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I agree that mercs should probably change. Saying that trivializing the content can also be done 100 different ways without them is entirely true, but I think that mercs do it in a very unhealthy way, particularly for new players. When you've got a full squad of mercs, you practically don't even have to play the game anymore. What you do as a player has much less impact, which can lead new players to essentially fall off the learning curve.