I'm tempted to just go ahead and add in equipment, as it won't be that much work (minus weapons), and it will affect the stats used as base stats (what I'm working on now & they would need to be significantly adjusted later if equipment we added). Not only that, but secondary stats such as spellshield, healing amount, etc would need to be addressed. Equipment allows mercs to have those stats without having to give them the stats initially. Plus, it allows for a lot of possible customization.
I would be curious to see just what equipment they do use on live, if any. I know it was odd to see my tank merc alternate between weapon types, using 1hs, 1hp, and hand-to-hand weapons at lower levels.
Also, not sure about this, but just because a merc is 'wearing' a piece of equipment doesn't necessarily mean it has to use that texture, right? They could use the equipment for stats, but display what we specify, correct?
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