Player Control?

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Originally Posted by dclarkpf

My problem is that merc's kind of suck. They are way more twinked than a player character, and end up just slaughtering everything basically making the game way to easy. Another problem is that you can't control their gear. You level with them, but you can't really play your merc.

Mercs can be toned down with a little work on your own server.(via the stats in the DB) They are not really twinked with actual gear, it's all texture based for visuals. The weapons they hold is a melee texture and the armor is also simply a texture. (Just like when creating a new npc on your server).

Originally Posted by dclarkpf

I've never really tried out bots.

Uleat has put a lot of good effort into the (ongoing) development of the bots. They are perfect for solo players (on a bot supported server) to rampage around with a group, or raid, without the need to play more than one player account. Their only downside, is having to gear them all.