[Uleat]

I don't believe that our current merc implementation allows for equipment upgrading. That came in a later expansion.

I had an idea of basing bots off of the account..but, then each bot would have a separate inventory (etc...) per character.

That would alleviate the issue of op gear on lower level bots..but, it would not address the issue of having to re-gear them each time.


We do not scale bots like we do other npcs.

This is due to their 'player-like' behavior.

They have stats that are modified like a client.

Their 'bonuses' come from level cap increases, worn gear, spell effects, spell/ability attainment, etc...

Normal npcs do this as well..but, clients do not receive a scaling bonus to their base stats.