I’m sure this has been suggested before, but…

Can we please have hirelings with Everbright weapons? It does not seem like much to ask that by the time a professional mercenary has advanced beyond first level they would know to bring weapons with them that won’t dissolve when they hit a rust monster or ooze.

I prefer using hirelings when I can do a chain of quests without exiting, so I can keep the hirelings for as long as possible. For example, I intended to run the entire Threnal chain on elite without stepping into the tavern/tent and without returning to House P so I wouldn’t lose the hirelings. However, after the second quest I wound up recalling anyway because my hirelings were reduced to punching the mobs, since their weapons had dissolved some time ago.

I think a veteran mercenary would have at least one Everbright weapon, even if it was not as good as his/her usual weapon. Or, at the very least, they could carry a couple of wooden clubs with them that can be easily disposed of when they break.