monster race mercsFollow

Anyone think it would be cool if there were monster race mercs? If so what kind would you pick?

If they put out a dps merc, it would be really awesome to have monster mercs. Goblin sneaks, Centaur archers, Minotaur Berserkers. I would think that would be easily do-able. Great idea.

I would like to see them make quests so that you could change your pet. I.E. change an Ogre Beastlords pet from a standard bear to a polar bear. Never have known where to make suggestions, I only have a million of them.


Team Foustes:
Foustes 85 Paladin Xegony
Sebeena 85 Monk Xegony
Napy 85 Wizard Xegony

I love the idea of a Kyv Archer merc - he uses range attacks but his melee is sub-par? Actually, several mobs from that expansion would make excellent mercs. Dragorns would be right up there, even ukuns would make good warrior mercs.

I'm envisioning a kind of "drop-down" list you could scroll through (after you hail the merc liason) to get an idea of which mobs are available, and which mobs belong to which classes.

I'm also a firm believer in certain mobs being "tied" to certain classes or class-like abilities (like the Kyv, above).

I also feel that better quality monster mercs are something you should have to earn - sort of the way you have to work to qualify for better shrouds; so should it be for monster mercs.

Another possibility are monster mercs that shine in a particular type of environment (the kind they come from), but are weaker in other places.

The thing is though, I doubt SOE will ever implement it. On the other hand, mercs are pretty popular, so I can see some kind of expansion in the area of mercs in the next year or so. The most interesting thing about these kind of threads is you get to see what kind of mobs are most popular amongst other players.

Here's to hoping SOE puts something like this into practice someday.