<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=207350.msg10384358#msg10384358">Quote from: orderNchaos on 16-08-2014, 00:11:12</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Kayla is putting together a new plan. Stay tooned. &gt;:@<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>Oh, okay, cool!<br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=207350.msg10384360#msg10384360">Quote from: TheGlyphstone on 16-08-2014, 00:11:44</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Paying mercs to kill each other? That's still a waste of money, when you could instead hire both sets and send them at one of your enemies.<br/><br/>On a grand scale, that's what the entire Battletech universe is - the various Successor States at war with each other, either hot with House troops or cold with deniably hired mercenary units. It just doesn't make any sense; anyone who was rich enough to afford this sort of thing would have far better things to do with their money and/or mercenaries. And unlike the Pseudo-Clan bandits, I can't think of any way to salvage the idea into something more workable.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>I think you have the idea wrong:  One group wouldn't pay two Merc groups to kill each other.  Instead, they'd pay off one group and make it their "Team" in this "Sport."  They'd follow the merc group until it dies then move on to the next one.  From time to time, one of the groups may pit their Mercs against another's mercs to settle a score instead of all out war between Clans, States, or something along those lines.<br/><br/>As for the waste of money, remember that the groups would be putting bets on whether the Merc Group will succeed or fail in this scenario, possibly giving them much more money than they spent on paying the mercs.  Besides, if the mercs lose, they're dead and won't receive payment.<br/><br/>That said, it's No big deal.  Just trying to throw ideas around and contribute here while I wait for the planetside portion of the game to begin.