Correct me if I'm wrong, but can't mercenary masters join any faction as if they were mercenaries? I ask because it seems like Viktorias' 'For Money' ability has become completely useless since in V2 they have the mercenary type.
In fact you would be giving up 5 soul stones for no benifit as the Viktorias don't give you the ability to hire outcast mercs at no additional cost (since you are still limited to one controlling faction) and they don't remove the limit on having only two mercenaries, something Von Schill does.
The only use I could possibly see for this ability is if masters hired as mercenaries are considered to count towards the number of mercenaries you can play with a force, so in effect you would be paying 5 soulstones to be able to hire 2 additional mercs that still have an increased soulstone cost.
Yay. For 17 soulstones I can get the viks and two ronin...17 soulstones. Or for 6 I can get the Viks as mercenaries and a ronin since the Viks only count as one model towards the mercenary limit.
Am I wrong here, or are Masters with the Mercenary trait no longer hireable outside of their faction normally making this ability relevant, because this seems like a huge waste.
