I get where you are coming from tbh, this game at a certain point is really about how cool does stuff look. I can't wait for truebox being removed from Phinigel so I can use my tank account alongside my regular 3 box & not ever need to rely on the Merc Tank again.
This boggles my mind. I use a standard dark elf healer merc. She does some weird stuff now and then but nothing like the broken orc skin you talk about here. I had no idea. Probably the biggest issue I have is that in certain zones she just disappears after a rez. I saw this a lot in EoK Droga. Get a rez, get buffed, start fighting... and dead. WTF merc?
Yah, I use the high elf healer merc and it works well enough. It will on occasion respawn, which is very noticeable since the heals stop coming for a few seconds, then it suddenly is no longer shrunk. I haven't really noticed any significant problems with it while using levitate either, although bard levi doesn't last more than 20 something minutes anyway.