Y'all do know you can level up your mercs/troops if you talk to them right? And any merc you hire on after that will match their level. You can level up everyone the same way you level up yourself. Kind of cool but annoying dropping all your weapon master points into single-handed weapons because they have a sword....only to see them whip out a hidden pistol and see them only use that.
you must have the steam version which has already been patched btw
Patch Notes
-Troops can now upgrade properly.
-Fixed bug with grenades exploding at wrong location.
-Squad size limitation bug is fixed for multiplayer.
-An update is made for preventing graphics glitch on some ATI cards.
-Several text corrections for all languages.
-Scene fixes mainly on the custom battles and village/town scenes.
-Fixed a quest bug with persuading Obuhovich
-AI behavior changed so that muskeeter troops can now close up on the enemy properly