it's all good, neither of our experiences are universal.
Back when Mercs were revving up and becoming more popular I remember turning down a lot of offers at first too and even shaking my head at the prices thinking that NO ONE of either flight would be crazy ass enough to cave into it. My paranoia told me to keep a close eye on the spreadsheets and lo and behold I saw multiple members of the other flight taking up the orders and snatching up leveled dragons and I felt that I no choice but to compete with them. I can't really blame the other flight too much as they only flipped with my flight a few times and they MIGHT have been desperate for more "oof support" or something and were willing to put up with the prices. They ended up losing anyway though.
At that point in time I was hoping that mercs wouldn't catch on because they were annoying to deal with but they did anyway. It left a bitter taste in my mouth as I saw them pop up more and more often until every flight had their own organized merc group. Oh well, that era of dom was fun while it lasted. :)
Re: Not gonna lie
Back when Mercs were revving up and becoming more popular I remember turning down a lot of offers at first too and even shaking my head at the prices thinking that NO ONE of either flight would be crazy ass enough to cave into it. My paranoia told me to keep a close eye on the spreadsheets and lo and behold I saw multiple members of the other flight taking up the orders and snatching up leveled dragons and I felt that I no choice but to compete with them. I can't really blame the other flight too much as they only flipped with my flight a few times and they MIGHT have been desperate for more "oof support" or something and were willing to put up with the prices. They ended up losing anyway though.
At that point in time I was hoping that mercs wouldn't catch on because they were annoying to deal with but they did anyway. It left a bitter taste in my mouth as I saw them pop up more and more often until every flight had their own organized merc group. Oh well, that era of dom was fun while it lasted. :)