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Old 10-26-2012, 01:01 PM
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I completely forgot about the money update packet and how it works. I'll see if I can get that MercHire packet to work. I think you are correct, since when upkeep is charged, a check is made to make sure there is enough money to keep the merc. Otherwise, the merc is dismissed. It also sends the message that you have been charged upkeep, but I wasn't sure if it was just a message packet or not.

For stats, I can see a benefit both ways. If rules were used, it would be much simpler to modify stats off of a few base merc records (still have per level, class, at least, probably proficiency as well.). But, you missed tier, so multiply that total by 5. Besides HP, Mana and Maxhit(if used), I'm not sure many stats will have that big of an impact, at least less than skill or spells and their focuses.

I guess for now I'll leave stats how I have them so I can work on other things. I just have base stats, then item, spell, and aa bonuses (which we could rename merc bonuses and would be based on proficiency and tier) . Then we can set the base stats to whatever we decide. I am under the assumption we will be using max and min hits instead of calculating them from weapons. This way, some combat code can be worked on.
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Old 10-29-2012, 03:34 AM
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FYI, I haven't given up on doing Merc work. I am just taking a bit of a break before working on more of it. I started reading this "Thinking in C++" book to give me a better understanding of coding before picking back up on it. About halfway done with the book so far. It is a good learning experience and is filling in details for stuff I am familiar with from reading the source, but never really fully understood in depth. Up to this point, almost everything I have learned about coding has been from examples in the EQEmu source. So, it will be nice to understand everything a bit better before picking up on more coding (about time, right?)

Hopefully I can finish the book up this week and start back into working on more stuff. The winter is normally a good time for coding anyway, since there are less things to do outside and around the house so there is more free-time for dev work.
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