DPS Mercenaries & New Hot Zones Go Live Next Week

[fendaann]

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The next game update is scheduled for Wednesday, June 9, and will mark the long awaited arrival of DPS mercenaries (damage dealers) as well as a batch of new hot zones. Here are the details from EQLive:

Rage of the Mercenaries!

The Rage of the Mercenaries Game Update brings DPS mercenaries and 13 new Hot Zones! Here's a sneak peek at what's coming on June 9th!

DPS Mercenaries!

Healers and tanks not enough? DPS Mercenaries are here!

Now you can add DPS Mercenaries to your arsenal! Mercenaries are NPCs for hire that will aid adventurers in their heroic adventures. They bring extra damage dealing ability to any party they are in and will make a powerful weapon against any enemy. Mercenaries' levels and abilities scale appropriately to your level and they will think and act for themselves with limited player guidance. They're designed for extra support or added damage in PvE encounters.

See your favorite mercenary liaison and pick up a "Damage" type DPS mercenary which uses physical attacks or a "Hedge Wizard" type DPS mercenary which will cast spells from range.

Did you hear about Bayle Marks? - Antonius Bayle IV, the Ruler of Qeynos, decreed not long ago that mercenaries should receive fair compensation for their time. The Bayle Mark was minted as a standard measure of payment for mercenaries of all levels.

The New Hot Zones are coming!

A new batch of Hot Zones are coming with the update!

Hot Zones offer an increase in normal adventure experience for the zone and have the additional bonus of some new content.

Franklin Teek in the Plane of Knowledge will be happy to point you to the current location of a Hot Zone appropriate for your level. Franklin also has a series of tasks that can be done in each of the Hot Zones. Each task can only be completed one time each day. The following zones will be "Hot" next update:

20 - The Lavastorm Mountains
25 - Blightfire Moors
30 - Firiona Vie
35 - The Gulf of Gunthak
40 - Goru`kar Mesa
45 - Natimbi, the Broken Shores
50 - The Broodlands
55 - The Bloodfields
60 - Barren Coast
65 - Arcstone, Isle of Spirits
70 - The Elddar Forest
75 - Loping Plains
75 - Blackburrow


Visit EQPlayers on June 9th to find out more information about the Rage of the Mercenaries Game Update.

[Caythy]

[WaringMcMarrin]

Bayle Marks are already in game and they are used as an alternative way to pay for mercenaries if you don't want to use plat.

[AbyssalMage]

[WaringMcMarrin]

Not sure if they can be used to buy a merc but if you have them in your inventory then 1 of them will pay for 15 minutes of merc time. as for the worth of them it all depends on how easy it is for you to farm plat to pay for mercs.

[Trenolis]