Mercenaries, Morale and Munchies

[Cainehill]

Originally posted by Zen:
There is quite a bit of strategy when dealing with mercs in MP as opposed to SP. I would hope that in the near future they make more merc companies availiable in a staggered fashion, and of course fixed some of the irritations (like auto-bidding if you have them, or maybe a reminder the turn they are looking for more cash. Autoset at the 'half' price if you already own them etc)

Yep. Another thing that would help 'fix' mercenaries would be if they recruited when their strength was down. Possibly not while actively hired, but ... What mercenary captain, out of work and out of men, isn't going to recruit?

In MP, I've noticed there'll sometimes be 4 or 5 mercenary companies open for employment. Sadly, they're all combat companies, and they've been used and discarded, sometimes with no men, sometimes with 1 or 2 out of a full complement of 20-60. And still asking very near full price.