proposal: gold for killing mercs

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proposal: gold for killing mercs

#1 Post by SuIIy »

Killing hired mercs should give you some sort of (added) reward. I realize you gain xp, but overall, it's nearly worthless in the big scheme of things. I'll explain....Mercs typically aren't hired en mass until late(r) game, and by that time you've upgraded your spells fully, so the xp gained from killing mercs then becomes disproportionally minimal. How about half the gold of regular creeps? Or perhaps twice the xp? There needs to be some sort of added bonus, blowing huge amounts of time, mana, and money for almost nothing in return seems a little unfair. Just my opinion.

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#2 Post by Tehw00tz »

It is one of the reasons you hire mercs, if you don't want to use spells and stuff on them just hire your own mercs.
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It is one of the reasons you hire mercs,
Since when? Mercs are primarily hired to aid in sieges.
if you don't want to use spells and stuff on them just hire your own mercs.
It's not a question of want to, and you're forgetting a third of the mercs are spell immune...

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I guess the spell immunes fall under the "and stuff" category. And I hire mercs way more to stop a push than I do to aid one.
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And this was tested in a game, mercs DO NOT give you exp
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I may be going way out of bounds with this statement, but I am pretty sure that you can use your heroes attack to kill the magic immune mercenaries.

And the other team is using their money to buy mercenaries that get destroyed by spells or attacks, so you can either not spend your money on mercenaries to counter them and rather use your hero and his abilities, or you can spend your own money to counter their mercenaries. They give no experience, so if you can stay in a lane and get experience while spending some of the plentiful gold you gain during the game, it seems like it is much more worth it.
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#7 Post by SuIIy »

I may be going way out of bounds with this statement, but I am pretty sure that you can use your heroes attack to kill the magic immune mercenaries.
Yes with 20 armor and 1200 hp, that's no biggie, right?
And this was tested in a game, mercs DO NOT give you exp
Well...Makes my argument that much more convincing.

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SuIIy wrote:
jamn455 wrote:I may be going way out of bounds with this statement, but I am pretty sure that you can use your heroes attack to kill the magic immune mercenaries.
Yes with 20 armor and 1200 hp, that's no biggie, right?
Maybe early game, but since nobody other than me has ever been smart enough to get them at level 1, I don't think it would be much of a biggie for a team to stop them during a late game push.
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Why the hell should you pay for the other team to get experience and money.
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#10 Post by jamn455 »

Where do you stop if you give bounties to mercenary units? Next it is mercenary heroes, then its water elementals, poison skeletons, serpent wards, and sludge monstrocities.
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#11 Post by SuIIy »

Where do you stop if you give bounties to mercenary units? Next it is mercenary heroes, then its water elementals, poison skeletons, serpent wards, and sludge monstrocities.
I'll concede a little here and give you the benefit of the doubt. But mercs seem to be disproportionally more powerful than any of the other specialized units you've listed, which is why I think some reward should be given, and why you seem them used far more often than other units.

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#12 Post by DarnYak »

Tehw00tz wrote:Why the hell should you pay for the other team to get experience and money.
This is why they don't. Having a mechanic that transfers your gold to the other team is inappropriate when nothing else in the game does that.

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