Only party leader can talk to mercenaries.

Only party leader can talk to mercenaries. How can either of us that want future mercenaries be allowed to obtain them without being party leader? this sucks. am I missing something?

It's not party leader, it is instance owner. Whoever enters the zone first is instance owner. Co-op partner and I alternate who opens the instance so we both get equal chance to do the league mechanic. Has worked this way for multiple league mechanics now.

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blackdeath101#5742 wrote:

It's not party leader, it is instance owner. Whoever enters the zone first is instance owner. Co-op partner and I alternate who opens the instance so we both get equal chance to do the league mechanic. Has worked this way for multiple league mechanics now.

They specifically showed in the reveal trailer this not being the case.

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xemath#7523 wrote:

They specifically showed in the reveal trailer this not being the case.

Then that is awful design and we'll be skipping the league mechanic earlier than usual. I'll go rewatch that section, thanks.

Edit: Found the section and there is no mention of party leader that I can see (around the part where they joked around the divine orb). Just both players have to opt-in and one person gets to pick and the other person gets random rewards. Bizarre change if that is true, I can't recall a single league mechanic that was party-leader focused. I can't play until tonight to confirm.

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3789860

GGG answered in another post that they are aware and working on a fix already.