How mercenaries work?

[zephyr1]

Someone asked a related question recently, about the benefits of being in an alliance vs. mercing.

Here’s my response (and this thread has info on mercing from others too that might be a helpful start to answer your questions):

To merc or join an alliance

I think mercing isn’t a great source of ascension materials these days, since it has these disadvantages: You don’t get full loot from War Chests, since you have to have 100% participation in the chest If you enter an alliance after a Rare Titan spawns, you don’t get the Bonus Chance for the 4* mat If you’re part of multiple Titan kills in a short time, you don’t get normal loot (I don’t remember the exact cooldown period, but I want to say it’s something like 12 hours) If you enter a Titan fi…