[quote=“KUST__LunarTM;c-217249”]@NikolaiLev Don’t focus too much on acquiring everything so quickly; enjoy the game for what it is, challenging yourself to follow the missions they set for you but not to the point where it’s not fun anymore. If you end up playing the game just for the grind and not for the enjoyment of the game itself, the game can get boring quickly.
As for mercs themselves, there’s no rush to acquire them all. It’s certainly frustrating to have saved up for a merc and realized that the merc wasn’t the play style you enjoyed, but don’t let that detract from the game itself. Who knows, maybe in the future you’ll feel an urge to try out Rhino every once in a while. Getting permanent mercs is kind of like a bonus from enjoying the game.[/quote]
That kind of advice is all well and good, but then the 5 mercs available for free at the moment just aren’t that fun, the lack of variety makes the game incredibly difficult to enjoy. And at that point it stops being fun.
That’s not a perspective I can ever agree with. I need variety in a game for it to be fun; there’s a reason the game doesn’t just have one merc in each role with one weapon each. It would be much easier to balance, but it’d be so much more boring.
So, no, it’s really not a bonus when a merc turns out to be boring to play just for the possibility of enjoying it later. Sometimes you really do just buy a merc you think you’d like, but don’t. That’s why this is a good suggestion.