am I missing something or is it an intended mechanic for mercs to just die for absolutely no reason in maps?

I don't mean they die easily, I mean they die without being attacked. like there can be 0 enemies anywhere near me and they'll just take massive chunks of damage


also these maps are legitimately at least 10x too big, it's absurd

Maps are definitely the worst part about pd2. I can't say anything about the merc dying, but they take way too long for what they are right now

I haven't done a lot of them but I have to agree at this point

it almost looks like my merc is dying from walking into the lava, but that wouldn't make sense considering that doesn't happen in the river of flame

It could also be modifiers on the maps, are you checking them before you roll/enter? Some have some pretty disgusting mods that make it 100% unplayable for certain classes - maybe you rolled some reflect damage or something idk

get good

yeah I checked them after I noticed it, I didn't see anything that could be causing it

Its likely due to open wounds i think. My merc goes poof pretty quick with maps with that mod, never dies otherwise. It might be OP vs mercs due to having no player tag (see pvp penalty etc). But im not sure, someone else knows for sure.

...Well now that i think of it my merc died in town quitw randomly like a minute after i left the map to craft and shit. I didnt pay attention to him, was pretty funny that his body was there flat and miserable. Might be some bug after all i dont know...


Why do you think that? Im farming tier 1 maps as fire sorc right now. I count like 30-45 packs of champs/uniques after the patch to maps. Granted i worked hard to gear to be efficient and tanky so i can play reckless (im on hardcore) and got to a point where i can clear FULL map (90%+ i skip stray mobs) from 10 to 15min (depends on map mods, i run rare only) including boss. Without infinity.

Before i went block with my sick fbr/+block corrupted 2sox gerkes, maps took 15-20min cuz i played alot safer.

Even if u fullclear with a nonmeta build in 19-20 minutes, this is pits/chaos sanctuary on crack. Every mob is lvl 87+ and can drop anything...

Chaos sanctuary is dead to me.

This post was edited by SpAz. on Dec 10 2020 01:31am

Hmm I also think maps don't worth the trouble atm. Too many time for few reward.
I can shenk/eldricht/pindle with my sorc in about 35 seconds.
I even prefer stony tombs than maps.
I only do T1 maps tho

Don't bother with anything Senpai has created/modified. Just go to zones which he hasn't touched if you want to find something. The idiot made every second pack elite/champion and lowered the drop rate to basically Zero. 30 runs with 600+ mf = no drops whatsoever. Let's hope people will get tired of his bullshit and will finally stop donating so he can close down the mod and move to something else, like cleaning toilets for example.

U ok?