merc ai is under development. i would imagine the initial spell casting ai was a copy of how bots worked, so in the process of getting mercs to behave as they do on live, things have been changed. it's probably a safe bet to expect them not to function 100% correctly until you see an announcement otherwise. 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
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 say(rand 99>49?'try '.('0x'.join '',map{unpack 'H*',chr rand 256}1..2):'incoherent nonsense')while our $Noport=1;
			 
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
		
		
	
	
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