Hire myself out as a hireling

[Spinktor]

would like to see the option to setup one of my toons and press a " create hireling button" and poof i have a hireling contract with my guy in it...
useable by my chars of higher level

im leaving payment options open to discussion as this will be a big issue... "plat, ddo point, ect..."

id have the main bar setup as his spell list and only the last 4 "7-10" work just like the normal hirelings do...

we could mabye even hire ourselvs out to others...
auction out our guys
imagine people actully waiting for the new {your name here} hireling... "that last one worked out so well"...

just cant use yourself as a hireling...
that would be weird...

go on so far as to make it a contest to see who can make the best hireling for a ddo point prize....
being choosen by the sales numbers in the auction house...

[Meetch1972]

Assuming you could be hired by others, could it be griefable? Brings new meaning to the hireling standing in the acid pool trying to heal itself. "Go on, die, ***** ..."

Log back on days later and find all your gear has been broken thanks the the rough treatment you got. It might even foster a new respect for the hard work the standard hirelings do when you realise how many times you got killed, and see that repair bill...

But more seriously, I can't see it happening. It's hard enough programming the AI for a hireling that gets what, 4 or 5 spells or actions. And once the technology is good enough to make them self-aware, then doooooOOOOOOOOmMMMMMmMMmmmm!!!!!!1!1!1!!! is upon us all!

Edit: Unless they weren't so much a hireling as a puppet. But that's a new set of issues.