but still drag behind the owner.

The other problem I run into is the ownerless mercs. If a player #peqzones/ports/crashes sometimes their mercs just hangs out where they last were. These mercs can't be #killed, #depopped etc.

My assumption there is that because #kill/#depop uses the npcid (and bots id is 0) they can not be killed this way.

The only other bug I have seen with mercs is if they are suspended and you zone they unsuspend them selves (I haven't looked into this).

Unfortunately this makes mercs highly unstable on my server and I really like mercs when they work... thoughts?

[Yummy]

How unlock mercs slot one more?

That is not possible yet in EQEmu. The only client we have that can even support that option is RoF. And there are probably some new packets that deal with owning multiple mercs that we have not yet looked into.

I realize its an enormous amount of work, and i appreciate your efforts.

Is there support for more than one mercenary slot today?

The above quotes are from February 2013.

If so, how?

[castleman74]

I'm very new to all this. I set up a server to play around with and got the mercs working. Now I was wondering if anyone could tell me how to edit things like the upkeep timer/cost of mercs. The upkeep spamming every 3 minutes is irritating lol. TY in advance for any help.

[cannon]

I'm very new to all this. I set up a server to play around with and got the mercs working. Now I was wondering if anyone could tell me how to edit things like the upkeep timer/cost of mercs. The upkeep spamming every 3 minutes is irritating lol. TY in advance for any help.

Should be setting for that in the rule_values table of the db.