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>mercs now have socketable gems (ala poe 2)
>mercs have their own skill trees and gain exp (replacing a merc brings over a majority of their exp)
>you can now take gems from defeated mercs
>renown goes to 10
>at high renown, mercs start appearing with their own 'party' of multiple mercs (just for difficulty sake)
>gilded supports only appear at high renown