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ziv
11-21-2008, 07:12 AM
So I just did the hanging gardens quest where you have to switch mercs in combat. The catch is that the new merc comes into the fight with 0 AP and all spells on cooldown. So I was thinking: wouldn't it be a good idea to swap out your low hp front-row mercs with new mercs in the middle of a fight rather than have them switch places with a mid-row merc? Or are you not allowed to switch mercs in pvp?
twixter
11-21-2008, 08:43 AM
u can swap mercs in pvp and if u have more melee is always good to swap with low hp on front line
Kaiten
11-21-2008, 08:55 AM
Yeah, it is allowed, though not often seen since....Merc licenses do cost a hefty penny.
methane
11-21-2008, 09:08 AM
Hmm not very viable since the ones in your formation are probably the strongest merc you currently have. So when you actually swap mercs out. They probably be much weaker than the one thats dying. That is unless...you purposely train a tanking merc just for the purpose of swaping them.
LostCause
11-21-2008, 09:54 AM
Hmm i always thought merc swapping is only allowed in PVE only as i tried in FL it is not allowed. Guess this can be an interesting idea to have some decent tank as back up when it is time to pvp that way you have some extra meat shields to take down your opponent.
twixter
11-21-2008, 10:10 AM
i was thinking about swap mercs in lines...if u had on mind swap from merc room i dont think this is allowed in pvp
Kelnari
11-21-2008, 10:58 AM
You can swap mercs during any PVE battle- it costs 5% will though and AP starts at 0.
jesada89237
11-21-2008, 01:52 PM
That sounds a little broken...switching a merc on the verge of death with a full hp merc? =/
Arietta
11-21-2008, 01:55 PM
That sounds a little broken...switching a merc on the verge of death with a full hp merc? =/

well, if u put it into the merc room at low hp, it will come out low hp, but why would anyone do that is beyond me. AP also goes to 0 from what I've seen, making it useless for 1-2 turns, its really just a omg i cant heal save my merc tactic.
Kiena
11-21-2008, 02:12 PM
You cannot swap mercs in Free League. You could in 7-man Free League, but can't in the regular version. It is only for PVE.
Ferishi
11-21-2008, 03:10 PM
You probably could swap mercs in a PK situation... not that I've ever been PK'd, but I don't see why the developers would disallow all your tools in a free-for-all PK environment. I can see why they'd disallow it in a tourney environment like Free League, tho.
jesada89237
11-21-2008, 03:28 PM
You cannot swap mercs in Free League. You could in 7-man Free League, but can't in the regular version. It is only for PVE.

That's good...I was under the impression that you could do it in free leagues. Well, if that's the case, it's not that unfair...especially if you're being PK'd and need to save yourself *and your equipment*.
LtKillroy
11-21-2008, 05:38 PM
You cannot swap mercs in Free League. You could in 7-man Free League, but can't in the regular version. It is only for PVE.

That makes more sense for the sheer reason in months and years to come when people actually have extra time to just grind, they might have extra people. Eventually making fights really long with the extra mercs.
Axiom
11-21-2008, 05:59 PM
That makes more sense for the sheer reason in months and years to come when people actually have extra time to just grind, they might have extra people. Eventually making fights really long with the extra mercs.

I assume you're referring to really really really long PvE fights. Because if it's allowed in a PK match, or a 7-man FL match then it will still end rather abruptly with stupid countdown damage.