Question about mercenaries

[ioticus]

The manual says if you hire a mercenary your bid counts double the next time you bid on it. Problem is, I'm never given the opportunity to bid a second time on the mercenary; it's either not available or goes directly to another faction. Is this the way it's supposed to work?

[Vicious Love]

You should get the chance one turn before the mercenary's contract expires, but no sooner.

[RonD]

You have to check yourself (you get no reminder from the game). When there is 1 turn left on your merc's contract - click on the merc button and you are given the option to 'hire' at a discount.


btw - is there a list of all the mercs (and their general attributes) anywhere?

[edit: you don't click directly on the merc - I meant to say you click on the regular merc icon over on the right-hand edge]

[Saber Cherry]

Sort of, in Edi's unit database. It has all the mercenary units, but IIRC does not distinguish them by name. So you would not know that "Farstrikers" are longbowmen from the database.

[ioticus]

That's good to know. I didn't think to check the turn before the mercenaries expire.

[sushiboat]

For the future, I would like to see a reminder. Perhaps in the messages at the beginning of a turn, a message could say, "Your contract with so-and-so mercenaries will end next month. Make a new bid if you would like to keep them." Then, instead of a "Go to province" link, there would be a link to the mercenary bidding screen.