Xavian and Deathgrip Posted December 7, 2016 Report Share Posted December 7, 2016 Exactly what it seems, do you guys think that there will be mercenaries in the game? Personally I doubt that there will be a dedicated merc. faction like the Outcasts, but have no idea whether or not they will be present. If they are however, I am going to guess that faction origine is going to restrict your merc choice, for example a malifaux faction cannot hire earth mercenaries, and an earth faction cannot hire malifaux mercenaries. The fact that earth and malifaux factions seem to be powerhouse and subversive respectively this seems like it would help prevent the issues that other games had with mercs in that they could be used to simply make up for disadvantages and break the game. You won't be able to pick up some snipers to aid your hordes or some mindless fodder to protect your snipers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emberlost Posted December 7, 2016 Report Share Posted December 7, 2016 Maybe not as a playable faction by themselves, but I could see mercenaries with restrictons, like they have in Warmahordes. "This model can be hired by Abyssinia and Kings Empire" or something similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDAntoine Posted December 7, 2016 Report Share Posted December 7, 2016 I think they could eventually appear, no real need for them now and likely more exclusive as mentioned by @Emberlost. World War usually included some mercenaries but I believe it more or less came down to very skilled individuals and rarely whole armies. The Feikorps are something I think could be included in The Other Side, the warlike flavour is allready there... But I don't know what the current Feikorps are on The Other Side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D_acolyte Posted December 8, 2016 Report Share Posted December 8, 2016 I do not think mercenary are needed mechanic wise but fluff wise sure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manic Mouse Posted December 9, 2016 Report Share Posted December 9, 2016 I think it would be interesting to have earth side (king and abyssinia) and malifaux (CotBM and Hordes) have separate merc models. Would likely make balancing slightly easier, with fewer interactions, and would allow some ownership of the mercs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misery Rex Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 I can't see mercenaries working for the Gibbering Horde...what would the monsters pay them with? lol But that would mean one entire faction who couldn't use a pool of models. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retnab Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 9 hours ago, Misery Rex said: I can't see mercenaries working for the Gibbering Horde...what would the monsters pay them with? lol But that would mean one entire faction who couldn't use a pool of models. Soulstones I'm assuming? I'm sure there were some underwater in Malifaux Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDAntoine Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 Fantasy leaves a lot of room for hybrid water creatures and humans aswell. If you want to mix something in there, there is very little that's going to stop you. A few more days and we'll know the ins and outs of the game, can't wait! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xekros Posted December 15, 2016 Report Share Posted December 15, 2016 I'm sure this has already been mentioned somewhere, but in one of the Kickstarter videos (I think), I saw a Abyssinia/King's Empire dual faction card. While I know this isn't actually a Merc type card, it has a similar effect to the side based mercs from @Manic Mouse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horvagab Posted December 15, 2016 Report Share Posted December 15, 2016 I can confirm that, Something Okoye has a dual logo on the bottom right part of the card. I wonder if there'll be models that are dual-allegiance but for 1 Malifaux and 1 Earth faction.... don't think so, at least not in the beginning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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