Mercenaries

[Trackye]

Trev these were found on a Merc FAQ I was looking at

Q: Can I give my mercenary weapons and armor similar to a pet?

A: No. your mercenary comes equipped with the armor and weapons he needs. Also his armor and weapons will get better as he levels up.

source http://almarsguides.com/eq/general/mercenaries.cfm


Can I give the mercenary gear?
No, you cannot gear the mercenaries or hand them any thing at all.

Source : http://www.necrotalk.com/showthread.php?t=9993

So it may be that in ROF giving them equipment is new..But looks like atm you cannot and their gear scales accordingly with preset sets of Gear based on level.

[trevius]

Ya, but the information may not be accurate in those FAQs. They say that mercs come with their own gear, but they don't know for sure if that means they actually have a full set of equiped items (inventory) or if they are just simulating a set of gear by sending texture and wearchange packets and adjusting NPC stats accordingly to scale. Considering that all of the mercs I have seen in the past only wore armor with no tint, that makes me lean toward them just sending a texture change. If they were using actual gear, why not use existing gear sets made for players (which would have a tint applied)? Of course, they could also send a tint to simulate that as well, which we already have an option for in the emu.