How to deal with high level mercenaries?

[withravenoushunger]

I'm playing on hard and it seems any mercenary that is just a few levels ahead of me is imposible. I die in 1-2 hits and their health barely moves. This isn't a challenge, it's just impossible. It seems like running is the only option. Also, I thought killing them reduced my bounty. It only seems to increase it.

[rzn6jw]

Just run away and fight when you get more leveling.

[Ogami]

You run away or try to avoid them till the bounty expires.
If you can, pay of the bounty on the world map or try to kill the bounty sponsor.
And it has nothing to do with difficulty, even on Normal or Easy a mercenary that is a few levels higher then you will kick your behind to kingdom come.

[Dweller Beyond the Threshold]

You reduce your bounty by killing the one who's paying the mercenaries (an icon you can see on the map), by bribing that icon on the map, or by staying quiet for a while.

I play on normal and I have no issue killing mercenaries who are 3 level above me. Maybe hard difficulty makes the enemies a lot tankier but with the right skills, they are totally manageable on normal.

[AzzUK]

Playing on Nightmare and have never come across a Merc that was tracking me that I've been unable to kill.

Just avoid the random ones you see in the world, they won't attack you and will likely be higher level.

[Lightning]

Originally posted by AzzUK:

Playing on Nightmare and have never come across a Merc that was tracking me that I've been unable to kill.

Just avoid the random ones you see in the world, they won't attack you and will likely be higher level.

Mercenaries don't track you the bounty hunters do, mercenaries are passive until you attack them, also the mercenaries seem to be 2-4x harder than regular bounty hunters and have more health and dmg

[ⓀⒾⓦⒾ‰]

btw, you can recruit them to your crew if you can ko them with a kick right when theyre almost dead

ive been doing it all morning and also found out if you have tamed a wolf the dog can sometimes kill them before you manage to knock them out

the more you know

[AzzUK]

Originally posted by Lightning:

Originally posted by AzzUK:

Playing on Nightmare and have never come across a Merc that was tracking me that I've been unable to kill.

Just avoid the random ones you see in the world, they won't attack you and will likely be higher level.

Mercenaries don't track you the bounty hunters do, mercenaries are passive until you attack them, also the mercenaries seem to be 2-4x harder than regular bounty hunters and have more health and dmg

I always assumed they were all mercenaries and the game sends the ones around your level to kill you.

The bounty hunter appears in the mercenaries window. The ones not sent to kill you belong to higher tiers.