As a Merc, you will carry low expectations of your team. You really cannot rely on the other members of your team to watch out for you, no matter how encouraged they may seem. All that really matters as a Merc is your gun. The more bullets it can pump out per second the better! From heavy machine guns to clunky pump-action shotguns to frag grenades, the more damage you can physically inflict the better.

At the same rate, a soldier is no good if he can't take a beating. As such the Mercs are also decked out in some serious body armor. With the ability to stop most bullets at medium range, it takes quite a skilled shooter to injure a Merc. Their only real vulnerability is in their limbs and head. No matter how powerful these foes are, if they take a shot to the finger it's going to sting!

And finally, as a Merc, you don't care what the hell blows up. Quite frankly if you get paid, you're happy. So if your job is to escort a cache of Surface-to-air Missiles to a specific location, so long as they arrive on time it doesn't bother you that a dozen of your fellow mercenaries died or that you had to demolish a city block in the process. There is no place for you in society, and thus no consciousness to preserve your surroundings...