He's kidding right?

[mjolnir]

Well I came across this:



Mercenary in a BD bomber using Coladas and Inferno....payed by the Navy and taking bounties against Outcast/BD allies.

that leads me to a question... what can actually mercs use?

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Igiss says: Martin, you give them a finger, they bite off your arm.

[I_m_rdy]

Common problem, I guess. Mercs have no particular restriction in equipment questions, so cases like that happen sometimes, if not very often.

My opinion is that Mercs are free to use any equipment, but have to stick to the same manufacturer and try to exclude taking bounties against those. Mixed setups is like taking the best from all. Neither RP nor fair (nor-fair, norfair... Metroid anyone?).

The best thing we could do is of course merge Merc ID with Freelancer ID. They are basically the same. Before 4.84 the Merc ID was sorta a Freelancer ID above lvl 40 though, so I'd say we merge those two.

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[Othman]

Interesting loadout.

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On the uncharted lagoons of anguish, I sail with a canoe made of my sins.

[Magoo!]

In my opinion, they can use whatever they doodle-well please since you don't actually know where the Merc is from. Just that he's a merc. But in the case of the screenshot, that's just screwed up.

[frozen]

heres something.

my merc (flies a kusari bomber, as most people know) has a supernova, inferno and 4 arches. i havent taken a single contract on an outcast, (the only ones i do take on are the indy ones, with no ties to any faction), but i do take contracts on hackers, rogues, and any such ally. i will gladly take a mission on corsairs, and such, and due to a contract with the SA/LSF, i help them whenever they need me, for a fee (obviously. i aint free:P)

when i did see that loadout, i was kinda surprised, but i didnt say anything, cuz hey, i dont comment on others like that. but seriously, there should be a restiction to what can and cant be used on a merc too.

also, the guy in the image was a xeno ;)

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[Jwnantze]

then why did prosperpine help take out our RoS's expeditionary fleet? You helped a BHG destroyer take down 3 of our fighters in alaska when we were on a raid. We would NEVER sell you that equipment. If we see you agian you better run.

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There is nothing worth living for, unless it is worth dying for. -Elizabeth Elliott

[Etaphreven]

Laff, I've just seen that screenshot posted somewhere else, by the 'author' himself.:P

EDIT: Yes, the dead guy is a Xeno:D

[DBoy1612]

This problem again? Would of thought it would of been cleared up by now, we have several thread about it... Oh well, time to re explain.

When creating a merc, you should at least stick to one side and stay there. Example; If you chose a Blood Dragon Bomber, stick to Outcast/BD weapons and go with it. Not try to equip Corsair and Lawful weapons, that's just considered OoRP. Bretonian Bomber maybe? Stick to Lawful weapons, not try to put stuff that a normal Bretonian pilot wouldn't have.

A Merc ID is -not- a 'do whatever the hell you want' card, something like that above should be considered OoRP.

also, the guy in the image was a xeno

Then (s)he has a serious problem there...

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[Etaphreven]

Then (s)he has a serious problem there...

Gurj was talking about the dead guy, not the one who took the screenie..

[DBoy1612]

Gurj was talking about the dead guy, not the one who took the screenie..

Fair enough.

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