Game Mechanics Make Mercenaries a purchasable service from npcs

So basically there are already the mercenary npc's out in the game, but im thinking they could be improved. Basically by creating a merchant and from them you can hire a mercenary for a set amount of time or something like that and i think it would prob be quite "easy" to implement seeing as we already have such follower mechanics, then we'd just add a payment part and boom, new players could at like ragni purchase a npc to help em out for a couple of emeralds.

thats it basically
//olinus

 

I love you olinus but u fail to mention the reason for these mercanaries and what they could be used for (bosses, dungeons?) and i kinda feel this changes the feeling of progression in the game if they can be used in quests with bosses or lots of mobs, besides its way more fun to have a friend help u than some random npc. this also sounds like a suggestion that people with no friends will make, speaking of no friends maybe these npc's could be used in raids or smth if u have no friends lol, another way to implement these npcs is if they can be used for mob grinding and each kill they make gives u 100% of their xp

 

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it seems like a really good idea but to me it just kinda seems weird
as aftershokke said, having mercenaries and such in raids would be amazing
because i think an npc is much smarter than notg pfinder

 

As above, it's an interesting idea . . . but how would it apply in actual gameplay, in practice?
Would it work effectively as just like, a damage buff? How would it work in raids and dungeons, if at all?
I also don't quite like the idea of straight up paying some emeralds for a damage boost you could just slap on to your character for a few hours. It doesn't feel right to me.

 

hi here's a horrible absolutely broken idea taken from skywars

what if you could hire mercenaries to kill mobs for you, but they gave you 25% of the xp and all the loot in exchange for a hefty sum of emeralds

so like
you just clicked on a menu, maybe got a montage of mob killing, and then you got the stuff
no guard running beside you making wynn trivial

 

Then you could like--I bet someone would--level 1-105 through only mercenaries if you had money.

 

that is why i said it was a horrible idea

 

i didnt really think it should share xp, just as both a skyrim player and a frequent solo player i like the idea of having a companion that could follow you around and help out when you get too swarmed by mobs. Also i do like the mercenary npcs we have like in ragni and almuj, but they dont stick around for too long, so i kinda just would like to see them actually follow, but for a small price of emeralds, just like pets basically but something that doesnt feel out of place. it would mainly be for new players who dont really know anyone but feel intimidated trying like the skeleton dungeon or by adventuring too far away from the cities.

 

it seems like a decent worldbuilding/immersion idea but it's a bit random and weird as a gameplay thing, I wouldn't mind this existing as long as it isn't overpowered though.

 

it would prob just be like a lvl 1 pet, barely any damage but no like xp sharing

 

That just sounds like pets you can pay emeralds for which is kind of a waste, it would be way cooler if they were like battalions in FE3H where they act as a limited use special move which has different perks when used depending on the type, like you can hire monks to heal you, thieves to boost movement or warriors to stun and weaken. Really, that's just how pets should have been but since they really half assed those something like that would be a more additive addition imo.

That would also make playing with mercs more like playing with real people too since the most important about playing with others are their class buffs anyways.

 

this just sounds like pets

 

yep exactly, but in the world and a timed and purchasable service lol

 

Me and the bois going to sky islands at level 1 to get op followers