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*nerfed* Hire Merc for free/Rotate the Name of your future Merc for free

hanso

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Hi,

tried to shroud down to do a ldon today and lost my merc since i had no pp on the shroud.
so i figured, why not shroud down to lvl 5 and hire a merc for cheap, and unshroud again.
After i typed /remove in front of the shroud-npc i got a box telling me to upgrade my merc from lvl 5 to lvl 85 for 9.5k pp, clicked yes and got a yellow emote saying:You succeeded in upgrading your mercenary by paying a level upgrade cost from level 5 to level 85 of 94626 gold.

But i had no pp on my shroud, so i thought, the money might be taken from the unshrouded toon, but i was wrong, no money was missing. So here's your free merc.

Repeated it twice, worked both times

maybe someone out there can confirm if this works for you as well


step-by-step:

-shroud to level 5 wizard (hail one of the shroud-npc's in PoK)
-hire a merc for 0pp, can dismiss as often as you want to get a good name
-unshroud (/remove with shroud-npc in target)
-click yes to accept the upgrade
-you are lvl 85 or whatever again, the merc is still lvl 5
-simply suspend the merc
-wait 5 minutes
-call your merc
-voila


update: make sure you have enough plat on you BEFORE you shroud, and no plat on the shroud (thx to stdage for that info)
 
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Re: Hire Merc for free/Rotate the Name of your future Merc for free

Confirmed, worked great.
 
Re: Hire Merc for free/Rotate the Name of your future Merc for free

Thanks, Nice Job.

RC inc.
 
Re: Hire Merc for free/Rotate the Name of your future Merc for free

works great thank you :)

red cent :)
 
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This still works fine, I had money in my bank and 500pp on me (the amount I always carry). However, none of my cash was missing after I got the message saying I lost 35,000+ gold.

Have fun with this one, I'm loving being able to go from Tank to Cleric for the situation :)

Edit: And just like that it doesn't... I don't have enough gold to perform the action.
 
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This does not work anymore.
 
Re: Hire Merc for free/Rotate the Name of your future Merc for free

as of last night 3-4-09 this was still working :) If it didnt work for you make sure you have atleast 2000 - 2500 plat on your person " before you shroud down to level 5 " if you put the money on you while in shroud form it will take it.
 
Re: Hire Merc for free/Rotate the Name of your future Merc for free

ok - that worked like magic :-)
 
Re: Hire Merc for free/Rotate the Name of your future Merc for free

just did this.. you kick ass
 
Re: Hire Merc for free/Rotate the Name of your future Merc for free

as of 6-17-09 it ask for the Pp when trying to upgrade the merc no longer works.
 
Re: Hire Merc for free/Rotate the Name of your future Merc for free

as of 6-17-09 it ask for the Pp when trying to upgrade the merc no longer works.

did u even read my instructions?

Edit: It's supposed to ask for pp, if thats what u meant, if it doesn't work, even clicking yes, it got nerfed
 
Re: Hire Merc for free/Rotate the Name of your future Merc for free

It is still working fine :) you have to have the pp on your person before shrouding like posted by Hanso :)

This also works on higher tier mercs as well :)
 
Re: Hire Merc for free/Rotate the Name of your future Merc for free

my mistake will try again
 
Re: Hire Merc for free/Rotate the Name of your future Merc for free

tried. worked as 17.06.09

thanks for the tip.
 
Re: Hire Merc for free/Rotate the Name of your future Merc for free

I've known this since mercs came out, along with a bunch of other people. It's incredibly stupid to post stuff like this, it's just going to get nerfed way faster.
 
Re: Hire Merc for free/Rotate the Name of your future Merc for free

No dig intended to you at all unknown :) But is'nt this where we post things like this for others to see ?

If not than whats the point of paying for the site ?
 
Re: Hire Merc for free/Rotate the Name of your future Merc for free

no this is in lvl 2, which is a paid service...
 
Re: Hire Merc for free/Rotate the Name of your future Merc for free

I've known this since mercs came out, along with a bunch of other people. It's incredibly stupid to post stuff like this, it's just going to get nerfed way faster.

well, maybe i'm not that egoistic as you are, but then again, it got me redcents worth 7 month of subscription, maybe i am :(

and even if it gets nerfed, who the fuck cares? 10k plat is nothing to spend once in a while, mercs blow anyway

ps: keep sharing exploits, ty
 
Re: Hire Merc for free/Rotate the Name of your future Merc for free

Your awesome man been using this since u posted it its absolutely a great tip. Im all for keeping these things away from the non subscribers but those of us who pay really appreciate your help.
 
Re: Hire Merc for free/Rotate the Name of your future Merc for free

I heard this was getting nerfed today, but I haven't verified yet.
 
Re: Hire Merc for free/Rotate the Name of your future Merc for free

ya, there were many ppl /ooc'ing about it in PoK on mayong lately, was just a matter of time i guess
 
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