Played Mercs for a while when I got bored of cRPG, it reminds me a lot of very early versions. It's more or less like native as far as combat goes, speed of swings, rate of fire/accuracy/power of ranged, lance angles, etc. So yeah, a lot more unbalanced. There are no gold sinks either.
And Michael, I have not often met anyone who will talk more shit on a personal basis to people they've never met than you. Instead of pretending that you are some random victim maybe you should aknowledge you deserve all of the blowback, you retarded piece of shit. Seldom have I met anyone else who truly thinks the filthy vomit pouring from his mouth is golden truth. I had hopes at the begining that you were just a troll, but you really seem to be that self-deluded.