LFAQ wrote:Q: Do mercenaries hired at lower levels gain better stats?
A: No. No matter what you may have heard until now, the level at which the merc is hired is completely irrelevant. What does matter is the difficulty in which it was originally hired. A merc hired in Hatred has better stats than the same type of merc hired in Terror, and a merc hired in Terror has better stats than the same type of merc hired in Destruction.
it isn't . i have fun with mercs all the time ( i tend to make them kamikaze-like with after death /when struck procsTaem wrote:that's outdated
Taem wrote:Can someone confirm this please
Trang Oul wrote: A merc hired in Hatred has better stats than the same type of merc hired in Terror, and a merc hired in Terror has better stats than the same type of merc hired in Destruction.
TLDR: Difficulty matters (the lower, the better), level at which merc is hired doesn't.
Trang Oul wrote:LFAQ wrote:Q: Do mercenaries hired at lower levels gain better stats?
A: No. No matter what you may have heard until now, the level at which the merc is hired is completely irrelevant. What does matter is the difficulty in which it was originally hired. A merc hired in Hatred has better stats than the same type of merc hired in Terror, and a merc hired in Terror has better stats than the same type of merc hired in Destruction.
TLDR: Difficulty matters (the lower, the better), level at which merc is hired doesn't.
nShaken wrote:What impact does the difficulty you hire a merc in have on its stats?
I've seen some posts recommending to hire your mercs on Hatred for best stats and wanted to verify.
For reference, I made a quick set of screenshots comparing the hire lists for Act 1 mercs across the three difficulties (Hatred, Terror, Destruction). The third row in each screenshot has a LVL 114 Ranger for easy comparison.
http://imgur.com/a/WcLXv
The Terror mercs actually seem good here for the increased life. Or would the higher def on the Hatred versions be better? The differences are a little more pronounced on the other Merc types with higher Life / DEF