| Can't hire most mercs?[message #240176]
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Wed, 16 December 2009 23:22 
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Heya everyone, my first post here. I tried to do a search (as far back as it would let me) but couldn't seem to put together why this is happening. If there is a thread and I missed it, I apologize to all the flamers now - burn me where I stand, er sit that is. To those helpful people out there, please post a link and I'll gladly read it.
I started a 1.13 game (I installed a single click version which I believe has HAM, etc. in it) and I'm about 11 days in and haven't lost a single merc, morale is high on most characters and I've taken all of Drassen including the SAM site and have captured the Cambian SAM site as well as the mine sector.
Yet, when I attempt to hire new mercs, 90+% of them tell me I'm either not a good leader or too inexperienced or that I plain suck in so many words. Right now I have several hired (Danny, Malice, MD, Spider, Biff, Flo and Gasket) as well as Dmitri and Ira. I had Buns for training militia, but she recently left. There are a few others on Assingment, but out of the remaining 15 or so, only Buzz, Red and one other I can't think of that will let me Hire them.
Can someone please shed some light on what affects the chances of this? I noticed that it is chance somewhat as I know a lot of things get checked at midnight every "day" in the game. Like whether someone will let you extend their contract, etc.
Appreciate the info!
AryzTheFenix
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| Re: Can't hire most mercs?[message #240196]
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Thu, 17 December 2009 07:38 
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That's the thing - I haven't had the mercs talk to each other, but I haven't heard any of them complain... I guess the only "negative" I can think of is my mercs seem to yell "let's get the hell out of here" or some variant when I'm in a battle and they start seeing a bunch of enemies. My IMPs don't have "coward" so I'm not sure why they do that as they end up kicking ass and taking names...
And I haven't lost a single merc (my IMPs or hired/recruited). I think I've only had a merc go unconscious once... well, except for the occasional saved game reload when things go REALLY bad, but it obviously doesn't "remember" that if I reload...
Honestly, I'm not a JA2 "veteran", but I'd imagine for only playing a few days I'm doing pretty well (and no I don't reload after every missed shot - I play my own variant of "iron man", only saving when I go to real time and occasionally reloading when the veritable "shit hits the fan") so I'm more perturbed that it's telling me I suck than of missing any new mercs. So....really, it's no big deal, I'm just curious as I've been thinking about getting Raider/Raven but they won't give me the time of day right now. I'm getting by without them (or any other higher level mercs) but sometime in the future I may want them and I'd like to start working on "fixing" whatever I'm doing wrong now.
Are there any .INI settings I could've changed that would make the game think I'm not doing so hot this early? I've changed quite a few things, but I didn't "break" it too much I think - I tried to keep it similar to the original game, except that I started with 6 IMPs - I like making my own characters 
Thanks for the reply!
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| Re: Can't hire most mercs?[message #240237]
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Fri, 18 December 2009 01:53
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| AryzTheFenix |
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Logisteric@ willy
urgh
you don't talk to a.i.m.-mercs as you do with npcs - your imp's leadership has got nothing to do with it - it's all about 'willy wonka - regimechange on demand' ltd's reputation
- casualties
- personnel problems
- enrico letters
- too long no victory (perhaps)
Sorry - RL intruded.
Let me address the 4 points mentioned above.
- casualties - a big fat goose egg on my side. Lots and lots of dead enemies. As I had mentioned, I don't even think I've had a merc knocked unconscious...
- personnel problems - possible, but according the tables/spreadsheets I've found on this site there are no major issues. Plus, I've never seen any of the comments that pop when someone doesn't like someone else (Buns-Reaper for example)
- enrico letters - nothing bad from him yet. I'm only on day 12 and I'm at 32 progress (as reported by the 'v' key.) I've taken Drassen comletely, the SAM site east of there, the Cambian SAM site and the Cambian mine sector. I've resisted subsequent attacks on said sectors. I have never retreated mercs when the enemy attacks.
- too long no victory - well, if a day or two is too long then the game is screwy anyways. Healing/repairing takes time. But in 12 days I've captured 8 enemy "owned" sectors so I really doubt it's this.
So, I appreciate all the feedback - keep throwing ideas out there. In the meantime, I'll plug away with who I've got. I just got Hitman on day 12 - on day 10 he said he would let me hire him (I didn't at the time as I was hoping to wait out Raider), day 11 he said I suck, but on day 12 he let me hire him - go figure?
I'd be happy to put a savegame on my website if anyone who's played with the code wants to take a peak.
Thanks again guys!
AryzTheFenix
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| Re: Can't hire most mercs?[message #240240]
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Fri, 18 December 2009 03:03
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sounds like your gog.com-install is corrupt
edith:
you should try to run it stand-alone (as it is, that is)
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| Re: Can't hire most mercs?[message #240263]
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Fri, 18 December 2009 20:40
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Quick update - was able to hire Ice on Day 13...so I guess my rep is improving a bit. I've take 2 of the 5 Cambian sectors and progress is up to 35/32...
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