I am level 89, merc is 88. Merc has gained no experience in ~two days. Not one point. I just ran some River of Flame and got ~1,000,000. He got zero.
As an aside, I haven’t been able to create a game, either. But can join games and use the chat window.
What do you mean you can’t create games?
Up until I posted this. Just made one and it worked fine. Thanks. BUT, Mercs can’t gain any xp after they hit the next level. Just did a new desert merc and was fine through level 88. Hit 89 and no more gains. Is that a new limit?
The merc lvl limit is the char lvl. It’s been like that forever.
Merc is supposed to be able to reach the same level as you. Then it will stop gaining EXP until you gain a level.
It actually used to be different, and Mercs could only be one level lower than you, effectively a max level of 98. Ressurected actually changed that.
Wrong. D2R changed nothing.
The merc lvl limit has been char lvl since LoD came out in 2001.
Merc max lvl is 98 because characters do not gain experience once they hit 99. No exp for char means no exp for merc too.
Well I seem to recall the merc always being limited to 1 level lower, but maybe I was mistaken.