Hmm...

Well, assuming an average district has 300 clones to start with and the attacker gets a 2/1 KDR and blows up the MCC before or at the 150 defender clone mark...

Attacker buys 150 clones for 80,000,000 ISK and attacks.

Biomass:
Defender loses 150 clones. Attacker loses 75 clones. Biomass = 225 clones * 80,000 = 18,000,000 ISK
Resale:
Attacker steals 40 clones and keep 75 of the original. Resale = 115 clones * 100,000 = 11,500,000 ISK
Loot:
Hard to quantify right now. Use it to round up to nearest 5M ISK.

Total: 29,500,000 ISK (Round to 30M)

So, a purely Merc corp with no districts of its own would need to charge 50M ISK for a single attack.

That, of course, presumes that some form of payment could take place.

Mercenary work fees will depend on the type of work hired to perform. Ringing for corps will most likely be much cheaper than full-on assault teams, but either way a good merc can still earn a pretty penny when the target is juicy enough.

I get the feeling that there will be territory involved as well as ISK. A big corp could perhaps let a talented allied merc corp have one or two relatively safe districts in exchange for their services as ringers in battle.

or the employer covers clone packs and equipment lost on the dust side, but the big payday is handled with EVE isk

Merc corps both have the cake and eat it.

Nothing is deterring mercs from owning districts and defending them for steady isk; they only make people pay their offensives if they are good enough.

or the employer covers clone packs and equipment lost on the dust side, but the big payday is handled with EVE isk

Would you or your Corp want to become sponsored gamers through AUR and AUR items?

https://forums.dust514.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=721736#post721736

Isn't this a redundant question. Why would anyone not want to get pay with aurum? You can buy suits weapons and mods with it. And you get plenty of isk as loot or salvage. So why wouldn't people want aurum seems like a silly question really.

Well for starters you could use the AUR to make ISK. AUR is used to get things that can't be bought with ISK for now.

So all in all you're saying no one should be a Merc because they should not want to be paid?

I think if you re-read my answer you will see that it is a no brainer everyone should want to be paid in aurum.,

How will a merc corp take a district for another corp anyway? If they go in with 16, then that means they will be responsible for handling the clone cost and transfers. But I'm going to assume that the newly acquired district will now be in the merc's name.

I'm thinking that a merc corp will be better off just ringing 13 members (as they can only enter via squads). That way....their cost is cheaper and corps will be able to afford them more frequently. Because once you start approaching 9 figure costs, corps will not be able to use afford them. And when you think about it.....most of the corps that will utilize merc corp services will be ones who may not be able to hold their own territory (number-wise or skill-wise).

I'm thinking anywhere from $10M - $20M win or lose is reasonable. And if the mercs win, then you reimburse their gear cost on top of the agreed upon fee. I mean, listen.......any deal can be struck. It depends on the negotiating parties, tbh

Edit: Man, mercenary work sounds like much more fun :)

The ringers in Squads is the best way to go. Use your own Clones and don't pay for anyone elses. The situation I can see using Merc's for my corp would be when times arise and we might need more man power to defend. Other times would be if we feel we need a bit more of an edge on an enemy team.

Dubbs (and any one intrested) we may want to work on an unbiased Merc channel where any skilled player and Corp CEO/Director can be permitted to communicate during PC. That way negotiations and squads can be formed in real time and on a moments noticed. Get a lot of trusted admin and set chat rules so if ever a deal goes south then remove any party that backs on their deal.

Wonder what would be the going rate for individual mercs :D.

But to be honest, I'm not sure how I feel about ringers though. I think that it will ruin the allure of planetary conquest for me. If not ruin, it could definitely damper it.

Mercs can deddfinitely shaft you as well...if paid up front. They can make a deal with you and at the same time, accept a contract from the opposition. "Whatever he's paying you, I'll double it".

ur price of 50M just breaks them even on the original 80M they spent on the attack
ur also not factoring gear losses that would need to be reimbursed/covered as part of the fee + merc corps need to make a profit not break even or make losses.

Merc work on DUST i forsee being very expensive as most top tier corps who plan to do some form of merc work will no doubt plan to use their best available gear as well, after all ur being paid to do a job so u will wanna go all out.

Lmao This is great, This guy contacted me in game as well. He is legit, the OP is an alt of course but I'm sure you guys can understand why he posted under an alt instead of his main.

lol Thank you guys for passing up an easy opportunity with your elite prices and irrational thinking. PC isn't even out yet and you had guys coming to you first and foremost ready to give you Cash up front for Protection they might not even need, you passed it up and I have to thank you guys personally.

We just settled on a 100 Million ISK contract for 10 battles. If a district is lost while we were participating in it's defense we will refund 10million for the cost of the battle plus an extra 5% on top for the Inconvenience. Contract expires 6 months after PC is released. Easy cash

Anyone else looking for protection for their Districts contact me in game. DIOS EX. Will be happy to aide you in your plight for conquest at a negotiable and affordable price.

You have to think rationally here guys, PC isn't even out yet and we had someone looking to pay for a Contract. The fact that his Corp may not even need our guys to intervene, let alone 10 times is highly likely. We also considered the fact that even if he loses 1 or 2 districts he will most likely stop there as to not accrue anymore losses. The proposal of a set-up is highly unlikely. That would be a LOSS for him not us.

We settled for 100million to attract more customers by the way. You have to start somewhere.


Do you guys honestly think Corps are going to want to pay 80 Million ISK just for the District and then 200+ Million for Protection on Less than 10 Games? If you know of any Corps that are willing to do that let me know, I'd be glad to contact them personally.

OP if your reading this do not worry, We are still committed to Fighting for you as hard as we can. I just felt it was necessary to put these qualms to rest.